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Winning Poster Contest Artist Bingjie Leng from Dulaney Senior High School seen here accepting her award from OCDAAPC Chairwoman Donna Greenwood. Every Year the Ocean City Drug and Alcohol Abuse Prevention Committee holds this annual event to officially kick off that years project . This Media Event is held just before the beginning of the summer at the end of May. This Kickoff event has annually been hosted at Hall's Family Restaurant located at 5909 Coastal Highway in Ocean City Maryland. Many representatives from the government and private sector spoke on behalf of the project, recognizing the importance of the Play It Safe Ocean City! For more information about this special event click here. To read more about the Poster Contest click here.
On a very cool and breezy evening after a hot day, Play It Safe 2007 got started on the beach. The event was hosted by locals favorite Kiss Fm 105.5 and DJ Magic Mike. 182 High School Grads from MD. TN. WV. PA. DE. stopped by and received free food and tee shirts and attempted to win other prizes. Jackie from Frankfort High School West Virginia was the winner at the Beach Dance of a Prize pack that included this big stuffed Pig!
Despite the downpours of rain 730 Grads came out from Maryland and Pennsylvania to compete in Karaoke, " Play It Safe OC Idol Style". The rain forced the crowd indoors to club H20 on Worcester street. There were many surprising performances made by some talented seniors. Over 730 recent High School grads were on hand competing for fun prizes from Avon, Carousel Hotel & Resort, Baja Amusements...etc. In the end R-E-S-P-E-C-T and the grand prize went to:
Ms. Katie of Aberdeen High School with her powerful performance which won her Best Singer >>
Diana Bechler of Kent Island High School
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Over 598 High School Grads came from MD.
PA. MA GA. to the
Bayside Princess and
Mikes
to
participate in the Windsurfing
and Kayak Relays.
Numerous teams competed to win great free prizes and the Week
I Championship! The Hot summer sun and the cool bay water
were a great combination for this ever popular
Play It Safe Free Event. In the
end team Crack ER composed
of members from Kenwood and
Parkville High School won first place edging out team
Shocker from Perry Hall High
School .
Champion Team Crack-ER Adam, Greg, Angela, Ross
Later that night over 30 teams of around 415
High School Seniors from Maryland, and Delaware competed at Ocean
Lanes for tee shirts by striking when there is a red
pin. The crowds of grads enjoyed meeting other High School
Seniors. A discussion of future colleges for the grads was held
while waiting to bowl. Meanwhile
Old Pro Indoor/Outdoor
Miniature Golf hosted
631 grads from New York,
Maryland, and Delaware on two miniature
golf courses. Most of the grads played both courses with mixed
opinion on which course is more challenging! The summer breeze outside made for
perfect
playing
conditions. The most important thing was just
Playing It Safe and
having fun at all these
free events.
Over 1200 High School Grads lined the
beach at Dorchester street for the
Volleyball Tournament and Karaoke Contest.
Free food from
Pizza Tugo's and
free drinks from
Pepsi cooled the crowd on this
hot summer like evening. The random prize drawing with a
free jet ski rental from went to
Meagan
of Loch Raven <High School.
The karaoke may have been one of the most talented competitions in Play It Safe history. Over fifty talented contestants made the judges have a hard time deciding on the winners. Be sure to check out the Multimedia page to see and hear both the Idols and Sonjaya's! In the end the Best Male Singer was Andrew from North Harford High School and the Best Female Singer also from North Harford High School was Jessica.
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North Harford H.S. Jessica |
North Harford H.S. Andrew |
Meanwhile 54 volleyball teams competed against
one another in a marathon
Beach
Volleyball Tournament that went well into the late evening .
There were numerous High School Volleyball teams represented who
had previously met in school matches. The games were full of
great plays and not so great plays but fun was had by all. The
finals featured two organized teams and one amateur team of
Soccer player. Team Moth from Be lair High School
was a 2006 State High School Champion. Their skill and
experience shined throughout the tournament leaving them the
only undefeated team and Play It Safe 2007 Beach Volleyball
Champion.
