March 8th, 2007: ADDY Celebration 2007: And The Winners Are. . .
Just shy of 700 attended the ADDY Celebration to honor regional creative excellence.
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Posted: March 8th, 2007
Red Tettemer Lead with 14 Gold/16 Silver, Followed by Tierney Communications, Brownstein Group, The Star Group, Mangos, Phasmatrope Studios and One Trick Pony‘Best of’ Includes: Brownstein Group, Caspari McCormick, One Trick Pony, Phasmatrope, The Star Group and Red Tettemer
The 2007 ADDY Celebration at the National Constitutional Center on Thursday, March 8 was a very special night. It was a night when about 700 of the region’s advertising “who’s who” gathered to recognize and celebrate creative excellence.
The quality of the entries for this year competition was outstanding, making it very difficult for the panel of distinguished judges to pick the very best creative executions. The field of entrants ranged from advertising agencies, specialty firms, film/broadcast houses and design/photography studios.
This year Red Tettemer was the top winner with 14 gold and 16 silver awards. It was closely followed by Tierney Communications with 11 gold and 19 silver awards. Other big winners were: The Star Group/M&M (5 gold, 11 silver), Mangos (5 gold, 8 silver), Phasmatrope Studios (5 gold, 3 silver) and One Trick Pony (6 gold, 1 silver) and the Brownstein Group (3 gold, 16 silver).
In the “Best of” category, awards went to the Brownstein Group for Best of Show, One Trick Pony for Best of Interactive, Red Tettemer for Best of Print, The Star Group/M&M for Best of Public Service, Caspari McCormick for Best of Radio, and Phasmatrope Studios for Best of TV.
Other gold award winners this year included Backe Communications, Masterminds, Paragraph, Verve Marketing & Design, TMX Communications, SBK Pictures, Philadelphia Media, NFL Films, Mint Advertising, ING Direct Bank, Holton Sentivan + Gury, gdloft, Fingerprint, D’Amico Studios and Belkowitz Photography.
A special "Outstanding Achievement Award" was presented to the Rowan University Ad Club students for their work on this website and for AD NEWS magazine. The students have been have been handling both since mid-2002.
The ADDY Awards competition is the industry’s largest and most representative competition for creative excellence. Sponsored by the American Advertising Federation (AAF), the awards are designed to honor advertising excellence and to cultivate the highest standards in the industry. The three-tiered competition begins at the local level with the Philly Ad Club and the 210 AAF member clubs around the nation. The local Gold winners are advanced to 14 competitions regionally. Winners of the District competition then advance to the National competition.
We congratulate all the winners.
"BEST OF. . ."
Best of Show
The Brownstein Group
Best of Interactive
One Trick Pony
Best of Print
Red Tettemer
Best of TV
Phasmatrope Studios
Best of Radio
Caspari McCormick
Best of Public Service
The Star Group/M&M
Alphabetical List of Winners
Gold Silver
Avenue A / Razorfish 1 Silver
Aloysius Butler & Clark 1 Silver
Backe Communications 1 Gold
Belkowitz Photography 1 Gold 3 Silver
Blue 1 Gold
Brownstein Group 3 Gold 16 Silver
bubble 1 Silver
Caspari McCormick 1 Gold 1 Silver
D4 Creative Group 1 Silver
D'Amico Studios, Inc. 1 Gold 1 Silver
Deardorff Associates 1 Silver
EngineRoom 1 Silver
Fingerprint 1 Gold 2 Silver
gdloft 1 Gold
Holton Sentivan + Gury 1 Gold 1 Silver
ING Direct Bank, fsb 1 Gold
LevLane 1 Gold
Mangos 5 Gold 8 Silver
Masterminds 1 Gold 1 Silver
Michael Spain-Smith Studios 1 Silver
Mint Advertising 1 Gold
NFL Films 1 Gold 2 Silver
One Trick Pony 6 Gold 1 Silver
Paragraph, Inc. 2 Gold 7 Silver
Phasmatrope Studios 5 Gold 3 Silver
Philadelphia Media 1 Gold
Red Tettemer 14 Gold 16 Silver
Ripple Effects Interactive 2 silver
SBK Pictures 1 Gold 1 Silver
Shooters Post & Transfer 2 Silver
Studioeec, Inc. 3 Silver
Sunoco 2 Silver
The Archer Group 1 Silver
The Star Group/M&M 5 Gold 11 Silver
Tierney Communications 11 Gold 19 Silver
TMX Communications 1 Gold 6 Silver
Verve Marketing & Design 2 Gold
Our thanks to Brett Chaloupka for this feature and to the Rowan University Advertising students for their help during the judging and the event.