177TH ANNUAL New name signals key changes for home show WHAT’S NEW with the 17th annual Vancouver Home and Garden Show, the most popular of local consumer shows, which runs Friday, Feb. i, 1985 through Sunday, Feb. 10 in five buildings on the Pacific National Exhibition grounds? Starting at the top, the name for one. ‘The 10-day production which’ appeals to all home- makers and gardening en- thusiasts. will now be called the PNE Home Show. But to ensure continuity, it will still be subtitled the Vancouver Home and Garden Show with its familiar theme, -Ideas Grow at the Home and Garden Show. Why the name change? To avoid confusion says Nelson Groves, executive group manager for Southex Exhibitions, producers of the show and thc. largest con- sumer: and trade show com- ‘pany in Canada. . Groves-explains that every ‘now and then, a rival show pops. up: ‘and creates confu- sion: in; the- minds of con- “ sumers. “This the name PNE Home: “Show which tells ‘everyone ‘where the show is, and. has been for. the past 16 . years.” > * ; ’ Besides, mast people have . _called: it that for years now although the PNE’s only direct involvement in the show has been as its landlord. i 985-9544, VIOLET 121 East 15th North Vancouver LUSTING : . RIVERSIDE @ Two levels, custom built, 2 legal lots. 127,000. Fashionable starter great value. 86,000. The 1985 edition will be housed in the South Forum, North Forum, Food, Showmart and Rollerland. What else is new? New: Bridal Fashion Shews. Along with the three other daily fashion shows back by popular demand, bridal fashions will provide near-continuous entertain- ment on the show stage in the South Forum. New: Designer Show Rooms. Actually a full-sized cutaway house in the Showmart Building, the tastefully furnished rooms in- clude kitchen, living/dining room, family entertainment centre, bathroom, master bedroom and nursery. New: Focus Groupings. These areas bring together exhibitors for special in- terests such as weddings and babies. New: Jellybean Park Playcare Centre. A fun place for..the kiddies. including babysitting services for a nominal fee. New: Wine and Beer Garden. This is the ‘‘playcare centre’’ for the adults. [Royar LePage is pleased to 4congratulate Tony Astles on fachieving the Top Office | Salesman Award for 1984. If you are thinking of buying or ‘selling:a home, call a proven i professional, call Tony Astles Traditional design, high fashion decor. . WHISTLER Outstanding 1 bedroom unit in Wind- whistle on out-facing side of Village Centre. Spacious and bright, views to Whistler. Offers to 119,000. NEWS phe Stuart Davis The 1985 PNE Home Show will be chock full of new attractions from February 1 through 10, complete with continuous bridal fashion shows, designer show rooms, a wine and beer garden and exhibit space in the south Forum. WESTOVER Award winning design, custom comfort. 179,000. WHISTLER Aesthetically pleasing. studio with loft in Mountainside building. Sth floor overlooking pool to Blackcomb. Limited use, rental program, offers. 1006 W. 19TH cluded: 119,000. Top Office Salesman 1984 TONY ASTLES LISTING #17-220 E, 4TH Almost $10,000 in decorative improvements in- GRACE CRESCENT Cape Cod, refinished like new. 1y8,000. B13 - Friday, January 11, 1985 - North Shore News New: Coordinated Events. To make the PNE Home Show a ‘‘happening,’’ the PWE has booked events like the giant car sale and the food bank centre on the grounds to run concurrently with the show. New: South Forum. For the first time, exhibit space in this building is being used, making the show the biggest ever in terms of floor space. ‘New: Building: Im- provements. Courtesy of the PNE, permanent weather- proof breezeways have been installed between the show buildings and the buildings themselves have been painted inside and out, overall lighting revamped. Now we get to the new-old, the popular features which return with completely new faces: Gardens Galore by Minter Gardens in: the Rollerland garden centre; ‘*Fantasy Garden World by the B.C. Nursery Trades Association, also: in Rollerland of course; *Energy-efficient house, . 1300 square feet, fully fur- nished and landscaped with complete backyard recrea- tional centre; ¢Culinary demonstrations by two celebrity chefs in the brand new custom kitchen.