(Wayne Scott, uShaka
Marine World Entertainment Manager, seen with 2014 Hip Hop category winners – Warrior
Knights)
uShaka Marine World is once again looking for KwaZulu-Natal’s new and emerging talents to
add to the entertainment line-up offered around the park.
Announcing the 2015
auditions for the uShaka Search for the Stars
competition in partnership with the Department of Arts and Culture, uShaka CEO,
Stella Khumalo, says she is extremely excited to see what talent emerges from
this competition which has become a much-loved event amongst uShaka visitors
throughout the years.
Open to both
amateurs and professionals, uShaka Search
for the Stars boasts a number of categories that need to be filled with
deserving talent.
In the dance group
section, the judges are looking for a minimum of three dancers specialising in
one or more of the various dance styles - from Pantsula, Contemporary, Local,
International, Indian, Tswana, Tin dancers, Football dancers, Hip hop dancers,
Isigekle, Kwaito dancers, Ingoma yamantombazane, uShameni and Gumboot.
Acapella singers,
Wedding singers, Hip Hop singers, Kwaito singers and Afro Gospel singers are
also encouraged to enter (four group members or more), as well as professional
bands.
The judges will
also be searching for those with a speciality act, such as Mime artists, Circus
performers, Buskers, Magicians and similar.
Audition take place
across KwaZulu-Natal in August and September on the following days:
August 08 -
UThukela District (305 Murchison Street in Ladysmith)
August 15 - Amajuba
District (Osizweni Arts Centre in Newcastle)
August 16 -
UMzinyathi District (Nquthu V. A. Makhoba Hall)
August 22 -
Zululand District (Indonsa Arts Centre in Ulundi)
August 23 -
uMgungundlovu District (Winston Churchill Theatre in Pietermaritzburg)
August 29 -
uMkhanyakude District (Phumulani Town Hall, Hluhluwe)
August 30 - Ugu District
(Venue to be confirmed)
September 12 & 13 - uShaka Marine World in Durban
September 19 -
Harry Gwala District (Bulwer Arts Centre)
September 20 -
uThungulu District (Venue to be confirmed)
Those who are
successful at the auditions and are selected to go to the finals on September 27
at uShaka Marine World, will be competing with other districts for a one-year
contract to perform at uShaka Marine World.
“uShaka has seen
more than 10,000 talented performers auditioning over the past eight years and we
have created jobs for over 3,500 artists. We look forward to seeing more
talented performers share their magic for our guests,” says Khumalo.
For more
information about the auditions, contact Shaun Mbatha on 031 328 8008 or email smbatha@ushakamarineworld.co.za
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