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SIX FLAGS FANS ‘TWEET’ THEIR WAY TO THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS
NEW YORK, Oct. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Six Flags, Inc., (OTCBulletinBoard: SIXFQ) announced today that it will offer one Six Flags Twitter follower the chance to walk the red carpet and gain exclusive access to the 2009 American Music Awards. On October 19, Six Flags will launch a five-day More Flags. More Fun. online giveaway. The grand prize is an all-expense paid trip for two to the 2009 American Music Awards on Nov. 22 in Los Angeles, California. Additionally, five daily prize winners will receive a 2009 AMA “swag bag” containing a premier selection of star-status products from the show’s style suite.
For a chance to win this one-of-a-kind opportunity, participants must first be a follower of Six Flags (www.twitter.com/Sixflags) or Mr. Six (www.twitter.com/TheRealMrSix) on Twitter and then include the following hashtag “#SixFlags” in any tweet using the More Flags. More Fun. rating system. Participants are also eligible by simply re-tweeting the original @sixflags contest message or any @sixflags More Flags. More Fun. tweet throughout the five day period. Only tweets with the proper format will be eligible to win.
Example of a More Flags. More Fun. tweet:
Wondering what I look like on the red carpet Two Flags
Winning a trip to the AMAs & actually walking on it #SixFlags
“We are always looking for ideas that will inspire and engage our most loyal fans,” said Jackie Gagne, Director of Direct and Digital Marketing. “By merging our relationship with Dick Clark Productions and the American Music Awards with our rapidly growing Twitter following, we are creating an interactive playroom that allows followers to use our brand and our rating system to have some fun, show their creativity and even win really great prizes.”
In addition to the all-access American Music Awards grand prize, five daily winners will also receive an AMA “swag bag”, containing some of the same designer goodies given to celebrities like Miley Cyrus and Beyonce. No purchase necessary to apply. All contest rules and regulations can be found at www.sixflags.com/amatwittercontest.
Twitter is a free social networking/micro-blogging community that allows users to send and read other users’ 140-character blog posts known as “tweets.” Six Flags can be found under the profile name “sixflags” (http://twitter.com/Sixflags and “TheRealMrSix” (http://twitter.com/TheRealMrSix )
The American Music Awards will air Sunday, November 22, Live on ABC 8/7c. Users can follow the American Music Awards on Twitter at www.twitter.com/OfficialAMAs.
About Six Flags:
Six Flags, Inc. is a publicly-traded corporation headquartered in New York City and is the world’s largest regional theme park company with 20 parks across the United States, Mexico and Canada.
SOURCE Six Flags, Inc.
SOURCE: Six Flags, Inc.
