Fans’ Green Poster Contest Entries Thrown in the Trash at Jonas Brothers Show
August 27, 2008 · Print This Article
Scores of hysterical young fans of Disney band the Jonas Brothers were sorely disappointed Sunday night after their entries in a band-sponsored green poster contest ended up in the trash. The kids and their parents stood in line for hours with posters that they had labored over for who knows how long, only to throw them in the garbage when organizers decided there were too many posters to judge.
From The Chicago Tribune:
The Jonases have teamed up with Chevy for a Green Team Jonas promotion with a lucrative prize: meeting Disney heartthrobs Nick, Joe and Kevin. The theme of the poster contest was about having fun and thinking green. So-called “Chevy Spotters” were to be in the First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre parking lots looking for possible winners.
But many of the posters covered with glitter glue and puffy paint were thrown in the trash, likely destined to end up in landfills, because there were too many to be judged outside
and the posters weren’t allowed in the venue. Ticket takers said the posters were banned because they could obstruct fans’ views.
One worker said the posters would be given to the Jonases later. But that did little to ease the disappointment of young fans seen dejectedly throwing their posters into huge garbage bins before the show.
Way to fail that green contest – sheesh. I think these kids – and the organizers of the contest – failed to grasp what ‘green’ means, namely that throwing all of that stuff in the trash is far from eco-friendly. Obviously these girls just wanted to meet the Jonas Brothers, and nary a thought was given to the idea that trashing the posters went against the whole point.
The worker who offered the platitude that the posters would be given to the guys later clearly panicked at the idea of an angry mob of boy-crazy teens and made up a total lie – can you imagine the Jonases walking into a room stuffed to the ceiling with posters covered in glitter and puff paint? For those who don’t have young daughters or sisters, Jonas Brothers mania is said to rival that of Beatles fans in the ‘60s, though I think they come off more as an American version of Menudo.
Sounds like the whole thing was a bad idea. Nice try, people, but – ECO FAIL!
Link [The Chicago Tribune]
Photo credit: E! Online
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And what’s green about Chevy. It’s a green washing contest through and through
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Publishers Note: Dear rude Jonas Brothers fan, you forgot your vowels.
“Obviously these GIRLS just wanted to meet the Jonas Brothers…”
“For those who don’t have YOUNG DAUGHTERS or SISTERS…”
yeah um, thanks a lot.
To whomever wrote this, it would be nice if you could acknowledge the ENTIRE spectrum of the Jonas Brothers’ fanbase in your future articles.
lol - ok, DRS, I’ll remember that next time we, uh, write an article about the Jonas Brothers
Hey, I’m a guy and a fan of the Jonas Brothers. I don’t really understand what the big fuss about green is all about these days anyway. But, at least they’re attempting to do something good for their environment. I think there are better things they can do to better the world aside from “going green” I have a new blog about them https://www.jonasbrothersmusic.net Feel free to check out.
Thanks for the post.
-Bill