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“God Bless America”
Touring Quilt Exhibits
Enter Your 22”Quilt Today!
Deadline:
ASAP
to be published or December 31, 2008 to tour
Call 405-751-3885 today to reserve your
exhibit
--$100/week-end
show
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ilted by Kari Lane.
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Debut Showng of
God Bless America Exhibit |
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Judy Howard - Oklahoma City, Ok
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Delaine
Gately, Gig Harbor, WA

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Delaine Gately, Gig Harbor, WA
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Quilter's Corner in Midwest City, OK

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Delaine
Gately, Gig Harbor, WA
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Dolores Paddack,
Oklahoma City, OK
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Dolores Paddack - Oklahoma
City, Ok
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Ann
Roberts - Fayetteville, Ak

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Judy Howard - Oklahoma City, Ok |
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Judy Howard - Oklahoma City,
Ok

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By Sharon Martin -
Newalla, OK
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By Virgie Poe -
Bella Vista, AK
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Psalms 123 - By Judy Howard - Oklahoma City, Ok
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By Pat Rosenthal - Gig Harbor, Wa
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By Helen Peel - Duncan, OK |
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Dolores Paddack - Oklahoma City, Ok

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Dolores
Paddack - Oklahoma City, Ok
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Shirley Scharping - Oklahoma City, Ok
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Joan
Ballew Marine Mom - Edmond, Ok
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By Opal
Baum - Oklahoma City, Ok

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By Opal
Baum - Oklahoma City, Ok
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Opal
Baum - Oklahoma City, Ok
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By Ina Smith, Kingfisher, OK
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By Ina Smith, Kingfisher, OK
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Ben
by Judy Howard - Oklahoma City, Ok
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By Lois
Lyon - Bethany OK
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By
Sharon Banta - Yukon, OK
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By
Cherrie Hampton - Oklahoma City, Ok
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By
Millicent Gillogly - Oklahoma City, Ok |
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By Marilyn
Karper
- Oklahoma City, Ok

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By 13 Year Olds Virginia Kotyza and
Courtney Vanderford - Bella Vista, Ak
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By Robin Corvin -
Oklahoma City, Ok
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By 7 yr.
old Shane Randall-
Fairview, Ok
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Pamela Kozak,
Oklahoma City, OK

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By Bety Chalk - Oklahoma City, Ok
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By 6 yr.
old Jaxon Bond - Seminole, Ok
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By
Anna Jo
(Jody) Lamb - Bartlesville, Ok
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By 9 yr old
Carson Bond of Seminole
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By 9
Year Old Laura Randall - Fairview, Ok
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By Brittany Chalk -
Oklahoma City, Ok
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By
Alexander Houk -
Cibolo, TX
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By Kay Landis -
Edmond, Ok
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By Elaine Nelson -
Seminole, Ok
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By
Sharon L. Schlotzhauer
Colorado Springs,
Co
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By
Ann Poindexter - Erie, Co |
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By Marsha Poplin - Seminole, Ok

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By Jackie Smith -
Oklahoma City, Ok |
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By Marsha Poplin - Seminole, Ok

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By Darlina Eichman -
Oklahoma City, Ok
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By Austin Houk - Cibolo, Tx

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By Elaine Nelson -
Seminole, Ok
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By
Sharon L. Schlotzhauer -
Colorado Springs, Co
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By
Jackie Smith - Oklahoma City, Ok |
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By Marsha Poplin - Seminole, Ok

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By Kristin Eilers -
Lemoore, CA
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By Charlotte Rogers -
Hanford, Ca
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By
Marsha Poplin, Seminole, Ok |
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By Robin Corvin - Oklahoma City, Ok

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By
Dolores Paddack - Oklahoma City, Ok
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By Kay Steiger - Oklahoma City, Ok
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By Kay Steiger - Oklahoma City, Ok
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By Judy Howard, Oklahoma City, Ok
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By Judy Howard, Oklahoma City, Ok
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By Judy Howard,
Oklahoma City, Ok
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Anonymous
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74" x 87"
Star
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United We Stand
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Colleen Garrett

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By Linda Everhart
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By Judy Howard

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By
Revonda Blanding
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By Jo Golden
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Kaye
Vicars Hansen
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Deborah Hardy, Oklahoma City
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Eyvonne
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Eyvonne King

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Eyvonne King
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6 Year Old Andrew Houk -
Cibolo, TX

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Loraine Provine Gasper Family
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Loraine Provine Hill Family
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Betty Bauer
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Virgie Poe

