Are you star material?

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, said 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, which will host auditions in various venues, as well as at uShaka on 12 and 13 September, boasts a number of categories that need to be filled with deserving talent.

If you are a dance group, 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.

So start practicing your routines in order to ensure you produce a quality performance on the day of the auditions.

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.

Making the event even more exciting, is that the judges will also be searching for those with a speciality act, such as mime artists, circus performers, buskers or magicians.

If you are successful at the auditions and are selected to go to the finals on Sunday, 27 September at uShaka Marine World, you will be competing with other districts for a one year contract to perform at uShaka Marine World.

For more information about the auditions, contact Shaun Mbatha on 031 328 8008 or email smbatha@ushakamarineworld.co.za