{"id":146093,"date":"2017-03-08T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/146093\/sponsor-young-talent\/"},"modified":"2017-03-08T15:31:51","modified_gmt":"2017-03-08T13:31:51","slug":"sponsor-young-talent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2017\/03\/08\/sponsor-young-talent\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch talented Germiston dancer in action and help her get to Blackpool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>She is a talented young girl and ready to take the dancing world by storm.<\/p>\n<p>The only obstacle in Jessica Silva\u2019s way is funding.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>J<a href=\"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/145032\/young-dancer-needs-support\/\">essica (11) has qualified to represent South Africa at the Freestyle World Championships, to be held in Blackpool, in the United Kingdom, in June.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, without the generous help of the community and local businesses, her dream will not become a reality.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>Here are two videos of Jessica in action, so you can see for yourself how talented she is.<\/p>\n<p>Jessica\u2019s slow spot dance:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jessica Silva&amp;apos;s slow spot dance.\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ETXBcT9WDwQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Jessica\u2019s solo dance:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jessica Silva&amp;apos;s solo dance.\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PqVI7Z5X8ho?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>To help make her dream come true her family is also organising a number of fundraising events.<\/p>\n<p>The first of these is a Bingo Night which is set to take place at the <a href=\"http:\/\/edenvalegermanclub.co.za\/\">German Club<\/a> (8-10 Plantation Road, Eastleigh, Edenvale) on March 25.<\/p>\n<p>The event will start at 4pm and there is an entrance fee of R50.<\/p>\n<p>The evening is hosted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Universal-Dance-Centre-192172510811094\/\">Universal Dance Centre<\/a>, where Jessica trains.<\/p>\n<p>There will be adult\u2019s bingo, children\u2019s bingo, raffles, live entertainment, jumping castles, food and drink on sale and loads of prizes up for grabs.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the evening or to book tickets email paula@fehrsen.co.za or call 083 302 9161.<\/p>\n<p>Community members and local businesses can also make donations into the following account in order to help the youngster get to Blackpool:<\/p>\n<p>Account name: Jessica Silva<\/p>\n<p>Bank: First National Bank<\/p>\n<p>Account number: 62453543699<\/p>\n<p>Account Type: Youth account<\/p>\n<p>For more information contact Jessica\u2019s mother Charlene on 083 250 6335.<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='0b172ad5ccd870f9ef04e2f5504b1d46'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Local youngster needs sponsorship from the community to make her dream a reality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":146094,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Melissa Hart","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[13727,1835,7263,1721,13726,979,969,13725,2734],"class_list":["post-146093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-blackpool","tag-dance","tag-dancer","tag-dancing","tag-freestyle-world-championships","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-jessica-silva","tag-melissa-hart"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["blackpool","dance","dancer","dancing","freestyle world championships","germiston","germiston city news","jessica silva","melissa hart"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1848"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146093\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}