Mitchells Plain Arts & Culture Development Forum

Neutral Ground This Satnite!!!

2007-10-19T07:00:00.000-07:00

greetings sisters and brothers of rhythm,

on saturday evening at the katilist arts centre in 1 scott road observatory, dala flat music will be showcasing the two acts of jy7even and jean pierre.
we are also very grateful to have the maniac metalloids as a guest act to open things and to set the tone.

for those of you who are into good music and peaceful vibes, and NOT into a bunch of oversized white boys feeling each other up
while aggressively running around flat-footed, please come by. the evening starts at 9pm and is only R20! for this you get three top
class hip hop and soul acts, with a special dj set of tasty treats filled with surprises and good 'ol gems by ~andré Manuel before,
in between and around.

we don't need rugby! all we need is good music and nice people!
see you there!

much gratitude and huge respect,
we at dala flat music

Hype Magazine Live Sessions in Gugulethu

2007-10-16T09:31:00.000-07:00

Netral Ground - This Satnite at Katalist

2007-10-16T07:49:00.000-07:00

TROJAN HORSE PRESS CONFERENCE FOOTAGE DIGITISED

2007-10-12T02:01:00.000-07:00

15th October 2007 marks the 21st anniversary of the Trojan Horse Massacre, in Thornton Road, Athlone, Cape Town.

CVET holds the footage of the historic press conference that was held next day, 16 October 1985 bringing international attention to this tragic event. The press conference highlighted testimony of young children, who survived the tragedy, supported by Trevor Manual, then Secretary General of the United Democratic Front, Moulana Faried Essack and others.

More than 20 years later this footage has been digitized making it accessible to all.

Community Video Education Trust (CVET) conducts entry-level video production training courses to ‘bridge the gap’ for young people from marginalised backgrounds. It promotes the use of video as a development tool to empower organs of civil society to affect change, explore cultural expression and influence decision-makers.

The CVET hosts an archive of more than 2000 hours of historical video footage of the development and anti apartheid struggles of the people of the Western Cape over the past 20 years.

THE CVET ARCHIVE WEBSITE LAUNCH
More than 200 hours of footage has already been digitized. The material may be referenced via the CVET website that will be launched on 27 October 2007. The website will provide information about the content of the digital archive as it becomes available, providing reference material and clips of the footage.

The launch will take the form of a youth festival, utilizing the power of Arts and Culture, celebrating the youth of today who have taken up the baton from the youth of yesterday. The launch targets 500 youth leaders who are passionately and creatively shaping and rebuilding their communities. The guests will engage with artists spanning various genres, communicating a message of “Unity” and a call to “look out for one another”.

Today our youth is seen as the lost generation, surrendering to the allure of fashion and cell phone technology, threatened by the designer drugs and HIV. But they are also victims of our growing consumerist society with its fast eroding morality. They are constantly under threat from gangs, drug dealers and sexual predators, hence the call for young people to look out for one another.

The Youth Festival will involve 3 key elements:
 The Trojan Horse Press Conference Footage will be screened to honour the role of youth of the ’80..
 The festival will showcase young musicians, in a live stage performance, using their socially conscious lyrics to inspire the youth of today.
 The festival will provide the space for our young people to exhibit their achievements in arts and culture.

The launch will serve as a springboard for a Human Rights Awareness Road Show, targeting young people across the province, prioritizing the rural areas. The road show will promote the use of film/video as a development tool through the building of local film clubs. Film clubs will provide a collective of budding or aspirant film makers tasked to help communities celebrate the achievements and record the legacy of their communities. It brings to each community the power of the medium of film to facilitate communication, to mobilise residents, to educate each other and, as an art form, and provide opportunity for self expression and creativity.

In addition the youth will be trained in the use of online networking outlets to further network with each other and showcase their work, in particular the films that tell their own stories. The module will take the form of internet literacy training in local computer labs, with participants developing their own blogs and uploading their films onto You Tube.

Contact: Rozanno Davids – 072 424 3360
For Community Video Education Trust (CVET)
Tel: 021 696 4584

Soul Revolution @ Club Deluxe 6th Oct 07

2007-10-10T12:19:00.000-07:00

Jitz Vinger & Jethro @ The Waiting Room

2007-10-10T12:11:00.000-07:00

Monday Poetry Session @ Catu

2007-10-10T12:00:00.000-07:00

Chronic Clan Reggae Gig in Gugulethu 30th Sept 07

2007-10-10T11:42:00.000-07:00

Mark Fransman & Friends @ Armchair Theatre

2007-10-10T11:28:00.000-07:00

Goemarati Pics July 2007

2007-10-10T10:06:00.000-07:00

Fong Kong Bantu Sound System This Satnite!!!

