Levi's music contest next month

JAKARTA (JP): High school students from several major cities will once again compete in the 1999 Levi's Music Brawl contest for cash prizes totaling Rp 14.5 million, trophies and gifts from the sponsors.

For the first time, well-known clothes producer PT Levi Strauss Indonesia is cooperating with the Rotaract Club Jakarta Metropolitan to organize its third music contest, which will be held at Bengkel Nightpark discotheque in South Jakarta on Nov. 27.

The Rotaract Club Jakarta Metropolitan, a division of the Rotary Club specializing in youth development, will help the clothes producer by donating Rp 2,000 (25 U.S. cents) from every ticket sold to a fund to sponsor music development for one year at three schools which win the contest.

Participants of the contest come from Jakarta, Bogor, Tangerang, Bekasi, Bandung, Semarang and Surabaya.

According to Levi's commercial manager, Iwan Wananda, the organizers, starting this year, will support youths in their commitment and interest in music.

He said this year's contest would be called "Ini Musik Gua" (This Is My Music), in which students would be required to perform their own creations.

"The young generation has to think about their originality and not only their freedom," he added. (01)