Congratulations to Early Bird Prize winners Dennis
and Ruth Lever of Viking, Alberta! They have been
donating since 1991 and are currently ongoing subscribers.
Why wait till the final weekend of our campaign to
make your pledge of support to CKUA? Especially when
you could win an incredible Panasonic
Viera 50" Plasma Flat Panel TV, just for pledging
early!
The Panasonic Viera plasma TV was named
the "Consumer Reports Canada" Best Buy option for wide
screen television in 2007.
Experience the Power of 1080p with Breathtaking
Clarity, Vivid Images and Fluid Motion! Panasonic
1080p plasmas match the most advanced pixel resolution
and image-processing technology with an ability to beautifully
reproduce fast-moving images. So every detail is rendered
with amazing clarity, and all the action is delivered
with unbelievable fluidity. 1080p also delivers amazing
color reproduction resulting in impressive contrast and
beautiful, natural colors. What you get is warm, accurate
skin tones, deep blacks, gorgeous greens, breathtaking
blues and vivid reds for color that's as rich and bold
as life itself.
Features:
One-Touch Playback - EZ Sync™
HDAVI Control lets you operate all of your home theater
components by pressing a single button on your TV's remote
control.
Turn Your Living Room into a Gallery
- GalleryPlayer® allows you to enjoy the world's finest
high definition art and photography on your Panasonic
HD plasma TV. Use the free GalleryPlayer® software
to purchase and download the images you like, and then
play them on your Panasonic HDTV right from your PC.
Share Digital Photos on the Big Screen
- Share your JPEG photos taken with a Lumix® digital
camera on your Panasonic plasma using the built-in SD
card slot2. Simply insert the SD card, which is about
the size of a postage stamp, into the SD slot on the TV
and enjoy a photo slideshow with Photo Viewer.
Thank you to
The Alberta
New Home Warranty Program
for sponsoring this prize.
Hear
an interview with ANHWP President and CEO Schuyler
Wensel!
The Early Bird Prize deadline was midnight,
Sunday, April 20th.
First Mid-Week Prize
Congratulations to Mid-Week Prize winner Wendy Kempert
of Grande Prairie!
The 29th annual Calgary
Folk Music Festival is a long weekend of family-friendly
musical bliss at Prince's Island Park from July 24 – 27,
2008, featuring 65+ artists from around the world on 7
stages.
The prize includes weekend passes for 2 and the coveted
CKUA "Golden Tarp" placed close to the main stage by festival
staff.
The winner will also receive 4 nights
stay at Hughes'
House Bed and Breakfast. An elegantly renovated
Victorian home located in the heart of Calgary, Hughes'
House provides a welcoming, warm atmosphere in an early
1900s setting.
CKUA Festival
Gear is also included in this prize package -
t-shirts, hats, rain ponchos and mugs!
Thank you to
The
Calgary Folk Music Festival and Hughes'
House
for sponsoring this prize.
The Mid-Week Prize deadline was midnight, Wednesday, April
23rd.
Mid-Campaign Prize
Congratulations to Mid-Campaign Prize
winners Wendy and Greg Rodda of Calgary!
Spend one incredible week in The Big
Easy! CKUA's Mid-Campaign Prize Package is a trip
to New Orleans!
Music is always close by in beautiful New
Orleans, from the tolling bells of St.
Louis Cathedral to the clanging of streetcars.
This fascinating introduction to "the Big Easy"
includes such highlights as historic Esplanade Avenue,
St. Louis Cemetery's aboveground tombs, the French Quarter
and beautiful Jackson Square.
You'll dine onboard an authentic riverboat,
featuring a delicious Creole buffet and dance to
the rhythms of a Dixieland jazz band while cruising
down the mighty Mississippi. And, you'll be able to hone
you culinary skills at the New
Orleans School of Cooking, where Creole experts
teach such specialties as gumbo, jambalya, shrimp Creole
and pralines - seasoned with a healthy dose of history,
tall tales and trivia.
Real-life adventure awaits you on the Louisiana
bayou and swamps, where you'll see moss draped cypress
trees, fascinating plant life, and the creatures that
make their homes in this untamed wilderness. Feel the
gentle breeze of Southern hospitality, as you tour the
Oak
Alley Plantation, built in 1839, and marvel at
the unbelievable quarter-mile long alley of 28 magnificent
oak trees, each over 250 years old.
The historic Hotel
Monteleone in the French Quarter is your home
base during this incredible adventure. Steeped in history
that dates back to 1886, this award winning hotel is one
of only three in the US to be designated a literary landmark
- hosting such greats at Ernest Hemingway, Truman Capote,
William Faulkner and Tennesse Williams. The Hotel Monteleone
marries its rich tradition with all the comforts of a
modern, luxury hotel.
