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Water for Elephants: Win 1 of 3 Prize Packs!

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NOTE: The following giveaway is open to Canadians only.

Raise your hand if you have a crush on Robert Pattinson. Okay, y’all can put your hands down now.

It’s been a very long time since I’ve been so excited about a movie. Take my favourite actress… Reese Witherspoon… and my favourite hearthrob… yup, good ol’ Robbie… and you’ve got me bouncing in my seat with excitement.

Starring Reese Witherspoon, Robert Pattinson and Christoph Waltz, Water for Elephants is a powerful, epic tale of forbidden love. Based on the acclaimed #1 best seller in which an idealistic young man finds his destiny in a magical place filled with adventure, wonder and great danger.

I am in love with love stories. Always picturing myself as the damsel in distress, I wait for my Prince Charming to arrive, carrying me off on his white horse. Of course, in this movie the horse is an elephant, and Mr. Charming is most known for playing a brooding vampire :) Still, the tale of forbidden love is irresistible on so many levels – I think all ladies will feverishly root for a happy ending.

Watch:

Celebrating the theme of water, the Royal Ontario Museam is pleased to present Water: The Exhibition – a ground-breaking exploration of life’s most precious resource.

Developed by the American Museum of Natural History in New York with enhanced Canadian content from the ROM, it takes visitors on a journey around the world to examine both the scientific and cultural importance of water. Essential learning for every Canadian, this exhibition uses hands-on activities, live animals and multi-media displays to demonstrate the importance of water and what you and your family can do to help protect the future of our blue planet.

Water For Elephants will be released on April 22, 2011. In addition to the movie, do grab the soundtrack – the Water for Elephants score is by Grammy-winning composer James Newton Howard whose film music has been nominated five times for an Academy Award!


I have three (3) amazing prizes to give away courtesy of 20th Century Fox Films!

First, for readers in the Greater Toronto Area, TWO lucky winners will receive:

2 passes to the exclusive Canadian premiere of Water for Elephants on April 21st at the Royal Ontario Museum. Ticketholders will be granted after-hours access to Water, The Exhibition at the museum before the movie! Plus, a Water for Elephants original soundtrack c/o Sony Music. The exhibit will be open at 6:30pm; the premiere is at 8:00pm. (Total Value $85)

Second, for all Canadian readers, ONE lucky winner will receive:

A Water for Elephants book c/o HarperCollins Canada and a Water for Elephants original soundtrack (Total Value $25)

To enter, leave a comment here telling us why you’d love to run away and join the circus. If you are available to attend the premiere, please also state in your entry “AVAILABLE“. I’ll need to draw from those entries to ensure the winner is able to join us! I’ll draw from all entries for the secondary prize.

You can also qualify for extra entries! Remember, you must leave a separate comment for each. You can:

(1) Follow my blog, Listen to Lena!
(2) “Like” Listen to Lena! on Facebook
(3) “Like” Water for Elephants Movie on Facebook
(4) Follow Water for Elephants on Twitter
(4) Tweet about this giveaway (tiny URL: http://tinyurl.com/3cyxzww)
(5) You may Tweet daily.

I’ll draw for winners on the morning of April 20th. Special thanks to 20th Century Fox Films, and good luck everybody!

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  7. Yes Lena I am AVAILABLE to go to the premiere and I would love to run away to the circus with my family cause we are quirky enough to fit right in.

  8. Yes Lena I am AVAILABLE to go to the premiere and I would love to run away to the circus with my family cause we are quirky enough to fit right in.

  17. I am AVAILABLE to attend the premiere!!! I would love to run away to the circus with my husband to face my fear of clowns!!!

  18. I am AVAILABLE to attend the premiere!!! I would love to run away to the circus with my husband to face my fear of clowns!!!

