Girls' Generation to Hold Charity Auction with Woongjin Coway

It was revealed on September 21st that Woongjin Coway will be holding a “Beautiful Auction” event at Times Square in Yeongdeungpo with female idol group Girls’ Generation on the 27th to help women who are neglected.

This event was prepared to support neglected women who are the head of their household to start a new life and become independent. They will be auctioning off props used by Girls’ Generation during the Woongjin Coway ads.

The event will start on the 27th, and all nine members will be present at Times Square in Yeongdeungpo to introduce each item they’ve prepared to have auctioned.

The official auction will be open through the online auction site (www.cowaygirls.com) on the 28th and will be open until the end of next month. Every week, each member’s item will be sold in order.

The items to be auctioned off will be props seen in Girls’ Generation’s “Coway, Please Take Care Of Mom” series. These items will include the one-piece worn by Yoona, Yuri’s shirt, and Taeyeon’s jeans, along with a total of 29 other items that were used by all nine members of Girls’ Generation.

Kang Sungho, director of Woongjin Coway’s marketing department, stated, “This event will be a new way of contributing to society, combining the thoughts of a company and top star advertising models to help women neglected in their household. All earnings from the auction will be donated to help women who are the head of their households to become independent and find a new life, which is fitting to the Self-Sterilizing Water Purifier Girls’ Generation is currently advertising.”

Meanwhile, Woongjin Coway has been continuing on with the “Coway, Please Take Care Of Mom” campaign with Girls’ Generation after signing them as models for their water purifiers in March of 2011.

SNSD to participate in Woongjin Coway's 'Beauty Auction' on Sept 27th

SNSD will be participating in the ‘Beauty Auction’ event on September 27th at Yeongdeungpo Times Square, organized by Woongjin Coway to help less fortunate women.

For this event, lines of products featured in the ‘Coway, Please Take Care of Mom’ advertisement series will be put up for auction. All 9 SNSD members, who are expected to be present at Yeongdeungpo Times Square, will also be introducing their exclusive auction items. The full-fledged auction will be kicking off from September 28th till the end of October through Woongjin Coway’s online auction site (www.cowaygirls.com).

Among the 29 items that would be auctioned are YoonA’s one-piece dress, Yuri’s shirts, Taeyeon’s jeans, etc. These items will be up for bidding on a weekly basis.

Chief of the marketing division, Kang SungHo said, “Proceeds of the donation would go to the less fortunate women so that they could be independent and move on with a better life, which is in line with the message conveyed by SNSD in the self-sterilizing water purifier advertisement.”

Singer Sung Sikyung Charmed by Girls' Generation

Singer Sung Sikyung showed his affection for Girls’ Generation.

On September 20th during SBS “Strong Heart”, Sung Sikyung caused laughter by confessing that after being discharged from the army he has been seeing girl groups not as junior singers, but as celebrities.

Sung Sikyung stated, “Girls’ Generation guest starred on my radio show and were fussing over something. They were playing rock, paper, scissors with each member naming one of my songs that they wanted to hear.”

He added, “Their rock, paper, scissors didn’t end with one match. The more they played, the more my happiness grew.” He caused laughter in the studio by confessing that he was touched and stated, “I almost went around telling people that Girls’ Generation likes me.”

Super Dome thanks SONEs for SNSD's successful 2nd tour in Taiwan

(Any official pictures for 2^nd tour?)

Super Dome staff: Of course there will be photo sharing, we’ve already sent SM the photos, after some verification, we can post it for everyone!

(Do you remember what happened to YoonA when they reached the airport?)

Super Dome staff: I do remember, of course. When YoonA came out from the airplane, staffs realised that she wasn’t feeling well. After confirming with the Korean staffs, she was having a little flu then and her body was aching. She had injections on that day.

On the second day I asked the Korean staffs if she needed to go to the hospital, the staffs told me that she has fully recovered and we don’t have to worry!

Staff’s account:

Sone’s greatness… is growing continuously….

From the 1^st tour to the 2^nd, it’s not difficult to realise SNSD and SONE’s changes,

Seeing that the girls are becoming more mature, confident and enjoying their own stage performances, how about SONEs?

Just within 11 months, they were twice as fast when entering the stadium (it was surprising)!

I also discovered that female fans population grew after the 1^st tour and there were also a lot of couples, spouses who came together!

SONEs at the first tour were enthusiastic and lively, yet SONEs at the second tour were better at organisation and unity. Besides just being enthusiastic, they became greater.

I was really touched at the scenes, feeling that 30,000 people are supporting them and being together with them, I enjoyed the performance too!

Some reporters who saw the performances of the SONEs and asked me, “How did they improve so much from last year? Exactly how much time did they spend preparing for the events?”