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Jo Lam
Anna Jo
"Jody" Lamb, Bartlesville, OK
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Constance Price of Chester, OK

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Vicky Lawrence
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Kathryn Brooks,
Norman, Ok
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Jackie Robinson, Erurka, Mt.
Jackie Robinson |
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Kristi Burt,
Lincoln, Me

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Delaine Gately, Gig Harbor, Mi |
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Barbara Freed Okeene, Ok

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Barbara Freed,
O'Keene, Ok
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Barbara Freed, O'keene, Ok
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Loretta Weaver - Tuscon, Az
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Suzanne Roy - Newkirk, Ok

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Click Here for
Press Releases
God Bless America 22”Quilts
Tour
US to Benefit Wounded Soldiers
Theme:
Patriotic, StStars
and Stripes,
or Biblically Inspired
- Support our Troops
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Deadline: ASAP to be published. Quilts
accepted through December for touring.
No Entry Fees***$100 Exhibit Rental *** 100%
profits go to make
quilts for wounded
soldiers.
Schedule this exhibit for your quilt show,
library, school, church now.
BuckboardQuilts@cox.net.
All
quilts will tour US for three years. Quilts with
your patterns and stories will
probably
be published by Judy Howard, Dorcas
Publishing, award-winning author of three quilt
books.
Mail each quilt with signed consent/entry form
below ASAP
to 12101 N. MacArthur#137 Oklahoma
City, OK 73162. Quilts will be 22” x 22”
with a 4” opening sleeve sewn along the upper
back and four plastic ½” drapery rings spaced
along the upper edge. Please include on the back
of your quilt: title of quilt, your name,
address, phone number and email. Please
also attach securely along the bottom of your
quilt (that can be flipped up for shipping) a
16”wide by 8” high fabric quilted label that
includes the quilt title, your name, town and
state, and a story of what inspired you to make
the quilt. You can type, embroider, cross-stitch
or paint it on fabric, quilt it and coordinate
it as part of your quilt art. Please include the
sales price and contact info if quilt is for
sale. You will deal directly with the buyer and
receive 100% of proceeds.
Categories
for
1st, 2nd and 3rd place ribbons: Best of Show,
Best Theme, Most Original, Best Handwork. Best
Machine work, Best Group, Best Art, Best
Contemporary, Best Traditional, Best Crazy, Best
Appliqué, Best Embroidery, Best Pieced, Best
Youth under 18, Best Youth under 12, Best Mixed,
Best Pictorial. Judges reserve right to switch
categories.
Click here for Entry
Form
Click here for Exhibit Rental
Form
Modern day Betsy Ross's help wounded soldiers heal
“How do I love America? Let me
quilt
the ways” is the theme of Judy Howard’s “God Bless
America” Quilt Contest and traveling exhibits
to benefit wounded soldiers.
These traditional or pictorial 22” quilts created by
children and adults capture the essence of “America
the Beautiful” by paying tribute to our American
Heroes, Troops, Presidents and depicting “Liberty
and Justice for all,” or expressing flag-waving
loyalty to our “One Nation Under God.”
“Blanket America in Stitches of Comfort, Patriotism
and Hugs for our Heroes
All profits from the $100/ week-end rental fee go to
non-profit groups who provide quilts for wounded
and families of fallen
soldiers
— those most in need of the touch of love that
quilts represent. Reserve the exhibit for your quilt
show, church, library, school or event today by
emailing
BuckboardQuilts@cox.net.
See Calendar for exhibits already rented.
The exhibits have
already been reserved for April 26-27 for the
National Cornbread Festival in S. Pittsburg, TN; May
8-10 for the Home Machine Quilters Show in Salt Lake
City, UT; June 15-August 15 at the Pioneer Woman
Museum, Ponca City; July l-August 29 at Bank of
America at Leadership Square, 211 N. Robinson,
Oklahoma City; August 20-23 in Nashville at the
American Quilters Society show; September 4-7, at
the Taste of Country Week-end in Vinita, OK; October
11 at 2:00 p.m. for a Trunk Showing at the Edmond,
Oklahoma Library; November 4, 7:00 p.m. at quilt
guild meeting in Liberal, KS; November 9-11 at the
Shelburne Museum in VT; December 6 at the Winterfest
Show in Kingfisher, OK: April 17-19, 2009 for the
Best of the Valley Quilt Show in Tulare, California;
and tentatively two months in early 2009 at
the Oklahoma State Capitol.
Click Here for Consent to
Publish Form
Click here to Share Your God
Bless America Patriotic Story
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Quilt Exhibits
and Programs Available
Sampling of quilts in the Centennial Stitches Quilt Trunk
Show Program
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c1930 Dahlia |
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c1982 Winter's Harvest Appliqué |
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c1925 flower
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c1850 Rose of
Sharon |
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c1930 Postage Stamp Rosebud |
