Tell about strange things around here, win tickets/meet Weird Al
21 comments July 18th, 2008
Does your Aunt Nellie of Roscoe burp to the tune of “Mary Had a Little Lamb”?
Do you have a sock monkey that’s dressed like Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick?
Does your basement in Rockford look like a Japanese tea garden?
We’re looking for your brief stories/pictures/videos of strange things in the Rockford area for a Register Star contest: “What (and Who) Is Weirder than Weird Al in the Rock River Valley?”
Three winners will each get two tickets (value of $35.50 a ticket) to see Weird Al Yankovic, known for performing humorous parodies of popular songs. Yankovic will be at the Rockford MetroCentre Aug. 10.
One of the three winners also will get two passes to meet Yankovic at the show. Tickets are courtesy of NiteLite Promotions.
Here’s how to enter:
Write in this blog in the “add comment” space in 100 words or less about your weirder-than-Al person, place or thing in the Rock River Valley. You can identify yourself by name in your blog post, but you don’t have to. We will need to publish your name if you’re chosen a winner. (I get your e-mail address when you post, but it’s not part of the post that readers see.)
You may e-mail a photo that shows something weirder-than-Al to gbraun@rrstar.com. Tell in less than 100 words why the photo represents something weirder-than-Al. Photos need to be in jpg format.
Or you can e-mail me a video in mov format that’s less than a minute. You also could drop off a video on a disc at the Register Star, 99 E. State St. Put my name on it.
Submit your story/photo/video as soon as possible but before noon Monday, July 28.
I will choose the three submissions I like best and will post them here, where readers will vote for their favorite. The top vote-getter and guest get to meet Yankovic. Along with blog posts, stories about the three winners will run in GO July 31. And readers will learn a bit more about the winners (including the grand-prize winner) in GO Aug. 7.
For more information, go to metrocentre.com or weirdal.com.
THIS PHOTO WAS SUBMITTED BY ‘AVID LEBON’ a.k.a. Rachel Manis, of her making a smiley face with her tongue. See the post in the comments section about her submission.