I replied him in pride, “Less than a week! Together with the generation of ideas and organisation, they took 2 months!”

Upon hearing my reply, the reporter was stunned and he made a conclusion, “You should take out some money and set up a company for them, there’s nothing they can’t do!”

I was happy and at the same time so proud that it seemed like my children getting 1^st in their classes…!

I really have to thank the ‘Event committee’ who were involved in the planning and running of the events successfully this time.

I remember the 3 days we collaborated; we formed words, shouted fan chants, sang together and threw the pink ribbons together.

I remember the moment before the pink ribbon event, I saw an 80-year-old grandma at the yellow 2C area, who stood up, prepared, and throw the ribbons together with us..!

At that moment, I was 101% touched, to think that they could make an 80-year-old lady go “Gee Gee Gee Gee Baby baby baby”, they could make her return to her ‘Sonyeo’ times with SNSD – How amazing was their power?

Another point worth praising was the cleanliness of the stages.

Nearly no one threw towels or presents towards the stage, so I hope that we can achieve an absolute clean stage during the third tour!

However, I think that there is room for improvement during the third tour.

“Pink Ocean, is that really so difficult?”

This time, there were still a lot of purple, bluish light sticks in the pink ocean and some even brought lightboards, another with a super long light stick and others with horns of blue and pink lights.

Also, some forgot to turn off their lights after the word formation event…!

The Pink Ocean represents fans’ determination, also a form of respect for the girls.

What I don’t understand is that, since you can do it so well for ticketing and event practices, you should be able to ensure that your light stick is pink!

Lastly, I have to say thanks to all the fan clubs, because of your hard work, blood, sweat and tears, SONEs can have such a beautiful memory.

Even SNSD were so touched that they said, “This is the greatest treasure we got these years!”

Making them say this, I believe that our hard work and sacrifice of our sleeping hours were paid off,

Thank you very much!

I look forward to greater SONEs and Pink Ocean during the 3^rd tour!

Super Dome staff 2011.09.20

Yuri and Tiffany to host MBC's 'Cover Dance Festival Kpop Road Show' with Yoon Do-hyun

On September 20th, MBC’s PD Lee Heung-woo talked about the widespread of the Hallyu wave during the MBC ‘Cover Dance Festival Kpop Road Show 40120’ press meeting held at 12pm at a restaurant near the MBC Dream Centre.

While Lee Heung-woo PD talked about the popularity of Hallyu wave in countries like Brazil, USA, Japan and Spain, it was announced that on September 27th, the final contest will be held in Gyeongjoo Indoor stadium, with the participation of 16 teams that passed the preliminary contest. On that day, member of rock band YB Yoon Do-hyun and SNSD members Tiffany and Yuri will be the MCs.

Lee Heung-woo PD is particularly anticipating to see the collaborative ‘Run Devil Run’ stage of Yoon Do-hyun and SNSD during the final contest. Yoon Do-hyun put up a ‘Run Devil Run’ performance on the MBC programme ‘I am a Singer’, which will become another attraction point during the dance cover festival.

SNSD to comeback in October, date yet to be finalised

On September 20th, SM Entertainment said to TV Daily, “SNSD’s comeback will be in October. We are making the final comeback decisions.”

This time, the deciding factor of SNSD’s comeback and album release dates is the recovery of Sooyoung’s injury from the car accident that happened on August 29th.

A representative from SM said, “We are at the last stage of album production now, while the comeback date is subjected to change according to Sooyoung’s recovery. Although it does not affect the October comeback, we will adjust the date according to her recovery.”

It is also known that America’s famous song composer Teddy Riley participated in SNSD’s album preparation.

SNSD captured the hearts of Japanese comedians

SNSD are also enjoying huge popularity among Japanese comedians.

On September 20th, Japanese media, News Post Seven published an article entitled, “SNDS’s Fan, Comedian Nainai Okamura, ‘I Met Them In My Dream’”. According to this article, there has been a rapid increase among comedians who are turning into SNSD’s hardcore fans.

These comedians who went to SNSD’s concerts held in Japan cheered for the girls with fanlights in both hands. A representative of a Japanese broadcasting said, “Almost all comedians, from newcomers to those in the medium-class like to be known as SNSD’s fans. Comedian Nainai Okamura had even talked about his ‘I Met Them In My Dream’ on radio while Goto praised the girls for their dances”.

In addition to that, a broadcast writer said, “Imada who went to watch the same concert for 3 times, preferred to watch from the ordinary seats, just like other hardcore fans”, supporting the fact about Japanese comedians’ love towards SNSD.

It is once again proven that SNSD are the real Hallyu stars, who are not only successful in capturing the hearts of the Japanese public but also the entertainers as well.