On Saturday October 16th, 2010, Love Should Die marked its One Year Anniversary. Please note, we deliberately do not say 'celebrate' because we're still saddened by the fact that we have to exist at all. However, we would like to recognize the great strides we've made and thank our supporters immensely.
Over the last 12 months, we have seen Love Never Dies cancel their Broadway opening twice, watched theatre critics and audience members publish crippling reviews, observed the relationships amongst the creative team fall apart while the production changed its ad campaign several times, and more recently watched the show struggle with ticket sales by constantly offering free tickets and discounted ticket offers. Not to mention, the LSD Campaign hit major newspapers around the world, allowing fans voices to be heard despite multiple attempts to have the campaign shut down. More recently, Andrew Lloyd Webber has decided to close down the London production for 4 days in November 2010 to make ‘significant changes’ (this is not the first time he has incorporated changes since the opening). The Love Should Die team and campaign has been said to have created an £8,000,000 dent in profits for the production (as of June 2010).
In honour of our anniversary, the LSD Team asked our supporters to show the world ‘Why Love Should Die’ by submitting an artistic creation of their own to our first ever contest. The winner of the contest will win a prize package containing several items from our online store.
Amongst the many entries we received via email and via our facebook page, the LSD Team have narrowed the entries to the best 6 and have posted them below. It is now up to the LSD supporters to vote for the best entry!
Please review the below entries, and once finished, click here to voting. All votes must be received by Friday November 5th @ midnight. The votes will be tallied and the winner will be announced on Saturday November 6th.
In no particular order :
One Year Anniversary Contest
Video Entry by Christina DiCillo
In honor of the one year anniversary of Love Should Die. Christina is very upset about the new show Love Never Dies. From what she has told Sarah through her sobs,it sounds strange! I meant the end of the video to be abrupt without a sense of closure because that's what I feel like LND is.
Video Entry by Georgia Sevick
My entry for the "Love Should Die" Video Contest. My absolute gratitude goes out to: Gaston Leroux, who made all of this possible in the first place, by creating this hauntingly beautiful story...To Lon Chaney & Mary Philbin (1925 version) for their inspiration in this film...
Artwork Entry by Catelyn Gentry
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Video Entry by Jeff & Rebecca Timmons
This video was created for the Love Should Die One Year Anniversary Contest. --- The Phantom escapes the Paris Opera House mob and decides to camp out for a few days until things die down at the Opera. Unfortunately, someone catches up with him in the forest...
Artwork Entry by Marissa Roberson
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Video Entry by TGITPC
A phan begins to experience strange things that may just turn into something more evil then anyone could imagine, even in their dreams.
Video Entry by Chris & Krista Andrese
Love Should Die - V for Vendetta Spoof.
Phantom Needs NO Sequel!
Essay Entry by Ryan DC
The Phantom of Corny Island (click link or photo to read)
The LSD One Year Anniversary Contest was a success!
It would not have been possible without your support over the past year. The entire contest was funded with proceeds from our Love Should Die online store sales! As soon as the website cost were paid for 2010, we decided to use the rest of the store earnings to give back to YOU - our supporters.
Without further adieu, the results for the LSD 2010 Anniversary Contest:
3rd place winner with 19.7% of the votes: TGITPC
2nd place winner with 22.7% of the votes: Christina DiCillo
1st place winner with 39.4% of the votes: Chris and Krista Andrese
The first prize winner will receive a prize package from our online store containing 3 amazing items, while the 2nd & 3rd place winners will receive a runner-up prize from the store. Congrats to the top 8 entries who got to the final round - you’re all very talented!
The top 8 entries are below for reference.
Please keep the tradition alive and help support the Love Should Die campaign! Be sure to make a purchase at our online store!
Thank you to all participants!
Love Should Die © 2010 All rights reserved. LSD logo images are recreations and breach no Intellectual Property Rights of RUG Ltd.
