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Star Power - Cancelled

Tue, 19 June 2007, 05:13 pm
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Hello everyone I am very disappointed to have to inform everyone that Star Power has been cancelled. This is due to the lack of entrants in the competition for this year. We are so very disappointed as we had the support of such amazing groups that would have offered training and workshops and opportunities for the youth of WA. I must say that when I kept receiving emails asking how people could get the auditions without having to do the training, I started to wonder at the youth of WA. I want to stress to everyone now that all entrants will be receiving their entry money back in the next week. ( For those narrow minded and petty people who thought that Star Power was trying to rip people off and went to the amazing lengths of having us investigated, well, the investigation found nothing, and you simply made us realise how many people out there don't understand that there really are people who are prepared to work for no financial reward at all in order to help others. The cancellation of the competition has cost us money.) It seems that the youth of WA are not interested in training and workshops and opportunities . It seems that the youth of WA want to have the rewards without the work. That is a very sad generalisation I know and I am very sorry for the people who did enter. We simply couldn't make it work on those numbers. I thank everyone at the ITA for their support , I thank the people who were helping us, I thank the entrants and I thank the people who saw this competition for what it was and wanted to do all they could to help. I am sorry that we couldn't make it happen. Kerri
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Pre-emptive Apology

Tue, 19 June 2007, 06:49 pm
Taurean

I realise that my "Post Mortem" may have offended the young people of Western Australia who did actually take this once in a lifetime chance to further their acting/singing careers. Those people know who they are, and to them I wish to pass on my apologies for tarring them with the same brush as the "wannabees" and offer condolences on the closure of Star Power, however, I would hasten to add "Don't ever lose faith in you."

There is a very old saying, "God helps those that help themselves" and perhaps the "God's" of the theatre and television industry will realise that we do have a select few individuals over here that are worth taking a punt on, that Western Australia DOES have people that are worth looking for.

I have spent way too many years in the industry "waiting for the breaks" and missing opportunities, so my initial reaction to the closure of Star Power was one of sheer amazement when I realised that the reason for it's demise was because of lack of entrants. My "Post Mortem" posting was a knee jerk reaction and, while the primary message remains the same, I apologise to any of the entrants who may have been offended.

Life is one huge deep end.... Dive right in and swim!

Taurean

 

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