The three agencies won several awards during the AAF-Corpus Christi (AAF-CC) chapter's "SmackDown" ADDY Awards competition in February, allowing their entries to move on to the district level competition. District 10 Gold ADDY winners - which include entries from Arkansas, Northwest Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas - will now move on to national competition with winners being announced during the national awards show and gala scheduled June 4 in San Diego, Ca.
"Winning this many awards at District level is proof that our local advertising sets a standard of excellence that challenges other major cities in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana," says Lexi Buquet, current AAF-CC president. "These awards represent the infinite creativity and talent that Corpus Christi provides to local businesses and organizations."
District 10 awards won by each of the AAF-CC member agencies include:
- Artfly Advertising - Gold ADDY for Radiology Associates, LLC "Made Possible By" campaign and Bronze ADDY for La Palmera Mall "Transformation" video
- Morehead, Dotts & Rybak - Gold ADDY for Del Mar College "Where you want to go." 2010 television campaign (four-spot series) and four Silver ADDYs for each single entry, including "Courtney," "John," "Mandy" and "Nancy."
- Snyder & Associates - Gold ADDY for Texas State Aquarium 20th Anniversary campaign and three Silver ADDYs, including two awards for the Texas State Aquarium 20th Anniversary logo and digitally enhanced photography/design and one award for Joy Ranch for Kids logo.
The ADDY Awards are the advertising industry's largest and most representative competition that recognizes creative excellence and the very best advertising worldwide. Sponsored by the American Advertising Federation, the ADDY awards represent the true creative spirit of advertising by recognizing all forms of advertising from all types of media and created by all sizes and types of entrants from anywhere in the world. AAF's worldwide competition draws over 60,000 total entries annually.