Thursday, February 26, 2009

2009 ADDYS RECAP

256 Gold, Silver and Bronze ADDYs awarded to 24 companies:

Bluegill Creative - Cassandra Design - Clarityworks - Colloredo & Associates - Designsensory - DrozDezign - Early & Associates - Environmental Systems Corporation - First Baptist Concord - Friends of Literacy - Hornsby Brand Design - Lamar Outdoor Advertising - Mediapulse - Merritt Music Productions - Orange Apple Branding Boutique - Pellissippi State Student Cordelia Norris - S.D. Professionals - Shelton Group - The Bingham Group - The Tombras Group - Tombras Interactive - TradeMark Advertising - University of Tennessee Knoxville Student Madhuri Jagadish - Virtual Interactive Center

BEST OF SHOW: The Tombras Group for "Low Impact Vacation 2.0" print campaign done for the Smoky Mountain Convention & Visitors Bureau

BEST OF PRINT: The Tombras Group for "Low Impact Vacation 2.0" print campaign done for the Smoky Mountain Convention & Visitors Bureau

BEST OF INTERACTIVE: Tombras Interactive for "Save More Souls" social networking site done for Zodiac Boats

BEST OF DIRECT: The Bingham Group for "Blue-Gray Invitation" done for the Olde Farm Golf Club

SPECIAL JUDGES AWARD: The Tombras Group for its "Grove Park Inn RFP Response"

ROBERT MCCABE SILVER MEDAL RECIPIENT: Lisa Duncan, Executive Director of the Dogwood Arts Festival

HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES: Tom Hembree, Senior VP of Marketing for K-VA-T Food Stores; Sam Littleton, Account Executive for WVLT-TV; Paul Scoonover, President of Asen Advertising & Marketing

PRESIDENT'S AWARD RECIPIENTS: AAF-Knoxville Membership Co-Chairs Wayne Bowman with BrainPosse and Marti Townsend with the News Sentinel

To see the ad congratulation winners, click here. To read the Knoxville News-Sentinel article on the Addy Ceremony, click here. And visit the AAF Knoxville Facebook page for photos.

Congratuations to all the winners!

Saturday, February 7, 2009

Come to the Biggest Ad Party of the Year

It's the 44th Annual Knoxville ADDY Awards

Please join us as we honor and celebrate the creative produced in East Tennessee during 2008. It'll be the year’s largest gathering of advertising, marketing, creative, media, and production professionals.

Saturday, February 21, 2009
Crowne Plaza Hotel
Downtown Knoxville, Tennessee

6-7pm: The Gallery
- Networking & Showcase of Creative Entries

7-9pm: Dinner & Show Featuring Entertainment by “Christabel and the Jons”
- Presentation of Robert McCabe National Silver Medal & Hall of Fame Inductions
- ADDY Winners Reel

Tickets: $65 Per Person | $600 for a Table of 10
- Table assignments from the front of the ballroom to the back are made on a first-paid-first-reserved basis. RSVP to Karen Taylor: edirector@aafknoxville.com or 865-742-4838.