Traditionally the drawing of lots for the CEV Volleyball Champions League is carried out on the occasion of the CEV gala at the platinum vienna UNIQA Tower. 400 guests from 35 European countries participated in the event which was be broadcasted in more than 20 countries.
Last year the logo of the European Championship, the official homepage and the first ambassadors of the event were presented. This year all eyes were on Austria’s national team: Besides the presentation of the players, the gala saw the presentation of the official Eurovolley song and its singer (Caroline Kreutzberger alias Caroline Cross, 23) as well as the official mascots. Song and mascots are the result of a competition among schools and their students. Following an online vote the two mascots will be named “Sepp and Pavel”.
The official song ("Get it on") is produced by a true master of his trade: Alexander Kahr who already worked with Austria’s singer Christina Stürmer and scored several number one hits with her. This week Kahr worked with the victorious students and Austria’s team players to record the official song. The successful result was presented tonight at the gala.
The organizers received 60 proposals for mascots. A jury of experts (CCA, Design Austria, ORF, teachers and representatives of the Austrian Volleyball Federation) finally decided on the two stars by Christina Uhl. Uhl is a student of the College of Graphic design in Vienna. Her project was supported by the teachers Giovanni Corsaro and Michael Hajek.
The team behind the Eurovolley song school project:
Matthias Hammer : project director / teacher at the cooperative sports middle school SMS2, Wittelsbachstraße 6,1020 Vienna
Georg Stanzl: teacher at the SMS 2 / video production
Regine Kuhnle : teacher at the SMS 2 / choreography
Luisa Thum : teacher at the Sir Karl Popper School, 1150 Vienna/ lyrics and music
Martin Pauser: musician
The singer of the Eurovolley song:
Born in Vienna Caroline Kreutzberger aka Caroline Cross grew up in Klosterneuburg at the outskirts of Vienna. Already at the age of 7 years she discovered her love of singing; she took piano and singing lessons at the music school Klosterneuburg and was active in many music projects. Soon her hobby turned into an ambitious work: she worked hard on developing her voice and underwent several courses in the fields of voice and performance training for musical and jazz at the Vienna Music Institute. Several months ago the 23-year-old presented her first album "welcome".
Producer:
Alexander Kahr
Producer / Composer
Date of birth: August 16, 1965 in Vienna.
With Christina Stürmer he scored three number one hits (“Ich lebe”, “Mama ana ahabak”,
“Vorbei“). Other Projects involved Mario Lang, Nadine, Two in One, Die Neuen Österreicher, Luttenberger – Klug, Manuel Ortega
Tickets for the European Championship – Austria:
The tickets for Austria’s biggest sports event are available at: www.eurovolley2011.com/de/tickets.html
Prague: www.sazkaticket.cz Karlovy Vary: www.ticketportal.cz
Further information:
www.eurovolley2011.com
www.cev.lu
www.volleynet.at
www.cvf.cz
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