Star Power - Cancelled
Tue, 19 June 2007, 05:13 pmwho cares70 posts in thread
Star Power - Cancelled
Tue, 19 June 2007, 05:13 pmHello 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
Hold on a minute!!!
Tue, 19 June 2007, 09:22 pmI wasn't going to post anything for this. But I have a REAL problem with that comment on youth Taurean.
To a certain extent I agree with you...but you enter VERY dangerous territory by using your brush stroke for all youth who didn’t enter.
I would like to let you know something...a lot of people (adults and youth) are in this industry for ego...not everyone, but a proportion are in it just "to be famous".
I meet four young people today (16-17 year olds) who wanted to enter into the industry just for the ego...and they had never heard of this website to boot.
Now neither I nor anyone has the right to say they can't be actors or singers just because their motivation is to be famous. If it motivates them to their goals and they have the skills to back it up...they should go for it.
Now to say that youth don't want to work for their success is not right...the ones who don't want to work are the ones who drop out after about 5 years or less, or look at performing as a hobby. And you know what...THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.
Now I work hard here in Perth to make something of myself in this industry...I’m an actor, fight choreography and manager of DRAGON FILMS...but I didn’t enter this contest!!! Does this mean I don’t want to work for my success???
I can understand that you may feel upset that you were not able to take part in this competition...but to make your comments about the youth who didn’t is very disrespectful...so is calling youth "kids".
Now like I said...on some points I do agree: If youth would like to be the next Nicole Kidman or the next Heath Ledgar they really have to work on it...but that doesn’t mean they have to enter competitions like the above to make it.
To all the youth who did or did not enter...
Keep Smiling :)
David Green
DRAGON FILMS
www.davidgreenenterprises.com
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