Monday, February 13, 2012

Potjiekos Charity Fundraiser Competition

Come and join us for a day of fun, sun, live music and entertainment and help us raise funds for little Baby Sarah Paige McCabe who was born on 2nd January 2012 with a very rare condition called Lissencephaly (Abnormal Brain Development). Doctors say Sarah will need constant medical care and will never be able to lead a normal life.

Date: Saturday, 31st March 2012

Venue: Cool Runnings, Benoni

Address: Lakefield Road, Benoni

Competition Entry Fee: R 50 per contestant/per person. Competition is also open to teams. Unfortunately teams are limited to 4 people per team.

ENTRY TO THE VENUE IS FREE!!!

Potjiekos Competition Winners Prizes:
1st Prize: R 1000 CASH + R1000 Tattoo Voucher from Alberante Ink Tattoo Studio
2nd Prize: R500 CASH + R800 Tattoo Voucher from Alberante Ink Tattoo
3rd Prize: R 250 CASH + R500 Tattoo Voucher from Alberante Ink Tattoo

Entry Registrations for the Potjiekos Charity Fundraiser Competition are now open.

You can either register as an individual, OR as a TEAM, you can download the application forms from (Individual Registrations - http://www.samusicnews.com/IndividualRegistration.pdf or TEAM Registrations - http://www.samusicnews.com/TeamRegistration.pdf

If you would like to put up a stall at the fundraiser, you can also download the STALL REGISTRATION FORM from: http://www.samusicnews.com/StallApplicationForm.pdf

Registrations and Applications have been extended to 28th of March 2012 at 12pm

The following bands have graciously offered their time and services to entertain you with some of the best live music during the day:

A Minor Affair - http://www.facebook.com/pages/A-minor-Affair/134086596640691?sk=app_2405167945
Cover Up - http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002126093654
Smoke On The Moon - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Smoke-on-the-Moon/217520175009651
Friday Beyond - http://www.facebook.com/fridaybeyond
2nd Life - http://www.facebook.com/2ndlifeband
Vortex - http://www.facebook.com/vortexofficialbandsa
Hexotericka - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hexotericka/82721446769

Line-up & Set times:
ONE MORE BAND STILL TO BE CONFIRMED (1pm – 2pm)
A Minor Affair - 2:30pm – 3:30pm
Smoke On The Moon - 4pm - 5pm
Cover Up - 5:30pm – 6:30pm
Friday Beyond - 7pm - 8pm
Vortex - 8:30pm - 9:30pm
Hexotericka - 10pm - 11pm
2nd Life - 11:30pm - 00:30pm

Potjiekos Copmetition Categories: Chicken, Ox Tail, Lamb, Beef, Biltong, Vegetarian/Vegan

PLEASE NOTE: Contestants are to bring your won pot/s and your special ingredients for your potjie!

Cool Runnings will be providing all the Gas Braai's for the potjies, so PLEASE no wood allowed. Its also cleaner and more environmentally friendly.

Competition starts at 12pm and runs until 6pm

Judging from 4pm – 5pm

Winners to be announced at 5:30pm

Plates of Potjiekos to be sold at R 20 per plate from 4pm - 6pm (with a choice of Braai pap, Rice or Samp). FAXE Extra Strong Beer and Supermalt Non-Alcoholic Beverages will be on promotion (500ml @ R20 each and 1liter cans @ R40 each), as well as normal local beers and alcohol will be on sale at the various bars inside Cool Runnings. FAXE Cap, Pens and Key Holder/Lanyard give-aways during the day!!!

Braai’s, eating utensils and plates will be provided at the venue

Celebrity Judges:
Imogene Meyer - Playboy South Africa - Playmate January 2012
Philip Howard - SA Music News Partner
Adele Coetzee - FHM Top 20 Model - Model 3
Rose Leigh Anne Mosenohi - UJFM Radio Presenter
Werner Botes - Total Exposure/Vodacom
George Harito - Cool Runnings, Benoni (Cool Runnings Owner)

The Playboy South Africa Playmates will also be there to help sell Playboy Magazines to raise funds and sign your copies and autographs, so come get yours and meet the beautiful ladies in person

Playboy South Africa Playmates confirmed so far:

Imogene Meyer - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Imogene-Meyer-Playboy-Playmate-January-2012/231465776928294

Yolandi Wigget - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Yolandi-Wiggett-Playboy-Playmate-February-2012/198161610279665

Wendy du Toit - http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1281289579