2007-10-10T04:37:00.000-07:00

Jitzvinger & Jethro the Ghetto Poet

2007-10-04T06:56:00.000-07:00

"Breaking the legacy of Apartheid" Launch

2007-10-03T02:30:00.000-07:00

"Breaking the legacy of Apartheid" Launch
The Homecoming Centre of District Six Museum,
15 A Buitenkant Street, Cape Town
6th October 2007, this Saturday from 11H30 - 17H00

Suggested Programme:
11H30 - 12H00 - Introduction of the Project and its intention:-
- to become the equal and opposite force that counters the racist legacy of Apartheid & colonialism
- to break the divide by physically moving people to each others communities - transport
- to address the issue of racial tension in the western cape - family size - job opportunities - limited resources - self distruction
- to record songs, music videos and documentaries to expose our people to each other and encourage unity among the masses
- to pre-empt the racial war that is brewing in our township, already obvious with the Somalian killings and racial tension
- to address Xenophobia and economic inequalities and find ways to solve these
- to encourage discussion and taking action on suggested solution to better relations between South Africans
- to release R.A.P.S.S. (Rhymes Articles Poetry Short Stories Sketches) Volume 2
- to have a newsletter/ newspaper
- to develop new artistic skills in our communities

12H00 - 13H00 - Discussion about:-
- what the youth and hip hop community would like to see happen
- the racial tension in the Western Cape and South Africa.
- governments usage of Apartheid language
- physical and mental divide of apartheid remains
- apathy about each other perpetuates racism
- who really controls the finance and uses race to keep us divided
- race and religion used to spark genocide
- their media control is being used to keep the masses divided

13H00 - 14H00 - Lunch

14H00 - 15H00 - MC / Performance Workshop
- writing rhymes, short stories, poetry
- preparation of performance
- presentation of rhymes, poetry & story
- eye contact and expression
- earning from your words ... making words real

15H00 - 16H00 - Breaking/ New Skool Dance Workshop
- getting started with warm up
- b-boying / breakdancing and popping taught by Emile
- new skool dance taught by Leticia

16H00 - 17H00 - Showcase Final Circle / Showcase of outcomes
We hope that you will participate in making this an ongoing event. We would like to see this project expand to other cities and communities in the next few years. We feel that our future is in doubt if we do not move now to bring our youth together to fight collectively for the working classes rights in this capitalistic South Africa. We are also aware that race and religion is always used to divide the masses and divert attention from their real exploiters, so this project will bring youth to that understanding of the mechanisms used by media owned by Capitalism.

Thanking you in anticipation

Emile YX?

Project Breaking 2007

www.emileyx.co.za
www.healthehood.org

MPDJA Function in New Woodlands

2007-10-01T07:56:00.000-07:00

WCMA Overberg Musicians Workshop - Hermanus

2007-10-01T07:30:00.000-07:00

The Fraternity of Cape Streets - 14 Sept

2007-10-01T07:20:00.000-07:00

GOEMARATI FINAL SHOW 26 Sept 2007

2007-09-26T01:39:00.000-07:00

Dear friends

GOEMARATI final show of the pilot series @ Church Square
(behind the NG Kerk)
Wednesday 26 September 2007 12-2pm

Featuring:
Robbie Jansen and the Sons of Table Mountain, feat Jonathan Rubain
Driemanskap
Sandile Dikeni (who launched his new book this week)
Natalia
Endztheotherness and a couple of surprises
Foodcourt - come for lunch
Mobile vendor selling Cape Town products
The weather outlook is good. 28 degrees. Fresh south easterly. A little bit of cloud.
But nothing to dull your mind

On Wednesday the 26th of September, 12-2pm, in celebration of heritage week, we stage the final Goemarati show in the pilot series of 13 shows. Robbie Jansen and his Sons of Table Mountain feature, along with poet Sandile Dikeni who is literally back from the dead after his car accident and a poet once more. Singer songwriter Natalia performs, so do hip hop trio Driemanskap and female MC Endztheotherness.

And there will be another featured performance, to be revealed next week. It might be a performance cooking piece, it might be a goema symphony, it might be Prince. Come and see.

There will be food of course, so come for lunch. Pull up a table and chair on the square and enjoy great food from Nomzamo and Hoschim and others. The mobile vendor, part of a strategy for creating a streetlevel presence for Cape Town music products, will be centre stage and loaded with great Cape Town music and films and below shop prices.

Also Goemarati T-shirts on sale. And we'll be giving away some promo Goemarati compilations with T-shirts bought. And on the same day, we launch the newly revamped Goemarati website.

