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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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Sun, 8 July 2007, 01:26 am
Walter Plinge
COME ON PEOPLE!!!! when are u all going to get over this?? Yes it's very sad that the starpower could not go ahead but why are you all sitting around complaing about it and choosing to place bitch and blame on those who "CHOSE", yes thats right "CHOSE" not to be enter!! PU-lease, I just think it's absolutly ridiculous how some people on this site, you know who you are, have chosen to blame the down fall for this competition on those who didnt enter. Calling them lazy, ungrateful etc. it's just obsurd! degraiding and down right rude for a start, oh and then it's also a sure fire way to get em back next year! I didn't realise just because you live in WA and that you want to be an actor that you had to enter starpower or you'd were branded as "wanting freebees". WHATEVA!! you enter a raffle because you want the prize right? you enter it because you want to right? It's called freedom of choice! and ventures fail all the time, I think Starpower was a great idea but unfortunately this time it didn't work out this time, so lets not place blame on others, lets take it as a lesson for next time. =) PEACE!!

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