Old Navy wants YOU to help break World Record for Most Carolers in One Spot! -
Old Navy wants YOU to help break World Record for Most Carolers in One Spot! -
#0Old Navy wants YOU to help break World Record for Most Carolers in One Spot! -
Posted: 12/10/04 at 5:41pmhttps://www.broadwayworld.com/l.cfm?id=53689
#1re: Old Navy wants YOU to help break World Record for Most Carolers in One Spot! -
Posted: 12/10/04 at 5:50pmOnly if you're twenty-something...
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#2re: Old Navy wants YOU to help break World Record for Most Carolers in One
Posted: 12/10/04 at 5:59pmI really would go to this if I were home, but, unfortunately, I'll be taking a final exam instead. It sounds like fun, though (maybe because I am a twenty-something!).
#3re: Old Navy wants YOU to help break World Record for Most Carolers in One
Posted: 12/10/04 at 6:07pm
It will be a cold day in h*ll before I take part in this! They discriminate!!
BOYCOTT OLD NAVY
#4re: Old Navy wants YOU to help break World Record for Most Carolers in One
Posted: 12/10/04 at 6:13pmNot familar with any discrimination. Explain.
--Aristotle
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#5re: Old Navy wants YOU to help break World Record for Most Carolers in One
Posted: 12/10/04 at 6:18pm
Wow.
Edit - I didn't mean to just say only that, but I really don't know what else to say. How about, "That's pathetic!"
Updated On: 12/10/04 at 06:18 PM
#6re: Old Navy wants YOU to help break World Record for Most Carolers in One
Posted: 12/10/04 at 6:20pmI would be happy to!! I was asked to swing for the caroling group(there are 2 casts of 6) covering the baritone and the tenor. I was asked to come sing because they needed someone who could sight read music FAST. I did...Went thru a 3 hour rehearsal to be told my services were no longer needed as they wanted someone younger....and this after they approved headshots. I think 3 of us were told this little piece of information....and YES my headshot is current
#7re: Old Navy wants YOU to help break World Record for Most Carolers in One
Posted: 12/10/04 at 6:21pm
Wow. It's a nice goal and a nice contribution to BC/EFA, though.
Are they doing it again this year? If so, I would boycott them. If they have since changed their attitudes, I would disregard it, especially for this event.
That action was probably the result of one person's demands - marketing/promotion most likely.
--Aristotle
#8re: Old Navy wants YOU to help break World Record for Most Carolers in One
Posted: 12/10/04 at 6:24pm
No disrespect to you, Bobby, but this happens every day, with purpose.
People are cast in shows due to their height/weight/race/gender/looks etc.
The Entertainment industry is all about discrimination.
--Aristotle
#9re: Old Navy wants YOU to help break World Record for Most Carolers in One
Posted: 12/10/04 at 6:25pmYou are correct Beav
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#10re: Old Navy wants YOU to help break World Record for Most Carolers in One
Posted: 12/10/04 at 6:26pmI am SO gonna stay out of the way of this!
#11re: Old Navy wants YOU to help break World Record for Most Carolers in One
Posted: 12/10/04 at 6:27pmTrue Capt, BUT, this was a promotion, not a commercial. And I was the SWING....the chances of my going on for someone was next to nil. and its Xmas for CRY I....old people sing carols too!!
#12re: Old Navy wants YOU to help break World Record for Most Carolers in One
Posted: 12/10/04 at 6:30pm
"Then - why fire him AFTER they hired him off his head shot? He did not just walk in off the street."
"True Capt, BUT, this was a promotion, not a commercial."
Ohhh, I see. I thought you were referring to those commercials. When I first read your post about the groups, thought the commercial people were performing. I got it now.
Dang. That's horrible. Do they know how you feel about it?
--Aristotle
#13re: Old Navy wants YOU to help break World Record for Most Carolers in One
Posted: 12/10/04 at 6:31pmIll stick by you Beav! Especially when you dont look your age!
#14re: Old Navy wants YOU to help break World Record for Most Carolers in One
Posted: 12/10/04 at 6:38pm
I asked the people in charge at BC/EFA for the name of the PR firm handling it....the email was sent last Tuesday and Im STILL waiting for an answer.
On the lighter side, I am VERY grateful for Old Navy's contribution to the fund...but it has been kind of tough to swallow the insult. They TOTALLY could have told us that they hired too many people and didnt need us anymore. They DID NOT have to play the age card
FosseBoi
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#15re: Old Navy wants YOU to help break World Record for Most Carolers in One
Posted: 12/10/04 at 6:41pmThey REALLY REALLY REALLY need to recast their current commercial carolars!!!! They are ABSOLUTLY HORRIBLE!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I HATE hearing them "sing"!!! It's not even singing!!! There is NOT a word for it!
#16re: Old Navy wants YOU to help break World Record for Most Carolers in One
Posted: 12/10/04 at 6:43pmThanks Beav, you are too kind!
#17re: Old Navy wants YOU to help break World Record for Most Carolers in One
Posted: 12/10/04 at 6:47pmYou have to be 20-something to go? Or is it open to younger?
The choice may have been mistaken, The choosing was not... "Every day has the potential to be the greatest day of your life." - Lin-Manuel Miranda
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#18re: Old Navy wants YOU to help break World Record for Most Carolers in One
Posted: 12/10/04 at 8:03pm
" Only if you're twenty-something..."
Where does it say this??? I've read the article linked here and I went to the ON website and NOTHING anywhere says you have to be "twenty-something."
I think people are confusing what happened to Bobby with this promotion in Times Square.
Might I remind everyone, that they will be DONATING $85,000 TO BC/EFA!! Isn't that worth it? I mean, this is a cause worth singing a couple of hours for. Right?
" No disrespect to you, Bobby, but this happens every day, with purpose."
I too, mean no disrespect to Bobby, but I totally agree with that statement.
#19re: Old Navy wants YOU to help break World Record for Most Carolers in One
Posted: 12/10/04 at 8:30pmIt IS the same promotion for Old Navy. And YES it is a great thing they gave bc/efa that money....Im forever grateful for that....THATS not the point....The point is they could have handled it COMPLETELY different. Talk to me when you have been told you are too old to XMAS carol in the name of a charity!
#20re: Old Navy wants YOU to help break World Record for Most Carolers in One
Posted: 12/11/04 at 1:12amWhat I don't get about these kind of promotions is, why don't they just donate the money? Why do they need to spend all this money setting up an event to advertise the fact that they're making a donation? What happens if not enough people show up? They won't make the donation?
#21re: Old Navy wants YOU to help break World Record for Most Carolers in One
Posted: 12/11/04 at 1:18amcome on you guys! if you can go, go! $85,000 to BC/EFA!!!!!
"I think it was the Korean tour or something. They were all frickin' asian!" -Zoran912
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#22re: Old Navy wants YOU to help break World Record for Most Carolers in One
Posted: 12/11/04 at 2:27amApparently Old Navy has not heard it is not politically correct to sing Christmas Carols these days
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#23re: Old Navy wants YOU to help break World Record for Most Carolers in One
Posted: 12/11/04 at 9:27amI don't like Old Navy, but I do like free stuff and I love BC/EFA getting $85,000. I think I'll try and get my ass out of bed for this.
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