So take a look that day, it'll be a whole new Goemarati.

By the way, there's new video of the event on Youtube. go to goemarati.co.za to access it.

SA Music Day Program

2007-09-18T03:35:00.000-07:00

SOUTH AFRICAN MUSIC DAY
September 23rd, 2007, Manhattan School of Music
Cnr Broadway and 122nd, New York City

11:30 am Introduction to South African Music
Video-Conferencing Presentation
Leading South African musicians will be presented to a New York audience live from the University of Cape Town, South Africa via video-conferencing. This exciting technology enables these acclaimed South Africans to be present without having to leave South Africa. This is a great and personal introduction to the music and musicians of South Africa, including a discussion of South African jazz and African choral music, and general musical trends in the country. Included is a question and answer session between the musicians in Cape Town and the New York audience in a truly exciting and technologically advanced cross-continental exchange.

13:30 pm Afternoon Concert
South African Vocal Works
This short program explores a diversity of vocal music from South Africa, the country associated with miraculous voices and a huge wealth of vocal traditions. Presented works range from traditional Xhosa, Zulu and Afrikaans songs to contemporary works by James Wilding and Robert Fokkens for solo voice and larger vocal ensembles.

15:00 Southern African Music explored with Dizu Plaatjies
This afternoon workshop will focus on non-Western instrumental traditions of Southern Africa. Dizu Plaatjies’ interest in African percussion music has taken him to numerous countries on the continent, resulting in his large collection of hand-made sub-Saharan instruments, which he will use to lead the audience through the musics of the region. Plaatjies, the son of an African traditional healer, grew up in the Cape Town township, Langa, and has himself been initiated in the Xhosa/Pondo tribal tradition.
He is the founder and former leader of South Africa's internationally celebrated marimba group, AMAMPONDO, which he led in performance from the streets of Cape Town to international concert stages, from Canada to Taiwan, including Nelson Mandela’s Birthday Concert in Wembley Stadium. Dizu´s compositions and arrangements of traditional songs appear on five albums by his former group.
An incredibly dynamic teacher and solo performer, he has recently visited the USA, Scandinavia and Holland. He now teaches at the University of Cape Town.

18:30 Pre-Concert Talk with Kevin Volans
Kevin Volans has been described as “one of the planet’s most distinctive and unpredictable voices” by the Village Voice, and BBC Music Magazine listed him as one of the 50 most important living composers. He was born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, studied with Karlheinz Stockhausen and Mauricio Kagel in Cologne, and now lives in Dublin, Ireland.
Following a productive collaboration with the Kronos quartet in the 1980’s his work, principally in the field of chamber and orchestral music, has been regularly performed worldwide. Principal performances in the last years include the Berliner Festwoche, the Salzburg Festival, Vienna State Opera, Lincoln Centre, New York, the Pompidou Centre, Paris, the San Francisco Symphony and the BBC Proms.

19:30 South African Chamber Music Concert
Featured Composer: Kevin Volans
This evening concert will focus on the works of Kevin Volans, and will also feature chamber music works by internationally-acclaimed South African composers Hendrik Hofmeyer, Peter Klatzow, Paul Hanmer and Robert Fokkens. The audience will be treated to many American premieres, featuring some of New York’s and South Africa’s finest award-winning performers and contemporary music specialists.

Video-conference link with SA Music Day in New York

2007-09-18T03:30:00.000-07:00

UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN

Invitation

Video-conference link with SA Music Day in New York
In honour of our rich South African music heritage, you are cordially invited to attend the transmission of a panel presentation and Q & A session on South African music traditions via video-conference to SA Music Day at Manhattan School of Music (MSM), New York.

On the eve of SA Heritage Day, MSM and UCT have partnered in presenting this showcase of South African music in New York, one of the world’s great cultural capitals, to a diverse audience of music specialists and interest groups. The festivities in Manhattan will feature demonstrations and performances of South African music traditions by and of SA artists and composers. A programme for the event in NY is attached.
(Please note that times indicated on the programme are as per New York time)

DATE : Sunday 23 September 2007
TIME : 17h00 for 17h30 to 19h00
VENUE : Oliver Tambo Moot Court, 5th Floor, Kramer
Building, Middle Campus, UCT
RSVP to : Paul Sedres by Friday 21 September
paul.sedres@uct.ac.za tel: 021-650 2637

Sweet Spicy Music from the Island of Cuba

2007-09-18T03:22:00.000-07:00

Dear All

You are cordially invited to attend at least one of the two vibrant performances lead by the Cuban Percussionist Minel Melendez on Wednesday 19 September at 14H00 at the South African College of Music (UCT) next to the Baxter Theatre in Rondebosch. The second performance in conjuntion with the opening of the Mnynard Zylla art exhibition at the Artscape Theatre in the CBD, at 14H30 on Saturday 22 September 2007.

