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Price seems to be holding in 1.50+ range; new press release: Wednesday March 22, 12:41 pm Eastern Time Company Press Release Concierge Adds John K. Conners to Management Advisory Committee LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 22, 2000--Concierge Inc., which is proceeding with plans to merge with StarFest Inc. (OTCBB:SFST - news), today announced that it has named John K. Conners to the company's Management Advisory Committee. Conners is currently vice president, financial counseling, for the Irvine, Calif. office of Ayco Co. L.P. At Ayco, Conner's practice includes advising executives in Fortune 500 companies, many of which are involved in telecommunications and Internet technology. Conners currently sits on a number of charitable and civic boards in Southern California. He received a bachelor of science degree from the State University of New York and his law degree from Albany Law School. He joined the New York State Bar in 1978. ``Over the past two months, as we have moved forward to complete our proposed merger with StarFest Inc., we have devoted a considerable amount of time developing and implementing the management structure we believe will be necessary to successfully operate as a fully reporting public company,' said Allen E. Kahn, Concierge president and chief executive officer. ``In addition to adding needed senior management, we have focused on building an exceptionally strong board of directors, each member of which has extraordinary experience in the business, financial and technical communities. ``Concierge's board is limited to five seats by the company's by-laws, but we plan to expand its membership following completion of the merger with StarFest, and expect John to become a member at that time. We are very pleased that John Conners has agreed to join this very talented group of senior professionals to assist us as we move towards release of our first product in April.' Concierge was founded by Kahn to design, market and support a new class of unified messaging products. These products integrate voice technology and pioneering software as a solution to the remote access needs of Internet e-mail, fax and voicemail users. The company is preparing to introduce a moderately priced software package with a $39.95 purchase price, the Personal Communications Attendant. The PCA will enable Internet e-mail users to have e-mail received on their personal computers and read to them over any telephone as instructed by the user's voice commands. Concierge plans continuing enhancements to the PCA, including fully unified messaging and foreign language versions, and has additional unique products under development. Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in this news release are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the ``safe harbor' provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof. The company disclaims any intent or obligation to update these forward-looking statements. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact: For Concierge Inc. Self & Associates Trudy M. Self, 818/880-5437 or John Everding, 925/243-9099 Web site: pcahome.com