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Drumroll please.....

The verdict is in!

Alliance Bakery 'takes the cake' coming in first place and Filter Cafe follows close behind with third. Congrats to Kenny and the crew who made it happen.

Thank you 30 SECONDS OVER CHICAGO.

Tune in and VOTE

If you enjoyed the :30 sec spots from the last post. Tune in tonight and VOTE!
Here is the schedule of events for online viewing. If you'd like to participate, 10:15 cst is your chance (pending schedule accuracy). 

Alliance Bakery
Filter Cafe

8:15
Show begins with quick Introduction. Ads will be shown twice (back to back), followed with judges' feedback. 24 ads total @ 5 minutes apiece = 120 minutes.

10:15
Voting begins (during which we'll replay all 24 ads one more time).

10:30
Voting closes. While paper ballots and online votes are counted The Sometimes Family plays for 15 minutes.

10:45
Announce winners!

30 Seconds Over Chicago

Over the last couple of months a friend from work and I have been busy writing, directing and producing two 30 second commercials for Alliance Bakery and Filter Cafe. This is part of a local competition called 30 Seconds Over Chicago, which is an all-city advertising competition where the creative process is crowd-sourced in making 30-second commercials for 30 Chicago small businesses. This upcoming Tuesday at 8 pm is the big event where our 2 spots will be judged and voted on by the audience against 28 other spots.

Think of it as a cross between Mad Men and American Idol.

Click here and tune in on Tuesday at 8 pm and vote for your faves live.

For a sneak peek, watch our Alliance Bakery spot here and Filter Cafe's spot here. Thank you so much to everyone involved to help bring our ideas to life.