This Prize Includes:
• Round trip economy air transportation for two between
Edmonton or Calgary and New Orleans with Air Canada
• 7 nights' hotel in New Orleans at the Hotel Monteleone
for 2 adults in a standard hotel room. Hotel is subject
to change, availability and substitution by AMA Travel
• Tours for two adults as listed below. Tours are
subject to change, availability and substitution by AMA
Travel
• Gray Line New Orleans - Super City Tour
• Creole or Cajun - Dinner Jazz Cruise
• 1 Class at the New Orleans School of Cooking
• Jazz brunch at the Court of Two Sisters
• Gray Line New Orleans - Swamp & Bayou Tour
• Gray Line New Orleans - Oak Alley Plantation Tour
• Airline and hotel related taxes for two adults
compliments of AMA Travel
• Deluxe Package Medical Insurance (value for two
adults under age 55) compliments of AMA Travel
Thank you to
AMA
Travel
for sponsoring this prize.
Hear
an interview with Aida Zoldi of AMA Travel!
The Mid-Campaign Prize deadline was midnight,
Sunday, April 27th.
Second Mid-Week Prize
Congratulations to Early Bird Prize winners
Bruce Bridge of Red Deer! He has been listening to
CKUA for about 10 years and has been an ongoing subscriber
since 2002.
With its eclectic mix of music and community
spirit, it's no wonder the renowned Edmonton
Folk Music Festival has become a summer tradition
for so many people. The 2008 Festival - August 7 to 10
- will feature the music of Buckwheat Zydeco, Serena Ryder,
The Sadies and Martyn Joseph, along with many other great
performers.
The prize includes weekend passes for
2 and the coveted CKUA "Bronze Tarp" placed close to the
main stage by festival staff.
The winner will also receive 4 nights
accommodations at the Ramada
Hotel and Conference Centre. The host hotel for
the Edmonton Folk Music Festival, the Ramada offers premium
hotel services and dedicated and knowledgeable staff.
CKUA Festival
Gear is also included in this prize package -
t-shirts, hats, rain ponchos and mugs!
Thank you to
The
Edmonton Folk Music Festival and the Ramada
Hotel and Conference Centre
for sponsoring this prize.
The Mid-week prize deadline was midnight,
Wednesday, April 30th.
Final Grand Prize
Congratulations to Final Grand Prize winner
Andrea Collins of Edmonton, Alberta! She has been
donating since 2001.
New York, New York…with CKUA! August
25-31, 2008
Visit the most exciting city in the world on this six
night trip to The Big Apple!
New York is now considered to be the capital
of the world. It is an amazing place to visit. Whether
you visit for the exclusive shopping, phenomenal dining
or the culture, New York City has something for
everyone. You will find yourself dizzy when trying to
decide just what to do first in this city of abundant
activities. No matter if this trip will be your first
or your tenth, we guarantee you will see and experience
another side of New York.
After an introductory coach trip of the city's most famous
sights you will see the city through the eyes of local
experts on three walking tours through three of the city's
most famous neighborhoods. A walk through Greenwich
Village will bring you the "History and
Music in Greenwich Village". Our local expert
will bring you to the blues, folk and big band haunts
and hangouts of everyone from Duke Ellington to Bob Dylan,
as well as the fascinating history of the neighbourhood
from country retreat to bohemian "left bank"
enclave. After this later afternoon tour you will end
up at local restaurant to have dinner, before going to
a club for music later in the evening.
The holiday's "music theme" continues on another
night with a six hour "A Musical Exploration of
Harlem".
Starting in the early evening we take the A Train north
to a neighborhood dinner spot in an old brownstone where
will enjoy an exceptional multi-course meal. The restaurant
is so charming and unexpected, and the food is so good
and well presented that it will set your evening off just
right. We follow dinner with a walk through a lovely Sugar
Hill neighborhood to a popular neighborhood jazz dive
that has been around since the days of Luckey Roberts.
Your next stop will be a Bohemian / African World-beat
club where you will see the direction of the 2nd Harlem
Renaissance focusing on a music that find it's inspiration
in the diversity of Harlem's population in the 21st Century.
Hear
an interview with Gordon Polatnick of Big Apple
Jazz Tours, who will be leading the lucky winners
on this tour!
We continue with a walk through the historical Harlem
Jazz District where your local guide will point out
the haunts and homes of the jazz elite from Eubie Blake
and Scott Joplin, through the speakeasy prohibition era
of Bessie Smith, Bill Bojangles Robinson, Louis Armstrong
and Fats Waller, all the way through to the big band era
of Chick Webb, Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Billie Holiday
and Duke Ellington, the history continues through the
bebopper era of Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie,
Thelonious Monk and onto today's local giants like Bill
Saxton who we will see at his own refurbished speakeasy
on Harlem's Swing Street.
This Prize Includes:
• Return Airfare Calgary to New York City
• Airport Transfers
• Six Nights Hotel Accommodation Including Taxes
(Double)
• Baggage Handling
• 3 Day Hop On Hop Off Tour Bus Pass
• 3 Day NYC Attraction Pass to over 40 NYC's Top
Attractions
• Walking Tour "History and Music of Greenwich
Village"
• Walking Tour "A Musical Exploration of Harlem"
• Evening Meal on Harlem Tour
• Club Cover Charges on Harlem Tour
• Ticket to Broadway Show
• Service of Tour Manager
For more on this incredible prize package visit lovetotravel.ca/content.php?id=16.
Thank you to
Carlson
Wagonlit Travel Medicine Hat
Medicine
Hat
for sponsoring this prize.
The Final Grand Prize deadline was midnight,
Sunday, May 4th.
