COMPETITIONS | AUGUST
TICKETS TO SEE SISTER SLEDGE
Get on your disco shoes and get dancing down to The Corran ResortAnd Spa – soul stars Sister Sledge are coming to town. The sisters, originally from Philadelphia, launched into fame in the 70s with their breakthrough album We Are Family – which had hits such as Lost In Music, He’s The Greatest Dancer and (of course) We Are Family on its tracklisting. Since then the sisters have gone on to win over 100 awards, and play live in six of the world’s seven continents. Now they’re coming to Carmarthenshire to perform an intimate show for Live@TheCorran.
If you would like to win a free pair of tickets, usually worth £42.50 each, to see the sisters sing on Sat 30 Aug then answer the question below by Thurs 21 Aug.
Q: Sister Sledge sung He’s The Greatest Dancer – but what was the name of the female dancer who was considered ‘the world’s greatest tap dancer’ throughout the 1930s, and famously performed to Begin The Beguine with Fred Astaire?
Music lovers, open yer ears. The lovely people at muso-haunt Clwb Ifor Bach are giving Buzz readers the chance to win a pair of tickets to any upcoming gig their wee heart desires. Just email [email protected], with ‘WELSH CLUB’ in the subject header and your name and number by Thur 1 June.
Sci-fi action film Divergent comes out on DVD, Blu-Ray, Blu-Ray Steelbook and download on Mon 11 Aug and you can play the part by winning our Divergent pack of prizes. The goodies include a black zip-up top, a temporary tattoo sheet, five silicon wrist bands to display your ‘faction’, a sports bag and a water bottle. Just answer the question below.
Q: Veronica Roth wrote the Divergent novels – but who was Albrecht Wilhelm Roth?
TICKETS TO THE BIG TRIBUTE FESTIVAL
Fancy the chance to see the likes of Musest, Ohasis and The Police Academy play live? The Big Tribute festival in Aberystwyth will be hosting some of the best tribute acts around from Fri 22 to Sun 24 Aug. If you’d like to win yourself a free pair of weekend tickets, just answer the question below by Thurs 14 Aug.
Q:In 2009 Bon Jovi sued an all-female tribute act for copyright infringement – but what was that band’s name?
The big and beautiful musical Hairspray will be dancing into the Memo Arts Centre in Barry this month. See plus-sized dancer Tracy Turnblad shake her stuff and cause controversy as she campaigns for an end to racial segregation in 1960s Baltimore. For a chance to win a pair of tickets to the show on either Thurs 21 or Fri 22 Aug, answer the question below before Thurs 14 Aug.
Q: In John Waters’ original 1988 films Hairspray, there were many scenes that were filmed but didn’t make the final cut. One of them was a musical number in which the cast performed an obscure 1960s dance – what was the name of that dance?
Divine entertainment comes to Aberystwyth Arts Centre this month in the form of nun-filled musical comedy Sister Act. Loud, disco-loving Deloris is taken on by a convent when she’s forced to enter the witness protection programme, but her larger-thanlife attitude and determination to inject some soul into the choir causes problems for everyone. If you want a pair of tickets to see the show on Fri 29 Aug then answer the question below before Thurs 21 Aug.
Q: The word hymn derives from Greek ‘hymnos’ which means what?
The Raid 2, Welsh director Gareth Evans’ sequel to his Indonesian martial arts film The Raid, comes out on DVD and Blu-ray on Mon 11 Aug. We’ve got five copies of the gore-filled sequel on DVD to give away; if you fancy getting your hands on one of them just answer the question below.
Q: What is the blanket term used for the martial arts of Indonesia?
Please email your answers, name, address, Twitter username (if you have one) and contact number to [email protected] by Sun 31 Aug unless otherwise stated. T&Cs: WE DO NOT GIVE PERMISSION FOR THESE COMPETITIONS TO BE REPLICATED OR SHARED ANYWHERE ONLINE.