Official Rules – Phipps Belt to the Branches Contest

Serenade your way to a free Phipps membership!

Do you love singing holiday melodies? Well, we have the perfect giveaway for you! Located in the Winter Light Garden, sing a tune to our striking 60-foot Pagoda tree and the branches will illuminate with dazzling lights to your beautiful harmonies. Post a reel of you singing to our Pagoda tree and the winning singer(s) will win a one-year Family Household membership to Phipps!

NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.

Phipps Belt to the Branches Contest starts on Dec. 1, 2023 at 12:00 a.m. EST and ends on Jan. 7, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. EST.

ELIGIBILITY: Contest is open to followers of the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens Instagram page. You must have an Instagram account to participate in this giveaway. Employees of Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens and members of their immediate family are not eligible to enter or win. Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws.

HOW TO ENTER: During the Contest Period, post your reel to Instragram. If persons appear in your video, you must be prepared to present written permission of all photographed parties 18 or order, or consent of parent or legal guardian for any photographed parties under the age of 18. To enter the Contest, complete the following: (1) Follow @phippsconservatory on Instagram (2) tag Phipps account in your reel and (3) include #belttothebranches in your post. All entries must be received by Jan. 7 2023 at 11:59 p.m. EST to be considered. Limit one (1) entry per person and per Instagram account. 

REQUIREMENTS OF ENTRIES:

Entry may not contain, as determined by the Sponsor, in its sole discretion, any content that:

• is sexually explicit or suggestive; unnecessarily violent or derogatory of any ethnic, racial, gender, religious, professional or age group; profane or pornographic; contains nudity;
• promotes alcohol, illegal drugs, tobacco, firearms/weapons (or the use of any of the foregoing); promotes any activities that may appear unsafe or dangerous; promotes any particular political agenda or message;
• is obscene or offensive; endorses any form of hate or hate group; appears to duplicate any other submitted Entries;  
• defames, misrepresents or contains disparaging remarks about other people or companies;
• contains trademarks, logos, or trade dress (such as distinctive packaging or building exteriors/interiors) owned by others, without permission; contains any personal identification, such as license plate numbers, personal names, e-mail addresses or street addresses;
• contains copyrighted materials owned by others (including photographs, sculptures, paintings, and other works of art or images published on or in websites, television, movies or other media), without permission;
• communicates messages or images inconsistent with the positive images and/or good will to which we wish to associate; and/or
• violates any law.

Entry must be the original work of the entrant, may not have been previously published, may not have won previous awards, and must not infringe upon the copyrights, trademarks, rights of privacy, publicity or other intellectual property or other rights of any person or entity.  If the Entry contains any material or elements that are not owned by the entrant, and/or which are subject to the rights of third parties, the entrant is responsible for obtaining, prior to submission of the Entry, any and all releases and consents necessary to permit the use and exhibition of the Entry by Sponsor in the manner set forth in these Official Rules, including, without limitation, name and likeness permissions from any person who appears in or is identifiable in the Entry. Sponsor reserves the right to request proof of these permissions in a form acceptable to Sponsor from any entrant at any time. Failure to provide such proof may, if requested, render Entry null and void.  By submitting an Entry, entrant warrants and represents that he/she and any persons appearing or who are identifiable in the Entry consent to the submission and use of the Entry in the Contest and to its use as otherwise set forth herein.

By submitting your Entry, you agree that your Entry conforms to these Official Rules and that Sponsor, in its sole discretion, may disqualify your Entry for any reason, including if it determines, in its sole discretion, that your Entry fails to conform to these Official Rules in any way or otherwise contains unacceptable content as determined by Sponsor, in its sole discretion.

By submitting an Entry, entrant hereby grants permission for the Entry to be posted at www.facebook.com/phippsconservatory and affiliated Phipps websites and for all uses of the Entry as described in the License/Use of Entries paragraph below. Entrant agrees that Sponsor and related parties are not responsible for any unauthorized use of Entries by third parties. Sponsor does not guarantee the posting of any Entry and reserve the right to take down any Entry at any time.

TIMELINE:

• Reel submission will take place Dec. 1 – Jan. 7, 2023
• Reel review will take place Jan. 7 –  10, 2023
• The winner will be notified via Instagram direct message announced and displayed on the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens Instagram page on Jan. 10, 2023. 

WINNER NOTIFICATION: Potential winners will be notified by Instagram direct message. 

Prize: One winner will receive a one-year Family Household membership to Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens (a $129 value). Various entries will be featured on the Phipps Conservatory Instagram page throughout the duration of the contest.

LICENSE/USE OF ENTRIES:  By submitting an Entry, each entrant agrees Sponsor shall have a non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free license to the Entry submitted (including all rights embodied therein) and that Sponsor, and their respective designees may edit, modify, post, creative derivatives work of and distribute the Entry and all elements of such Entry, including, without limitation, the names and likenesses of any persons or locations embodied therein, in any and all media now known or hereafter devised, including for advertising and marketing, without compensation or notification to, or permission from, entrant or any third party. Credit to photographers will be printed in any and all use cases.

GENERAL CONDITIONS:  By participating, each entrant agrees: (a) to abide by these Official Rules and decisions of Sponsor and judges, which shall be final and binding in all respects relating to this Contest; (b) to release, discharge and hold harmless Sponsor, and their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, and advertising and promotion agencies, and the respective officers, directors, shareholders, employees, agents and representatives from any and all injuries, liability, losses and damages of any kind from entrant’s participation in the Contest or any Contest-related activity or the acceptance, possession, use or misuse of any awarded prize and (c) to the use of his/her photograph, with appropriate photographer credit, for programming, advertising, publicity and promotional purposes in any and all media, now or hereafter known, worldwide and on the Internet, and in perpetuity by Sponsor and its designees, without compensation (unless prohibited by law) or additional consents from  entrant or any third party and without prior notice, approval or inspection, and to execute specific consent to such use if asked to do so. 

Sponsor: Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, One Schenley Park, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3830

Questions? Contact us at market@phipps.conservatory.org