Congratulations to our winner of the 9 Parts of Desire Twitter ticket giveaway!

Our contest winner will enjoy two (2) tickets to tonight’s show (May 21, 2010) showing at The Theatre Centre (1087 Queen St. West at Dovercourt) @ 8pm. And the winner is…

@2catoucatou2!

Please send the following information to Tamara@TheBrokenHeelDiaries.com to redeem your prize:

1. Your name

2. Copy of the code received in your Twitter account

Congratulations once again!

This is a play not to be missed…

Read our 9 Parts of Desire review by Sophie and see all that she had to say about it.

Follow TheBrokenHeelDiaries.com on Twitter @Thebrokenheel for more exciting giveaways and posts!

Seventh Stage Theatre Productions is presenting the Canadian premiere of Heather Raffo’s extraordinary play, 9 Parts of Desire, at The Theatre Centre from Wednesday, May 19 – Sunday, May 23.

You can WIN 2 tickets to see 9 Parts of Desire on Friday May 21st, 2010 at The Theatre Centre with our Twitter giveaway contest!

Passionate and tumultuous play 9 Parts of Desire, ran to critical acclaim and box office success off-Broadway in New York City and in London’s West End.

Special thanks to our girls at rock- it promotions. More contest details >

It’s easy!

1. Follow @Thebrokenheel on Twitter

2. Tweet “I want to go see 9 Parts of Desire @Thebrokenheel”

One (1) random lucky winner will be announced Friday May 21^st, 2010 on TheBrokenHeelDiaries.com.

Featuring a diverse, all-star cast, with original music composed by Juno nominee Maryem Hassan Tollar, 9 Parts of Desire follows the perspective of nine very different Iraqi women, each speaking intimately with the audience as a trusted friend. Characters including a sexy painter, a radical Communist, a young girl obsessed with Justin Timberlake, and an Iraqi American desperate to contact her family in the middle-east, each struggle with a desire for freedom from Iraq, lovers, friends or parents.

A portrait of the extraordinary (and ordinary) lives of a whole cross-section of Iraqi women. This work delves into the many conflicting aspects of what it means to be a woman in the age-old war zone that is Iraq. An unusually timely meditation on the ancient, the modern, and the feminine in a country overshadowed by war.

About 9 Parts of Desire by Heather Raffo

“When I was standing in the Saddam Art Center in Baghdad, I saw rooms after room of portraits of Saddam Hussein. I then wandered up some stairs into a back room and saw a haunting painting of a nude woman clinging to a barren tree. Her head was hanging, bowed, and there was a golden light behind her like a sun. I stood motionless in front of the painting. I felt she had captured something within me. I took a photo of the painting, came back to America and over the last ten years have been digesting this painting and what it must mean to be an Iraqi woman now” (Continued here: www.heatherraffo.com)

Only 2 days left until our These Heels Were Made for Walking… contest is over and the grand prize winner is announced! The winner will get to travel with a friend to LA or NYC to see their favourite female artist perform LIVE! Courtesy of Universal Music Canada and Contiki Tours.

Originally we said the winner would be announced on May 1st, 2010.

We thought we would give you a bit more time to get votes !!!

We will be closing all voting at 12am Sunday to announce the winner on Monday morning.

We are going to announce the 7 winners of the CD prize packs on Saturday so make sure you still visit us on that day.

Keep voting and getting your friends and families to vote. It’s not over ’til it’s over!

Best of luck to all who entered!

Tammy

Florence and The Machine is the recording name of Florence Welch and a collaboration of other artists who provide backing music for her voice. Together these friends are The Machine!

Support from these friends has made Florence a WINNER at the 2010 Brit Awards!

Recently, Florence and The Machine won Best British Album for their album “Lungs”.

Your friends can make you a WINNER too!

Entrants to TheBrokenHeelDiaries.com music/fashion contest “These Heels Are Made for Walking…And That’s Just What They’ll Do” have a chance to win a Florence and The Machine prize pack in addition to seeing Florence and The Machine or one of several female artists perform LIVE in NYC or LA!

And all you have to is get the support of your friends!

It’s easy! Encourage your friends to upload pics of their favorite heels into the contest and have them include the phrase below with your name along with their entry and you could win this amazing prize pack.

Mandatory BFF Phrase:

“I am head over heels that ____________told me about this contest!”

The entrant with the most friend mentions by Sunday, April 11^th, 2010 will win the Florence and Machine Prize pack that includes an autographed Florence and The Machine poster (18 x 24) and a copy of the awarding winning album “Lungs”!

