Face the music for Oxfam Ireland and put yourself in the picture
Oxfam Ireland Press Release
11th March 2008
Music fans love being photographed with their favourite pop stars. Now you can be too, with the launch of a Sleeveface™ competition to promote April as Oxfam Ireland 's ClearURMusic Month.
Sleeveface™ means you put yourself in the picture so you can actually merge with your preferred musical heroes – all you need to do is pose with your favourite album cover, with the sleeve portrait doubling as your face. As the Spice Girls sang, 2 become 1!
“Oxfam Ireland loved the great works of art at www.sleeveface.com so much that we decided to launch a Sleeveface™ competition of our very own , with the winning photo set to become the poster ‘face' for ClearURMusic Month”, said Peter Tomlinson , Oxfam Ireland's Business Development Manager. “So dust off your soulful, striking, glamorous and just plain cheesy record covers – Oxfam Ireland wants you to Sleeveface™ them! If you don't already have a suitable album on vinyl, why not drop in to your local Oxfam Ireland shop and see what's available there?”
Then, once you have rooted through your old record collection for your Sleeveface™ competition entry, why not donate any albums you either no longer listen to or have already upgraded to CD? Simply bring them along to your local Oxfam Ireland shop, where staff will be glad to receive any of your good condition records, tapes and CDs, to raise money to fight poverty in the developing world.
How To Enter
Pose with one or more of your favourite album covers, and email your pictures to webmaster [at] oxfamireland.org – the more witty and inventive, the better. The competition closing date is Monday 24th March 2008 so get Sleevefacing now! See the slideshow on Flickr for inspiration and the entries so far:
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The three winners will each receive a copy of The Cake Sale CD, a Fairtrade chocolate sampler pack and three copies of their winning poster.
Contact:
For further information, or to request high resolution images for reproduction, please contact:
ROI: Paul Dunphy, Media and Communications Executive, 01 635 0422, paul.dunphy [at] oxfamireland.org
NI: Phillip Graham, Media and Communications Officer, 028 9089 5959, phillip.graham [at] oxfamireland.org
Additional Information
- Sleeveface™ competition terms and conditions
- There will be a corner photo booth at the DJ Shadow gig in Dublin's Ambassador Theatre on Friday 14th March, where people can be photographed with a range of album covers.
- As well as ClearURMusic Month and the Sleeveface™ competition in April, other Oxfam Ireland music initiatives include The Cake Sale CD and the month-long Oxjam festival.
- Thanks to all at Sleeveface for their help with the competition
- 2008 sees Oxfam Ireland celebrate its 10th anniversary.
• Find out more about Oxfam Ireland 's Clear UR Gear initiative at www.oxfamireland.org/clearurgear
Oxfam Ireland is an independent member of Oxfam International- a group of thirteen non-governmental agencies dedicated to fighting poverty and related injustice around the world.
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