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Greenville Ad Club Hosts Annual ADDY® Gala

Greenville, SC (February 20, 2005) – The Greenville Ad Club (GAC) will host its Annual ADDY® Gala on Saturday, February 26, 2005 at the Embassy Suites in Greenville, South Carolina. The winners’ gallery will be open for viewing from 6:00pm to 7:00pm, and the awards show will begin at 8:00pm.

Over 550 entries were received for the GAC local ADDY® competition and those entries were judged by a panel of advertising industry professionals in late January that included Kevin Endres, Owner and Creative Director at Endres & Partners in Nashville; Gina Nacey, Senior Copywriter at Agency 128 in St. Cloud, MN; Kim White, Executive Vice President, Creative Director and Partner at Freedman, Gibson & White in Cincinnati and Larry A. Profancik, Vice President and Executive Creative Director at PriceWeber in Louisville.

The black tie event is open to the public; tickets are $50 each and must be purchased in advance. Over 300 local business leaders are expected to attend. RSVP to (864) 298-1337. The GAC will also award its annual Member of the Year trophy at this event.

GAC is an affiliate of the American Advertising Federation (AAF), the country’s leading professional advertising organization. The ADDY® awards is an annual opportunity for advertising agencies, design firms, marketing departments, TV and radio stations, and others in the Greenville, Spartanburg, Asheville, and Anderson markets, who are pursuing advertising–related business, to be recognized for their outstanding creative efforts by a panel of judges selected from other parts of the country. The almost 200 possible award categories included radio and television commercials, print advertisements, billboards, direct mail, sales promotion, Interactive and collateral.