The summer holidays and Christmas season is upon us and this is the time of the year when friends and colleagues get together to spend some quality (and quantity) time together. One of the best ways to do this is around a fire with a couple of drinks followed by some seriously good food. Bliss!
Over the weekend we went to see the very talented and awesome Centrestage band doing their Afrikaans show called "Rock Befonk". The Centrestage entertainment company has been in existence for 14 years doing mostly rock related shows, but this was the first time they tried their hand at an Afrikaans production. And I have to say: "It was good". Here the show's female lead, Elsabe Rademeyer and Centrestage musical director, Wayne Kallis are doing Liani Mey and Jay (from Eden)'s "Toe stop my hart".
Quite a number of the private game reserves around Port Elizabeth have traditional dancers as part of the entertainment for their guests. Most of the youngsters in the groups dancing on the reserves either live on the surrounding farms or in one of the small towns close by. Although South Africans are used to traditional African dancers, the international visitors love it and it always end up as one of the highlights of their visit to the reserves.
I was watching these guys perform at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town the other day... ... and this guy actually went under a burning rod balanced on dumpy (500ml) Coca-Cola bottles
In 1971 the Port Elizabeth Shakespearean Festival requested that a open air theatre be developed in St Georges Park and this request was approved by the city's Parks and Recreation Committee. The driving force behind this was Bruce and Helen Mann, doyens of the theatre in PE. The theatre comprises a stage and grassed area with grassed tiers where seats are placed. It is utilised by the Port Elizabeth Shakespearean Festival which stage their annual Shakespear play there, but is…
Traditional dancers at Kwantu Game Reserve outside Port Elizabeth entertaining guests before dinner. This kind of entertainment usually includes dances from different South African cultures as well as story telling.
I worked a shift at the FIFA Fan Fest at St Georges Park last night and popped out to have a look at the entertainment on the stage between the matches on the big screen. On the stage was a local rap band strutting their stuff to the enjoyment of the crowd.
The South African Marine Rehabilitation Centre, SAMREC runs a rehabilitation centre at Cape Recife to care for the sick and injured Marine Life of Algoa Bay and neighbouring coast line. They run educational programs at the centre and one of the features that the kids love the most is the Mouse House. The Mouse House was built in recognition to the wild mice that had to give up their homes in order for the centre to be built.
The Boardwalk has a range of entertainment options for the littlies. Everything from merry go rounds to putt putt and go carts. Obviously if you have two Rugrats like us it can be a bit heavy on the wallet for an evening of fun. But lots of people leave their wallets at home, park their car at the Boardwalk's parking and take a nice slow walk through the centre on their way to the beach..GPS: 33°59'1.96"S, 25°39'27.55"E
The other night we went to see Nedine Blom do her Supercool kids show at the Boardwalk's Vodacom Amphitheatre. We saw her for the first time when we were on holiday last December and as soon as the Rugrats heard that she was coming to town they wanted to go. And we weren't disappointed. Drama Princess (the blondie in the white top in front of the banner) danced every song and went up onto stage every chance she got.