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TICKETS TO SISTER SLEDGE
Get on your disco shoes and get dancing down to The Corran Resort
And 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 worlds greatest tap dancer’
throughout the 1930s, and famously performed to Begin The Beguine with
Fred Astaire?
GIG TICKETS
CHOICE
OF
YOUR
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 Mon 1 Sept.
DIVERGENT GOODIES BAG
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: Victoria 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?
Please email your answers, name, address, Twitter username (if you have one)
and contact number to [email protected] by Mon 1 Sept
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TICKETS TO HAIRSPRAY
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?
TICKETS TO SISTER ACT
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: BERANDAL DVD
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?