13th Annual Normathon with Whataburger and Starpower benefitting Austin Street Center!!

Posted on December 2, 2013

Join the Ticket at Starpower at Arapaho and the Tollway in the SE quadrant for the 13th annual
Whataburger Norm-a-thon!

Norm-a-thon 12 Days of Christmas | 2013 Norm-a-thon Car Raffle and Auction Prizes!

The show will go all day from 6 a. m. to midnight on Thursday, December 26th with all proceeds benefiting the Austin Street Center, the finest homeless facility perhaps in the entire country.

Here’s a rundown of the ever-expanding list of people who’ll be at Starpower Dec. 26 as LIVE and in-person guests during the 13th annual What-a-burger Norm-a-thon benefitting the Austin Street Centre for the Homeless.

  • 11:30 a. m.—Stars GM Jim Nill
  • 1:10 p. m.—-Rangers Hall of Fame announcer Eric Nadel
  • 2:30 p.m.—-Mavericks owner Mark Cuban
  • 4:10 p. m.—Former Cowboys QB and Hall of Famer Roger Staubach
  • 7:10 p. m.—Stars play-by-play announcer Ralph Strangis
  • 8:10 p. m.—Ticket talk show host Donovan Lewis
  • 10:50 p. m.–Mavs play-by-play announcer Mark Followill

Be there as Norm does 18 consecutive hours on air with big, big name guests and major auction items throughout the show that you will not want to miss. You will want to stop by for terrific door prizes for those who show up at Starpower and contribute at the door.

To date, Norm-a-thon has raised nearly $1.75 million in its 12 year history, including a record $235,000 last year. Make sure you are there with us for Norm-a-thon as we shatter last year’s record mark!!

This years feature car is a 2013 ATS 2.5L Sedan Crystal Red with Black interior worth $35,000. Crest Cars of Plano has again provided a spectacular vehicle to be auctioned off as the centerpiece of the 13th annual Norm-a-thon Dec. 26 on Sportsradio 1310 and 96.7 FM The Ticket. Listeners can purchase raffle tickets in the amount of $100 each with the prize being a fabulous 2013 Cadillac ATS sedan. This 2.5L turbo is the flagship vehicle of the Cadillac fleet and comes equipped with all the fantastic “bells and whistles” that Cadillac has become famous for. This ATS is crystal red with black leather interior and comes complete with Cadillac’s acclaimed CUE system, a Bose premium audio system, luxury items far too numerous to fully list and gets 30 miles per gallon in highway driving. The Ticket will sell a total of only 1500 raffle tickets and at that point will cut off ticket sales meaning that a person who buys just a single ticket has, at worst, odds of just 1500-1 of being the winner of this gorgeous, new Cadillac ATS. The Norm-a-thon, features Ticket sports talk show host Norm Hitzges broadcasting for 18 consecutive hours starting at 6 a. m. on Dec. 26 from Starpower at the Tollway and Arapaho in Richardson. The winning ticket will be drawn live on the air at Starpower at 9:10 on the day of the broadcast. Tickets can be purchased using credit cards by going through the secure channel at austinstreet.org/normathon.

There will be several terrific door prizes given away at Starpower in conjunction with the 13th annual What-a-burger Norm-a-thon on Dec. 26. Any one contributing $50 or more at the door when they enter Starpower at any time during the show (6 a. m. to midnight) becomes eligible to win one of the following prizes:

  1. A package of SIX $100 dollar gift certificates from the restaurants and bars on Lower Greenville Avenue. These are the businesses that sponsor the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Dallas . The person lucky enough to have his or her name drawn as the winner of this prize gets $100 gift certificates to each of the following:
    • Stan’s Blue Note
    • The Dubliner
    • The Blue Goose
    • Dodies
    • Terilli’s
    • The Grape
  2. A package of SIX professional one-hour massages from Dr. Rey Adorable of Advanced Wellness and Weight Loss Center at Preston Road and Belt Line. Dr. Adorable and his staff offer a wide variety of physical rehab programs while specializing in a weight loss approach that focuses on fat-burning hormones to help reduce inches, fat and cellulite with needle-less lipo. Dr. Rey has more than 25 years experience. Check out his company’s website.
  3. A framed and signed photograph of perhaps the most memorable moment in DFW sports history. The winner of this prize gets an 8 X 10 picture of Nolan Ryan giving the Chicago’s Robin Ventura a “noogie” during their fight on the mound in Arlington. This iconic photo is autographed by Ryan and provided to the Norm-a-thon by Gameday Connexion—-your source for sports memorabilia, autographs, custom framing and athlete appearances. GC has locations in Grapevine Mills Mall, Ridgmar Mall and Northeast Mall. Check out their incredible array of items by going to their website here.

