CORAL GABLES, Fla. (www.SonyEricssonOpen.com) - You don't have to be a tennis player to win at this year's Sony Ericsson Open. Teaming up with local radio station Power 96, the Sony Ericsson Open is giving local high school students a chance to join the likes of Grammy Award-winning singers Kelly Rowland, Jose Feliciano, Jon Secada and Teen Choice Award-wining singer JoJo in performing the National Anthem on Stadium Court at one of the biggest sports' events of the year.
Power 96 will host a two-week contest among South Florida High School students beginning March 10 with the winner singing the National Anthem on Stadium Court at the 2008 Sony Ericsson Open.
To enter the contest, local high school students will upload their MP3 audio files of their rendition of the National Anthem onto the Power 96 website. At the conclusion of the first week, five finalists will be selected by the Power 96 staff. Each finalist will have a profile created and posted on the Power 96 website. Beginning March 17, week two of the contest, one finalist per day will come to the studio to persuade listeners to vote for them. Listeners can vote for their favorite vocalist at www.power96.com . The top vote getter will sing the National Anthem on April 3, prior to evening session matches on Stadium Court.
Each of the five finalists will receive the new Sony Ericsson portable Bluetooth ™ speaker MBS-100. The small, yet powerful wireless speaker looks spectacular and delivers crystal clear sound, so no matter where they go, each singer can enjoy the sound of their National Anthem moment.
ABOUT THE SONY ERICSSON OPEN: The 2008 Sony Ericsson Open will be played March 26- April 6 at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park in Miami. The 12-day combined event, founded by Butch Buchholz in 1985, is owned by IMG. The Sony Ericsson Open is one of nine ATP Masters Series events on the ATP calendar, a top tier event on the Sony Ericsson WTA TOUR calendar, and features the top men's and women's tennis players in the world. In 2007, Novak Djokovic defeated Guillermo Canas for his first Sony Ericsson Open title, while Serena Williams defeated Justine Henin to win her fourth title in Miami. For ticket information, call (305) 442-3367 or visit the website at www.SonyEricssonOpen.com.
ABOUT SONY ERICSSON: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications was established as a 50:50 joint venture by Sony and Ericsson in October 2001, with global corporate functions located in London. The company serves the worldwide communications market with innovative and feature-rich mobile phones, accessories and PC-cards, and it has R&D sites in Europe, Japan, China, India and America. Sony Ericsson is the title sponsor of the Women's Tennis Association, and works with the Association to promote the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour in over 80 cities during the year. For more information, please visit www.SonyEricsson.com.
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