Update: U.S. Postal Service to Celebrate Life and Legacy of Judy Garland Through Music and a New Postage Stamp

Update: U.S. Postal Service to Celebrate Life and Legacy of Judy Garland Through Music and a New Postage Stamp

WASHINGTON, June 9 /PRNewswire/ -- The following is being issued by the U.S. Postal Service:

WHAT: On what would have been her 84th birthday, the U.S. Postal
Service honors legendary entertainer Judy Garland with a 39-
cent First-Class commemorative postage stamp. The stamp will
debut only in New York on June 10. It will be available
nationwide June 11.

WHO: Lorna Luft, Daughter of Judy Garland, professional singer
Joe Luft, Son of Judy Garland
Liza Minnelli, Daughter of Judy Garland (via video)
Robert Osborne, film historian, host of TV's Turner Classic
Movies
Michael Feinstein, Professional singer and pianist
Rufus Wainwright, Singer, songwriter, and performer
Jane Powell, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer actress and colleague of
Judy Garland
Dick Cavett, television host, moderator, and author
Terrance McNally, American Playwright
Diane Schuur, acclaimed jazz singer
Anita Bizzotto, USPS Chief Marketing Officer and Executive
Vice President

WHEN: June 10, 2006
7:30 p.m.
The event is free and open to the public. Tickets will be
available at the Carnegie Hall box office beginning at 5 p.m.

WHERE: Carnegie Hall (Zankel Hall)
57th Street & 7th Avenue
New York, NY 10019-3210

BACKGROUND: The 39-cent Judy Garland stamp is the 12th in the "Legends of
Hollywood" series, and the first in the program to be debuted
outside of California. Art director Ethel Kessler designed
the stamp using a portrait of Garland by Brooklyn artist Tim
O'Brien, based on a publicity photo for A Star Is Born.
Garland's signature appears at the bottom of the stamp, and
the photo on the selvage shows her in her signature role as
Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz.

Carnegie Hall was the venue for Garland's legendary 1961
concert, heralded as "the greatest night in show business
history."

Source: U.S. Postal Service

CONTACT: Sue Brennan, +1-202-285-9433, Sue.Brennan@usps.gov, Patricia
McGovern, +1-212-330-3307, Patricia.Mcgovern@usps.gov, or Mary Dlugasch,
+1-202-268-3964, Mary.E.Dlugasch@usps.gov, all of U.S. Postal Service

Web site: http://www.usps.com/

NOTE TO EDITORS: Please note admittance is complimentary for credentialed members of the media only. Broadcast media and photographers must RSVP and provide a letter of assignment. To RSVP or to schedule interviews, please contact Mary Dlugasch at 202-268-3964, Sue Brennan at 202-285-9433 or Pat McGovern at 212-330-3307. Media must enter through the backstage entrance (161 W 56th St) and report to the House Manager's Office no earlier than 7 p.m. to sign in and receive a badge.

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