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Be lair High School Team-Toby, Kevin, Sean, John, Ben |
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Later that night hundreds of 2007 Grads headed to 26th street and Coastal Highway for the Happy Jack Pancake Eating Contest. The Contest features 25 boys and 25 girls racing to be the fastest to consume their pancakes. It is a sticky fun event and always a Play it Safe Ocean City favorite.
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Boy's Winners- 1st Brandon Aberdeen H.S., 2nd Steve C Milton H. S. , 3rd Jarron Eleanor Roosevelt H.S. |
Girl's Winners-1st Kelley Stephen Decatur H.S., 2nd Jamie Glenelg H.S., 3rd Diana Kent Island H.S. |
James (shown here on
right) of Mt. Carmel H.S. was the winner finishing 1st.with
Adam (shown here on left) from Northern H.S. finishing
3rd. (Note: 2nd place finisher Edward from Centennial H.S.
was unavailable for photographed
Over 328 high school seniors competed at
the Maui Golf Tournament on
57th street. The beautiful miniature golf course has some
very challenging holes and often separates the pretenders from
the contenders in this popular Play It Safe Event. Later
in the evening hundreds gathered to "Witness" the
Play It Safe "3 on 3" Basketball
Tournament at North Side Park.
Many of the teams competing were made up of area high school
teams. The crowd was truly into the tourney and created a
playoff style atmosphere. In the end the Vikings from
Cambridge S.D.H.S. swept the east gym championship,
meanwhile the James M. Bennett H.S.Clippers won the
west gym championship.
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Clippers Bennett H.S. Duval H.S. Andrew, Izzy,Lameron,CJ |
Viking's Cambridge South Dorchester Chris, Alex,Gary, Mike |
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| Patuxent H.S. | Suspects Cambridge South Dorchester |
Thursday June 7
215 Play It Safe 2007 grads cooled off on the water slide and played mini golf at 65th Street Slide & Ride. A summer like day made the water that much more refreshing. Free Pizza and Soda provided by Domino's and Pepsi was enjoyed by all. Some of the grads played mini golf, while others cooled off. Most participated in both all for free.
Two Parkville H.S. Grads From Baltimore Enjoying The Water.
Later around 200 grads headed to the Ocean City Health & Racquetball Club on 61st. for Dodgeball , Swimming, and workouts. The fascinating thing this week was the dodgeball competition was so good that many chose to watch and participate only in this despite having so many other activities to do. Cherell and Keith from Baltimores' Chesapeake and Overlea High Schools went for a refreshing swim in the olympic sized pool.
< Cherell & Keith "Just Chilling" in the pool at O.C. Health & Racquetball Club.
A crowd of around 300 High School Seniors lined up to battle each other in Laser Tag at Planet Maze on 33rd street. This first group of "Storm Troopers" seen here getting debriefed about the rules of engagement. After laser tag many of the grads also played mini golf or participated in rock climbing.
Friday June 8
Around fifty 2007 high school grads competed in the Play It Safe Ocean City Tennis Tournament. The tournament is held at the Ocean City Recreation & Parks 61st. street Tennis Center. The tourney was held in blistering heat and the competitors were given plenty of free refreshments courtesy of Pepsi to keep hydrated.
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Steve & Noah Towson H.S. |
 Tyler & Lucy Leonardtown & Howard |
 Matt & J D Great Mills H.S. |
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Later in the evening a crowd of hundreds of 2007 grads gathered at Planet Maze & Laser Storm on 33rd street for Laser Tag, Mini Golf, and Rock Climbing. Many of the 2007 high school grads competed in laser tag. Some commented that it was like being in a "Star Wars" movie. Some of the grads attempted to climb Play It Safe's version of " Mt. Everest". Others played mini golf at the planetary system miniature golf course. Known for being one of Ocean City's most picturesque.
Saturday June 9
Team Crack ER Wins Again!!!!
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1st. Place Team Crack Er |
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2nd "Team Octopod" |
3rd "Patriots" |
| To Go Directly To Week One Recap Click Here | To Go Directly To Week Three Recap Click Here |
Sunday June 10
Over 1056 high school grads signed up to
start week 2 of Play It Safe Ocean City 2007. Many of
them competed in the Karaoke Contest.
