Niger Delta Forum
General Category => Announcements & Adverts => Topic started by: Jesse on August 25, 2009, 10:03:41 AM
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The South South Universities Dance Slam & Talent Hunt + Peace Ambassadors Award is an initiative of Top Entertainment Nigeria with Media Partners as Nigezie TV, Cool FM, Love FM, Wazobia FM and others. The event which would be spread out over the month of October would be multi-faceted and consist of the following sections:
1.) Auditions for Talents
This would be the first part and would be spread into three zones as follows:
ZONE 1
This would consist of schools in Ondo, Delta and Edo States. the Schools eligible are as follows:
O.S.U.A, DELSU, UNIBEN, EKPOMA and Igbinedion
ZONE 2
This is for schools in Rivers, Bayelsa, Abia and Imo States. these schools are:N.D.U, UNIPORT, UST, FUTO, IMSU, MADONNA and ABSU
ZONE 3
Zone 3 the final zone would be for Universities in Cross river and Akwa- Ibom States which are:UNICAL and UNIUYO
The auditions would be spread over a period of one week and would cover the following categories:
Dance ( Single & Group Categories)
Music ( Single & Group Categories)
Comedy and
Modelling
2.) Peace Rally
There would be a Peace Rally in selected states of the Niger Delta. This would be open to everyone and would take off from designated spots which would be announced.The theme of the peace rally is, "Shun All Violence, Embrace Peace & Unity"
3.) Grand Finale of the Talent Hunt
This is where the finalists who made it through the auditions would perform and winners would be chosen. As a special twist, everybody is given a free hand to choose which artiste you would like to perform on that day, for details on this please check www.topentertainmentng.com.
The winners would walk away with very juicy prices and cash.The line up for this day would be red carpet, introduction of guests, artiste perfomances, fashion show, peace ambassador awards and prayer for peace with everything culminating in an After-Party.
4.) Dinner/ gala Nite & Award Presentation
This would be the end of the event and where the prizes would be awarded to all winners. It would hold at Hotel presidential, Port harcourt and On this day, there will be a symposium/ peace talk with the theme; "Youth empowerment and rapid development; The only way forward" handling issues such as Illiteracy, Youth restiveness, Cultism, Militancy, HIV-AIDS and Prostitution.
The talk would be handled by the following speakers: Professor Mark Anikpo, Professor Steve Azaiki and Honorable Marvin Yobana. there would also be a message by the Governors and the singing of a Peace Anthem Composed by all the musicians.
For more information, visit: http://topentertainmentng.com
You can also get updates on the event at http://twitter.com/ssouthdanceslam
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The Venues and Dates for the Maiden Edition line up of events marking the Niger Delta Universities Peace Concert tagged – South-South Universities Dance Slam 2009 is finally out.
The Event which would take place in the month of November, 2009 would consist of a talent Hunt which would cover be spread out over three zones covering 17 Universities in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria.
The Talent Hunt Competition would cover talents in the areas of Music, Acting, Comedy and Modelling and be officiated by renowned judges from around the country.
Students of the following universities are eligible to take part in this event, List them all.
The zoning and dates are as given below:
ZONE 1 (Western Zone)
University of Benin
Delta State University, Abraka
Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma
Federal University of Technology, Akure
Igbinedion University, Okada
OSUA
For this zone, the Auditions would take place at as follows:
Venue: Wellington Hotels & Mudi Beach, Abraka
Dates: 3rd November, 2009 (Group 1 Schools)
4th November, 2009 (Group 2 Schools)
Time: 10 a:m prompt
The second day of Audition would be followed by an After-Party
Venue: Revolution Nite Club
Date: 4th November, 2009
Time: 8pm till Dawn
ZONE 2 (EASTERN ZONE)
Group 1
University of Calabar
University of Uyo
Auditions for this zone:
Venue: New Art Theatre, UNICAL
Date: 6th November, 2009
Time: 10 am prompt
The auditions would be followed by an After-Party as follows:
Venue: Mirage Night Club,
Date: 6th November, 2009
Time: 8 p.m till dawn
ZONE 3 ( South Zone)
Group 1 Group 2
Federal University of Technology, Owerri University of Port Harcourt
Abia State University, Uturu Niger Delta University
Imo State University Rivers State University of Science and Technology
Madonna University
This would be the final phase for the auditions stage and would take place as follows:
Venue: UNIPORT Convocation Arena
Dates: 9th November, 2009 (Group 1 Schools)
10th November, 2009 (Group 2 Schools)
Time: 10 a:m prompt
The second day of Audition would be followed by an After-Party
Venue: New Angels Night Club
Date: 10th November, 2009
Time: 8pm till Dawn
The Event would End With the Grand Finale Spanning Two Days:
Day 1
All Universities Challenge,
20th November, 2009
Field of Music, Hotel Presidential, Aba Road, Port Harcourt
Day 2
Dinner/ Gala/ Awards Presentation Night
21st November, 2009
Atlantic Hall, Hotel Presidential, Port Harcourt.
Juicy Prizes are all up for grabs