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MEDIA RELEASE: Soul Buddyz Search for a Young Star Auditions
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<p class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="2"><font color="#000000"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">19 April 2007</em>: <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">South Africa</st1:place></st1:country-region>’s favourite children’s television programme is<span lang="EN-ZA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA"> searching for two new stars for the latest series of Soul Buddyz. <o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA"><font color="#000000">Soul Buddyz is calling budding Gauteng based actors to audition for the characters of an 11 – 15 year old black, Sotho speaking boy, as well as an 11 - 15 year old coloured girl who is fluent in both English and Afrikaans. <o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; tab-stops: 45.0pt"><font size="2"><font color="#000000"><span style="LAYOUT-GRID-MODE: line; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">According to Zanele Gule, Marketing Manager, “The Search for a Young Star initiative is developed to</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> unearth young acting talent and to help them further develop their skills to become professional actors in the industry. The winners will receive an acting course that will cover basic acting, dance, and television acting technique and will get lead roles in the next series of Soul Budyz. Soul Buddyz has a history of unearthing young talent from disadvantaged backgrounds.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="2"><font color="#000000">Soul Buddyz, aimed at empowering 8 to 12 year olds, is a real-life television drama that has consistently been the most popular children’s television programme in the country. <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span lang="EN-ZA" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-ansi-language: EN-ZA"><font color="#000000">Details for the auditions:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><font color="#000000">Date: <span style="mso-tab-count: 2"> </span>Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 April 2007<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><font color="#000000">Venue: <span style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </span>Bassline, <st1:city w:st="on">Newtown</st1:city>, <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Johannesburg</st1:place></st1:city> <o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><font size="2"><font color="#000000">Soul Buddyz is <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">developed by <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Soul</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">City</st1:placetype></st1:place>: the Institute for Health and Development Communication (IHDC) in partnership with SABC Education and BP<o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">For further information about Search for a Young Star, please contact Onyx Marketing Communications: <st1:place w:st="on">Georgina</st1:place> Lefifi 082 908 2555 <a title="mailto:michelle@onyxmarketing.co.za" href="mailto:michelle@onyxmarketing.co.za"><font color="#0000ff">georgina@onyxmarketing.co.za</font></a></span></em></strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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