Not only were there some "memorable" singing performances,
but there was some great "door" prizes given away for those who
hung around. Thomas from Governor T. J. High School won the door
prize featuring the stuffed blue dog.
Meanwhile two stunning performances took the best female and male awards.
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East Juniata H.S. Kalie |
North Hagerstown H.S. Dustin & Logan |
So You Think You Can Dance?
Was this the best performance at Play It Safe Idol? To see the best visit our Multimedia Page
Monday June 11
Over 425 High School Grads came to the
Bayside Princess
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to
participate in the Windsurfing
and Kayak Relays.
The windsurfers were treated to a slightly overcast day and
smooth sailing. Later many teams competed to win great free prizes and the Week
2 Championship for Kayak Relay! The Hot summer sun and the cool bay water
were a great combination for this ever popular
Play It Safe Free Event. In the
end
Team Champion composed
of members from Broadneck H.S.
won first place edging out slightly team
Man, Bear, & Pig from Connellville H.S. from PA.
Then in the late evening hundreds bowled at
Ocean Lanes on 72nd Street hoping to "Strike" a free tee-shirt!
Over 400 traveled down to 68th street at Old Pro Golf for some Indoor/Outdoor miniature golf. Here 2007 grads competed for "Hole in Ones" amongst friends!
Hundreds of Play It Safe 2007 grads were on the beach celebrating by competing in the Karaoke Contest and Volleyball Tournament. The grads came from as far away as Indiana and North Carolina to compete. Many of the karaoke performers performed in groups and were quite good. The crowd on the boardwalk gathered watching some of the performances.
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Risng Sun H.S. Lauren |
North Carroll H.S. Ben |
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Was this the best performance at Play It Safe Idol? To see the best visit our Multimedia Page
Meanwhile 34 teams competed in the Week 2 Beach Volleyball Tourney. Great games were played with good sportsmanship. In the end a team from Redline Pa. defeated Rockvalle H.S. for the Championship!
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Red Line Pa. High School Team-Eric, Tessone, Stick, Parker, Katie |
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2nd Place- Alex, Phillip, Van, Alexander, Manle, Hafez |
The graduates then headed to 26th street
for the Happy Jack Pancake House
Pancake Eating Contest.
Around 25 boys and 25 girls competed to see who could eat the
pancakes the fastest!
This
popular event is observed by hundreds of other grads who are
then treated to free pancakes they can eat at their own slow
pace.
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Boy's Winners- 1st Ian Tuscarora H.S. Md, 2nd Chris Tuscarora H. S.Md , 3rd Aaron Central Catholic H.S. Pa. |
Girl's Winners-1st Sarah Keystone Oaks H.S. Pa., 2nd Amelia Conwell Eagan H.S. Pa., 3rd Samantha Conwell Eagan H.S Pa. |
Wednesday June 13
Over 200 grads competed at Maui Golf today in the Miniature Golf Tournament. The clouds were thickening but the rain held off allowing for one of our closest finishes ever. While the temperature outside got cooler the golfers were heating up the course. We had a 3 way tie for first place by the three S's. Sam and Scott are from South River High School. Sean is from Westminster High School.
The free Dominos pizza filled a need for food
for the grads whose money is starting to run short. New free
Play It Safe shirts are definitely in demand because the laundry
bag is getting filled. Meanwhile later in the evening on a cool
breezy night outside 48 teams headed inside the gyms to compete
for the "3 on 3" Basketball Tournament. The crowd of onlookers
was in the hundreds as many came to WITNESS the excellent B-Ball
Skills!
These
ladies stayed throughout the entire tournament to be
"Witnesses" with hundreds of other fans in the two gyms.
The East Gym "3 on 3" Basketball Championship was dominated
by a team of players from Towson Catholic, Western Tech, and
Lauringburg Prep High Schools which featured a McDonald's All
American headed to Syracuse University. The West Gym "3 on 3"
Basketball Championship was won by a team from Frederick and
Tuscaro High Schools .
