Cheers. And Happy New Year!
Contest Semi-Finalists:
All us human extras by Sam Poisson, 19, from Peterborough, ON
Triumphed over Will by Kevin Sorichetti, 21, from Oshawa, ON
Late breaking story on the CBC by Katie and Vivian McKenzie
Ahead By A Century by Larry Atkinson, 44, from Hamilton, ON
Hardcore Invitations by Dwayne Henley, 20, from Chelsea, NS
back side of a truck stop by Brad Huber, 18, from Prince Albert, SK
Long Days Of Shockly by Matthew Livingston from Brampton ON
One day in El Paso by Cara Clarke, 24, from Toronto, ON
Of My Father by Karl Matthew Schmidt from London, ON
Super-Capacity to Love by Kelly Munro, 19, from Elgin, ON
out at the speedway by Dan Warry-Smith from Toronto, ON
Violets are blue by John Nogueira
That Night In Toronto by Angela Miceli, 21, from Mississauga, ON
Exploding In The Distance by Colin Douglas, 23
After Thousands of Miles by Sara Klein, 17, from Toronto, ON
Driving down a corduroy road... by Matt Wilson, 17
Free To Dream by Sarah Newton from Victoria, BC
Only In Dreams by Shad Sodergard from Hamilton, Ontario
For Susan and Pauline by Jim Higgins, 38, from Hamilton, ON
Locked In The Henhouse by Steffani A. Cameron from Vancouver, BC
A Sense by Larry Lootsteen, 37, from Toronto, ON
Instructions from the manual by Josh Kloke, 16, from Oshawa, ON
Honeymoon in a haunted house by Steve Scott, from Moncton, NB
Greasy jungle, awake affiliated and indelible by Melissa Bolton, 19, from Long Sault, ON
The Narrator Relates the Small Quarenteened Thoughts by Ron Ripley, 31, from Windsor, ON
It may be springtime in Vienna by Tim Linklater, 25, from Miami, MB
I'll Still Remember You by Joseph Frosina, 22, from Hamilton, ON
Scare by Dale Street, 27, from Guelph, ON
Sadly and Properly by Alynne Lavigne, 15, from Orillia, ON
An Epic Too Small To Be Tragic by Patrick Bales, 17, from Bradford Ontario
Fire in The Hole by Michael McCoulf
New Year's Eve by Max Binnie, 20, from Ottawa, ON
Geez I Don't Know by Michael Drimmel, 26, from Kingston, ON
For Another Midnight by Richard Lloyd
Truth Be Told by Sandy Powlik, 23, from Langley, BC
the start of another new year by Dustin Parkes, 19, from Peterborough, ON
Watery Vision by Jonathan Joffe, 17, from Thornhill, ON
I Had A Feverish Dream by Thelon Oeming, 19, from Montreal, QC
spider bones and jacques cousteau by Chris Grimstead, 27, from Niagara Falls, ON
For Another Midnight by Shawn Dickie, 28, from Toronto, ON
ank by Sam Robertson, 17, from Surrey, BC
the perfect time by Lisa Marquardson, 19, from Winnipeg, MB
How do I explain this by Sarah Mater, 16, from Simcoe, ON
The day began out there by Jason Pierce, 19, from Mississaugu, ON
Make Your Trip by Andrew Sharpe, 23, from Moncton, NB
Original Contest Information & Rules:
Would you like to see The Tragically Hip on New Year's Eve in Toronto? If you're a big Hip fan, a proud Canadian and a bit of a poet, then you'll get that chance in KickInTheHead.com's Great Canadian Tragically Hip Millenial Concert Poetry Contest.
With thanks to Universal Music and the Virtual Billboard Network, our grand prize winner will receive one pair of tickets to see the The Tragically Hip on December 31, 1999 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto. They'll also get to experience live sets by Rheostatics, Hayden, Skydiggers, The Mahones, Starling, Chris Brown and Kate Fenner and Sharkskin.
It's all about Canada in the New Millenium and how the Tragically Hip are an inspiration to our country, our lives and our future.
So get this straight: It's a poetry contest. But it's a free-form poetry contest (with obvious respect for Mr. Downie's writing style), which means you can enter a haiku, verse, epic or anything else you think might mean poetry to you. And there's only one rule: your poem has to be written using only lyrics from Tragically Hip songs.
If you think you're up to it, e-mail your poem, along with your name, age, city and phone number, to info@kickinthehead.com by Sunday, December 26 @ midnight (PST, to give the kids on the west coast more time).
The kicker for this contest is that it's going to be judged by the Canadian Music Community. Thousands of KickInTheHead.com CanuckleHead Newsletter subscribers will receive a special bulletin on Monday, December 27, asking each of them to vote online for their favourite poem (one vote per registered e-mail address). This means that participant poets and people who don't want to enter the contest can all have a vote if they subscribe.
Online voting closes at 5PM EST on Wednesday, December 29. The composer of the top-ranking poem will be notified immediately. Note that this contest is open to all of Canada, but KickInTheHead.com will not be providing transportation to or accomodation in Toronto. If the winner declines the tickets, they can opt for one of five runner-up prizes (KickInTheHead.com T-Shirts which will be ready in March for CMW).
Questions about this contest can be e-mailed to info@kickinthehead.com.
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