John M Best received a Daytime EMMY AWARD for Best Special Class Special for the Walt Disney World Christmas Day Parade. Nominated six times in this category, he won his second EMMY AWARD for producing the 2008 Magnificent Mile Lights Festival which aired in national syndication around the country. Television Credits Include: 6 ABC Philadelphia Thanksgiving Day Parade CMA Backstage Pass Daytona 500 Prerace Show Disney Holiday Parades Disney Television Specials Emmy Awards Fox Broadcasting Company Grammy Awards HBO Comedy Hour Madison Square Garden Productions Grammy Living Legends Magnificent Mile Lights Festival Miss USA, Miss Universe and Miss Teen USA Pageants Miss America’s Outstanding Teen MTV MTV Rock And Jock Events MTV’s Unplugged National Cherry Blossom Festival Parade National Memorial Day Parade Nashville Christmas Parade NBC Olympic Opening and Closing Ceremonies People’s Choice Awards Summer Jam Concert Specials SuperBowl Half-Time Shows Walt Disney Company WLS – ABC7 – ABC – Chicago WPVI – 6ABC – ABC – Philadelphia WUSA9 TV – CBS – Washington, DC Some of the Award shows we have produced and/or directed: The Efie Awards – For Effectiveness in Marketing Couture Design Awards Gala presented by Town and Country Magazine The Major League Soccer Gala Awards The National CableACE Awards – For Excellence in Cable Television The Discover Awards – For Discover Magazine The Icon Awards – For Adweek Magazine Karastan Sales Awards – For Karastan Carpets Corporate Entertainment Includes: The Power of a Dream Gala – U.S. Dream Academy Couture Design Awards Gala presented by Town and Country Magazine Liz Claiborne Product Launch Cyndi Lauper Concert Sephora’s store opening on 5th Avenue in New York City NBA All-Star Weekends – New York and San Francisco Karastan Carpets National Sales Meetings Ortho Pharmaceuticals Porsche Boxster Launch Celebrate Los Angeles at the Los Angeles Marathon Mercedes Benz 300 Class Launch Mercedes Benz A Class Europe Launch