Arts
Chokolaate Centrestage is back, so here’s your chance to perform!
View(s):Do you wake up every morning with a song in your heart that you end up belting out in the shower? Do the things that come out of your mouth sound like gibberish to everyone listening but make perfect sense to you? Do you love making people laugh? Do your thoughts run riot that you need to write it down in poetic perfection? Do you get together with friends and clash and bang on kitchen utensils in your parents’ garage?
Giving their best: Past Centrestage event
If you identify with any of the above, then Sri Lanka’s premier teen magazine Chokolaate is giving you a stage and spotlight to shine. Chokolaate Centrestage 2018 returns for the third consecutive year on October 26 at the Bishop’s College auditorium.
Auditions in the solo singing, group singing, band, rapping and beat boxing categories will be held on September 29. Those between the ages of 13-21 are encouraged to visit the Chokolaate Facebook fanpage for details on the application process and deadlines.
Established in 2006, the main objective behind the launch of the Chocolaate magazine at the time was to create a platform that highlights the talents of the younger generation and also provide more opportunities where teenagers from all over the country are allowed to showcase their blossoming talents. Centrestage is its second endeavour after the successful Chokolaate Mother Daughter Fashion Designer Contest that concluded for the 9th time this year.
This year hoping to further reach the youth of the nation, Chokolaate will host a series of Open Mic performances for singers, rappers, stand-up comedians and poets.
The first event was held August 21 at Tea Talk and saw an array of fresh new talent being unveiled setting the stage for applications for the upcoming talent show.
Centrestage applications are available on the website www.chokolaate.net and close on September 25. Auditions will take place on the 29th of September at Cult Studios from 9 a.m. onwards. Please call Shamindri on 0775021166 to register and for more information.
