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Finalist Grant Gunderson / Warren Miller Ent
It all starts with the re:Action event where the finalists will be featured and the 2010 winner will be announced. This will be followed by a showcase April 22nd at Whistler Conference Centre (Sea to Sky Ballroom).
I have two VIP “Black Market” tickets to give away to the showcase on April 22nd… but there’s a catch. The organizers wanted participating sites to ask for a trade. As such, if you would like to enter to win these VIP tickets to the Pro Photography Showdown, you’ll need to make me a unique trade offer.
It can be for something you made yourself, some type of service you can offer my readers, trade a prize to win this prize, or offer to donate to the non-profit of your choice.
I’ll go through the entries and award the tickets to the person who I think is offering up the best trade.
You can make your trade offer either on Twitter (please @Miss604 and use the tag #BlackMarketPhoto) or through a comment on this post.
Please note, I have a soft-spot for the Union Gospel Mission, Developmental Disabilities Association, the Vancouver Food Bank, and of course chocolate. I’ll decide the trade winner April 14, 2010 at 12:00pm.
Fine print: Regular ticket price is $21 each, not including VIP access. The trade winner will receive two tickets. I may consult friends, family, Twitter or a reader poll for help with my selection.
Update April 15 I have decided to take pussck up on their offer of: “$500 to kidsport Wendy Ladner-Beaudry Fund – for the Foodbank Sports program” in exchange for the tickets. Thank you to everyone for their generosity!
The winner also told me by email, “Wendy worked on a project with the Vancouver Food bank that gave access to sport for low-income immigrant families. Wendy was an inspirational person to many people.” I’m so very pleased that the KidSport Canada Wendy Ladner-Beaudry Memorial Project can benefit from this trade.
On Saturday May 8th at 8:00pm the Wailin’ Jennys and Jeremy Fisher will take the stage at the Chan Centre at UBC.
Wailin’ Jennys
This trio of singers/songwriters took home their first Juno Award in 2005 for Roots and Traditional Album of the Year (Group). Their 2009 album Live at the Mauch Chuck Opera House is currently available and has reached #3 on the US Bluegrass charts. You can follow them on Twitter @TheWailinJennys.
Jeremy Fisher
This upbeat, 1960s influenced rocker went from busking on street corners to touring across Canada. He’s played with everyone from Craig Northey to The Proclaimers and is known for his budget $60 homemade video for Cigarettes that has brought in over 2 million views on YouTube.
Tickets for the show are $35 and available through Ticketmaster. If you would like to attend, I have two tickets to give away through this site. To enter to win, please leave a comment on this post or include the following in a Twitter update (copy/paste):
I entered to win tickets to Wailin’ Jennys and Jeremy Fisher from @Miss604 http://is.gd/bjwNK
The draw will take place at 12:00pm 9:00am, April 23, 2010.
Update I won’t be in the office at 12:00pm today so I bumped the contest to 9:00am and drew a winner at random. That person is… Cameron (comment entry). Congratulations!
However, the booth space where I am doing my presentation is in the middle of the tradeshow floor so I’m unsure how well people will be able to hear my speak. As such, I’ll be posting my slides online later today and will also add in some voice-overs for the playback.
Big thanks in advance to Tris Hussey who will be lending me his MacBook so I can do my presentation. He’s also doing two workshops (in the same space) about Podcasting 101.
In the meantime, I’ll be exploring the conference, workshops, and tradeshow and will post updates throughout the day. The Twitter tag for the conference is #F5Expo so you can follow real-time updates.
Update It was a great morning at the F5 Expo and I ran into many old friends and new faces. It was a real mix of traditional business promotions (booths with roll up banners and pen giveaways) and new media (live Twitter feeds, Wii setup, gadget demos, green screen video on the fly etc.)
My slides have now been posted and I’ve added an audio mp3 over-top. The slide numbers I announce in the audio are a bit off so please ignore the numbers and hopefully it’s fairly easy to follow along.
There is still time to pick up your ticket and I also happen to have a pair to give away. Please leave a comment on this post to enter to win or you may also enter by tweeting the following:
Even though I’m a few days late for this one it’s certainly noteworthy to mention that for the third time in four years, we’ll be raising a banner to the rafters of GM Place come fall. The Vancouver Canucks have once again clinched a playoff spot and secured the title of Northwest Division champions.
The last regular season game is Saturday April 10th and then we head into the playoffs, facing a currently undecided opponent.
As Nucks Misconduct put it “this has been a patchwork team all season long,” but despite the ups and downs this season, we have still had much to cheer about. In particular, the triumph of Henrik Sedin, now the highest scoring centre in Canucks history.
While Canuck fever has yet to take over the city, towel power will be back in full force in just over a week.
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The Canucks take on the Avalanche tonight followed by the Sharks, then the Flames for their last regular season game. Playoff tickets will go on sale tomorrow at 10:00am (by phone and internet only).
When: Monday April 12 from 7:00pm – 9:00pm
