GRAND FINALE - Mr Gay South Africa - 26 NOVEMBER 2011, THE LYRIC THEATRE, GOLD REEF CITY

The search for the ultimate gay male. A nationwide search for the ultimate gay male culminates in an extravagant gala night to crown South Africa`s representative for Mr Gay World 2012 to be held at the Lyric Theatre, Gold Reef City in Johannesburg on Saturday 26th November.
Hosts for the evening are:

CATHY SPECIFIC http://www.cathyspecific.co.za/
FRANK MALABA http://www.facebook.com/pages/Frank-Malaba/105263832876754

ARISTS:

- The band ADAM featuring Joe Foster, Hugo Ludik and Reynardt Hugo (Binnelanders)
http://www.adamband.co.za/

- The bank LUDIK featuring Stefan Ludik
http://www.reverbnation.com/ludik
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stefan-Ludik/102633978019


SPECIAL GUEST ARTISTS:

- MR. GSA 2011 FINALISTS: http://www.mrgsa.co.za/

JUDGES:

International panel consisting of Mr. Gay World Directors and South African representatives.

Mr. ERIC BUTTER: AUSTRALIA
Mr. DEAN NELSON: CANADA
Me NOEMI ALBERTO: PHILIPPINES
Mr TORE AASHEIM: NORWAY
Adv. THEMBA MTHETWA: SOUTH AFRICA
Mr. WILCO VAN EEDEN: SOUTH AFRICA

http://www.mrgayworld.org/index.php/mr-gay-world-2012/organization/executive-committee

http://www.mrgayworld.org/index.php/mr-gay-world-2012/organization/regional-directors/europe

Representing SOUTH AFRICA:

Adv. THEMBA MTHETWA - CEO Public Protector of South Africa: http://www.pprotect.org/leadership/leadership.asp

Mr. WILCO VAN EEDEN - CEO Club Travel Honeydew


CHOREOGRAPHER: STEFAN CARSTENS, 3 WAY THEATRE http://www.3waytheatre.co.za/

SCRIPT WRITER: WIM VORSTER

DIRECTOR: KOSIE SMIT, KOSIE HOUSE OF THEATRE http://www.kosie.biz/



SAT. 26 Nov. 2011.

Doors open and ticket collection form 19h30.

Show starts at 20h30 sharp.


TICKETS: COMPUTICKET or any SHOPRITE or CHECKERS

Price: Stalls from R150
VIP (balcony): From R250
VIP get own area, own bar, gift bags and free entry to After-Party at PLUM with Computicket ticket stub.

Online here: http://online.computicket.com/web/event/mr_gay_south_africa_tm_2011/419163511/


OFFICIAL SPONSORS: http://www.mrgsa.co.za/blog/official-sponsors-2011/

PRIZES: http://www.mrgsa.co.za/blog/prizes-2011/

MR. GSA BOARD OF DIRECTORS: http://www.mrgsa.co.za/blog/contact-us/

AFTER-PARTY: PLUM, PRETORIA

Secrets Make You Sick

An interesting read is Durban business man Trevor Kleinhans' book Secrets Make You Sick. It i sshockingly honest and he brings the message home without ever stooping to moralise. The book is nwo available at CNA, Exclusive Books and at www.kalahari.com

The author writes:
"My life has been a journey; I have visited the devil’s den and landed in the enchanted magical garden. This is a story that will capture your imagination, as I take you through the life of a gay man living in South Africa in the early 1980s and enduring arrest. I had a childhood of living with an alcoholic father and with a sibling that sexually molested me over a six-year period. I was forced to complete two years of National Service in apartheid South Africa and witnessed horrific events in the townships whilst doing compulsory military camps along the way.

I entered into a nine-year emotionally abusive gay relationship, which made me focus instead on a successful career path. At 39 years old I was a successful businessman who never drank alcohol, or smoked cigarettes and was totally against drugs.

When I reached my forties, all this changed. I was faced with huge challenges in my career, ended my nine-year abusive relationship, found drugs, and became HIV positive. By the age of 43, I was a crack cocaine addict and came face to face with the devil; I was on the verge of losing everything, including my life. With a 3% chance of success, I entered rehabilitation clinging to the belief that I would be one of those 3 out every 100 crack cocaine addicts who triumph over their addiction. I had to believe that I could conquer this drug whose addicts are referred to in the drug world as having stooped as low as sucking the devil’s cock.

Thanks to the amazing people I had surrounded myself with, including friends and family, I managed to enter rehabilitation, and found a counselling therapist that I visited weekly over a five-year period. This biography explains the psychological journey I went through, as my counsellor helped me empty my emotional tank and rid myself of emotions that I had not been equipped to deal with as a child.

I hope to help people that are experiencing or have experienced life in a similar way. I also believe this book will help the families and friends of people experimenting with drugs, or dealing with HIV.

After everything I have been through there is not one thing I would change, as long as I know I would end up where I am at present."