UPDATE:  In an APISS record, all the tickets were handed out in just one afternoon.  But you can see the film when it opens in theaters on December 11!

Oh yes, it’s true.  I have 80 tickets (40 Admit 2 passes) for you guys to attend a free advance screening to see Disney’s The Princess and the Frog.  The fun goes down next Saturday December 5th at 10:30am at the Majestic in Downtown Silver Spring. 

This highly-anticipated animated feature film is the biggest offering from Disney in ages and is crazy special because

• it features the very first black Disney heroine – Tiana is an African American girl at the turn of the century in New Orleans 
• the film’s from the creative team that brought us “The Little Mermaid” and “Aladdin”, so its chances of awesome are very high
• “Dreamgirls” actor Anika Noni Rose voices Tiana and none other than Oprah Winfrey provides the voice for Tiana’s mom 
• speaking of Tiana’s mom, check this out – she has TWO living, loving parents!  That my friends is rare in the Disney lexicon
• Randy Newman composed the music and lyrics for the soundtrack

Because of the popularity of The Princess and the Frog and the limited number of tickets available, I’m going to be a real stickler for rule-abiding in my giving out of these tickets.  Here’s what you need to do:

• Limit 4 tickets per family.  Seriously. When a family emails me with two different email addresses and identities, I can totally tell.  I let it slide when I have an abundance of tickets but this time I just can’t. (If you have more than 4 people in your family that really want to go, I’m sorry.  The movie will open in theaters on December 11.)
• Email me at jessica*dot mcfadden *at *gmail*dot*com with the number of tickets you need AND your mailing address.  The first people to contact me will with their mailing address provided will receive hard copy tickets mailed to their home.  
• Yup, you will have to receive mail, no exceptions.  I cannot meet you in person to deliver them.
• Please don’t leave a comment here with your mailing address, or email me without your mailing address.  
• Duplications/photo copies of tickets will NOT be accepted at the door.  Don’t try it.  
• Be sure to be there EARLY on Saturday morning.  Often these events are overbooked and even if you have a ticket and arrive a teensy bit before 10:30am, there’s a good chance you won’t be admitted.  It’s happened to me at these events before, even though I’m sometimes considered “media.” 
• If you receive tickets, please make sure you attend.  No bailing, flaking, or sleeping in.  Since these tickets are highly coveted by others, tickets will be numbered and bailers will be tracked and noted.  If your child becomes ill, I would appreciate your gifting the tickets to another family with a young child. 

Whew, I hope that was enough sassiness and attitude for you!  But you know, I hear that Princess Tiana is by far the sassiest, most confident and headstrong heroine Disney Princess ever created, so I’m just following her example.
 
Best of luck to you guys and I hope to see you at the show!