Crystal Shawanda Giveaway – Win an Autographed Copy of Dawn of a New Day

Jim Malec | August 12th, 2008 Email Share

Crystal Shawanda DAWN OF A NEW DAY

On August 19th, RCA Nashville will release Dawn of a New Day, the debut album from Ontario native Crystal Shawanda. The album marks the emergence of a unique singer with a fascinating history and a fantastic passion for making music. Recently, The 9513 caught up with Crystal for an exclusive interview, which will be published on Monday, August 18.

To celebrate the American release of the album, RCA Nashville has made it possible for us to offer our readers the chance to win one of three prize packs, which each include an autographed copy of Dawn of a New Day and a Crystal Shawanda poster.

Entering and winning:

Shawanda’s last name, translated, means “dawn of a new day.” To enter this sweepstakes, all you have to do is leave a comment telling us what your name–first or last–means.

And in case you need a little help, here’s a link to a website that will allow you to search for your name’s meaning.

Eligibility:

To be eligible, you must leave your comment no later than Sunday, August 17th, 11:59 PM (Eastern). We’ll randomly select three winners from all eligible comments. You must also enter a valid e-Mail address so that we can contact you for shipping information. It’s as easy as that!

Good luck!

Visit: Crystal Shawanda on mySpace

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  1. [...] miss the two giveaways currently running on The 9513. The first is for three autographed copies of Crystal Shawanda’s album Dawn of a New Day with posters and the other includes three copies of Heidi Newfield’s recently released album [...]

  2. [...] Here are the winners of our Crystal Shawanda giveaway (selected by random number generator): Congratulations to Jenny, Marc, and Debbie Martinez. We’ll be contacting you soon to get your shipping information. [...]

  1. Jeff Marcum
    August 12, 2008 at 6:34 am Permalink

    My name means ‘Peace of God’

  2. Brody Vercher
    August 12, 2008 at 7:50 am Permalink

    Brody is Irish for “ditch.” Pretty sexy, huh?

  3. Chris D.
    August 12, 2008 at 7:53 am Permalink

    My first name, Christopher, means “Christ-bearer”. That would not be the best album title.

  4. Stormy
    August 12, 2008 at 8:04 am Permalink

    My full name almost means “insane virgin.” Maybe Miranda Lambert’s new one?

  5. Bkoneill
    August 12, 2008 at 8:19 am Permalink

    My name means “noble and strong descendant of neill”. It’s completely irish.

  6. Adriana
    August 12, 2008 at 8:33 am Permalink

    Italian Meaning: Of Hadria, Italy
    Spanish Meaning: Dark, Rich

    I did some further research on the Italian meaning and Hadria is an alternative spelling for the Etruscan city that is now Adria in the Veneto region of Northern Italy. Very interesting stuff!

  7. Paula
    August 12, 2008 at 8:35 am Permalink

    Paula is “small – humble”.
    Elizabeth is “God’s promise”.

    Hmmm … I kinda like that. Thanks for making me look it up.

  8. Rich
    August 12, 2008 at 8:41 am Permalink

    Rich-Powerful Ruler

    Michaud-The history of the Michaud name began during the middle ages in a region once know as Languedoc. The French name is derived from the ancient given name Michael, meaning one who is like God.

    So I guess it would make me “a powerful ruler who is like God”.

  9. Marc
    August 12, 2008 at 8:43 am Permalink

    Marc is french…. meaning Male

    Just in case I was still wondering? :P

  10. Kim
    August 12, 2008 at 8:49 am Permalink

    Mine means “golden” or founded by God.

  11. Lanibug
    August 12, 2008 at 8:50 am Permalink

    Real Name – Alana means “beautiful”

  12. mikeky
    August 12, 2008 at 9:27 am Permalink

    my name is michael. translated, that means ’shall tap the dawn of the new day’.

  13. frozenphan
    August 12, 2008 at 9:28 am Permalink

    Mine means “he who can’t stand drivel like this would mark prize package return to sender”

  14. Chris N.
    August 12, 2008 at 9:30 am Permalink

    Since we already know “Christopher” means “Christ-bearer,” I’ll throw in that “Neal” means “king.” (And I have the record, so I’ll disqualify myself.)

  15. KathyP
    August 12, 2008 at 9:34 am Permalink

    Blessed, pure, holy. Boy, what a joke that is.

  16. Debbie Martinez
    August 12, 2008 at 9:36 am Permalink

    My last name is Martinez and it means “son of Martin” or “Mars” – the Roman God fertility and war.

    My first name is really Deborah and it means “bee”. It’s hebrew.

    what a name for being native american. hehe!

  17. Jordan Stacey
    August 12, 2008 at 9:48 am Permalink

    My English Name is Jordan: Flow, Decend from old english. But my Kanienkehaka name is Kanen:rake and it means “Amongst The Crowd”. I Always laugh at that name because it perfectly describes my look, I blend right into a crowd.

  18. Jenny
    August 12, 2008 at 10:37 am Permalink

    Jenny means white; fair
    That explains why I’m so pale… haha.

  19. Rick
    August 12, 2008 at 10:56 am Permalink

    People call me Rick ’cause I act like such a…….well, you know(lol) I’ve been told my name means dork and doofus in ancient Assyrian….

