SAMP08: SITE MAPS & SCHEDULES NOW ONLINE!

24th October 2008 - Newsletter
SITE MAP & STAGE SCHEDULES NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE + LOTS OF COMPETITIONS & EVENT INFO

Hi Live Music fans, before you head off on your long labour day weekend away, hop online at www.southernamp.co.nz and download your SAmp 08 Site Map and confirmed stage schedules... Some things to explain:

Vodafone mobile recycling - there will be a special fast-track entry lane at the main entrance for fans who bring along old mobile phones to recycle with various spot prizes to be won on the day! FreeTxt 'AMP' to 787 and more details will be revealed in the week leading up to the event. Do your stuff for the environment, all phones collected are donated to Enable Community who refurbish reusable handsets and give them to entreprenuers in developing countries creating the best environmental outcome. Any phones that can't be refurnished will be sent to specialist recyclers who manage the dismantling process according to international best practices. Vodafone NZ has a target to collect 100,000 handsets for reuse and recycling this year so let's try and get 1000 from Southern Amp 08... Bring your old or junk phones and get a chance to win something cool!

Rides - on the site map there are three great rides. Firstly we welcome HIGH JUMP, NZ's only VERTICAL BUNGY ROCKET to Southern Amp for the first time... hurtling riders 20 metres into the air at speeds of 3G's its an absolute BUZZ... We also welcome back the head-spinning/stomach churning ROUND UP and the inverting/swinging/screaming KAMIKAZE... Seasoned Amp attendees from previous years will remember both these rides with varying degrees of fondness, or not...!! Get amongst the thrill rides at Southern Amp 08 to pump that adrenaline through your veins!

Tickets - folks, they are selling... we'll say it again but don't miss out! Only 1900 GA standing tickets are still available for the Main Arena and as each stage has a limited capacity with entrance on a first come first served basis to make sure you get down into the Mosh-pit get online or get down to Ticketek (check TICKETS page at www.southernamp.co.nz for all locations) or visit the i-SITE Visitor Centre in Cathedral Square NOW! Real Groovy should hopefully be back on sale with Southern Amp tickets after the long weekend, if you've read the news you'll understand... We'll let you know!

Speight's Summit VERY Limited offer - Until the end of October, specific South Island liquor retail outlets have a special promotion currently running on Southern Amp tickets. A VERY LIMITED amount of redeemable vouchers are on offer that give you a 3rd Southern Amp ticket FREE with the purchase of two General Admission tickets. To qualify you need to buy 2 x 12 packs of Speight's Summit Beer to get your voucher. Terms & conditions apply, look out for the Speight's Summit & Southern Amp posters instore or ask at the retail store counter to confirm they are one of the participating outlets. There are also Southern Amp give-aways happening through most popular Speight's bars in Christchurch. Good luck and don't mess with nature!

Gibson Epiphone Guitar competition - for all Canterbury Amp fans tune into the drive show on 92More FM Canterbury over the next two weeks to have the chance to win an awesome Epiphone electric Guitar + some cool Vodafone stuff + Amp tickets. The Epiphone is a beauty. SAmp has the BEST competition prizes, tune into MoreFM to get a chance to tune up your own Epiphone Guitar!
 (check the guitar out at - http://www.epiphone.com/default.asp?ProductID=23&CollectionID=16)

Listen to The Rock & The Edge and tune into C4 TV from next week onwards for the final Southern Amp countdown + heaps of chances to win upgrades to your Southern Amp experience, cool Vodafone stuff and the chance to get backstage, onstage, upstaged at whatever stage you fancy!

Other cool competitions: Check out the 'Music, Mares & Moshpits' promotion for NZ Cup & Show Week on 91ZM Canterbury next week. The chance to win the ultimate weekend out at Riccarton Races & Southern Amp.

Loads more info coming over the next 2 weeks but as we get closer to the event the BEST way to get quick info quickly will be through the Vodafone TxtAlerts so if you haven't done it FreeTxt AMP to 787 on your Vodafone mobile and you'll get updates direct to your phone for FREE...

See you in 2 weeks. Vote with your feet at the Southern Amp 08 Party on Sunday 9th November!!
More news next week!
The SAmp08 Team

www.southernamp.co.nz
www.christchurchmusic.org.nz/events/southern-amp-2008