GO HAVE SOME FUN AT THE Open Doors Academy First Annual Dodgeball/ Kickball Tournament!

September 22nd, 2008 by Jen Toohey
“If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball”
-Patches O’Hoolihan

Remember your middle school years?  Converse shoes, friendship bracelets, french cuffed jeans, and overalls with one strap left hanging free!  The middle school dance where you showed off your moves to Poison, Naughty by Nature, and slow danced to Boys II Men (that is if you were brave enough to cross the gym line).  Were you “Hanging Tough” with New Kids on the Block?  Do you remember all the words to “The Fresh Prince of Belair?

Were you the king/queen of kickball in your school?  The infamous Dodgeball Champion??  Or did you dodge the balls in fear of getting hit? 

Ready for a re-match?  Think you could still beat middle schoolers in the infamous Playground games? 

Well then it is time to pull out your converse shoes, gym shorts, and sweatbands and test your “old school” skills at the Open Doors Academy First Annual Dodgeball/ Kickball Tournament!

   

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18TH, 2008
9:00AM TO 3:00PM

PUT YOUR SKILLS TO THE TEST.. BUT DON’T WORRY.. IF YOU DON’T MAKE IT PAST THE FIRST ROUND.. YOU WILL STILL GET A CHANCE TO TRY YOUR SKILLS AGAINST TODAY’S MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE
OLD SCHOOL VERSUS NEW SCHOOL ROUND!

JOIN US FOR FOOD, OLD SCHOOL MUSIC, PLAYGROUND GAMES,
LOCAL CELEBRITY REFEREES, AND PRIZES

2008 DODGEBALL/KICKBALL TOURNAMENT
Adult Dodgeball Tournament
Old School/ New School Dodgeball Tournament*
Adult Kickball Tournament
Old School/ New School Kickball Tournament*
Adult Tug of War
Old School/ New School Tug of War*

* The first four teams out of each adult tournament, will play against the middle school students in a separate tournament bracket

EACH TEAM CONSISTS OF 10 PLAYERS
COST PER TEAM IS $250.00
Sign up a full team, a partial team, or sign up as an individual! ($25/person)

DON’T FORGET TO GET YOUR TEAM GEARED UP  IN THEIR FAVORITE RETRO GYM UNIFORMS!!
TEAM ATTIRE WILL BE JUDGED BY OUR CELEBRITY REFEREES PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED TO THE MOST CREATIVE TEAM

GAMES WILL BE HELD AT MONTICELLO MIDDLE SCHOOL
FIELDS IN

CLEVELAND HEIGHTS
CLICK HERE FOR DIRECTIONS


EACH TEAM PLAYER WILL RECEIVE A LONG SLEEVE T-SHIRT,
WATERBOTTLE, AND WRISTBANDSTO REGISTER A TEAM OR AS AN INDIVIDUAL EMAIL
Annemarie Grassi

IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO PARTICIPATE, BUT WOULD STILL LIKE TO MAKE A DONATION, CLICK HERE
DONATE TO OPEN DOORS ACADEMY

QUESTIONS?  CONTACT ANNEMARIE GRASSI AT
(216) 229-1900 OR agrassi@opendoorsacademy.org

Pre-Party Happy Hour at Anatomy
Friday, October 17th, 2008 7:00pm
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Interested in seeing your competition, before game day?

Get your game face on and come down to Anatomy Night Club and Lounge for a pre-game party on Friday, October 17th, starting at 6:00pm.

Drink Specials ($2 Domestics, $3 Cocktails), Giveaways, and old school trivia… Test your knowledge of pop culture, fashion, and trends in the 1970’s, 1980’s and 1990’s.

 Where & When
Anatomy Night Club and Lounge

West 9th Street

, Downtown
Friday, October 17th
7:00pm

 
Open Doors, Inc. is a developmental enrichment program for middle school-aged youth.  Open Doors seeks to nurture, protect, inspire, and challenge adolescents to reach their full potential through the provision of out-of-school activities.  

Open Doors, Inc.

2460 Fairmount Blvd., Suite 314
Cleveland Heights, Ohio

44106 (216) 229-1900
www.opendoorsacademy.org

WANNA GET QUALIFIED TO MEET THE NKOTB?? HERE’S HOW:

September 22nd, 2008 by Jen Toohey

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Sometime before 4 pm today on air, I’m going to ask you a simple question about this blog post.  If you’re the 4th caller and can answer correctly, you’re going to win a $50 gift certificate to TNT Tanning AND GET QUALIFIED FOR A PAIR OF TICKETS TO SEE NKOTB AT THE Q 10/3, PLUS YOU’LL MEET THE BOYS AND NATASHA BEDINGFIELD!!!  COURTESY OF INTERSCOPE RECORDS.

My thoughts on last night’s Emmy Awards:  nothing spectacular.  I liked the Josh Groban performance.  I liked looking at all of the gorgeous dresses.  I WISH Mary Louise Parker would have won for WEEDS because I think she is phenomenal.  (although I am a big Tina Fey fan too!).  The pre-scripted bits ran a bit too long, there were awkward moments throughout the show and I wished I would have found more entertainment in it overall.  BUT, I DID watch it.  The fashion is probably my favorite part.  And I decided to vote on who I thought was worst-dressed.  Lauren Conrad.  Not because I don’t like this dress, because I do!  It’s just that this girl is so stinkin’ cute and young, I wish she would have chosen a dress that showed off her figure a bit more and was age-appropriate for her.  I think Glenn Close should have worn this dress instead… would have been better than the one she chose…

GREAT EVENT THIS WEEKEND… FROM LISTENER DEBBIE

September 19th, 2008 by Jen Toohey


Can you post on your blog and mention on the air…another large dog event …westside this weekend.  

