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Tuesday, February 5, 2013

PhotoScamble Partners with Grand Valley State University for Photo Contest

http://www.photoscramble.com, an established online photo contest platform has released new features including the ability to allow a host to limit contest participants to an exclusive list. The photos are open to the public view, however entry and voting is restricted to students and administrators. The restriction is achieved by importing an exclusive RSVP list of emails into the system. The process can be achieved in a matter of minutes, while automatically sending an email invite to selected participants.

This years photo contest for Grand Valley State University has seven different categories capturing different aspects of geology and what geologists do. The purpose of the contest is to give students and faculty in the geology department an opportunity to share their favorite and outstanding photographs in a friendly, yet competitive environment. The seven categories include ones devoted to physical features and human interactions.(Dr. Peter Wampler Associate Professor, Department of Geology Grand Valley State University)

This years photo contest categories are:
  • Geologist at Play - Pictures of geology students/faculty taking a break from work, relaxing, entertaining, and having fun.
  • Geologist at Work - Pictures of geology students/faculty conducting research or investigations in the lab or field, i.e. collecting data, taking measurements, or lecturing.
  • Midwest Geology - Landscapes, geologic features, or geologic activities within the Midwest region of the U.S. (Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin etc).
  • Geologic Processes - Pictures that highlight a geologic process or a feature resulting from a geologic process such as rock outcrops, faulting/folding, weathering/erosion, sediments, deposition, or volcanism.
  • Abstract Images - The patterns of geology at any scale from photomicrographs to satellite images, including landscapes pictures and aesthetic images.
  • Most Educational - Images and accompanying interpretive descriptions that tell a geologic story or elucidate a geologic process.
  • Best Field Trip Photo - Engaging and scenic images of people or places taken during a geology field trip.

http://www.photoscramble.com provides the tools for a banner image and up to 12 direct sponsor ad spaces within the contest. Sponsor ads are flexible enough to be used at the hosts discretion, allowing them to be free or sold at a fixed rate and on a CPM or CPC basis. Grand Valley State University felt so strongly about three GVSU web sites: Sustainable Safe Water for Haiti, Empowering Haiti through Education and their own Storm Water Initiative that they decided to offer these sponsors ad space for free. At the conclusion of each contest, a full traffic report is available to view sponsor impressions and clicks. This report is extremely useful, showing value to current and future sponsors.

Grand Valley State University isnt the only organization that has a need to limit photo contests participants to an exclusive list. Several large and small companies host annual employee photo contests each year. Employee photo contests with participant limitations can restrict voting or allow voting to be open to the public. PhotoScramble has developed a platform flexible enough to accommodate participant limitations in a variety of ways meeting the needs of the contest creators.

PhotoScramble and their sister companies are global SaaS providers for over 10 years that have created an online platform to create, enter and vote in photo contests. Based in Traverse City, MI, PhotoScramble has developed tools necessary for companies and organizations of all sizes to host photo contests as a fun way to share photos, compete, promote, brand, and fundraise.

For more information please visit, http://www.photoscramble.com or Contact Eric Freed

Contact
Eric Freed
http://www.photoscramble.com
Phone: 231-932-0851 Ext 11
Email: eric(at)photoscramble.com

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PhotoScamble Partners with Grand Valley State University for Photo Contest



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Saturday, February 2, 2013

Workshop Helps Young Performers Approach Auditions with Confidence and Style

The Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts (CCTA) will offer a Musical Theater Audition Intensive on Monday, February 18, 2013 form 9am-3pm in Columbia, MD. The full-day workshop, which falls on President's Day, is designed to help young performers in grades 5 - 9 develop techniques and strategies for both Dance and Vocal auditions. Students will work with instructors Ric Ryder (Vocals) and Lisa Yanguas (Dance) to learn how to play to their strengths with a variety of dance forms and vocal styles.

The $75 workshop fee includes lunch and all materials. It will be held in the Ballet Royale Studio, 9147-B Red Branch Road in Columbia, MD. Register online at http://www.CCTArts.com or contact the CCTA office at 410-381-0700 or Carmen(at)CCTArts(dot)com.

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RIC RYDER is a native of Columbia and alum of CCTA! He has worked with and been inspired by some of the finest musical directors, conductors and composers: Paul Bogaev, David Chase, Eddie Robinson, Carole King, Tom OHorgan, Gerry Sternback and Joe Baker among others. Broadway credits include The Music Man (Jacey Squires), Grease! (Doody), Blood Brothers (Eddie) and Starmites (Starmite). He has appeared off-Broadway in Chess, The Jazz Singer and Gifts of the Magi. Ric appears locally as well as in New York giving both private and public concerts. Reviewers have called him a potent singer with a sweet brassy voice. Ric studied on scholarship in the College Preparatory Program , Peabody Conservatory at Johns Hopkins University and received a BA in Voice Performance from University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Ric has taught at the New York University Tisch School of the Arts, as well as privately in both Manhattan and here in Columbia. He is currently a guest instructor for CCTA.

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