With Matric Dances back in full swing after the Covid pandemic, so is the popular Express Matric Dance Competition.
This year it will be in aid of CANSA and all funds raised will go towards the work CANSA does in the Eastern Cape communities for cancer patients.
An exciting addition is that the finalists (boys and girls) will be able to show their beautiful matric dance outfits during the grand finale, which will be in the form of a fashion show and dinner where the 2023 PE Express and CANSA Mr and Miss Matric Dance winners will be chosen.
The fashion show will be held on 28 October in Gqeberha. Tickets will be available for friends and family to support the entrants. The winners’ photos will be published on the front page of PE Express.
The entry fee is R50 and must be paid directly to CANSA (please see details below).
All entrants will be featured on the PE Express Facebook page.
Entrants will be judged on their overall look – including the dress or suit, hair, make-up and accessories – so be sure to send a photo where the judges can clearly get the complete picture.
A panel of independent judges will choose the finalists once entries have closed on Tuesday, 17 October, at 12 noon.
The competition is not open for voting by the public.
How to enter:
- To enter, matriculants must send their matric dance photos via email only. Proof of payment to CANSA must be attached to each entry. Put PE Express/CANSA Matric Dance competition in the subject field.
- The R50 entry fee can be paid directly to CANSA.
Banking details are:
- Beneficiary: CANSA
- Bank: Absa
- Branch code: 63200500
- Account number: 1157140058
- Write your name on the proof of payment, and email the proof of payment as well as entry photos, to mdevries@cansa.org.za. Include the entrant’s name, surname, cell phone number and the name of their school in the email.
- Collages will be accepted but must not contain more than three photos.
Entries without the above information will be disqualified.
Rules:
- The matric dance you attended must have been held at a school in Gqeberha. It must be your own matric dance.
- No selfies, group photos or photos with your partner are allowed.
- Only email entries will be accepted and must be accompanied by a proof of payment of the R50 entry fee.
- No photos that are posted on our Facebook timeline will be accepted.
- You may enter only once for the duration of the competition, and only one photograph/collage per entrant will be allowed – choose your photo submission carefully. Once a photo has been submitted, it cannot be swopped with another photo.
- We need to see the complete look of the entrant, including the dress/suit, hair and, if possible, the shoes and accessories.
- Photos must be high resolution (minimum of 1MB).
- The competition ends on October 17.
- For more information contact Marius de Vries of Cansa at 041 373 5157 or 083 481 7404.
