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49 and sponsors. Handal's unoffi cial visits have stoked excitement around town, and Showers has gotten a fl urry — no, an avalanche — of queries. Veranda magazine takes the lead as national media sponsor, with PaperCity and D Home serving as local media sponsors Kips Bay Decorator Show House Dallas ticket and event information: Opening-night tickets (Thursday, September 24) $250; show house tickets (September 25 - October 25) $40, at kipsbaydecoratorshowhouse.org. To apply and be considered for Kips Bay Decorator Show House, submit a single PDF of 6 to 12 images, with single-page bio to nazira.handal@kipsbay.org. Deadline is May 27, 2020. to name a few. The career of an up- and-coming designer with a strong portfolio can be launched with a dazzling room at Kips Bay. T he Manhattan show house attracts about 15,000 visitors each May and has raised more than $24 million for the organization. It's been so successful that three years ago Kips Bay added an annual Palm Beach show house, which is open throughout February, and is now adding the Dallas show house, which will be open throughout September. Kips Bay Dallas will benefi t The Crystal Charity Ball, Dwell with Dignity, Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club in New York, and other children's charities. Kips Bay, both the nonprofi t and the show house, will be honored at the Dallas PaperCity Design Awards, Tuesday, September 22. About 25 designers are selected via committee to participate in Kips Bay, and once they accept their room assignment they will have about 10 weeks to complete the transformation. For the Dallas show house, designers will be selected from Dallas, other major cities in Texas, and across the U.S. by a committee that includes Showers, Peacock, and members of the Kips Bay Board in New York. Nazira Handal, director of special events and sponsorships for Kips Bay, has been seen in Dallas over the past fi ve months by eagle- eyed designers, talking to showrooms Kips Bay Palm Beach 2020, Alizee Brion NICKOLAS SARGENT NICKOLAS SARGENT Kips Bay NYC, 2020, Gluckstein Design Kips Bay NYC 2020, Corey Damen Jenkins MARCO RICCA Kips Bay Palm Beach 2020, Jonathan Savage