Winners will be drawn at 11:30 p.m. the night of Dec. 26 at Starpower. You do not have to be present to win. The Ticket’s promotions department will notify winners and inform them how to claim their prizes.

 

Norm-a-thon’s 12 days of Christmas

Monday, Dec. 9—A 16 X 20 framed and autographed Emmitt Smith photograph provided by Gameday Connexion—your source for sports memorabilia of all kinds, autographs, custom framing and athlete appearances. Gameday Connexion has locations in Grapevine Mall, Northeast Mall and Ridgmar Mall in Fort Worth. Get complete information about GC at their website, here.

Tuesday, Dec. 10—Get to know Trinity Groves! This exciting news project just across the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge from downtown Dallas features a terrific array of the newest restaurants in Dallas. And if you’re high bidder for this prize, you can eat at ALL of them. Trinity Groves currently has 7 new restaurants open with more coming soon. The high bidder gets a $100 gift certificate to each of the 7 restaurants which include: —Kitchen LTO: Kitchen Limited Time Only where the chef and concept change every four months. Great innovative menu designed by and up and coming local chef.

  • LUCK: Local Urban Craft Kitchen features 40 local beers on tap and locally sourced foods
  • Souk: A Moroccan style eatery offering the flavors of the Middle East.
  • Casa Rubia: Spanish tapas prepared by acclaimed Top Chef Omar Flores.
  • Resto Gastro Bistro: American, French and Asian inspired foods in a neighborhood bistro setting.
  • Chino: A Latin Chinatown offering blends of Chinese cooking with Latin-Asian ingredients.
  • Amberjax: A full service fresh seafood market and restaurant.

Trinity Groves restaurants and bars all have a wonderful neighborhood feel and plentiful parking is always free!

Wednesday, Dec. 11—Get fit in the New Year. Veteran professional trainer Mike Larsen will design and supervise one month of workouts for you to begin the New Year. Mike has gymnasium contacts all over the area so he’ll arrange a workout place that is mutually convenient, design a program for you and oversee up to three one-hour sessions per week for a month. In addition, Mike will take you on a “guided tour” of your local supermarket explaining how to make better choices in selecting the foods you eat.

Thursday, Dec. 12— A 51 inch HD flat screen Samsung TV with a pair of Sonos speakers and a free bridge. Samsung’s one of THE hottest names in TV while Sonos rates the very same level in audio. This gift is provided by Starpower which once again has been named the BEST audio/video company in America. Besides the Starpower “mother-ship” location at the Tollway and Arapaho which will again be the site of the broadcast of this year’s Norm-a-thon, Starpower has locations in Southlake on Southlake Boulevard just across from the Town Center and in uptown Dallas at Cole and Knox Streets.

Friday, Dec. 13—Attention University of Texas football fans. Here’s an incredible item to bid on. It’s a full-sized UT football helmet signed by UT legends Vince Young, Cedric Benson, Jordan Shipley, Colt McCoy, Ricky Williams and Earl Campbell. The helmet provided by Gameday Connexion—your source for sports memorabilia, autographs, custom framing and athlete appearances. GC has three locations —-Grapevine Mall, Northeast Mall and Ridgmar Mall—and full information on GC can be found at their website: gamedayconnexion.com.

Monday, Dec. 16—“Eat like a king and queen!” Every month for a year Chef Mark McDaniel from ReMARKable Affairs will deliver right to your home fully prepared dinners that each delivery will include TWO entrees, Two vegetables, soup OR salad and dessert. The meals are ready to be re-heated and served and each delivery provides enough food for TWO complete dinners for a family of four. This personal chef service is an $1800 value from Remarkable Affairs which has been a chef for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games, 2008 winner of the Suburban Iron Chef, voted best caterers by readers of the Dallas Business Journal and featured in places like the NY Times, USA Today and the Dallas Morning News.

Tuesday, Dec. 17 —Have a “Cotton Pickin’ Good Time!” Today’s prize starts with 4 very good seats to this year’s January 1 Cotton Bowl pitting Missouri (11-2) against Oklahoma State (10-2). The game kicks off at 6:30 p. m. Friday January 3 at Jerry Jones’ AT&T Cowboy Stadium. These are seats between the 30 yard lines and includes the oh-so-valuable parking pass. But that’s not all!
The high bidder here also gets an incredible and valuable piece of sports memorabilia. The legendary Bo Jackson had a fabulous Cotton Bowl game against the Texas Aggies piling up more than 200 yards rushing and receiving—albeit in a losing cause. Today’s prize includes the famous 16 X 20 black and white photo of Jackson dressed in shoulder pads and holding a baseball bat on his shoulder. The photograph is beautifully framed and autographed by Bo and is donated to the Norm-a-thon by Gameday Connexion, your source for all types of sports memorabilia including panoramic views, banners, jerseys, helmets garden statues, Tervis Tumblers and much, much more. Gameday Connexion has locations in Grapevine Mall, Ridgmar Mall and Northeast Mall.

