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Star Power - Cancelled

Tue, 19 June 2007, 05:13 pm
who cares70 posts in thread
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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Wed, 20 June 2007, 12:45 am
Walter Plinge
Star Power was a completely different concept. Storm the Stage offers entrants the chance of performing a monologue or musical theatre piece to a panel of judges at heats, semi-finals and then the grand final. it's a great competition and a great opportunity for young actors to get out there and show what they have and get some feedback along the way. Star Power offered entrants the chance to audition with their own piece, and 100 finalists would go through to be involved in a series of workshops. 24 finalists would then be selected to take part in a 4 week workshop with an artistic director and musical director who would give them scenes and pieces to work with. Each of these finalists would also have been offered a screen test with Bevan Lee. Star Power wasn't stealing Storm the Stage's thunder, it was simply buiding on the great idea of giving youths a chance to show off, and also giving them a chance to build on their skills. Storm the Stage will continue because of the great name it has made for itself, but I guess I'll just say it one more time, it is a shame Star Power didn't really get the same chance. xx cass

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