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Thursday, September 9, 2010

ABC is looking for the Most Extraordinary Family in America


Every Family is Extraordinary in its own way. You don't need super strength or super speed like the Powells in the new ABC Series, NO ORDINARY FAMILY to be Extraordinary.

Are you a single parent raising your kids and volunteering at the local community center? Are your kids on the honor roll while you work full time and are still able to coach little league? There are Extraordinary families out there and you need to tell your story.
An Extraordinary Family might be:
• Both parents work full time jobs and kids excel in academics. One is on the Honor Roll and the other is in Advanced Placement classes.
• One parent raising two kids. The family started an organic farm in the backyard and sells produce to neighborhood families, and the kids help.
• Father has a full-time job, mother stays at home to raise their son. Their son is the MVP of his soccer team. Both parents help coach the soccer team.
• Father is stationed in Iraq, mom is a nurse and raises their three kids. The mom still picks them up and drops the kids off at school every day.
• Both parents work full time jobs but still find time to coach little league on the weekends and volunteer at the local church or community center.

Submit a video telling what makes your family Extraordinary and you might be sent on a No Ordinary VIP vacation - 5 days and 4 nights at the Walt Disney World® Resort in Florida. Videos will be accepted through September 13 at 11:59 p.m. PT.

The time/size/format requirements for the video are as follows:
• Video must be no more than two (2) minutes in length.
• Video must be 200 MB or less in size.
• Video must be submitted in avi, mov, mp4, mpeg/mpg or wmv format.
• Video resolution must be no lower than 400 x 300.
• Either a 4:3 or 16:9 aspect ratio will be accepted as long as it complies with the time, file size, format and resolution requirements set forth above.

Additional video restrictions:

• May not contain any music;
• May not contain any profanity;
• May not contain any explicit, offensive, obscene, or derogatory content;
• May not contain any personal information, such as personal names or e-mail addresses;
• May not include anyone other than the members of the Family for purposes of this Contest;
• May not contain any copyrighted materials or feature any trademarks (e.g. logos and the like) or violates any law or regulation
• By submitting an entry, each entrant agrees not to distribute or otherwise disseminate their video for 120 days after submission.

How will the winner be chosen?

The Entries will be judged and ranked on the following three (3) criteria by the Judges as stated in the official rules: Relevance to Contest theme (50%); Originality and Creativity (25%); Emotional Impact of Personal Story (25%).

VIP vacation package for four (4) includes:
• Roundtrip airfare and ground transfers
• Hotel accommodations for four nights including a one-night stay in the Cinderella Castle Suite at the Magic Kingdom® Park
• $1,500 Disney Gift Card
• VIP guided tour
• VIP viewing to select parades and shows
• VIP Disney Character Meet and Greet opportunity with keepsake photo
• Magic Your Way Tickets with Park Hopper® & Water Park Fun & More options

The top 5 video submissions will be posted from September 27 through October 1 and America will decide who wins this Extraordinary vacation package to the Walt Disney World® Resort.

You must follow the official rules.
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