High Point Market to celebrate centennial

The High Point Market will celebrate its 100th anniversary with a Centennial Celebration on the night of Sunday, Oct. 18th, according to an announcement.

The N.C. A&T State University Blue and Gold Marching Machine will lead a march through the streets of High Point, and Market attendees will see a performance by singer-songwriter Gavin DeGraw. The celebration will also include games and fireworks.

High Point Market Authority President Brian Casey said the twice-yearly wholesale furniture trade show, the largest of its kind in the world, has become integral to thousands of people in the home furnishings professions during the last century.

“At the same time, we see the Market’s first 100 years as only the beginning, a period of spectacular growth that has created the infrastructure for an expanding global industry," Casey said.

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