65 Red Roses Benefit Concert (win tickets)
Blogging has been for me a labour of love. Sharing my story with the world for almost 5 years now has become so important to my life that I have committed to maintaining a full-time academic/consulting life and social media/blogging life. One of the bloggers I didn’t get to meet and wish I had is Eva Markvoort (a New Westminster blogger well known for her blog 65 Red Roses). Eva Markvoort passed away last March after a lifetime battle with cystic fibrosis. My good friend Kim Bowie is organizing a benefit concert at the Massey Theatre in New West on Feb 11th.
Headlining is Dan Mangan with the Zolas and Hannah Georgas as well as Corrina Corrina. All of them are doing it for free with all ticket sales going to the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation in Eva’s name. Dan performed the closing track on Eva’s multiple award winning film, 65_RedRoses. Philip Lyall co-directed the film and he will be emceeing the event.
I have been given a pack of 4 tickets for the concert with additional perks. The bands have all agreed to meet the winners backstage and hang out with them. The winner of my giveaway will get 4 tickets, meet and greet with the bands and transportation to and from the event, plus signed stuff from the bands. To enter my giveaway, drop a comment on this blog post telling me about your favorite flower and/or color. I do know from what I have read that Eva’s favorite color was red (hence the title of her blog, 65 Red Roses). This is an amazing opportunity to see some spectacularly good musicians for a very good charitable cause and I would strongly encourage you to buy tickets to the concert. The link to the Facebook event is here.
You have until January 26th at 5pm to enter my giveaway. You can also earn an additional entry to the contest by tweeting the text below:
I want to win tickets to the 65 Red Roses concert from @hummingbird604. Support the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation! http://is.gd/uK6AbG
For such a good cause, I’d love to go, AND donate…
Thank you Raul! You are truly the biggest hearted person and the whole CF team and Eva’s family is thrilled you are doing this! I don’t want to win BUT my favourite flower is lily of the valley.
I love daisies – simple and cute. Really excited for this concert. I’ll be going either way =)
This event has a great line-up, would love to see Dan Mangan, missed him the last time he was in town:(
My favourite flower is bird of paradise.
I love daffodils. Even in the deepest of winter they summon up their courage and stick their fragile little necks up to let us know that the sunshine yellow of spring isn’t be far behind.
Blue is my favourite colour.
Red is the colour. What a great concert lineup!
My favourite colour is blue.
Roses are seducing, and yet there’s something special about the underrated sweet pea.
BTW – I wish I had met Eva as well. I started following her blog the day after she got her lung transplant. She was on the cover of the Province or the Sun as this fragile little girl holding onto her teddy bear… it was heart breaking. I had no idea who she was, but I had to learn more. Little did I know…
I love roses and I also have a soft spot for lilies of the valley.
My favourite flower is sunflower. When my two best friends and I were 7 we got matching sunflower T-shirts and our moms called us the Sunflower Girls. We all vowed to get sunflower tattoos when we were older but so far I’m the only one who’s gone through with it.
My favorite color and flower are pink gerber daisys.
My best friend, Cheryl, who was friends with Eva, passed away from CF in October 2009. Through the 10 years I knew Cheryl, I watched the terrible affects of CF. I miss her terribly
Being a mom of a CF teenage girl I commend all for putting on a wonderful event as this! 🙂 As for the flower… my daughter is 13.. diagnosed at 3… That day it became the rose…. may its petals never fall….
Nothing beats orchids
Fantastic event!
After working in a flower shop for 6 years, my favourite flower is, and always has been, the tulip.
My favourite flower is lavendar.
my favorite color is pink , the reason for that is that pink as been the color of everything i have ever had since i was a baby! I have blonde hair and i feel like the color has always been a good color for my skin tone. Even at my high school prom my dress was the perfect color of pink! I have a love of the color pink and forever well!
Dark green is my favourite colour. Eva is such an inspiration to everyone in New West and Victoria, too! ♥
Sounds like a plan to me! My favorite flower is trumpet vine in a beautiful orange red and yellow mix.
My favorite flower is the calla lily – simple, elegant & pure.
My favorite flower is the white calla lily – so simple yet elegant. I love it so much that I had a bouquet of white calla lilies for my wedding.
My name is Audrey and I am in grade 8… I am going to the concert already (my mom got me a ticket) but if I win I would bring a couple of my friends who cannot afford to come 🙂
My favorite flower is a buttercup because they grow near my home & they are pretty & “happy” and my favorite colour is “purple-mauve”.
dan mangan is so great. and this is for such a wonderful cause. my favourite flower would have to be mini orchids
Favorite color is blue..or any shade. I did meet Eva, a few times, and her light and love live on.
my favourite colour is blue!
My favourite flower is a sunflower – a smiley and happy flower. So bright and so cheerful! They never fail to make you smile!
Purple is the best !
I am definitely going through my pink phase now! ☺
I recently posted a msg on fb asking if people remembered the experience of smelling/playing with flowers when they were a kid. The memory of smelling a tulip had been triggered in me recently and oh what a feeling I got… How wonderful it was to be a kid and truly experience things – so many simple experiences we now miss out on as adults, mostly b/c we’re too busy with ‘life’ and partly b/c many of us are out of touch. Think about it… smell a flower one day, any flower… be present in that moment to truly experience the essence of that flower and allow its scent to penetrate your being and touch your heart. Reconnect with you!
yellow; makes everything happier
My favourite colour is yellow – it is the colour of sunshine. It represents who my little girl was to me – my sunshine; my light. Our little girl came to an abrupt end to a short life; but was able to donate all of her organs, including both her lungs to a CF sufferer in Toronto, ON. I miss my girl, but am so proud of her for the gift she has given others. It makes each day easier knowing the young woman who received her lungs is doing very well – ran a marathon of all things. I wish all of you out there every good thing life has to offer and I hope everyone’s wishes come true for a long healthy and happy life.
UPDATE – The winner of the 4 tickest pack is Jarrah – please contact me – and congratulations!