PRESS RELEASE

Ben Lee, Executive Director of The Gulf Coast Charity Celebration is pleased to announce the judges for the 7th annual Gulf Coast Charity Horse Show and Music Festival.

The judges are:

Rollie Beard from Lewisburg, Tennessee

Scotty Brooks, Bowling Green, Kentucky

Rodney Dick from Unionville, Tennessee

Lee is proud to have such a fine panel of judges presiding over this year’s event.

The 2005 Gulf Coast Charity Horse Show and Music Festival will be held April 21st – 23rd , 2005 at Frank Brown Park located in Panama City Beach, Florida. This is the third year that the show has been held at Frank Brown Park. Ben Lee is proud to announce to all Owners, Trainers and Exhibitors that "the grass is ready".

The Board of Directors of The Gulf Coast Horse Show would like to thank the walking horse industry for bestowing upon us the following awards for the 2004 show:

2004 Best Multi-Night Show by the Readers of the Walking Horse Report

2004 Reserve Best Multi-Night Horse Show of the Year by the readers of The Voice Magazine

2004 Best Horse Show party of the Year by the readers of The Voice Magazine

2004 Best Horse Show Food of the Year by the readers of The Voice Magazine

2004 Reserve Best Multi-Night Horse Show of the Year by the Tennessee Walking Horse Trainers Association

On Thursday, April 21st and Friday, April 22nd entertainment will be provided by "The Embers" who are known for their hit "I Love Beach Music" and on Saturday for your "after show" entertainment The "Ivey Brothers" will be playing. The Gulf Coast Charity Celebration is sure everybody will enjoy all of the entertainment that they have lined up for this years event.

Saturday nights performance will be broadcast tape-delayed on CSS (Comcast Sports Southeast) which will reach over Five-Million viewers.

There will be food vendors, merchandise vendors, kiddie rides and more for your enjoyment.

We would like to remind everyone that the deadline for ordering and paying for stalls is March 31st, 2005. Paddock Club table seating is still available but is going fast, so place your table reservations now. For more information on reserved tables, sponsorships and box seats call (850) 914-9030 or for information about Panama City Beach call 1-800-PCBEACH.