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
It has taken me a while to
Fri, 22 June 2007, 10:38 amIt has taken me a while to be able to post this (blame my health), but I am so upset to hear that star power has been cancelled for this year. It was amazing, and I would have loved to get to the workshops.
I got numerous e-mails about star power and saw flyers all around different community theatres, and I myself told people about it, and encourage them to enter.
However, I am dishearten to say that most people I told either laughed because they thought it to be a childish competition or because it wouldn't "accept" they type of performance they were into... but mainly because they "didn't have time".
Didn't have time?! Oh come on people... what you do is select a monologue and learn it. If you were to take one hour a week of time that you procrastinate with (and yes, we all procrastinate - like chatting on MSN or watching TV), you actually could do some work on the monologue or song to polish it enough to get to the workshops!
If you are serious enough about performing, not even the TV industry, BUT PERFORMING, you need to get off your butts and do some work.
I was prepared to do that, even help others... it was a golden opportunity... but because the youth of WA are "too busy", we - the ones who entered (even if it was only to have some fun) - have to watch this golden opportunity slip by.
It is a question of passion.
You can be an amazing actor, but without passion, you won't get far because let's face it - nobody will be there pushing you to perform and practice... not even your mum.
I'm sorry if I sound bitter - but I can't believe how reluctant some people are to grasp something that is amazing with both hands and go with it.
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