  21. I'd love to join the Circus to meet interesting people! Although, I'm imagining it to be like Britney Spears' music video…

  22. I'd love to join the Circus to meet interesting people! Although, I'm imagining it to be like Britney Spears' music video…

  23. I would love to win this. I live in Vancouver, wish i was in TO to see the screening! I follow your blog!billiondollarprincesss@hotmail.com

  24. I would love to win this. I live in Vancouver, wish i was in TO to see the screening! I follow your blog!billiondollarprincesss@hotmail.com

  29. I'm available to attend the premiere and I would love to run away to the circus to maybe experience the "transient" life of roaming from city to city and traveling around the world.

  30. I'm available to attend the premiere and I would love to run away to the circus to maybe experience the "transient" life of roaming from city to city and traveling around the world.

  37. Available to attend- I would love to run away to the circus to experience the fun atmosphere of clowns, acrobats, and animal tricks that the circus has tooffer on a daily basis.

  38. Available to attend- I would love to run away to the circus to experience the fun atmosphere of clowns, acrobats, and animal tricks that the circus has tooffer on a daily basis.

  49. I love Water for Elephants and Rob! I would run away to the circus to work with the beautiful exotic animals! And if Rob was there: Bonus! I am available on the 21st. Thanks for doing this great contest!

  50. I love Water for Elephants and Rob! I would run away to the circus to work with the beautiful exotic animals! And if Rob was there: Bonus! I am available on the 21st. Thanks for doing this great contest!

  55. I would love to join the circus because I'd get to visit so many cities! Too bad I'm in Vancouver so I can't go to the screening!jenle33 (at) gmail(d0t)com

  56. I would love to join the circus because I'd get to visit so many cities! Too bad I'm in Vancouver so I can't go to the screening!jenle33 (at) gmail(d0t)com

  83. I am available to attend the premiere in Toronto and I would love to run away to the circus with my daughter because we are huge animal lovers and would feel right at home :-)

  88. AVAILABLE – I need to run away to join the circus because I'm pregnant, and stressed and showing, but can't tell anyone yet… Maybe I could hide behind an elephant.

  89. AVAILABLE – When I was little actually tried to run away to the circus (I packed my Barbie backpack and everything!) I believed the ring master was a real magician and I wanted to ride the elephants! Now I'd run away just to escape my boss!

  90. I'm dying to run away with to different circus from the one I drive to every morning! Help!I get to keep my BlackBerry, right? :)AVAILABLE (and looking)holla!

  91. I LOVED this book and I am AVAILABLE attend the premiere!I'd love to run away to the circus to be part of "The Greatest show on Earth!"

  93. I'd love to run away and join the circus to travel and have fun!Sadly I can't go to the premiere but I sure would love the book – its my book clubs pick for May!

  101. I am AVAILABLE to go to the premiere and would love to as well as run away to join the circus. I am quite flexible and my 2 little ones are acrobats and we are allfun loving and quirky :)

  102. I am AVAILABLE to go to the premiere! I would love to run away and join the circus because I love to travel and I would love to be a trapeze artist!

  107. Kids, a farm, and housebuilding…who wouldn't want to run away and join the circus? I would love the book and the soundtrack.

  110. I don't think my comment posted. Daily tweet from @Em_Faith. And I am AVAILABLE for the premiere, which I forgot to say in my first entry.

  112. Hi there! I would love to run away and join the circus cause seeing different places and different cities seems very exciting! A new adventure every day! I am totally AVAILABLE to go to the Toronto screening! Pretty please! Thanks!

  116. I'd like to runaway and join the circus because I want to bring joy and entertainment into other people's lives! (:I'm AVAILABLE!ejhtan at gmail dot com

  127. I would love to run away and join the circus because of the wonderful experience I will gain each day at the circus and the interesting people I will have a chance to encounter. Heck, you only get to live once… YES, I am available to attend the PREMIERE. Me and my best friend would love to see to attend this movie premiere :)I also like you and WFE on Facebook :) Thanks in advance,Nance W – greenrainteaapple@hotmail.com