Come along to strut your stuff at the
Bangkok Charity Dance-athon on Sunday, November 21.
Thailand’s first ever charity Dance-athon will kick
off next weekend with an 8 hour non-stop daytime event to raise money
for two worthy causes; SCAD - the Soi Cats and Dogs Society and
the Able the Disabled Foundation which offers mobility to
disabled children.
“Reasons to Dance” will be held in Bangkok, at the
Siam Kempinski Hotel Hotel (BTS skytrain to Siam and walk behind Siam
Paragon), which has donated its ballroom for the day . The Dance-athon
will run from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Sunday November 21 and participants
can stay on for Loy Krathong dinner at the hotel for a discounted price.
The dance team behind the event is Fusion Academy
which is Thailand’s newest centre for dance, music and drama.
Dance-athon hosts will include SCAD Ambassador
Natalie Glebova, Miss Universe 2005, Raine Grady from Capital TV, and
the founder of Fusion, UK celebrity Ben Douglas.
The event requires no dance skills and there are
no age limits.
Organizer Tami Fowlie has undertaken several charity
dance-a-thons in Dubai for up to 700 attendees. She promises a fun day
for the whole family.
“This is a day to follow the leader and the
dance styles will change every half hour,” she said. “You’ll get to try
everything from the New Zealand Maori Haka to Cha Cha Cha, from Salsa to
line dancing, from Bollywood disco to Hip Hop and the results are often
hilarious!”
Each dancer will require a minimum sponsorship of
Baht 300 to enter and can be sponsored as much as possible by friends
and family.
Companies can also sponsor either the event or their
own dance group.
There will be prizes for the best dancers, the best
dressed, the youngest and the oldest and much more.
Fusion Academy’s Ben Douglas will also be on the
look-out for new talent, “so don’t be afraid to strut your stuff”, he
said.
The aim of the event is to have fun, dance and help
others. Sponsorship forms and sponsor information is available on the
event website: www.danceathonbkk.webs.com.
After years of planning, the award-winning BBC TV
series “Walking with Dinosaurs” is coming to life in a stunning theatrical
event at the Impact Arena in Bangkok from November 17-21.
Internationally renowned designers have worked with
scientists to create 15 life-size dinosaurs, the largest being a long-necked
Brachiosaurus that measures the length of two city buses and stands more
than 11 meters tall. And no dinosaur show would be complete without the king
of predators - the terrifying Tyrannosaurus Rex!
The promotional flyer promises that the “Walking with
Dinosaurs, the Live Experience” is “the closest you’ll ever get to
experiencing what it was like when dinosaurs walked the earth. Audiences can
expect to be amazed and thrilled as the largest creatures ever to walk the
earth return before their eyes.”
The show is a dazzling multi-million dollar arena
spectacle of unprecedented size and quality set to captivate both young and
old alike. Spectators will marvel at the story of the dinosaurs’ 200 million
year domination of life on earth. Watch them walk. Hear the roar. Be there
as they fight for survival and supremacy. From the ripple of their skin to
the glint in their eye, you will know the dinosaurs really have returned!
Tickets for this award winning show are priced from 500
baht to 2,000 baht and can be purchased in advance from website www.
thaiticketmajor. com. Shows with Thai commentary will carry English
subtitles and vice versa.