One semifinal game featured a comical moment when the coin toss for overtime landed on the ground and rolled across the entire gym with both teams and officials following closely behind waiting for their fate to be decided by "Heads or Tails"
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Frederick H.S. Tuscaro H.S. Ernest, Frank, Jeremy |
Towson Catholic, Western Tech, Laurinburg Prep H.S. Josh, Donte, Greg, David |
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On a cool and rainy day 5 Play It Safe 2007 High School Seniors did brave the weather and go down the water slide at 65th Street Slide & Ride. Many grads on hand thought they were crazy because it was so unseasonably cold but all agreed they deserved a prize which they did recieve.
Later in the evening around one hundred grads
went to 61st. street O.C. Health & Racquetball Club for a
serious game of Dodgeball, Swimming, and
Workingout.
The Dodgeball games were very serious and sneaky
trick plays were the norm. Like David from Old Mill High
School shown here.> David kept getting accused by
opponents as crossing the line as he threw the ball. So in a
game where he was the lone survivor facing 6 for his team, it
became intense. In the end, he faked like he was crossing the
line and threw instead eliminating the last player to win!
Others chose to play hide and seek with the ball. The best
players were the sniper sharp shooters who dominated this
game. Like Aaron from Oxon Hill High
School>
Other grads chose to play Racquetball!
A crowd of hundreds of 2007 grads then headed to 33rd street Planet Maze for Laser Storm, Mini Golf, and Rock Climbing. The cool breeze didn't stop all the seniors from having great fun.
Friday June 15
Around twenty seven 2007 high school grads competed in the Play It Safe Ocean City Tennis Tournament. The tournament is held at the Ocean City Recreation & Parks 61st. street Tennis Center. The tourney was held on a cool overcast day. There was plenty of free refreshments courtesy of Pepsi.
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Mike & Chris Valleyview H.S. Pa. |
 Rob & Avery Glen Burnie H.S. Md. |
 Chris & Alex Old Mill & Annapolis H.S. Md. |
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Later in the evening a crowd of hundreds of 2007 grads gathered at Planet Maze & Laser Storm on 33rd street for Laser Tag, Mini Golf, and Rock Climbing. This ever popular Play It Safe event always treats the crowd to free and safe fun!
| To Go Directly To Week One Recap Click Here | To Go Directly To Week Two Recap Click Here |
Sunday June 17
Hundreds of 2007 Play It Safe Ocean City
grads came to Dorchester street on the beach for the
Karaoke contest. "Play It
Safe OC Idol" always draws a crowd of talented performers
trying to win first prize. Many in the crowd just enjoy the
music and free food from Pizza Tugo's
and Pepsi. A "Door Prize" is
awarded to a random entrant.
Nikki & Mom from N.C. showing off her Door Prize".>
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Kirsten Smithburg H.S. |
Was this the best performance at Play It Safe Idol? To see the best visit our Multimedia Page
Monday June 18
Megan, Melissa, Anthony and Matt waiting patiently for
Windsurfing to begin at
and
the Bay Princess Hotel. Around 60 2007 High School Grads took
advantage of the beautiful hot summer weather to cool off at
Play It Safe Windsurfing & Kayak Relays. One Kayaker Grad later
made a left instead of a right and started heading out to
sea! Don't worry though it wasn't long before this Kayaker
stood up in the shallow water and pushed his kayak back on
course.
Later in the late evening the crowd of Play It Safe 2007
Seniors headed to 68th street to play some
Old Pro Indoor/Outdoor Miniature Golf.
The indoor course features a nautical theme while the outdoor
course features Jurassic Park. Numerous grads then headed to
72nd street to play Midnight Bowling
at Ocean Lanes. Here you
could knock down the Red Pin to win a free Tee!
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2nd Place Team Julia Henderson, PA |
3rd Place Blue Turtles Downingtown, PA |
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Tuesday June 19
It was a foggy evening on the beach at Dorchester Street for the
Karaoke Contest and Beach Volleyball Contest.
Over 250 High School grads
competed in the two events. The fog could not keep the
ladies from performing at their best in both events. The door
prize went to:
There were 15 teams competing for the Beach Volleyball Contest Championship with all the teams in the finals being from Pa. So off course it is safe to say a team from Pa. was going to win! Shown here is the final game between Slippery Rock H.S. and McDowell H.S. Notice that the winning team featured another lady!
