Vote Camp Kesem to win $250k

May 11, 2010

Foggy Bottom based Camp Kesem GW, a branch of Camp Kesem National, is up to win some serious cash with your help.  The non-profit works to provide kids whose parents have or have had cancer with a real summer camp experience. Often these kids never get a real chance to just relax, have fun, and be kids — Camp Kesem works to let these kids have the opportunity to, at least for one week, be kids.

Camp Kesem National is currently competing in the Pepsi Refresh competition to win a $250,000 grant from Pepsi if they are one of the top two vote getters by May 30th. They’re in 21st place right now and have 20 more days to make it to the top. If CKN gets a grant, Camp Kesem GW will get $10,000 for their individual camps.

Vote for them to win at www.clickforkesem.org.

You can vote once every day until May 30th with either your Facebook account or your email address.

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Contest: Music from the Crooked Road Tickets

April 14, 2010

Dear readers, we have in our possession two pairs of tickets to Friday’s show at Lisner, Music from the Crooked Road, and we’d like to give them to yooooooouuuu! Comment on our post or RT this: I want to win free tickets to Music from the Crooked Road from @foboblo! You can too: http://bit.ly/9fyYID

The theme of the tour is the 200-mile Crooked Road in Virginia, which winds through tiny Appalachian communities where folk, bluegrass, mountain gospel, and olde timey music thrived. Enjoy the roots of American music, as performed by a fantastic assortment of virtuosos. Featuring: NEA National Heritage Award Fellow Appalachian guitar master Wayne Henderson, the bluegrass banjo player Sammy Shelor, the ye olde timey family string band The White Top Mountain Band, & old-time fiddle and banjo masters Kirk Stuphin and Eddie Bond. For the younger crowd, the rising star bluegrass band Amber Collins & No Speed Limit and 21-year-old balladeer Elizabeth LaPrelle will perform. [Ticketing]

Check out their youtube page to sample something from all the artists: [YouTube]

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Contest: Tickets to Angelique Kidjo on Saturday, March 27

March 25, 2010

FoBoBlo was graciously given two tickets give away for Angélique Kidjo in Lisner Auditorium this Saturday. I highly recommend you check her out even if you don’t win our contest, because she is amazing. I have seen her in concert several times (no joke), and each time is fun and filled with energetic dancing (apparently her last appearance at Lisner had the whole crowd on their feet!).

Kidjo was born in Benin, speaks four languages: Fon, French, Yorùbá, and English, and she sings in all of them. She’s collaborated with Gilberto Gil, Dave Matthews, Carlos Santana, Ziggy Marley, Peter Gabriel, and Joss Stone. Her cover of “Little Boxes” was featured in the show Weeds. She’s also been a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador since 2002, and founded The Batonga Foundation which helps fund girls’ education in Africa.

Okay, so I’m a total fan girl. But her music is uplifting, she is inspiring, and her shows are always fun. SO TO WIN TICKETS…just retweet this: I want to win Angelique Kidjo tickets from @foboblo! RT to enter & win! http://bit.ly/bt5uuB

I’ll contact the winner by Friday evening, so don’t dawdle, dear readers!

If you don’t win, tickets are only $15 for students. The show starts at 8 pm. [Ticketing]

Under the cut is a video of Angelique Kidjo with Joss Stone singing Gimme Shelter.

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Last Chance to Win Best Blog

March 15, 2010
Look at the Winner!

We want to be a winner like him!

If you haven’t voted already, we implore you go vote now!

Washington City Paper’s asking for the best local blog in 2010, and they’re especially looking for newcomers.  That link does the legwork for you, so just enter in your email address!

Voting ends tonight at 11:59pm — so vote now! And tell your friends.

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Contest: And the Oscar goes to…

March 9, 2010

David K.! He took top honors in our Oscar competition with 15 correct guesses (out of 24). We had a three-person tie, but David managed to also win our random number drawing! So congratulations, David K., on out smarting our other readers, and correctly going with team Hurt Locker over team Avatar (sucks it, aliens). Congrats, and thanks for playing!

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