Broadway Poster Contest!

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Broadway Poster Contest!

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We are happy to announce a brand new..........

POSTER CONTEST!

In honor of the final show of BETM on Broadway, Billy Elliot the Forum and Friends of Billy Elliot are conducting a joint contest for the best design for a poster that will be given to the cast to express our thanks for a wonderful run.

Entries may be created using any method, including paper-based methods such as drawing, painting, or mixed media collage; or computer graphic design, and must prominently feature the names and web addresses of both forums as follows: Billy Elliot the Forum, http://www.billyelliottheforum.me.uk, and Friends of Billy Elliot the Musical, http://friendsofbilly.com.

The poster design must include some variation on the following messages:
“Thank you to the Broadway company of Billy Elliot the Musical for…”

and

“Please read our messages to you at …” followed by links to threads set up on both forums for members to express their individual thanks and good wishes to the members of the entire cast and company.

All entries must be submitted to the contest as .jpeg images of a resolution suitable for blowing up to poster size (1.5MB or higher). All entries will be displayed on both forums. Please PM angelenroute or deebeeeff for more details of where to send your entry. Only one entry per person, please.

Reminder: If you use photographs, please make sure you have the photographers’ or owners’ permission to use them. Photo credits must be submitted with entries.

Submission Deadline:
The contest begins on Tuesday, November 1, and submissions may be made through midnight EST, Thursday, December 1.

Judging and Voting: Three finalists will be selected by your two contest coordinators based on the quality of the design. Once the three finalists have been selected, the entries will be displayed in the galleries of both forums. The three finalists will be announced on Monday, December 5, and voting will take place from that date until Wednesday, December 14. We will ask forum members to PM their votes for the winner to either coordinator. Each member may cast only one vote. The entry with the highest number of votes will be the winner. The winner will be announced on Friday, December 16.

Prize: The winner of the contest will receive a copy of the poster that he/she designed.
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Thanks for doing this, Sean and Dave :D I hope we get some great entries to choose from!

UK and all other international members, please do not assume that because you don't live in the US you can not enter the contest. ALL members are encouraged to get the creative juices flowing and enter.

Since the rules ask you to post a link address for a thread with good wishes to the cast, I have now set it up here:

http://www.billyelliottheforum.me.uk/fo ... =72&t=3151
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Really looking forward to seeing what you all come up with!!! PM me with any questions or thoughts any time!

Sean

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I hope some of you are working on your posters. We want to let the cast of BETM on Broadway know how much we love them and thank them for over 3 wonderful years of shows.

The poster is intended to be our Thank You card to them, and will be handed in at the stage door to be hung up backstage so everyone working on the show can see it.

This is important, folks! We need your designs!
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Reminder: The deadline for submissions is December 1. We have had no responses to this, and the time is drawing ever closer. :(

Is there really no one on here who wants to help us send our thanks to the Broadway cast? :?
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Although I know its pretty late, I just came upon this post, and since it seems nobody has made a poster yet, I wouldnt mind making one...
So, should I make one? or is it just way too late
-Sarah :)
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Thanks very much for the offer, Sarah, but the contest is officially closed. We had hoped to have good participation, but unfortunately, despite the announcement having been posted in all active sections of the forum and the deadline having been extended once, it did not materialize. :( We had a backup design in reserve, however, and it has already been ordered.

I would like to remind everyone that we do have a thread for you to post your messages to the cast. Here's the link:

http://www.billyelliottheforum.me.uk/fo ... =72&t=3151
Ellen



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As I noted previously, the backup poster design was ordered. The poster arrived several days ago. I will take it with me to NY for the final show and see that it is taken backstage to be posted by the call board. Here's an image of the poster. Click on the thumbnail to enlarge. You can then zoom in to see an even larger version, which will enable you to read the background print. 8-)
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