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Karaoke
featured a stunning" performance by two graduates.
Brandon & Sean performed "Your Man" and after a
brief bout of stage fright and stole the 1st and 2nd
place honors for best male performance.
Sean and Brandon Winning 1st & 2nd Place at Karaoke for Best Male Performance.
Was this the best performance at Play It Safe Idol? To see the best visit our Multimedia Page
Later the crowd headed to the Happy Jack Pancake House for the Pancake Eating Contest where 35 boys & girls competed for top prizes. The girls dominated and obviously came to win as seen in this picture above! In the end 3 girls and 3 boys took home the top prize.
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Boy's Winners- 1st Travis Western Harnett H.S. NC, 2nd Mike BethelH. S. Pa , 3rd Josh McDowell H.S. Pa. |
Girl's Winners-1st Aubrey Hardford Tech Bel Air H.S. Md., 2nd Sarah Downington H.S. Pa., 3rd Ashleigh Hardford Tech H.S Bel Air Md. |
Wednesday June 20
The wind blew, and the rains came. 38 Golfers were real gamers and played in conditions the would have sent Tiger into the clubhouse. In this case, it was the arcade but some still played in the 30 minute deluge.The weather attempted to slow down our 2007 grads at Maui Golf 57th street for the Miniature Golf Tournament. Around 38 grads took shelter from the downpours and played through the deluge of water to finish the tourney.
In the end the grads would not be denied!
1st Place went to Dave M. Arundel HS, MD & 2nd Place - RJ - Downingtown HS, PA.
A crowd of hundreds gathered at 125th street Ocean City
Recreation & Parks Northside Park to watch 15 teams compete
to win the ever popular "3on3"
Basketball Tourney. The crowd was treated to some
really talented hoopsters. Unlike previous weeks, the week three
tourney featured only one champion. This was because there was
time to bring the East gym finalists over to face West gym
finalists! In the end the final game ended on a last shot that
was waved off by an official in what many veteran volunteers
said was the Best Play It Safe Championship Game ever played!
Hazelton H.S. "Cougar Crazies" Taking It To The Hole In Finals>
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Champs- Hazelton H.S. Pa. Cougar Crazies Mark, Mike, Justin, Jason, Chelsea, Lindsey |
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2nd Place -Methacton H.S. Pa. |
3rd Place- Freedom H.S. Pa. |
Thursday June 21
Around forty 2007 High School Grads came out to 65th Street Slide & Ride and cooled off and played many of the different activities available for Free. Like Phillip from Harnett, North Carolina, he is a HS wrestler and placed in the Championships. However, since he isn't too tall, they finally found a place where he could slam dunk.
Later in the evening a group headed to Ocean City Health &
Racquetball Club on 61st Street for a
Workout , A swim, and some intense Dodgeball. The two
final teams played a best of 7 and one team kept failing to get
any of the balls at the start of each game.
While
the boys played dodgeball the girls went for a cool dip in the
indoor pool.
Over a hundred ended the day at Planet Maze on 33rd Street for Laser Tag, Galaxy Mini Golf, and Rock Climbing. Many played more than once of each free event taking advantage of the small crowd.
Friday June 22
On this last day of Free Play It Safe Events for 2007 grads, a
group of Seniors competed at the Ocean City Tennis Center on
61st. Street in the Week 3 Tennis Tournament.
The Double teams came well prepared to play with their own racquets and their previous experience showed. In the end a team from Pennsylvania won the tournament.
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Kevin and
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Katie & Jenna |
Meghan & Andrea |
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Later in the evening a crowd made up of both
Play IT Safe Ocean City 2007 volunteers and
Grads as well as local tourist, headed to Sunset Park in the
Inlet for a Reggae Wrap Up Concert.
This concert was sponsored by the Town
Of Ocean City. The Caribbean themed concert featured
The Rising Sun Reggae Band. The crowd was treated to
great music and dancing .
Many of the grads were dancing "Mosh" style!>
The crowd of 2007 grads then headed to Planet Maze on 33rd Street to play Laser Tag, Mini Golf, and Rock Climb one last time!
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