Friday, August 7, 2009

Want Tix to the Absolute Best of Tulsa Music Awards?


Downtown Tulsa is about to turn glitzy with a Hollywood-caliber party: The inaugural Absolute Best of Tulsa Music Awards.

The host of this little party is Tulsa's own Zac Maloy, a songwriter working with the likes of Train, Bowling for Soup, Our Lady Peace, James Blunt and Daughtry. He also penned the current single for T-Town's adopted son David Cook, "Come Back to Me," and wrote several songs for the forthcoming Carrie Underwood album.

Backing up Maloy will be the ABoT Music Awards Orchestra provided by Tulsa Symphony Orchestra's Tulsa Rock Ensemble. Plus, each of the five bands up for the title of Best Band of the Year will have its chance to rock the house down to its spring-loaded dance floor.

Red carpet arrivals of Tulsa music celebrities begin at 7 p.m., with the awards ceremony kicking off at 8.

Urban Tulsa Weekly created The Absolute Best of Tulsa Music Awards to offer greater coverage of the vibrant music scene in Tulsa. Nearly 85,000 votes have been counted, and all that's left is to get down with our bad selves as the winners of dozens of categories are announced under the roof of Tulsa's most treasured musichouse.

All you rockers headed to the ABoTMAs should tune in on your mobile devices to Twitter for a live tweeting of the night's red-carpet shenanigans, provided by me and Urban Tulsa Weekly arts writer Holly Wall. The fun won't stop at the door, though - we'll continue to show you our tweets throughout the awards ceremony.

Everyone can score tickets to this first-annual event online at protix.com, by phone at 1-866-9PROTIX or in person at Cain's Ballroom, Ida Red on Brookside and the inimitable Starship Records at 13th and Lewis. Spots at a reserved table are $25, and general admission is $15 - a rock-bottom bargain for a star-studded evening of live, down-home rock and roll.

Before you pull out your billfolds, though, give this little game of chance a shot:

If you can scan to the comments section of this post and name the five Tulsa bands battling for the biggest title of the evening, Best Band of the Year, you will have a good chance at winning a pair of general admission tickets to one of the hottest parties of 2009.

You have until this time tomorrow (Saturday) morning to enter; I'll announce a winner hand-picked by Random.org by noon.

Good luck! And don't forget, for all of your weekend mosh pit and general hip-swaying needs, Cain's Ballroom for the ABoT Music Awards is the place to be. See you there.

17 comments:

Casey Hanson said...

The ABOT performers are:
Callupsie
Dead Sea Choir
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey
My Solstice
Vandevander

Unknown said...

I love me some copy/paste action...

Callupsie | Achille's Heel
Dead Sea Choir | Move It, Child
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey | The Black and Crazy Blues and A Laugh For Rory (for Joel Dorn)
My Solstice | Let Me Stay
Vandevander | 1000

pharmacygirl said...

The five Tulsa bands battling for Best Band of the Year:

Callupsie
Dead Sea Choir
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey
My Solstice
Vandevander

Ed said...

Show us your tweets? Awesome turn of phrase, that.

Anonymous said...

Callupsie
Dead Sea Choir
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey
Laugh For Rory
My Solstice
Vandevander

Fingers crossed!

Thanks.

Amber Whitaltch said...

Callupsie | Achille's Heel

Dead Sea Choir | Move It, Child

Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey | The Black and Crazy Blues and A Laugh For Rory (for Joel Dorn)

My Solstice | Let Me Stay

Vandevander | 1000

fullofwhispers said...

I need to go! :)

Callupsie
Dead Sea Choir
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey
Laugh For Rory
My Solstice
Vandevander

Xylo said...

Callupsie, Dead Sea Choir, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, My Solstice, Vandevander

What's Cookin Stacey?? said...

Callupsie
Dead Sea Choir
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey
My Solstice
Vandevander

Unknown said...

Callupsie, Dead Sea Choir, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, My Solstice, Vandevander

Renee said...

How fun!

Callupsie
Dead Sea Choir
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey
My Solstice
Vandevander

Thanks for the opportunity ;)

Unknown said...

Callupsie
Dead Sea Choir
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey
Laugh For Rory
My Solstice
Vandevander

TJ said...

ABoT band of the year noms:
Vandevander
Dead Sea Choir
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey
Callupsie
My Solstice

JC said...

Callupsie
Dead Sea Choir
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey
My Solstice
Vandevander

WaltHansmann said...

Nominees for “Best Band”: Callupsie, My Solstice, Jacob
Fred Jazz Oddyssey, Dead Sea Choir and Vandevander.

HanaIsPoca said...

Callupsie
Dead Sea Choir
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey
My Solstice
Vandevander

Unknown said...

So who won?

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