The stars shone brightly on Saturday, April 19, as the Sales and Marketing Council of Southern California announced the MAME award winners.

Attendees enjoyed an evening of inspiration and positive energy as they danced the night away to the Spazmatics, Southern California's most popular dance band!

"The MAME Awards are the most prestigious awards of their kind, setting the benchmark for innovations in new-home design, marketing, and sales throughout all of Southern California," said Tracey Long, chairperson of MAME. "MAME's commitment to recognizing originality, imagination, and success has been exemplified by its award winners since the competition’s inception."

For the first time ever, this year’s MAME award winners will take home more than a trophy. Winners will also receive two valuable marketing tools: The MAME Mark of Excellence and three months of free advertising on ModelHomeTour.org!

The MAME Mark of Excellence is a specially created logo that is designed for use for an entire year in ads, brochures, websites, signage, and more as a way of telling homebuyers that your community is one of the industry's finest. And the SMC will be promoting the Mark of Excellence and explaining what a tremendous honor it is with stories in the real estate sections of the Times and Register, so that the Mark becomes a recognizable icon to the consumer.

In addition, ModelHomeTour.org will list all of the Mark of Excellence winners on their website and provide a free link/directory listing for each community from March through June. This will allow builders to reach thousands of prospective homebuyers at no cost whatsoever.

To view a complete list of MAME winners, please log on to www.themameawards.com.

Photos are now available online courtesy of Move.com. Please visit www.chrismayerphoto.com and click on the MAME link. You may download your photo for FREE!

The Council wishes to extend its gratitude to all of the companies that supported MAME with entries, sponsorship, and attendance at this year's event.

For more information, e-mail Lisa Parrish at lparrish@thenationals.com, or call her at 800-658-2751 or 909-987-2758.