“Star On Tour Promotions” is a partnership between Deanna Ortuso and Loc Tran as part of the Highway Apprentice sponsored by Glam Adelaide.
Deanna Ortuso is an Adelaide based Actor, Director and Producer who has appeared on the TV show “McLeoad’s Daughters” as well as a number of theatre and short film productions, the most notable being the lead in the short film “COIL” which premiered at the 2009 Cannes Short Film Corner festival in France.” http://www.deannaortuso.com/
Loc Tran is an Adelaide based online learning, social media and search engine marketing specialist who has more than ten years of experience working in marketing and online learning for companies throughout Australia and New Zealand. http://www.mrlocspoc.com/
The Highway is an innovative, edgy and creative hotel who sees themselves as market leaders not only in SA but in Australia. Some of the awards they have won include: Australia’s best redeveloped hotel; Australia’s best outdoor area and SA’s best bottle shop and bar. http://thehighway.com.au/
Glam Adelaide is Adelaide’s premier social network promoting the best of Adelaide’s events, fashion and lifestyle to Australia and the world. http://www.glamadelaide.com.au/main/
Other sponsors include:
Phil Hoffmann Travel http://www.facebook.com/PhilHoffmannTravel
Beauty Access Medi Spa http://www.facebook.com/BeautyAccessMediSpa
Rain & Horne South Australia http://twitter.com/rhSA_CEO
Four teams have been chosen to compete in the Highway Apprentice competition; each with their own unique theme, there is a singing competition, a high tea party and a 30th birthday party.
Our theme is “let’s try and get Ellen DeGeneres to come to Adelaide” and our party was held on Friday the 30th of July 2010.
If you came to our event you can help us out by supporting our sponsors and letting them know how much you enjoyed our event!
The “Ellen2Adelaide” project is about promoting Adelaide to Ellen DeGeneres but there is a lot more to it than that.
It’s about promoting Adelaide to the rest of the world, more specifically uniting the Film, Comedy, Music and Dance communities in Adelaide.
It may happen in a few weeks or it may happen in a few years but either way, it will open the flood gates and serve as the tipping point for other stars, celebrities and influential people of the world to take notice of us.
Our goal is to produce a DVD showcasing some of Adelaide’s best talent and sending it to Ellen DeGeneres at Warner Brothers’ Studios in Los Angeles along with a number of other items that are representative of Adelaide and our desire for her to visit us here in Adelaide.
The winners of the Highway Apprentice will get $5,000, a trip for two to Los Angeles and a contract with the Highway to organise four more similar functions valued at $30,000, if our team “Star On Tour Promotions” wins, we hope to take our campaign to Ellen DeGeneres personally and make an appearance on her show “the Ellen DeGeneres Show”.
At this stage we would like to thank everyone who has helped us so far:
- The sponsors of the Highway Apprentice: The Highway (Tom Williamson, Kara and Christine); Glam Adelaide (Kelly Noble); Phil Hoffmann Travel (Dean Brazier); and Diageo Australia (Kate Underwood).
- The sponsors of the Ellen2Adelaide party: Beauty Access Medi Spa (Selina Lam); and Rain & Horne South Australia (Kevin Magee).
- The talent: Matthew Gilbertson; DJ VIP – Vic Draghicescu; Lindi Jane (including Snap and Fluffi); TDB – The Deadly Boyz (Stinga T aka Thibul Nettle and Big Sexy aka Michael Collard); The “Ellen” Dancers – Flava Dance Studios (Afrodite Rallis and Marissa Angeletos); Nick Buckland; Carina Gun; and Kyla Goodfellow (Our fabulous “Ellen”).
- Others: Bliss Organic Cafe (Natalie, Kas and Shane); The Gothic Lolitas (Molly, Carrie, Annee, Kelly, Kylie, Kelly and Katherine); Show Pony Advertising (Jamie Scott); Abby Coleman (SAFM); Osmond Electrics; Adelaide Tweet (for connecting us with Show Pony Advertising); It’s A Gas; Officeworks; Sabe Images (Sarah Poppy); Samuel Parsonage, Omid Niazian, Aaron Parker and Putu Shandra (for helping out with the video cameras and stage props); Matthew Hasler, Beni Grimaldi and Emeshe Varga (for helping out with the door and guests registrations); and Priscilla Munger.
- Our family and friends.
- And last but not least all of our fabulous guests, Ellen DeGeneres fans and South Australians who have supported us from the get go.
The show is over but the mission is not!
We are busy putting together the DVD package that we intend to send to Ellen DeGeneres at Warner Brothers Studios in Los Angeles as well as a number of short videos for our friends / followers on YouTube.
To ensure the highest chance of success in getting Ellen DeGeneres’ attention, we will still need your help…
You can help us by:
- Following us on Twitter http://twitter.com/StarOnTour and using the #Ellen2Adelaide hash tag.
- Following us on FaceBook http://facebook.com/StarOnTour, suggesting our page to your friends and liking / commenting / sharing.
- Following us on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/user/starontourpromotions, watching our videos and liking / commenting / sharing.
