Nothing to do yet for Easter- get to SPLASHY
When I think back to the 90’s and the first Splashy Fen that I ever went to, I have a vague recollection of some very groovy days spent lolling around in crusty clothes listening to folky types singing about flowers and peace… ah yes those glorious sunny daze lying lazily in the lap of the majestic Drakensberg mountains … ahhh… Splashy – u beauty. B…ack in the day the Splashy Fen festival was a haven for anyone that loved live music, old brown sherry and tie-die t-shirts…well I i bet you that not much has changed – and I’ll eat my beanie if it has. It’s a fantastic platform to check out both new and old talent and a veritable music driving force particularly for the Kwazulu/Natal music scene. Splashy Fen is back on and looking bigger n better than eva. It’s from Thursday 24th March to Monday 28th March – yes that’s the Easter weekend – it takes place on the farm Splashy Fen, situated 19 kms from Underberg in the Southern Drakensberg Mountains. There’s a sparkling river that runs through it and generally sunny days. Don’t forget your tent. The line-up is a lot less folky than back in da day – some of the well-known names i would love to check out: Diesel Whores, Prime Circle, Deluxe, Thumi and the Volume, 340ml, Fuzigish and the Rudimentals… Limited discount tickets of R250 are available on a first-come first-serve basis – available at various GAME stores and through computicket… but once those are sold out they will revert to the very reasonable price of R320 for the entire weekend which includes camping etc – you can buy them at the gate. And for those Rugby fans – only in South Africa – there’ll be a BIG SCREEN with the Super 12 Rugby on the SAt afternoon. So there’s no excuse. SPLASHY...
Joburg Photo Expo in Cape Town on till Sat 12 March
‘Is everybody comfortable?’ an exhibition of photographic works by women from the Market Photography Workshop, curated by Lori Waselchuk, opened on Thursday 17 February as part of the Month of Photography in Cape Town – Come on down from the mountain and check it out! Castle of Good Hope Mon-Sun 9am-4pm Cnr Darling & Buitenkant Street Cape Town 17 February – ý 12 Mar…ch 2005 Photographers: Alexia Webster, Matshepo Motsoeneng, Keorapetse Mosimane, Ntombifuthi Zasekhaya, Vathiswa Ruselo, Refiloe Motsapi, Cariýa Booyens, Zola Gule, Portia Ngwenya, Nontsikelelo Veleko, Phindi Flepu, Zanele Muholi, Ingrid Masondo. ‘Is everybody comfortable?’ has been exhibited at the Museum Africa, Johannesburg and Fortaleza de Maputo, Mozambique, as part of the Photo Festa 2004 For more information please contact Keorapetse Mosimane 011 834 1444 or email on: photoworks@market.theatre.co.za...
LAST DAYS OF THE DANCE UMBRELLA !!!!
If you haven’t been yet – SHAME ON YOU! But you better hurry coz tickets are selling fast and furiously for the last week of DANCE…. Make sure not to miss out…. Check out the website Dance Umbrella The tickets are really reasonable – prices range from R25,00 to R50,00 – they’re available at computicket OR A…T THE DOOR- there is a broad range of performers to choose from and its staged all over our glowing city. I had a glance at the program and spotted a couple of shows I can reccommend – I remember seeing Boyzie Cekwana perform a few umbrellas back – yum yum those abs – he’s got his show CUT on March 11 & 12 – Wits downstairs theatre 19h30. The FIRST PERFORMANCE ON MARCH 11 is SOLD OUT!!! The final week of the FNB Dance Umbrella 2005, opens at The Dance Factory on March 14 & 15 at 19:30 with a new work from PJ Sabbagha. STILL HERE is an investigation and exploration of the stories and narratives of our experience over the past 10 years. In creating this work, Sabbagha has collaborated with Jennifer Ferguson and others. For some mind-bending check out a triple bill programme at The Wits Downstairs Theatre on March 16 & 17 at 20:00 . The programme includes Steven Cohen and Elu who have been resident in France for the past two years with the Chopinot Ballet Company. They will present MUNK/PUNK by Elu (see PIC) and DANCING INSIDE OUT by Steven Cohen. The third piece in this programme is the controversial piece SO IS ‘N OS GEMAAK by Peter van Heerden. These guys are WAY-OUt – don’t expect a pas de deux. The final programme takes place at The Wits Theatre on March 18 & 19 at 19:30. This features works from the two Phillip Stein Grant recipients: Athena Mazarakis and Hlengiwe Lushaba as well as UNKNOWN CITIZENS by Mdu Mtshali. The fourth choreographer in this programme is Tebby Ramasike who has been resident in Europe for the past 10 years and he makes his comeback to this country with a work entitled IF YOU CAN’T CHAIN MY SOUL, THEN CHAIN THE WORLD. For more info contact:...
Champagne SPAM doing the rounds
Ingenious! The email offer of FREE VEUVE CLICQUOT from a heavyweight at the SPIER wine estate called Mark L Parsons who promises you 6 bottles of FREE bubbly if you send the mail on to 10 friends… do your sums guys – the last time we checked Veuve was about R240 – R300 a bottle! That means we each get about R1800 worth of bubbly for free??? Just for p…ressing FORWARD? CONTENTS OF SPAM MAIL Hello all Champagne lovers. Send this message to 10 people, with a copy to champagne@veuve-clicquot.fr Veuve Clicquot France will contact you in order to deliver to you a case of champagne in three weeks. They are doing this to enlarge their database. It does work and you receive 6 bottles in 15 days. Mark L. Parsons, Director Education and Hospitality Services for Wine, Food & the Arts Spier (Pty) Ltd P.O. Box 1078 Stellenbosch, 7599 South Africa 021 809 1985 office 082 788 4911 mobile markp@spier.co.za VEUVE WEBSITE MESSAGE HOAX WARNING Dear websurfer, A promotional deal is currently on the Net regarding a free offer of a case of 6 bottles of Veuve Clicquot champagne. This is a hoax, totally beyond our control; and, of course, we are not the author. We do not gather any e-mail nor build up any database. We strongly condemn the author of this hoax and hope that it will end. Yours sincerely, Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin SPIER WINE ESTATE REPLY To whom it may concern, THE BELOW MESSAGE IS A HOAX (IT IS NOT TRUE) –Please DO NOT REPLY to this email notification as it was generated by an automated system– –If possible also inform your friends (the 10 people you’ve sent it to)– –You will not be added to some database for advertising or whatever purposes– THE HOAX: Begin—- Hello all Champagne lovers. Send this message to 10 people, with a copy to markp@spier.co.za Veuve Clicquot France will contact you in order to deliver to you a case of champagne in three weeks. They are doing this to enlarge their database. It does work and you receive 6 bottles in 15 days. —-END Your cooperation in this matter will be appreciated. SA Outsourcing(Pty)...
Fun lovin ol’ school Booze Sex and Rock nRoll
It looks like the GIF APPEL festival (lekker naam! it means poisoned Apple) in Stellenbosch is for lovers of all things hard and loud and real – sounds awesome… There are some classic sounding bands – some musical highlights for me – the Rudimentals and Kallitz – I am hoping to snag a few freebies for REPRESENT… readers so if You really want to go head-bashing and pogo-jumping I got three HALF PRICE tickests to give away – drop me a line on Editor We should get more info soon, but for now – if you’re in CT make sure to book Friday, 8 and Saturday, 9 April 2005 The Hidden Cellar, Stellenbosch R40 couvert charge per day And check out the not-quite finished but great potential website...
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