What started in 2006 as a simple idea for a grassroots craft fair, is now a grassroots craft and DIY-bonanza known as the Maker Faire.  As mentioned, Threadbanger hosts Rob and Corinne will be attending the fair this weekend with tweets on.  Ten ambitious DIY fans in the area will have the opportunity to enter the faire with tickets provided by Threadbanger and compete in an online, Twitter-activated scavenger hunt that takes them through some of the faire's best stops.  Along the way, participants will pick up new clues by tweeting passwords to @Threadbanger while collecting craft-happy prizes from selected stops.  Those that finish the hunt successfully will get to compete for the grand prize: a brand-spanking-new Janome Sewing Machine.  Here's the official Press Release:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

DIY Style Network ThreadBanger to Hold Twitter Scavenger Hunt at Maker Faire

San Mateo, California - May 26, 2009 – ThreadBanger, a popular online DIY (Do-It-Yourself) style TV network owned by leading online television company Next New Networks, is holding a Twitter-based scavenger hunt at Make Magazine’s annual Maker Faire in San Mateo, Calif. on May 31, 2009.  Fans of ThreadBanger’s weekly DIY shows can join in and start finding scavenger hunt clues by following ThreadBanger on Twitter here.

The first ten people to arrive on Sunday, May 31st at Maker Faire's Will Call table with the secret password, which will be revealed via ThreadBanger's twitter account, will receive a free ticket to the event and the next clue to continue the hunt. The first two people to arrive will also receive a brand new Kodak Camera. Prizes will be given at each checkpoint with the grand prize being a ThreadBanger-branded Janome sewing machine. Other partners in the contest include Coats and Clark thread company, Simplicity Patterns, Generation-T, Make Magazine, O’Reilly Media and Yudu Personal Screen Printing.

“Online media is unique in giving content providers a real opportunity to closely interact with their community,” says Corinne Leigh, host and producer at ThreadBanger. “Using Twitter to get our fans involved in our first ever scavenger hunt is such a great way to have fun and engage with our audience!”

Press Contact:
Carlin Cwik
carlin@threadbanger.com

OR:

LaunchSquad
Brett Weiner or Dana Zemack
415-625-8555
nnn@launchsquad.com