Friend mentions must be within NEW ENTRIES only. New Entrants are also able to win with friend mentions.

With over 75  These Heels Were Made For Walking… contest votes in ONE day, the winner of the Erykah Badu prize pack is Black J! Congratulations!

Your prize pack includes all of Erykah Badu’s album releases including her latest release:
“New Amerykah Part 2 (Return of the Ankh)”


Please email me your mailing address and I will have those shipped to you. (krissy@thebrokenheeldiaries.com)

In the meantime, keep the votes coming. There are secondary prizes given out each week!

Let’s not forget the GRAND prize of a 4 day trip to NYC or LA to see your favorite female artist peform LIVE! Choose from Erykah Badu, Gin Wigmore, FeFe Dobsom, Hole, Melanie Fiona, Florence and the Machine, VV Brown or Hayley Sales!
Brought to you by Contiki, Universal Canada and TheBrokenHeelDiaries.com.

For more votes, share your entries with your friends and family using the Facebook and Twitter features available!

Took me a while, sorry been swamped. I selected a winner and the winner is… Drumroll Tonya @wonTONfm (on twitter). Congratulations !!!!  Email me your info and I will have those shipped to you.

Thank you to everyone who entered, there will be more.

xoxox

CONGRATULATIONS !!!! YOU ARE THE WINNER !!!!!!!!!!

Mafa says: November 26th, 2009at 11:50 am(#) edit 

I cannot believe nobody has commented on this!! i am a huge Jully Black fan. have been following her career for years now and i feel that she is so under rated. she is such a strong female despite all the fallbacks she has had. I have a few favourite songs one of the top ones is Queen (I Travel is way up there on the list as well). I’m a girl, I’m a lady, I’m a woman, I’m a queen / I’m everything I can dream. those words resonate to me like u wouldnt imagine. as a female that is learning how to love herself above all and that has grabbed momentum on the self empowerment hill i would love to win these cds.

Lady Gaga contest winner is announced tonight !!!! It was a pleasure to read all of your entries. Thank you for entering. As you know there can only be one winner. It was so hard to make a decision with all the great entries.

Here is the entry that I thought deserved a win. Here is her answer to which Lady Gaga song she could relate to and why?

Current Favourite Song: Speechless from The Fame Monster Not only is this song her greatest ballad to date vocally, it’s easily the one I relate the most to. I interpret this song to be about a girl’s resistance towards a struggling relationship, that leaves her speechless. She is just so confused abo…ut how their relationship turned ended so badly. “And I know it’s complicated. But I’m a loser in love.” Lyrics like these make this song so easy to relate to. I have been in a relationship where I have been so hurt and fed up, but I’ve had no words to express my feelings. I look at him and I still love him but I know I shouldn’t and I feel like a fool for continuing to do so. We know we are perfect for each other after what we’ve been through, but after the pain and hurt I got from being in the relationship with him, I wasn’t sure if I wanted to go through it again. “I’ll never love again, Oh friend you’ve left me so speechless.” This shows the hurtful state she is in making it impossible for her to feel the same way again. As I said before, this song is so powerful and hits close to home as Gaga’s powerful voice makes it beautiful.

It would be a complete pleasant surprise to win these tickets, as I have tried everyday somehow to win a pair. Be it calling for radio stations, entering contests etc. This is my last hope.

Thanks for doing this!

TANVI GERA – YOU ARE THE WINNER GIRL !!!!! You and a lucky friend get to attend the Lady Gaga concert, Saturday November 28th in Toronto.  Email me your address and I will make sure you get the tickets. krissy@thebrokenheeldiaries.com

Thank you for entering, I hope you have a great time at the show. Please take pics, and let me know how it went.  HAVE FUN and DO bring your DANCING SHOES !!!!!

Funny how things work out ! Earlier today, I posted my review on the national bestseller PUSH by Sapphire, which inspired the movie Precious. Later on today, I received in the mail 2 passes for the advanced screening of the movie in Toronto, this Thursday November 20th. So glad I was able to read the book for What Women Want – literary journey this Sunday November 20th. (see below for more info) Now I get to watch the movie YAY ! I thought it would be great to offer this up for a contest.

I have 1 pass to giveaway(which admits two) for the advance screening of Precious in Toronto. Very simple, all you have to do is leave a comment on the post tell us what is Precious to you. Winner will be chosen, Wednesday morning.

Good luck !

Here is the trailer for the movie

Also love this Mary J. Blige song titled “Destiny”, which is the title track for the movie

Click below for more information on What Women Want literary event

What Women Want literary event