New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Sony Music) - WHAT: The unveiling of Bloomingdale's annual holiday windows, a New York holiday tradition
WHO: Singer Paul Potts, performing songs from his debut Columbia album 'One Chance', with Host Lance Bass, author of Out of Sync, currently starring in Hairspray
WHEN: Monday, November 19th, 4:30 pm
WHERE: In front of the twelve-window stretch on the east side of Lexington Avenue between 59th and 60th Streets
PRESS CHECK-IN: 4:00 pm by the stage
RSVP: Rebecca Shapiro / Michael Lavigne at Shore Fire Media, 718.522.7171 [email protected] / [email protected]
Kelly Moro McKay at Bloomingdale's National Media Relations, 212-705-2443 [email protected]
Traffic slows to a crawl most days in front of Bloomingdale's flagship store and its famous Lexington Avenue windows, but on Monday, November 19, 2007 traffic will stop as the store unveils its annual Holiday Window displays.
Bloomingdale's window unveiling is a New York City tradition. This year's event, hosted by Lance Bass, currently starring on Broadway in Hairspray, will feature a performance by Paul Potts, who transformed himself from a mobile phone salesman to a rising star after winning the hit UK show Britain's Got Talent. Now, with over 30 million hits, the video of his soaring first audition is among the most-watched videos ever on You Tube. He was recently featured on Oprah, and his recently released Columbia album 'One Chance' is currently at the top of the Amazon sales chart.
Paul Potts will arrive at the event in the all-new Infiniti EX personal luxury crossover, available in December. Infiniti is the first automaker to be the title sponsor of Bloomingdale's Holiday window installations.
This celebration begins at 4:30 p.m. in front of the twelve-window stretch on Lexington Avenue between 59th and 60th Streets, which remains curtained until the conclusion of the event.
Bloomingdale's 2007 Windows � Holiday Dreams
Celebrating the creativity and imagination of children during this magical time of the year
This past summer, Bloomingdale's invited the Children's Museum of Manhattan and the Children's Museum of the Arts to participate in the 2007 Holiday Windows. Each museum's artists and educators worked with their own teams of 5-12 year olds to create paintings, collages and sculptures - with the theme, Holiday Dreams. The amazing results are the inspiration for Bloomingdale's Window Display team.
Each window depicts a 3D version of a specific holiday dream or story based on the drawings, collages or animated films provided by the kids in conjunction with both museums. Plasma screens will run interviews with the kids talking about their holiday dream and the creative process involved in creating the original art. The original art created by the kids will be presented in the windows as well.
Window stories include: The Purple Snowflake; Night of the Shooting Star; The Candy Robot with a Human Heart; The Silver Flower; Season's Change; Welcome to Our Winter Playground; The Golden Leaf; and White Blanket.
