Italien DHQ 2006

Giulio: The first and eagerly awaited 2006 European Dancehall Queen Contest has been cancelled four days before showing it. Why? What is happened? A lot of buses full of people from all over Europe were coming in Bologna to see that show…

Enrico: Surely that season has not been lucky for us… We always try to work in a professional way but sometimes we have to cope with dishonest people… So, that is a very simple question: during May we had rent the Palanord in Bologna – the same venue of last year, then we started thinking about that big event and promoting it. In October, the proprietors of that venue had withdrawn the previous decisions because of bureaucratic problems linked to the unfit of the building “Palanord”. Thus, we were looking for a new location. Then, we rent the “Starcity Club” in Bologna and we started the promotion of that event again. But some days before the show, the Authorities had affixed an official seal to the doors of the “Starcity” because of the unfit for use of that building. When the Authorities condemned this one, Pirates Production consulted its lawyers. They sayd they cannot act in order to ask for that building to be declared habitable in time for holding the event "The 2006 Big One". Anyway, we stay strong. During 2007 we would want to produce the first European Dancehall Queen Contest and another highest quality edition of the Italian Dancehall Queen Contest. On April 21st, 2007 European queens will fight for the European crown; that is a promise. Then, the Queen will represent Europe at the International Competition in Montego Bay, Jamaica in August 2007. Let follow the latest news about those events on www.dancehallqueen.it,
www.dancehallqueen.eu and www.piratesproduction.com.


Special thanks to:
Enrico Vicari – Pirates Production' s general manager
David “King Kong” Fanfano – Pirates Production's press office & marketing
Lisa “MissTake” Cataldo – Pirates Production's artist coordinator (Mobile: +39 349 55 20 98 0)