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Full of excitement, recognition and connecting with friends from across the country, Seminar is i of the nigh anticipated events each year. Equally virtually 30,000 women descend upon Dallas, Mary Kay paints the city pink as attendees gather to celebrate each other and inspire ane another to achieve their entrepreneurial dreams.

Mary Kay's Seminar is the longest running annual event at the Dallas Convention Heart, with more than 1.two meg people attending since 1975. In 2016, information technology generated a $34.iv million economic bear on for Due north Texas. However, Seminar was non e'er this glamorous!

The original Seminar was held in 1964 at the Company warehouse. Decorations consisted of crepe paper and balloons, and a 3-piece band provided the entertainment. An Independent Dazzler Consultant'south daughter even sang operatic arias! What an opportunity!

There were approximately 200 Independent Beauty Consultants at the fourth dimension, and Mary Kay Ash personally cooked for them. She served chicken, jalapeno dressing and orangish Jell-O salad, and Independent Sales Managing director Ellen Notley baked a cake that said "Happy First Anniversary." What a special, personal contribution to the celebration!

Recognition and celebration have always been the material of Seminar'due south identity. At the first Seminar in 1964, wigs valued at virtually $300 were awarded to the superlative sales force members. The prize for the number 1 Independent Beauty Consultant was a black and white television! Imagine beingness able to have dwelling this exciting technology.

Over the years, as both the visitor and attendance at Seminar grew, the iconic effect moved to new locations around the city. From the warehouse to various city hotels to Market Hall, Seminar finally institute its home at the Dallas Convention Eye. Even today, no facility is large enough to host all eager Seminar attendees each year, so four separate Seminars are now held consecutively over a ii and a half week catamenia each summer.

Seminar 2017 volition take place at the Dallas Convention Centre from July twenty to August 4. What are you excited for this Seminar? We can't expect to see you!