Cities 97 Sampler Countdown

With only two weeks to go until the Cities 97 Sampler Volume 23 drops, we're staying buzzy and busy.

Today we've had press on site shooting footage of the manufacturing process. Stay tuned to Channel 12, WCCO 4 News, Kare 11 or Twin Cities Live for your sneak peek behind the scenes!

WCCO 4 News shooting footage of replication,

the process of molding a CD from raw materials

These discs have been replicated and printed and are ready
to head to the assembly area for packaging

One of the many smiling faces

behind the Cities 97 Sampler

FUN FACT:

Each of the 33,000 Samplers is packaged by hand

Mike Johnson, News Anchor for Channel 12

Connie Comeau, our COO, chatting with the press

about our involvement with this amazing project

Cities 97 Sampler Party Announced!

The clock is ticking! Only 17 days to go until the Cities 97 Sampler Volume 23 drops.
The ADS Group is buzzing with the production of this year's sampler - we'll be finishing up the packaging this week to get the discs distributed to Target stores in time for the much-anticipated November 17th release.

Cities 97 has revealed the locale of its infamous Sampler Party. This year, we'll be celebrating the release of Volume 23 at First Avenue on November 15th - with appearances by O.A.R. and Farewell Milwaukee - with other acts still to be announced!

Stay tuned to Cities 97 for your chances to win a pair of invites to this exclusive party. Hope to see you there!

Live Music at the Fitzgerald Theater

We've manufactured CDs for both of these artists,

 so when we heard they're teaming up for a live show, 

we thought we'd help spread the word.

Come on out for a night of live country music!

Who: YOU

What: Todd Snider & Elizabeth Cook

When: Wednesday, November 9th

Where: Fitzgerald Theater

What's Your Identity Worth?

Scriptwriting*.............................................$1400


One day of shooting...................................$1500

Three days of editing.................................$3600

Voiceover talent...........................................$300

YOUR CORPORATE IDENTITY.........

PRICELESS
*Sample Estimate - Costs Vary by Project

We understand that your identity is priceless. Whatever your budget, The ADS Group & Studio 120 can help you maximize your brand.

When King Solutions needed to drive their message outward, they turned to us to develop their corporate marketing video. We wrote the script, shot the footage and even threw in some bonus talent in the form of ADS sales rep Cory Biller (above), who made his big-screen debut in their video. Check it out!

Four figure budget?

Call us.

Six figure budget?

Call us.

We'll create the most effective and dynamic presentation possible within the parameters that you define. Studio 120 is an award winning facility with the flexibility to produce everything from corporate materials to theatrical productions.

Let us help you show the world who YOU are.

Cities 97 Sampler, Volume 23



Visit the Cities 97 site for more details!

If you live in the Twin Cities - and not beneath a rock - you've heard of the Cities 97 Sampler. An annual compilation of tracks recorded at Studio C especially for the sampler, this disc is sold exclusively through Target stores as a charitable fundraiser.

100% of the proceeds go to Minnesota charities, and when this year's disc sells out, the Sampler will have raised nearly 10 million dollars for our community over the years.

The ADS Group has been a proud partner to Cities 97 on this amazing project for ten years and will be providing the disc replication services, gratis, again for Volume 23.

With a track listing including Florence + The Machine, Sara Bareilles, David Gray and Adele, we are eagerly counting down until the release of Volume 23, in Target stores on Thursday, November 17th starting at 8 AM.

We'll see YOU at Target!!

Media Manufacturers and Male Models

The ADS Group has it all!

In addition to our prowess in the world of media manufacturing and services, our employees often demonstrate spectacular fashion sense. So fashion-foward, in fact, that PIM (Printing Industry Midwest) selected them as the male models for their September 2011 magazine cover.

At this time we'd like to request that the paparazzi respect their need for privacy, as the guys are still adjusting to their newfound worldwide Midwestern fame. No autographs, please.

A-wards and RE-wards

When Interfaith Outreach & Community Partners outgrew their Wayzata space, they knew they'd need mass funding to expand their organization. A nonprofit organization serving the western suburbs of the Twin Cities, the need for their services was escalating. IOCP runs a food shelf as well as providing housing, transportation and child care services to families in need.

They found the space they needed in a desirable location to serve their clients, but needed to raise five million dollars for the conversion and the move. With only a few months to generate the funds, they turned to The ADS Group and Studio 120 for help.

We developed a five minute fundraising video for IOCP, and using this powerful tool they were able to raise the money they needed to continue to grow this vital community resource.

It's a huge honor to be selected as a vendor helping to serve an organization such as IOCP, who pours so much love and so many resources back into our own community. Icing on the cake was being honored professionally for the development of the fundraising video.

This morning, Mitch and Tom stopped by IOCP to present them with the International Communicator award and the Telly that were bestowed upon The ADS Group and Studio 120 in recognition of the production of this fundraising DVD.

We are grateful as an organization for these Awards, but the real REward has been - and will always be - the opportunity to help better our entire community.