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Calling All Proud New York Parents: Gap Takes Its Casting Call Search to the Big Apple to Find the New Faces of babyGap and GapKids
NEW YORK, Oct. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Calling all babies, kids and proud
parents -- super tot stardom may be no farther away than a trip to the Gap!
Today, Gap announced that it will be hosting Casting Call photo-ops at itsNew
York City concept store at 54th & 5th inManhattan from Oct. 9 to Oct. 19,
from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Mondays through Saturdays) and 11:00 a.m. to
5:00 p.m. (Sundays). Gap will also be hosting photo-ops at its GapKids stores
at Kings Plaza inBrooklyn and at Americana Manhasset onLong Island on
Saturday, Oct. 11, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
At theNew York City event, children, 10-years-old and younger, will have
the opportunity to participate in a free photo shoot with premier national
children's photographers, Classic Kids
(http://www.classickidsphotography.com), on a first-come, first-serve basis.
After their child's moment in the spotlight, each parent will receive a card
with directions to retrieve his or her child's photo online and can then
submit their favorite photo to the Gap Casting Call search Website at
gap.com/castingcall.
"Casting Call is an event that we really look forward to every
year -- it's an opportunity for us to meet and interact with our customers and
their children in a unique and exciting way," said Pam Wallack, president of
babyGap, GapKids and GapMaternity. "This is the first time we're doing the
photo-op events in select stores. By adding in these events to the Casting
Call experience, we hope to give even more children a chance to participate in
the contest by helping them with the first step -- taking a great photo that
really expresses who they are!"
More than 40 photo-op events are being held at babyGap and GapKids stores
across the nation. A complete list of photo-op events is available online at
gap.com/castingcall.
Casting Call Locations and Times:
NYC GAP CONCEPT STORE
Location: 680 5th Ave [btw 53rd and 54th]
New York, NY 10019
Date: Thursday, Oct. 9 - Sunday, Oct. 19
Time: Casting Call Hours: Mondays through Saturdays 10:00 a.m. to
4:00 p.m. and Sundays 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
KINGS PLAZA
Location: GapKids
5100 Kings Plaza
Brooklyn, NY 11234
Date: Saturday, Oct. 11
Time: Casting Call Hours: 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
AMERICANA MANHASSET
Location: GapKids
2054 Northern Boulevard
Manhasset, NY 11030
Date: Saturday, Oct. 11
Time: Casting Call Hours: 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
About Gap Casting Call
From Sept. 15 to Oct. 22, parents across the country are encouraged to
visit gap.com/castingcall where they can upload their favorite photo of their
babies (ages 4 and under) and kids (ages 5-10) for a chance to be featured in
an upcoming babyGap or GapKids campaign. During the contest entry period, Gap
and Snapfish are offering special offers for all valid entries so no one will
walk away empty handed! Parents can also check out leading pregnancy and
parenting web site, LilSugar (http://www.lilsugar.com/gap) for special Gap
Casting Call features, as well as tips, trends, product reviews and insider
secrets to make mom's life easier.
Once all contest entries are received, judges will narrow down the field
to twenty finalists -- 10 babies (5 girls and 5 boys) for babyGap and 10 kids
(5 girls and 5 boys) for GapKids. These twenty finalists will be flown toSan
Francisco to participate in a Gap photo shoot and will receive prize packages,
including a $300 gift card from babyGap / GapKids and $250 in photo gifts from
Snapfish.
On Dec. 8, the twenty finalists will be announced and voting begins. It
will be up to America to decide who will be featured in a babyGap and GapKids
2009 campaign. Voting will be conducted from Dec. 8 to Dec. 21, at
gap.com/castingcall. The winners will be announced in mid-January.
Four children will be selected as winners of the Gap Casting Call -- one
baby girl and one baby boy for babyGap and one girl and one boy for GapKids.
The winners will be featured in the windows of babyGap and GapKids stores from
coast-to-coast and will receive other incredible prizes including a year's
supply of clothing from babyGap or GapKids and $450 worth of photo gifts from
Snapfish.
For official rules, please visit http://www.gap.com/castingcall.
Media Contacts:
Katie O'Kane Kim Terry
SS+K for Gap Gap Marketing & PR
kokane@ssk.com kimberly_terry@gap.com
212.419.3374 415.427.4844
SOURCE Gap
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