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2007 ADDY Awards Call for Entries
Coastal Advertising and Marketing Professionals (CAMP) invites you to the annual advertising awards show.
January 2007 – MYRTLE BEACH, SC –Coastal Advertising and Marketing Professionals (CAMP) 2007 ADDY‚ Awards gala will be held on Saturday, February 10th, 2007 at Planet Hollywood, Myrtle Beach, SC. Time:CAMP invites the community to this annual advertising awards show.
The ADDY Awards is the only creative awards program administered by the advertising industry for the industry. A three-tiered national competition sponsored by the American Advertising Federations (AAF) annually, this awards program is the world’s largest and arguably toughest advertising competition. The ADDY Awards represent the true spirit of creative excellence by recognizing all forms of advertising from media of all types, creative by all sizes and entrants of all levels. The AAF, a not-for-profit industry association, conducts the ADDYs through its 200 member advertising clubs and 15 districts. Entries are first judged at a local level through competitions organized by more than 200 ad clubs affiliated with the AAF, of which CAMP is one. Local winners then advance to 15 regional competitions, then regional winners advance to the national/international finals.
More than 400 broadcast, interactive and print entries were recieved this year from agencies, businesses, students and individuals in the Florence, Myrtle Beach, Georgetown and Wilmington markets. Of these entries, the three-member judging panel singles out the most outstanding entries, which will be honored with a gold or silver recognition at the celebration.
Tickets are $45.00 per person and include a two-hour reception of cocktails & hors d’oeuvres and the awards presentation. Student tickets are $22.50 with college ID and include hors d’oeuvres and the awards presentation. Tickets must be purchased before or by 5:00 pm on February 5rd. To purchase tickets, contact Diana Fromal at the Weekly Surge, 843-839-8279. Proceeds from the ADDY‚ Awards help to support CAMP’s educational programs, public service projects and proactive government relation efforts.
CAMP, the local affiliate of the American Advertising Federation, is a non-profit organization comprised of advertising, marketing and public relations professionals. Our membership area spans Florence, Georgetown and Myrtle Beach, SC and Wilmington, NC.
The purpose of CAMP shall be to provide and promote a better understanding of the functions of advertising and of its values; to apply these skills, creativity and energy of the advertising industry whenever it is needed to help social problems; to advocate the standards of advertising through a voluntary program of self regulation; to promote good fellowship and free exchange of ideas.
To Learn more about CAMP go to www.mbcamp.com.
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