Follow the dance moves of former TelCell Breakthrough urban dance winner Bianca Dijkhoffz and qualify to win cash and Top-Up giveaway prizes.
POND ISLAND--TelEm Group is promoting a Carnival dance-off challenge for the St. Maarten community for anyone experiencing Carnival withdrawal symptoms.
The company said it wants customers to stay home and stay safe during the coronavirus lockdown, but also wants the general community to remain connected to each other and to keep happy despite the anxiety and stress caused by the virus.
“For us in the Caribbean, one of the best ways to reduce stress and have fun is through dance. If not for the coronavirus we would be dancing in the streets this month because Carnival would still be on,” said TelEm Group Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) Michiel Parent on Thursday.
He said TelEm Group is one of the main annual sponsors of the island’s premier tourism event; therefore it is fitting that the company should come up with a creative way to keep the spirit of Carnival alive through a social-media dance-off contest, assisted by former TelCell Breakthrough urban dance category winner Bianca Dijkhoffz.
“Bianca is using her wonderful talent to choreograph a Carnival dance that anyone at home can follow and submit as a 15-second video entry to their wall on Facebook and/or Instagram, using some of her dance steps and any extra moves contestants might want to add for effect,” said Parent.
He said the video entry with the most “likes” will win US $250 and the second place winner will receive $100. There will also be giveaways of $50 of Top-Up credit given out each day during the entire promotion campaign, which ends on April 21.
“We understand that people may be sitting at home and missing their Carnival Jump-up this year, so we are bringing a little bit of Carnival cheer to them with the Carnival dance-off challenge,” he said.
Parent said anyone still feeling sad at not being in Carnival this year should visit TelEm Group’s
www.telemgroup.sx/dance-off right away to learn all about the competition rules and be a part of TelEm Group’s first virtual Carnival event ever.
Contestants can tag TelEm and Bianca in their post on Facebook TelcellNV/Bianca Dijkhoffz and on Instagram
@telemnv/@bb_bad , using hashtags #TelEmConnectingYou and #DanceOffChallenge when posting their videos.
