Tag: Subway

Weekend Update: Aug. 9-10

Brides-to-be will find the fairgrounds the place to be on Saturday and Sunday as the Southern Bridal Show and Expo sets up in the Graham Building. Meet more than 150 Triangle-area wedding experts. Also enjoy wedding fashion previews featuring the latest trends in bridal wear. Event hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is $10 per person. Children age 12 and under are admitted free. Pre-register and purchase tickets online to receive a $2 discount. Other events this weekend: The Raleigh Flea Market is open 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. every Saturday and Sunday. Each weekend, the Commercial and…

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The Great Fair-A-Thon Challenge: Clue #5

Whether it was on the contest website, our blog, Facebook page or Twitter feed, we hope by now you’ve heard about Subway’s Great Fair-A-Thon Challenge. If not, here’s a quick rundown on the contest: Start by collecting clues in a virtual scavenger hunt (the fifth and final clue is below). Use the clues to complete an online game card by Thursday, Oct. 7. We’ll select teams from the winning entries to compete in a live scavenger hunt at the N.C. State Fair on Tuesday, Oct. 19, starting at 10 a.m. The top two teams from that scavenger hunt will go head-to-head in…

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Don’t miss your chance to win the Great Fair-A-Thon Challenge

In case you missed the big announcement, we’re partnering with Subway during this year’s State Fair to offer a free trip for two to New York City. After Pants Dance Revolution and the $5 Footlong Song Challenge, we decided it was time to take things to another level. That’s why we recently announced the Great Fair-A-Thon Challenge. The contest has three stages of competition, but if you make it to the finish line you can win a two-day trip to New York City to watch Jared Fogle, the Subway guy, compete in the New York City Marathon. The first stage of the race, a…

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Subway Great Fair-A-Thon Challenge Clue #1

In 2008, the N.C. State Fair helped celebrate the 10th anniversary of Jared the Subway guy’s tremendous weight loss, and his former size 60 pants, with the Pants Dance Revolution. This year, Jared is taking his message of health and fitness all the way to New York to compete in the NYC Marathon, and he wants you to come cheer him on. All you have to do is help us “Celebrate What’s Great” about the State Fair by competing in the Great Fair-A-Thon Challenge, and you may be on your way to the Big Apple! Great Fair-A-Thon Challenge participants will first compete…

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Super secret Subway surprise

We don’t like to keep secrets around here. Sure there’s an occassional concert lineup that we can’t talk about, but it’s painful not to reveal cool stuff about the Fair. Unfortunately, there are times we have to keep our mouths shut. For instance, we want to tell you about a sweet new promotion we are doing with Subway this year, and how it’s even more fun than the $5 Footlong Song Challenge or the Pants Dance Revolution. We want to tell you how much fun your friends and family will have participating in the contest, and how it’s going to tie in all the great things…

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$5 Footlong Song Challenge showdown, Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. Be there!

Five local lyricists and all of their fans will meet at the Kitchen Craft Waterfall Stage on Tuesday, Oct. 20, at 1:30 p.m. for the $5 Footlong Song Challenge showdown! Come on out to cheer for your favorite performance. Here are the finalists: Kris Thomas, 27, a school and office furniture salesman from Greenville, will sing to country music. Austin Moss, a 17-year-old N.C. State University student from Raleigh, singing to rock music. Nicole Griffin, 20, and Lindsey Barfield, 24. The duo will sing to bluegrass music. Both women are from Raleigh, Griffin is an assistant producer on the TLC…

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Subway coupon offers a whole lotta savings.

Did you wait too late and miss the advance sale discount on State Fair admission? Or perhaps you’ve already attended the Fair and want to come back, but don’t want to pay full price for an admission ticket. Subway has you covered. By simply stopping into any Raleigh-area Subway restaurant, you can pick up a coupon good for $2 off the $7 adult admission price. No purchase is necessary, and the coupons are valid Monday, Oct. 19, through Thursday, Oct. 22, only. Hey, don’t thank us; we just like to pass on good news.

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Deep-fried news roundup

As we get closer and closer to the N.C. State Fair, we’ll round up news stories on the Fair from across the state. Click on the links below to go to each full article. “N.C. State Fair returns with familiar favorites,” Rocky Mount Telegram: If it isn’t broke, don’t fix it. The 2009 N.C. State Fair in Raleigh is not about bigger and better this year, said Wesley Wyatt, state fair manager. In line with this year’s theme, “A Whole Lotta Happy,” the fair is about giving people more of the same things that keep them coming back year after…

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The deep-fried re-re-remix

If you haven’t heard, the N.C. State Fair is hosting the first $5 Footlong Song Challenge with Subway this year. (I know you’re mentally singing the “5…5 dollar…5 dollar footloooong” jingle in your head right now. Yeah, me too.) You can check out the rules for the contest on the challenge’s Web site, but basically you choose a style of music (rock, country, hip-hop, bluegrass or island, which are provided on the Web site) and submit original lyrics focusing on SUBWAY Restaurants’ “$5 Footlongs” and the N.C. State Fair’s theme “Whole Lotta Happy.” We’ve had some really creative submissions. Todd…

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Five… five dollar… $5 Footlong Song Challenge!

Are you a natural born lyricist with a love for the N.C. State Fair and Subway sandwiches? Think you can handle performing live in front a hungry State Fair crowd? Then get ready for the $5 Footlong Song Challenge! Subway and the State Fair are seeking singers with talent. Submit your song lyrics to the music style of your choice and you could be selected to audition for a chance to perform live at the Fair! Selected contestants will compete for a $500 Subway Gift Card and a chance to see North Carolina’s very own Anoop Desai perform live at the Fair. 

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