DEADLINE EXTENDED TO SUNDAY, JUNE 28 AT 9:00 PM

For each venue take a photo of yourself in the required position with the required item (as indicated below).  The item must be clearly distinguishable.  Bring a friend or prepare to meet some new ones.  All photos must be presented to Catriona in the Fringe Tent or posted on Flickr by 9:00 pm EST Sunday June 28, 2009.   One point will be awarded for each item scavenged.  Bonus points will be awarded where indicated.  The collection with the highest amount of points will be declared the winner.  In the event of a tie, the first of the tying collections handed in will be declared the winner.  Second and third prize will be awarded accordingly.

[Note: the prizes are pretty awesome. They include gift certificates to restaurants such as Chez Lucien and the Elgin Street Diner.]

• Alumni Auditorium - pretending to do a science experiment in front of the paintings of science students

• Café Alternatif - you with the venue manager. Bonus Point if you are wearing a red bowler or green Robin Hood hat.

• Royal Oak on Laurier - beside the photo of the lobster on the sandwich board outside. Bonus Point if you make your hands look like lobster claws

• Tabaret Lawn - under a tree looking inquisitively

• Academic Hall - napping on the bench outside of the building

• Studio Leonard Beaulne - Enter the doors to the main building, press your face against the glass looking outside at the sidewalk - have your friend take the picture

• Studio 311 - beside the vending machines on the top floor pretending to make a selection

• Arts Court Theatre - on the second floor in front of the elevator nearest the theatre pointing the way to the theatre

• Arts Court Library - waving from the stairs in the hallway between the Arts Court Theatre and Library Box Office

• Fringe Festival Main Box Office - picking up a Fringe Program

• Fringe Courtyard - have someone take a photo of you from behind or beside while you ride Storybike - the screen must be visible in the photo

• Go Go’s - photo from across the street with the Go Go’s banner behind you

• Mercury Lounge - beside a rickshaw runner in the Byward Market. Bonus Point if you can get the Mercury Lounge sign somewhere in the photograph

BONUS: a picture of yourself with one (or more) of the 4 people on the 2009 Once Upon A Fringe poster/program cover.  One bonus point per Fringe Cover person for a potential total of 4 bonus points!

BONUS: a picture of yourself standing beside living, breathing a Fringe performer. Include a performer in up to five of your photos for a total of up to 5 bonus points.  Each performer can only appear once (you can’t use the same performer for all 5 photos) and the performer cannot be you!  Not to be used in conjunction with the program/poster bonus.

DOUBLE BONUS:  Post your pics on Flickr with a link to our site and receive two extra points.

Filed under: 2009, Fringe Blog, News by Patrick Gauthier