THE SEATTLE JOB - 2013!! - Event Date: March/24/13

Thank you again to all that turned out for The Seattle Job!  At the end of the day we raised $1487 for Make-A-Wish Alaska and Washington.  As a Board member for Make-A-Wish Alaska & Washington each month I see the list of children with life threatening illnesses waiting to have their wishes granted, and it is truly the saddest list of names I’ve ever seen.  Thank you for helping me to make that list a little smaller!

We had 39 MINIs, 14 passengers, 3 dogs, and 4 judges turnout for the event.  Participants in groups of 3 MINIS, had 3 hours to submit photos of their team with Seattle landmarks including: Waiting for the Interurban, Giant Lenin Statue, Nordstroms (Fredrick & Nelsons), Husky Stadium, Safeco Field, Century Link Field, Key Arena, Hat and Boots (Oxbow Park), Jimmy Hendrix Statue, Seattle Monorail, Space Needle, Fremont Troll, Seattle Grace Hospital (Grey's Anatomy), Experience Music Project, Post Intelligencer Globe, Ivars, Dicks, Pike Place Market, Pergola, Gas Works Park, Hammering Man, Lakeview Cemetary (Bruce Lee's grave), Seattle Great Wheel, The Gum Wall, Ye Olde Curiousity Shoppe, and Smith Tower.   Teams also got bonus points for photos including: a MINI or Mini (not competing in event), Mt. Rainier, a policeman/police car/security guard, a seagull, an armored car, a helicopter, a TV repair truck, bigfoot, a live bulldog, a bicyclist, a ferry, or a celebrity

At the end of 3 hours the judges had a whopping 175 photos that had been submitted to score. Based on the 4 judges’ scoring, the team scores were as follows:

Team                                                     Team#                  Points

Ram Rod                                              12                           532

Ice Cream Sandwich                            8                           453

McRash                                               13                           436

Hat Trick                                             14                           435

Justa Cooper                                      10                           391

Team#1                                              1                              325

Ichibon                                               5                              316

Team Greg                                        4                              301

MINI Mavericks                                9                              298

Clueless in Seattle                           6                              275

Rebel Alliance                                  7                              268

March Madness MINI Style           2                              168

Rous's                                                3                              160

There were also awards given for individual photos.  These can be viewed at the event FLICKR page at

http://www.flickr.com/photos/79809195@N00/sets/72157633060270235/with/8585829881/, but here is a summary of the awards given:

Mark Wahlberg Award (Best Coordinated)—Team #7 @ Bruce Lee’s Grave

Mos Def Award (Most Innovative)—Team #3 @ Bruce Lee’s Grave

Seth Green Award (Best Use of Technology)—Team #12 @ the Freemont Troll

Edward Norton Award (Most Bonus Points)—Team #10

Donald Sutherland Award (Most Distinguished)—Team #9 In Handcuffs

Charlize Theron Award (Prettiest Picture)—Team 5 @ Hat and Boots

Jason Statham Award (Most Landmarks Driven To)—Team 13

Thanks again to Richard and Damon and the folks at Seattle MINI for hosting this party; to our great sponsors MC2, Nailgun Graphics, and PSMINI; to our judges Ryan, Ashlee, Deanne, and Barry; to my cohort Eric for helping plan this event for over a year; and all that got up early on a Sunday morning to be tourists in downtown Seattle.  I am guessing you will not look at these landmarks the same way again.