Wednesday, Dec. 18—Lets go fishing! Norm’s friend Jimmy Smith offers a half day fishing trip for four on Lake Tawakoni. Jimmy’s guided Tawakoni for decades now and is such a well-known and famous guide that every year he’s also hired to journey to Brazil and guide trips in the Amazon region for two months. Jimmy provides ALL the gear for your group of up to four people to head out onto Lake Tawakoni in Jimmy’s large bass boat and starting hauling in bass, crappie, sometimes catfish, whatever. Take your buddies, take your kiddos, take your wife and family and fish Tawakoni with Jimmy Smith! And, when your day is finished, Jimmy cleans and filets your catch so you can have your fresh caught fish for dinner that night if you choose to.

Thursday, Dec. 19—What a Cowboy keepsake! Bid on a framed and autographed authentic Troy Aikman Cowboy jersey! A gorgeous, large centerpiece item for the Cowboy and troy fan!. This wonderful item has been provided by Gameday Connexion—-your source for sports memorabilia of all kinds, autographs, custom framing and athlete appearances. GC has locations in Grapevine Mall, Northeast Mall and Ridgmar Mall and complete information on Gameday Connexion can be found at their website: gamedayconnexion.com.

Friday, Dec. 20—Feel like Mark Cuban for a night! If you’re the high bidder for the prize that’s exactly who you’ll feel like at the Tuesday, Jan. 7, Mavericks game against the arch rival LA Lakers. You’ll sit in the two Starpower Dream Seats—a pair of huge, ultra-comfy leather chairs that sit right on the floor directly behind the seats of the Mavs owner. But that’s just the start of this unique prize. You’ll be picked up and driven to the game by Norm Hitzges and his wife Mary (If it’s more than 30 miles to the AAC we’ll arrange a place to be picked up). But how about dinner before the game? Norm and Mary drive you across the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge for America’s best hot dogs (What goes better with a big sporting events than great hot dogs?) You’ll be dining at Hofman’s Hots in the Trinity Groves development just west of downtown. After that dinner you’ll be taken to the AAC for the game. And then, after he game, you’ll be chauffeured back home by Norm and Mary.

Monday, Dec. 23—Experience NASCAR at Texas Motor Speedway as few have ever done. TMS has put together an incredible package for FOUR for their April 4-6 weekend featuring the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Texas 500. This luxury package includes:

  • Four Speedway Club Suite Tickets for the race,
  • Four VIP passes to Pit Road before the race (Must be 18 years old),
  • Four Champagne Toast Tickets,
  • Four seats at Raceday University prior to the race featuring lunch and driver interviews,
  • Four tickets to the pre-race show along with driver intros,
  • One Crystal Lot parking pass.

What a Christmas present for the NASCAR lover or someone who’s always wanted to see NASCAR from every possible angle!

Tuesday. Dec.24—Have the Feast of a lifetime! The high bidder wins dinner for EIGHT and Bob’s Steak and Chop House in Plano (Legacy at the Tollway). EVERYTHING is included—appetizers, dinner, dessert coffee and a pair of bottles of wine selected by Bob’s sommelier who also takes your party on a walk through Bob’s remarkable wine cellar. Manager Silvio provides the group a tour of the kitchen where you can see the Bob’s staff at work preparing their national acclaimed food. Have your own “fantasy dinner” for 8 at Bob’s thanks to the restaurant’s owner Bill Lenox.

 

2013 Norm-a-thon Car Raffle and Auction Prizes!

On Dec. 26 at Starpower (Tollway and Arapaho in the SE quadrant) the 13th annual What-a-burger Norm-a-thon will again offer six incredible items on which we’ll take bids throughout the day. This year’s list is the most remarkable in the history of the event. Starting at 6 a. m. and continuing until EXACTLY 10 p.m. we’ll accept telephone bids on all items. The number to call to bid is 214-389-7770. At precisely 10 o’clock we will shut off the phones and declare the highest bidder for each item and then announce those winners (first name only) live on the broadcast from Starpower.