Over 40 different rescues …

 

http://www.oberlin.org/doggiedoo/

 

THANKS MUCH

Debbie

THE WORD OF THE DAY IS…

September 15th, 2008 by Jen Toohey

ELECTRICITY!!!

WHEN YOU HEAR THIS WORD SAID ON AIR BEFORE 4 PM,

BE CALLER 14 TO 216.578.0104 to win a

Q104 pack of tickets to the screening of the new Richard Gere movie “Nights in Rodanthe”,

Monday, 9/22, 7:30 pm at Cinemark Valley View…

and get qualified for a Samsung flat screen 26 inch LCD HDTV, plus an Xbox 360 with a

Madden NFL collectors game courtesy of Pepsi Stuff!!

 

WHAT AN EVENTFUL AND INSPIRING WEEKEND!

September 15th, 2008 by Jen Toohey

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It all started at the Tribe Game on Friday night… fortunately the rain stayed away just long enough for an Indians 12-5 win over the Kansas City Royals… AND, the biggest news of the night?!? The secret identity of KETCHUP was revealed! Here he is!   

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Then, Saturday morning brought lots of rain but that didn’t stop anyone from coming out to support a great cause that’s very close to my heart… The Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure!  Above, Nancy Alden, my “g” from our sister station WDOK, and myself on the main stage… each year we honorary co-chair the event.     

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One of my new friends and fan of Q104, Gabby, stopped by to say hi before she participated in the race!  Isn’t it great to see people of all ages coming out to support breast cancer research?  She was adorable and a trooper for being out there in the rain!!    

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The girls from Theta Phi Alpha!  They were SO SUPER fun and fans of Q104… (if you gals are checking out this blog, email me your names so I can post them here!!!  jen@q104.com)     

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Everyone gets warmed up by doing JAZZERCIZE!!!!  Again, rain was NO ISSUE (even though it didn’t let up even once all morning)! Everyone was having a blast!    

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My mom is an 8 year breast cancer survivor, and she and my dad (seen above far r.) come to the race every year with me. This year my brother, Jonny, joined us to support the cause too!     

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Myself, Nancy Alden, and Mama Toohey!     

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After the race, had a little bit of downtime in the afternoon then had to get all gussied up and head down to the NATAS 39th Annual Emmy Awards at the Cleveland Marriott Downtown at Key Center.  I was a presenter and boy was it fun!  Although, I do have to say, the whole time I was waiting backstage to go out there in front of a room full of people all I could think about was the movie the “Bodyguard” with Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner… I kept looking for a guy with a camera that doubled as a gun and guys talking into secret walkie talkies in their watches… yes, I know I’m ridiculous… it made me giggle.  Abby Ham and Mark Nolan from Channel 3 were also presenters and got to hang with them backstage for a bit… 

THE WORD OF THE DAY IS…

September 8th, 2008 by Jen Toohey

…AUTUMN!

When you hear this word on air before 4 pm, be caller 14 to 216.578.0104 to win a $50 gift certificate to LAVISH SALON!

You’ll also be qualified for the GRAND PRIZE - a trip for 2 ANYWHERE in the Continental USA including hotel and spending money courtesy of NWA World Vacations!

AMERICAN IDOLS LIVE SHOW 2008

September 5th, 2008 by Jen Toohey

I’ve been an Idol fan for many of the seasons, and only went to the live show the year that Fantasia won.  I am SO GLAD I went last night!  ALL OF THEM are super talented… I swear they must be nervous on TV when they sound “pitchy”… because in real life?  They all sounded flawless!  It was a GREAT show… and our seats were so fantastic that I got some really great up close pix to share!  After the show, I was lucky enough to get to go and meet the crew… see all the pix below.  WOW.  I am still in awe.  I LOVED this experience.

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David Cook was so gracious and friendly… took his time and talked to everyone… said we’ll hear his new music in November!

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Syesha Mercado… she is so super gorgeous up close!

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Michael Johns… his grandmother-in-law was in the audience sitting right behind us!  He says we may hear some new music from him after the first of the year… maybe sooner!

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Chikizie was WAY more soft-spoken than I would have imagined!

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Jason Castro was SUPER cool… I told him that he should sing “I’m Yours” by Jason Mraz… he said he wished he was the one that recorded it!  So down-to-earth and friendly…

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She’s tall!  And MAN can that girl sing!  I had goosebumps…

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She was just as sweet as you would imagine…

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Paula was right, Archuletta is SUPER SQUEEZEABLE!  I told him that “Crush” won the Now Music Challenge 5 nights in a row on Q104 and he was so excited!  He wanted to know what songs he beat!

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This is just perfection… I mean, c’mon now?? DAVID COOK!

MORE AMERICAN IDOLS LIVE SHOW2008

September 5th, 2008 by Jen Toohey

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You’ve been Rick Rolled before, but have you been OBAMA ROLLED?

August 29th, 2008 by Jen Toohey

THE WORD OF THE DAY IS…

August 26th, 2008 by Jen Toohey

DAWG!!!

(ya know, like the “dawg” Randy Jackson???)

WHEN YOU HEAR THIS WORD SAID ON AIR BEFORE 4 PM,

BE CALLER 14 TO 216.578.0104 to win a $50 gift certificate to BROTHERS LOUNGE…

and get qualified for a pair of front row seats and Meet & Greet passes to the

American Idols Live show, Thursday, September 4, 2008, at the Wolstein Center at CSU

courtesy of AEG Live and Jive Records.