My all-time favorite moment as a hander-out-of-prizes came late last year. At the Toronto launch of
50 Canadians Who Changed the World, I was honoured to give
The Best Little Boy in the Whole Wide World Award to James P. McGoogan, who by good luck happened to be in the audience.
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That would be James in the photograph, which was taken by his Nan. My second favorite prize-announcing moment is the present one, when I get to tell you who won the $5,000 VIA-Rail Travel Voucher. You'll remember entering that contest, which was sponsored by VIA-Rail and HarperCollins Canada. It attracted 11,353 entries, as you can see: (
www.50Canadians.com). Three runners-up won signed copies of
50 Canadians, which will soon be heading their way: Penny Routledge of Victoria, British Columbia; James Spurr of Milford, Nova Scotia; and Taryn McDonnell
of Toronto, Ontario. The grand prize winner, who will receive a signed copy of the book AND the $5K credit towards the trip of a lifetime is . . . drum roll please . . . Ernest Martin of Oshawa, Ontario. I hasten to add that I know none of these people personally. That you are all equally deserving. And that, had it been up to me, I would have awarded the Grand Prize to YOU. Maybe next time, eh?
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Bravo Ernest Martin of Oshawa :)
Ernest Martin here. 😃 Hooray, Hooray ! Looking forward to receiving your book which Via tells me they will include with it the "how the prize works". My wife and I are thinking a trip to see the Rocky Mountains in BC would be absolutely amazing ! Thanks for your part in this Ken, this will be a once in a lifetime trip !
Ernest, your copy of the book is inscribed and good to go. Congratulations! Yup! You have won the train-trip of a lifetime.
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