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c1900 Rose of Sharon |
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c1834
Mariners Compass
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c1875 Bridal
Tulip Basket |
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c1895 Redwork |
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c1852 Princess
Feather |
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Civil War Rising Sun |
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Exhibits, Writing, Marketing
and Publishing Programs
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“Under the Covers with Granny Reveals
Oklahoma’s Secrets”:
Entertaining and educational stories and
power point
presentation of quilts included in Judy’s
three award-winning books.(30-120 minutes)
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“Under the Covers with Granny Reveals
Oklahoma’s Secrets” Quilt Trunk Show:
In this hands-on quilt show and amusing
story-telling session, Judy displays 30-100
Oklahoma Historic quilts. Included are
Murrah Memorial,
contemporary art and antique quilts
appraised for $5000 to $17,500 dating back
to 1834 with vintage photos featured in her
books. (30-120 minutes)
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Tell me a Story of
Oklahoma—Children’s Program: This
story-telling educational program teaches
history through the courageous eyes of our
pioneer women and includes a display of
quilts made by children and adults. (30-60
minutes)
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Children’s Quilt-Making Workshop:
In this hands-on workshop, children will
learn Oklahoma history as they help create
small quilts to travel around the state in
exhibits. (one hour to four hours)
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Jane Phillips, Carrie Nation and Kate
Barnard in costume Educational titled “You
too Can Change the World.”
Travel back in time to another era to
meet three of Oklahoma’s most illustrious
characters--showing
the 1934 Frank Phillips Autograph Quilt,
photos of the 1914 Carrie Nation
Fund-raising Quilt with 600 autographs of
Hobart and area pioneers and the Quilt made
from McAlester Prison Uniforms along with
other Quilts. (30-120 minutes)
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Centennial Stitches—Oklahoma
History in Quilts Exhibit of
thirty antique quilts with vintage family
photos, wedding certificates and
Homestead Certificates.
Stories are featured stories in books.
(Rental is $200/week-end show)
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"God Bless America"
Exhibit of 22"x22" quilts by children and
adults. Easy to display with a 4" sleeve on
back to run a rod through and also 4 drapery
rings through which to pin into the wall or
onto draped racks. Please indicate how many
quilts you have space to hang and whether
you'd like the focus to be Patriotic,
Biblically inspired, all made by children,
or a mix of all. (Rental is $100 for four
days for a week-end show.)
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New Beginnings: Pursuing and Achieving the
Impossible Dream:
God has gifted each person of every race,
religion, creed or culture with unique
talents and has a distinctive plan for each
person. Judy’s personal story of
overcoming insurmountable obstacles will
inspire you to pursue your dream in order to
become all that God created you to be. (For
children or adults, 30-60 minutes)
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Historic Quilts of
America:
An educational and breath-taking power point
display of historic antique quilts from
Judy’s collection of 30 years and museums
across the nation. (30-120 minutes)
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Creative Writing Workshop:
Judy teaches writing techniques tailored for
adult or children’s program and includes an
actual writing exercise and reading. (30-60
minutes)
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Preserving Your Family Heritage:
Great for genealogy enthusiasts, this
writing workshop helps you organize your
family stories and present them in a
readable format that will entertain
generations to come as it preserves your
valuable family heritage. (30-60 minutes)
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Networking Magic: How to conduct an Email
Blast and make your book an Amazon.com
Bestseller: After
conducting her own campaign, Judy leads you
through the process step by step This
includes: compiling email lists, bonus gift
solicitation and free samples letters,
reminders, et al. (30-60 minutes)
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Self-publishing for Dummies:
Judy discusses the challenges, obstacles,
rewards and valuable tips from her personal
experience. (30-60 minutes)
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Block Buster Book Sales on a Shoe-String:
Judy gives valuable pointers in what works
and what doesn’t in selling books. (30-60
minutes)
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Be Your Own Publicist and save $10,000/month:
Having sold 5000 of her first book in seven
months, Judy shares her tips on marketing
and merchandising, selling, distribution,
shipping and publicizing.
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Judy Howard Interview - Jane Phillips costume portrayal
July 23, 2007 TravelNet.com
6 min, 23 sec Windows Video Format (.wmv)
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