2. Hello and welcome to the WKYS Single Ladies party.
Please read the Directions below for the evening.
Men: You will receive one “ring pop” ring for the evening. As you walk around
throughout the evening search for any woman of your choice that you would “put a
ring on.” When you find her give her your “ring pop”.
Women: Sit back, relax and collect your rings! The woman with the most ring
pops at 9:30p.m. will win a diamond ring courtesy of Gold-N-Diamond Jeweler
and 93.9 WKYS.
“Put a Ring On It” Contest Directions
3. 6:00 p.m. Contest Begins
9:00 p.m. The Beyonce Experience Performance
9:30 p.m. Ring Counting Begins
10:00 p.m. Announcement of the Grand Prize Winner
Event TimelineEvent Timeline
4. Event OverviewEvent Overview
The WKYS “Single Ladies Party” was held at The Sidelines
Restaurant, located at 800 Capital Centre Boulevard in
Largo, Maryland. The event was held on Friday November
14th
, and was attended by over 500 guests. The event was
free to the public and attracted women ages 18-35, and men
ages 18-50 from all over the Washington DC, and Maryland
metropolitan areas.
The event included a “ring pop” challenge, performances by
Musiq Souldchild; and a local dance troop, who performed
the Beyonce music video “Single Ladies”.
Upon entering the venue, all men were given a ring pop ring
to “put a ring” on any woman of their choice inside of the
venue. Women were instructed to sit back relax and collect
their ring pop rings in the hopes of winning the grand prize.
At the end of the night a 2-carat diamond ring was awarded
to one lucky lady, who was able to collect the most “ring pop
rings.”
5. WKYS listeners lined up hours in advance
in anticipation for the big event!
Listeners were greeted by radio
personality Angie Ange broadcasting live
and Dj Joe mixing!
6. WKYS “Single Ladies” Welcome Table!
Upon entering, all men were given a ring
pop ring; to put a ring on any woman of
their choice for the evening.
7. Guest were able to watch the diva herself
Beyonce, performing her greatest hits as
they waited for the festivities to begin!
…Let the mingling begin
8. WKYS “Single Ladies” wait at their table
for a special someone to put a “ring on it”!
WKYS radio personality Jeannie Jones
“The Kitty of the City” and her lovely
black kitties;our hostess for the evening!
9. WKYS guest excited after collecting eight
rings!
The race is on to collect the most rings !
10. …Umm I wonder who is in the lead ???
“..I am going home with a new diamond
ring”
11. WKYS Antonio the Cuban Cigar Smoker,
and Jeannie Jones get the crowd hype for
the Beyonce Experience performance!
..Alright well we couldn’t get Beyonce
here, but we did manage to snag some
lovely ladies to perform Beyonce’s smash
hit “Single Ladies”!
12. “The race is on and I am going to win”!
…”No I am going to win” !
13. And now its time to count the rings of the
top contenders…
…And the winner is…
14. And the winner is…
Crystal Brooks !!!
Jeannie Jones teaching Crystal how to
wave to the haters with her brand new
diamond ring!
WKYS Jeannie Jones stops to pose with
our grand prize winner !!!
15. And what’s a WKYS party without a
few surprise guests…
(from left to right) Nicole of Def Jam Records, Ace Hood, Dionne Burkett,
Assistant Program Director, Antonio, Promotions, Quon Wilson,
Promotions Director
…Musiq Soulchild
16. ..And that’s not all…lucky partygoers
even received a surprise performance from
Musiq Souldchild!
