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For Immediate Release

Contact: Bob Brown
Phone: (909) 937-3001
Email: bbrown@ontariocvb.com

CONVENTION CENTER SEARCHES FOR THE NEXT ONTARIO IDOL

ONTARIO, Calif., March 30, 2006 – Ready to jump start your career in the entertainment industry? If so, the Ontario Convention and Visitors Bureau wants you! A talent competition begins Thursday, March 30, 2006 through Monday, April 17, 2006 to search for the "Voice of Ontario."

"With several multi-media projects on the horizon, we have an opportunity to create a distinctive audio brand," says Bob Brown, OCVB's executive director and general manager. "We are searching for an ambitious and talented person to share their voice and imagination while gaining voice experience."

Voice responsibilities will include podcasting, public service announcements, and the multi-media event information channel, "Convention Guest Network."  These communication strategies support the efforts in promoting Ontario as the destination choice for event and meeting planners.

Anyone interested in becoming the "Voice of Ontario" must submit an audition portfolio to the Ontario Convention and Visitors Bureau by Monday, April 17. After reviewing audio demos, ten individuals will be selected and notified by phone for the talent call slated for Wednesday, May 3, 2006.

Audition portfolio must include the following:

  • Contact information, biography and photo required
  • 300 word maximum typed summary on why you are interested in becoming the "Voice of Ontario"
  • A 2-minute voice demo on CD
  • Submissions must be postmarked on or before Monday, April 17, 2006. Mail to: Ontario Convention & Visitors Bureau, Attn: Diana Huizar, 2000 Convention Center Way, Ontario, Calif. 91764.


About the Ontario Convention Center

The Ontario Convention Center is contemporary in design and equipped with the latest in technology. The Convention Center boasts over 225,000 total square feet of exhibit, meeting and function space. An ideal venue for conventions, tradeshows, exhibits and meetings, the Convention Center provides a full range of technology services, including Wi-Fi, Internet, DS3 and video-conferencing capabilities. For more information about the Ontario Convention Center, go to www.ontariocc.com or call (909) 937-3000.

Headquartered in Philadelphia, SMG provides facility services to more than 200 venues in 41 states, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Canada and Europe, controls over 1.5 million entertainment seats worldwide and manages more than ten million feet of exhibition space.

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MEDIA CONTACT

Bob Brown

(909) 937-3001
pr@ontariocc.com

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