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Celebrate Father’s Day on AfricanLoft and Win a Prize!

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Posted by: CareTaker on June 9, 2007 Under: Event, Feature, Vibes from the Loft



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Who’s your Daddy?

Event: Celebrate Father’s Day (June 17) and win a $50 Amazon gift-card!

Venue: AfricanLoft Community

Time: Now till June 17*, 2007. * Use your time zone

What: Share a piece on your Dad or father-figure

How:

  1. Write a short story on your father in the blog (100 words max.)
  2. Post picture or pictures (must be in JPEG, PNG, or GIF format (no progressive JPGs or animated GIFs) and must not be greater than 8MB)
  3. Post a video clip or clips (must be in .flv, .wmv, .asf, .avi, .mov, .3gp, .mpg, .mpeg, or .mp4 format, 25MB limit.)
  4. Post an audio file or files (must be in MP3 format, and no greater than 8MB)
  • Entries could be on one, all, or any combination of the above four
  • All submissions MUST be tagged “Father’s Day ‘07”
  • Any entry after the June 17 deadline will not be considered
  • A winner will be announced on June 18, 2007

Eligibility:

NOTE: Entries will be judged on their clarity, originality, content and style.

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Update: June 18, 2007

I wish to express my heartfelt appreciation to all Lofters that celebrated their fathers and presented materials to grace the event. You’re awesome!!!

Even though the consensus winner among the judges was Misi, I knew shortly after the announcement there can never be a winner nor losers; our fathers will alway be ours no matter how they are portrayed or celebrated. Fathers cannot be compared, and our feelings and love for them are unique and can’t be simply replicated, particularly on web pages such as these. What is important is remembering and appreciating them, always, in our hearts, and in whatever ways and manners we want.

My wish is to take you all out to dinner…someday this will become a reality.

Keep lofting and mingling!

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  1. Adekunbi Akin-Taylor | Jun 11, 2007 | Reply

    If mothers are gold
    Fathers are Platinum.
    Before Eve, there was Adam
    Before Sarah, there was Abraham
    To all fathers in the world
    In your homes, you shall always be the head and not the tail.

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