April Playmates - MORE DETAILS TO BE DISCLOSED CLOSER TO THE TIME

Solsken Clothing will also be putting up their stall with some really sexy outfits. Solsken Clothing will also be donating 10% of all their proceeds to the cause, so PLEASE COME AND SUPPORT THEM, YOU WILL LOVE THEIR OUTFITS GUARANTEED - See their website onhttp://www.solsken.co.za/ or their gallery on http://www.solsken.co.za/gallery3/

What's On SA Event Link: http://www.whatson.co.za/details.php?id=68610
2nd Life Potjiekos Even Link: http://www.facebook.com/events/325130527528081/?ref=ts

Solsken Clothing Potjiekos Event Link: http://www.facebook.com/events/369828773043265/

Sponsors:
Cool Runnings - Benoni, UJFM Campus Radio, Playboy Magazine South Africa, Solsken Clothing, Handstyle Custom Tattoos, Alberante Ink Tattoo Studio, Balata Sport, SA Music News - MORE TO BE CONFIRMED SOON!!!

Handstyle Tattoos (http://www.facebook.com/groups/81055090944/ will be sponsoring various tattoo vouchers to be given away on the day. Their shop is situated at Shop 2, Sandella Court cnr. Levubu & Olifants Roads, Emmarentia, opposite the Johannesburg Botanical Gardens.

They also have a second studio in Alberton as well, you can also find them at 101 Michelle Avenue Meyersdal. They offer custom tattoo work in a safe, sterile and friendly environment. - Also see http://www.handstyletattoos.co.za/

Alberante will be sponsoring the following prizes for the Potjiekos Competition Winners:
1st Prize Winner: R1000 Tattoo Voucher
2nd Prize Winner: R800 Tattoo Voucher
3rd Prize Winner: R500 Tattoo Voucher

Alberante Ink Tattoo Studio is owned by Ludwig Herrmannsen and specialises in touch up and redesign work besides free hand tattooing. They are situated in Marzan Office Park, 76 Hennie Alberts Street in Alberton. For the best interactive source over the net, would be via visitinghttp://www.alberanteink.co.za/ or http://www.LudwigArtProductions.com/, or send a joining request on face book to Ludwig Art Production Group. For more info please give Ludwig a call on 073 175 1024.

Alberante Ink Tattoo Studio will also have spot prize vouchers for the following:
Best rocker chick: R300 tattoo voucher
Best rocker dude: R300 tattoo voucher

Balata Sport has come on board as one of our amazing sponsors. Balata Sport assists charities, corporates, schools and churches to raise extra funds on their golf days or fundraising events. They help to raise funds by auctioning sport memorabilia and weekends away.

Their reserve prices are very reasonable and anything above the reserve will be for the cause. Only 20 to 30 minutes is needed for an auction. They can also auction any items donated at no commission, so if you have something that you would like to donate to be auctioned off, please email me on events@samusicnews.com - See http://www.balata.co.za/ for more info

UJFM Interview - On Wednesday 8th February at 11:10am, UJFM did an on-air interview with Philip Howard from SA Music News and little Sarah's dad, Chris McCabe telling you more about the fundraiser and Sarah's illness - See http://www.ujfm.co.za/

OTHER RADIO EVENT LINKS:

Jacaranda 94.2 FM - http://196.41.20.218:8080/kagiso/content/en/master/jacaranda-whats-on?oid=1517958&sn=Detail&pid=174357&Potjiekos-Competition---Charity-Fundraiser

94.7 FM Highveld Stereo - http://www.highveld.co.za/pages/events/jobiz.asp?date=3-31-2012#57341

Little Sarah's web page: http://dragangrafixcreativegraphicdesignstudio.wozaonline.co.za/Sarah+McCabe

All proceeds raised from the sales of the plates of food, FAXE Extra Strong Beer, Supermalt Non-Alcoholic Beverages will be donated to help raise funds for little Sarah’s medical care. Solsken Clothing will also be donating 10% of all their proceeds made on the day, as well as Playboy Magazine will also be donating the money raised from the sales of the Playboy Magazines on the day to the cause.

If you or your company would like to make a cash donation, or donate anything that we could auction off, or would like to make any other type of donation, please speak to the SA Music News representative at the event for more details.

For further competition entry details and further information please contact Conrad on 071 124 4808 or Email: events@samusicnews.com

SA Music News is an official Playboy South Africa Ambassador and FAXE Distributor