  1. Let’s go to the track! Lone Star Park has donated a luxury suite for 25 people for a mutually agreeable racing date during Lone Star’s 2014 live thoroughbred racing season. This gorgeous suite includes: admission for 25 people, racing programs, 7 free valet parking passes and food AND beverage service (including alcohol) complete with your own in-suite bartender! Norm Hitzges will conduct a racing seminar starting 35 minutes before the first race and stays in the suite with the group through the first several races on the card. Lone Star’s season starts April 10 and concludes July 12 with races every Thursday and Friday evenings and Saturday and Sunday afternoons.
  2. A huge surprise package from the Dallas Cowboys!
  3. One “suite” night at a Rangers game! The Texas Rangers have donated a luxury suite for 20 people for a night during the 2014 baseball season. Along with admission for 20, this package also includes four parking passes and a $500 allowance for food and beverages. This suite is good for games Sunday through Thursday and does exclude a handful of scheduled dates.
  4. Fish the Amazon region! Ron Speed Jr.’s Adventures has given the Norm-a-thon an incredible trip for two people. This journey includes 6 full days of fishing the Rio Negro River in Brazil. You’ll stay on a houseboat in a spacious, air-conditioned cabin with full bathroom and twin beds. And Ron Speed Jr.’s Adventures provides EVERYTHING else—all tackle is furnished, 3 hot and wonderful meals each day, 2 lounge areas, an AC dining room, soft drinks beer, wine and some liquor (no bourbon, scotch or tequila). Laundry service is also included. Fishing times are in the months of Jan-Feb or Sept-Oct. The high bidder provides airfare to Manaus, Brazil, and then gets taken on the fishing adventure of a lifetime trying to hook monster peacock bass (as large as 28 pounds) in an incredibly remote, wild and gorgeous part of world. Ron Speed Jr.’s Adventures (800-722-0006) has been conducting premiere fishing trips to exotic destinations for decades and is recognized as one of this country’s top fishing trip providers. And finally, this package also comes with a $100 gift certificate to Fishin’ World at 4402 Lovers Lane. Use this certificate to get clothing and gear at Fishin’ World which has been outfitting North Texas fishermen headed for exotic blue water big game fishing trips worldwide since 1970.
  5. Host your own Puck Party! The Dallas Stars have given the Norm-a-thon a suite accommodating 25 people for a game sometime during the rest of this 2013-14 regular season. This suite comes complete with 5 parking passes, an autographed authentic Stars jersey and many more Stars collectibles. Schedule your own “Night With the Stars” and invite two dozen of your best friends to join you at the AAC.
  6. Have your own SECTION at a Mavericks game!!! We have never been able to offer a prize quite like the one donated this year by the Mavs. The high bidder gets 50 (FIFTY!!!) seats in a section for the Wednesday, March 19 game against the vastly improved Minnesota Timberwolves. But that’s the start of this fabulous prize. The high bidder’s group of 50 gathers at 5 p. m. that evening at Starpower on the Tollway and Arapaho in the SE quadrant for dinner and light drinks. Dinner will be courtesy of Desperados Mexican Restaurant. Desperados is family owned for 37 years, a 5-time winner of the best margarita in Dallas, proud caterers to the Mavs, Stars, Cowboys and the Ticket. Desperados has two locations: 4818 Greenville at University and 3443 W. Campbell Rd. at Jupiter. Wine will be provided by Texas Hills Vineyard from Johnson City. Texas Hills produces a wide variety of wines (8 reds and 5 whites) using only Texas grapes and has been the People Choice Award winner for best wines 5 of the last 6 years at the annual Grapevine Grapefest.But there’s MORE! At about 6:15 the group boards the Mavericks VIP luxury bus and is transported to the front door of the AAC for the game. Fox Sports Southwest will also recognize your group during its telecast of the game. After the final buzzer the group re-boards the bus for the journey back their cars parked safely in the spacious Starpower parking lot.
  7. Play golf with a PGA tour player! The “Tee Box” golf show on Sportradio 1310 and 96 7 FM has arranged a wonderful day of golf at the TPC Las Colinas, current annual home of the Byron Nelson golf tournament. High bidder for this prize selects his or her favorite playing partner and they tee it up at the TPC playing with golf show hosts Craig Rosengarden and Rick Arnett and PGA tour player Ed Loar. The Dallas-born Loar has won twice on the Asian Tour, been amongst the leading money winners on the Web.com Tour (where he’s also won twice) and this year was on the Top Ten leader board of the US Open late in the third round before settling for 32nd in that major tournament.Loar, a four-time All-American at Oklahoma State and former NCAA men’s collegiate golf champion, is known as one of the longest hitters on the PGA tour. After the round the there’ll be lunch and a Q & A session for the group in the TPC lounge. Be the high bidder on this prize and have golf stories to tell for years.

Winners will be drawn at 11:30 p.m. the night of Dec. 26 at Starpower. You do not have to be present to win. The Ticket’s promotions department will notify winners and inform them how to claim their prizes