A little friendly competition never hurt anyone.

As part of the Advertising Club of Buffalo’s “Ad Week 2012,” the Big Tip Off event will spark a bit of friendly competition among local advertising executives—and a couple of Buffalo.com twenty-somethings.

In a nutshell, guest bartenders from local companies will duke it out to collect the most tips from 6 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday at Encore. Admission to this event is $20 for an open bar affair. Whichever bartender collects the most tips for the night, while slinging drinks will win bragging rights and a pretty awesome trophy.

Though we might not exactly be advertising executives yet (hey, just give us a few years!) Katie and myself are honored to be part of this great event which will benefit the Ad Club Scholarship fund.

Here is a full list of all the guest bartender’s below:
Luke Copping, President, American Society of Media Photographers (WNY Chapter)
Rick English, Marketing Communications Consultant and past Ad Club president
Sandy Gingerich, Senior Partner/Director of Client Service at Eric Mower + Associates
Jeff Herberger, Vice President/Creative Director at Travers Collins
Greg Meadows, Vice President/Creative Director at The Martin Group
Larry Robb, Owner and CEO at SKM Group
Jeff Pappalardo, Senior Vice President/Creative Director at Crowley Webb
Kathryn Przybyla, Social Content Coordinator, Buffalo.com
Katie Costello, Digital Audience Specialist, Buffalo.com / ShopBuffalo.com

Now I’m not saying who you should root for, but Katie and I have been practicing all week for this event. We can’t wait to join in on the fun. To RSVP to the event, head over to the Eventbrite page.

Also, this is our theme song:

  T-PAIN Bartender featuring Akon by Kiyotaka Kai

For more information on The Big Tip Off, head over to the Ad Club of Buffalo’s website, or feel free to check out our Facebook page for the event.

Here is a little taste from last year’s event:

Photo courtesy of Flickr / indi.ca