CALLING ALL FACEBOOKERS AND TWEEPLE

Have you ever dreamed of being a music critic? Utah Symphony | Utah Opera (USUO) is thrilled to announce our first ever live-review night on Saturday, July 18 at Deer Valley® Snow Park Amphitheater. New Media Music Critics will be able to live review from their phones during the performance of ABBA the Music: The Symphonic Hits at the Deer Valley® Music Festival, Summer home of Utah Symphony | Utah Opera. USUO will reserve a special section for New Media Music Critics at the ABBA performance in the lawn section of the hill. There will be a competition with fabulous prizes in the following categories: Best Overall, Most Updates, Most Responses (quantified by retweets, likes, and comments), and Most Clever. Winners will be announced via USUO’s Facebook and Twitter pages. The first 50 New Media Music Critics who sign up will receive one free ticket to the performance, although all current fans of USUO on Facebook or Twitter may participate as a New Media Music Critic, sit in the reserved section, and participate in the competition.

How to participate:

1. New Media Music Critics must be a current fan or follower of Utah Symphony | Utah Opera. facebook.com/utahmusic or twitter.com/usuo
   
2. Potential New Media Music Critics just need to send an email to cyoung@usuo.org to sign-up. ONLY THE FIRST 50 WHO SIGN-UP WILL RECEIVE ONE FREE TICKET TO THE JULY 18 PERFORMANCE, although all who sign-up can sit in the reserved section and participate in the competition.
3. New Media Music Critics are required to post at least 5 updates during the performances. Use hash #dvmf for tracking purposes.
4. No video or photography is allowed during the performance due to federal copyright laws. Those who post video or photography from the performance will be disqualified from the competition.
5. New Media Music Critics must check-in at the marketing table prior to the performance in order to receive their ticket.

Click here for info on the performance. ABBA the Music: The Symphonic Hits features two of the original members of ABBA.