| AVON, OH -- As the 2008 prom season comes to a conclusion, high school students across North America have been thinking about dresses, corsages, cummerbunds and... DUCT TAPE! For one lucky couple, attending prom ''ducked'' out this past year in creative duct tape formalwear could have resulted in both a memorable and profitable experience.
By adorning themselves in stylishly ''sticky'' fashions, high school students will be eligible to participate in the eighth annual Duck® brand Stuck at Prom contest, with the chance to win thousands of dollars as a cash scholarship for college.
Aside from relaxing the strain on budgets, duct tape ensembles allow students to be creative and original with their prom attire. And, because Duck® brand Duct Tape is available in 17 colors other than the standard silver/gray, students can be as clever and creative as they want.
During the two-week online voting period -- June 13-29, 2008 -- the
couples will compete against each other through online and word-of-mouth
promotion to earn votes. The Top 10 Couples for 2008 are:
Abby Doud, 17, and J.P. Audruch, 17, Momence, Ill., Momence High School
Sharon Dranko, 18, Monaca, Pa., and Joshua Humm, 18, Aliquippa, Pa.,
Center Area High School
Heather Hileman, 17, and Bryan Reichert, 17, North Olmsted, Ohio, North
Olmsted High School
Emma Baumann, 17, and Sean Baumann, 15, Makanda, Ill., Carbondale
Community High School
Jordan White, 17, and Taylor White, 17, Winton, Calif., Buchach Colony
High School
Haley Cavanaugh, 17, Farmington Hills, Mich., and Keith Porter, 17,
Grosse Pointe Shores, Mich., Mercy High School
Nicole Greenhouse, 18, and Kyle Berkowitz, 18, Sudbury, Mass., Lincoln
Sudbury Regional High School
Venessa Lee, 17, and Justin Schooley, 15, South Jordan, Utah, Jordan
High School
Breann Hoffman, 18, and Mitch Gray, 17, Edison, Ohio, Northmor High
School
Katrina Vasquez, 18, and Keith Huntington, 17, Phoenix, Ariz., Desert
Vista High School
How does the judging work?
A panel of judges will score all eligible Contest Entries based on the Judging Criteria and will select the top ten potential winners on or about 12:00:00 p.m. ET on June 13, 2008. Those ten Contest Entries with the highest scores will be posted online for public voting. The online voting period will begin at 11:00 a.m. June 13, 2008, and end at 11:00 p.m. through June 29, 2008. Anyone visiting the www.stuckatprom.com website during the online voting period is eligible to vote. There will be Three Prizes: One First Place, One Second Place and One Third Place potential winning couples, selected from among all eligible Contest Entries. The three Contest Entries that receive the most online votes will be awarded the Prizes.
What are the prizes?
Overall First Prize: Each individual member of the First Place Winning Couple will receive a cash scholarship of $3,000.00. The school that hosted the First Place Winning Couple's prom will receive a cash prize of $3,000.00. Overall Second Prize: Each individual member of the Second Place Winning Couple will receive a cash scholarship of $2,000.00. The school that hosted the Second Place Winning Couple's prom will receive a cash prize of $2,000.00. Overall Third Prize: Each individual member of the Third Place Winning Couple will receive a cash scholarship of $1,000.00. The school that hosted the third place Winning Couple's prom will receive a cash prize of $1,000.00.
The total value of all prizes is $18,000. All prizes will be awarded. Where Winner is a minor, prize will be awarded in the name of the Parent or Guardian that signed the original written Parental Release. No substitution or transfer of prizes is permitted. All taxes are the sole responsibility of the prize winners.
When will the winners be announced?
Sponsor will notify the Potential Winners on or about July 1, 2008, in accordance with the information provided by Entrant in the Contest Entries.
To learn more about the contest OR to cast your vote online now, please click on the link below:
www.StuckAtProm.com
ABOUT DUCK(R) BRAND DUCT TAPE
Duck(R) brand duct tape is available nationally at mass merchandise,
hardware and craft retailers. Duck(R) brand duct tape is available in 20
colors and patterns, including aqua, camouflage, fluorescent green, pink,
orange and yellow, standard silver, and an assortment of other traditional
colors such as red, yellow, black and blue. More information on where to buy
Duck(R) brand duct tape is listed at www.ducktapeclub.com.
The Duck brand offers an array of tapes, packaging supplies and home
products that provide simple, imaginative and helpful solutions for a variety
of tasks around the home, school and office. Visit http://www.duckproducts.com
for additional product information.
For more than 130 years, Henkel has been a leader with brands and
technologies that make people's lives easier, better, and more beautiful.
Henkel operates in three business areas -- Home Care, Personal Care, and
Adhesives Technologies -- and ranks among the Fortune Global 500 companies. In
fiscal 2007, Henkel generated sales of $19.218 billion and operating profit of
$1.975 billion. Our 53,000 employees worldwide are dedicated to fulfilling our
corporate claim, "A Brand like a Friend," and ensuring that people in more
than 125 countries can trust in brands and technologies from Henkel.
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