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
Theatre as a hobby?
Sun, 24 June 2007, 05:06 pmWalter Plinge
Hi all,
I rarely post on this site, but someone up there called for reasons why people didn't enter this competition, and I thought I'd oblige.
The main reason I didn't enter, is because I'm currently overseas. But in truth, I probably wouldn't have entered even if I was back home.
I think Star Power was a fantastic competition, and a wonderful opportunity for those youth trying to break into the industry. However, I resent people saying that youth are lazy, unmotivated etc. The reason I wouldn't have entered is not because I am lazy or indifferent to opportunity or by any means lacking in passion. I have been doing shows back to back for the past few years. Many on this site can attest to my committment and passion when I'm in a show, and Taurean himself can attest to my amazing ability to gravitate towards a spotlight.
The reason I wouldn't have entered, is because acting is my hobby, and I don't see anything wrong with that. In fact, I'm sure many other 20somethings are in the same boat. I look at my participation in community theatre as something I can be passionate about, that is rewarding and puts me in contact with some really fantastic people. Like any other hobby, I want to improve my skills and hey, maybe I'll do a commercial or TV someday, but does the fact that I don't want to do it professionally cast me in with all the ungrateful youth?
For me to have entered this competition (despite how fun it would be) would have been untrue to the spirit of it. Why enter a competition if the prize is of no interest?
So for all those scientists, managers, doctors, lawyers, average joes, and even those studying towards other careers (like me) who are part of this community for fun, please don't tar us all with the same brush.
It is a real shame that the competition didn't go ahead for all those who were genuinely interested in the amazing opportunity. Hopefully we will see Star Power, or a similar competition again in the future, despite the fact that I probably won't enter :)
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