    I first heard of Crystal when a song of hers titled “Bigger Than The Troubles” was included on a promo mini-CD titled “The Rising Stars of Country”. That mini-CD was included in near half a million boxes of Garnier Nutrisse hair color products and yet only a handul have turned up on ebay, meaning 99.9 % got tossed in the trash. The mini CD included songs from Ashley Monroe, Catherine Britt, Sarah Johns, & Crystal. Ashley and Catherine were subsequently released from their labels, Sarah Johns is on the back burner, and Crystal is doing well with “You Can Let Go”. Go figure…..

    Its nice that “Dawn of a New Day” is getting released on CD and I look forward to getting a copy. They have been available in Crystal’s native Canada for awhile now and I would have sourced one there if necessary.

  20. Brody Vercher
    August 12, 2008 at 11:21 am Permalink

    “That mini-CD was included in near half a million boxes of Garnier Nutrisse hair color products…”

    @Rick: So uh, what shade do you use?

  21. Trailer
    August 12, 2008 at 11:35 am Permalink

    Edward means rich guard, which is in no way descriptive of me.

  22. Matt B.
    August 12, 2008 at 11:37 am Permalink

    Just for fun I’ll leave what “Matu” means in either Lakota or Penobscot language: Big Hammer.

    (I don’t actually want to win)I was just sharing :)

  23. Matt B.
    August 12, 2008 at 11:40 am Permalink

    Oh, I should clarify Matu is what “Matthew” is translated into either of those languages (and what my mother calls me). Bjorke is Norwegian (of which i’m 50%)and means “Birch Place.” The funny thing is that my family’s true family name is Erikson. Yep, I’m related to the vikings (yet I’m not a Viking football fan, go figure).

  24. Marc
    August 12, 2008 at 11:46 am Permalink

    @Brody… hahah busted. Nice.

  25. Sam
    August 12, 2008 at 1:04 pm Permalink

    Samuel is Hebrew for ‘God Heard’, which might be very slightly presumptuous as a title for an album!

  26. Drew
    August 12, 2008 at 1:10 pm Permalink

    I bought this album up north a little while back, it’s very good, whoever gets it should enjoy it.

  27. Stormy
    August 12, 2008 at 2:34 pm Permalink

    Sam: To be fair, it only says God Heard, not God Liked……

    ;)

  28. Ann
    August 12, 2008 at 2:38 pm Permalink

    …full of grace

  29. Peter
    August 12, 2008 at 2:46 pm Permalink

    Peter is Greek for stone

    Incidentally. Rascal Flatts is Greek to me ;)

  30. Rick
    August 12, 2008 at 2:46 pm Permalink

    Brody, when I first heard about the Garnier promo CD I went to the drug store to see how much a bottle would cost and it was something like $ 9! I waited and got one for a couple of bucks off ebay including shipping. There is one for sale now and the seller is asking $ 25! Crikey mate…..

  31. Jason
    August 12, 2008 at 3:10 pm Permalink

    Jason, my first name, means Healer which would be an interesting album title, maybe not the most original or attractive, but interesting. My last name is Bleau which simply stands for the color blue as far as I could find.

  32. Angela Cooper-Nowquiakgijigoquia
    August 12, 2008 at 4:27 pm Permalink

    My family last name was to changed “Cooper”, which is an English occupational name for one who made and sold casks, buckets and tubs; however, my true last name means Noon Day Sun Maker in Ojibwa.

  33. Angela Cooper-Nowquiakgijigoquia
    August 12, 2008 at 8:01 pm Permalink

    Just to let you know, i am Crystal’s sis inlaw, my married name is Shawanda, as of 1995 :D, you already know what Shawanda translates to.

  34. plain_jo
    August 13, 2008 at 8:37 am Permalink

    Jolene-Increasing Torch
    jo- means God will increase and
    lene- means torch
    last name means Mill Worker

  35. Joni Shawana
    August 13, 2008 at 10:12 am Permalink

    My name is similar to ‘Shawanda’ however they mean two different things.

    First of all, My first name Joni was picked out of Conway Twitty’s song “Don’t Cry Joni”. My last name, Shawana, means “Southern Thunder” however Shawana is the Europeans way of spelling it. It’s originally spelled something like Zhwaanoong ;)

  36. Peter
    August 13, 2008 at 3:40 pm Permalink

    And all this time, I thought Jolene meant “someone who can’t be competed with” LOL

  37. Aaron
    August 14, 2008 at 8:09 pm Permalink

    “Aaron” means “Exalted” or “High mountain.” Kinda makes me feel good.

    I’ve often searched for the meaning to my last name, but to no prevail… All I know is it is German.

  38. Phyllis Engel
    August 15, 2008 at 7:22 am Permalink

    Phyllis in Greek means “mythical girl”; in Latin it means “love”. My last name is German – it means “angel”. By the way, my middle name – Kathleen is Greek and means “pure”. So, that makes me “love’s pure angel”.

  39. Chad
    August 15, 2008 at 9:40 am Permalink

    would love to check this one out

  40. Kaitlin Graham
    August 15, 2008 at 3:08 pm Permalink

    Kaitlin means “pure”; Its an irish name.

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