Please come and enjoy the sweet spicy music from the Island of Cuba, a big friend to the South African struggle of Apartheid. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the death of our geurilla Che Guevera.

All performance have free entry so please come and support this growing initiative of creating platforms where South African musicians are being challenge to embrace music from other cultures especially those in the African Diaspora.

Many thanks
Yours in solidarity
Ncebakazi Mnukwana

073 671 9753

Molo Songololo Fundraiser

2007-09-12T05:30:00.000-07:00

Dear family, friends and colleagues,

Your invitation to an evening of Jazz with Black Currant

Molo Songololo Fundraiser & Raffle Draw

13th September 2007

Manenberg’s Jazz Café in the Waterfront

Featuring: Jazz band Black Currant

Cover charge: R40

Time: 19h00 till late

Raffle Draw: 21h00

Bring Family and Friends

The Raffle – For just R20 you stand chance of winning a 2 nights stay for 2 at a Protea Hotel

Funds will help Molo Songololo to protect children from abuse, sexual exploitation and human trafficking

For more info contact: Shirley on 021-7625420

FEEL THE REAL URBAN STREETWEAR

2007-09-12T05:24:00.000-07:00

FEEL THE REAL URBAN STREETWEAR

The Fraternity of Capestreets presents...
A showcase of live hip hop performers doin it for the love!

Artists include:
Diff-erent - a spoken word poet, and previous Verses Slam champ
Jitsvinger - the Lightning Lyricist that needs no introduction, bringin the noise straight from the Capestreets
Perspektif - previously from Supadan, the Emcee with the words that "Illuminate" the crowd
ETC Crew - George bush on the beatz, White night on the cutz, with J-Filter bumpin the beat-box and Logikal flowing supreme - these boys are goin... to... bring... the... house... DOWN!

MERCURY LIVE - CC R25 Doors open at 9pm

All the DJ's will be spinning pure hip hop so be prepared for the illest vibes.

Exclusive FOC T-shirts and other merchandise will be sold.

Sikho Sonke Youth Dev Agency Launch

2007-09-10T06:48:00.000-07:00

Pics of Blaqpearl & TOP @ Levis Young Guns 30AUG07

2007-09-06T03:47:00.001-07:00

Jazz Blues & Swing - Book Launch

2007-08-31T05:35:00.000-07:00

New Africa Books
& thePHOTOGRAPHERSgallery za

present the launch of

Jazz, Blues & Swing
Six decades of music in South Africa

Photographs by Jurgen Schadeberg
Essays by Don Albert, Gwen Ansell, Darius Brubeck, Hotep Idris Galeta

Join us for a cheese & wine on Tuesday 4 September @ 6pm

Jurgen Schadeberg will be present for book signing

RSVP:
Heidi Erdmann
photogallery@mweb.co.za
Morgan Vesty
morgan@newafricabooks.co.za

Venue:
thePHOTOGRAPHERSgallery za
63 Shortmarket street
Cape Town
T. 021 422 2762

Details for photographs attached:
Dolly Rathebe and the Elite Swingsters, Johannesburg, 1992
Dolly poses with the Elite Swingsters for a CD cover.

Props to Cape Flats Music!!!

2007-08-30T03:03:00.000-07:00

hola hoesit

how are things in mitchellès plain. I have been receiving your updates about events & gigs etc., and I actually do miss being in Cape Town, there"s so much going on there. the MP arts & culture development page looks great ("cape flats worth billions" is brilliant...)

Just wanted to say, thanks to you for availing me of some of your music. I have been playing a lot of SA music since I"ve been back, on CJSF radio Burnaby.

A couple weeks ago I also guest hosted for a show that features non-american, non-jiggy hip hop. I put together a 2-hour special with cuts from BVK, Blaq pearl, Isaac mutant, driemanskap etc. (The playlist is viewable on my myspace blog... www.myspace.com/aworldwithoutstrangers

The hosts were impressed with the quality and variety of production/talent overall...cheers,parker

PS new photos are now up on my photoblog...http://thirdeyedea.blogspot.com

Make Love Not War Local & Intl Comedians this weekend!

2007-08-28T07:13:00.000-07:00

Islamic Relief supports over 1000 orphans in South Africa and 22 000 orphans worldwide

A group of stand up comedians both local and international have come up with the
initiative to support the IR Orphans and Vulnerable Children's Programme.
Comedians include: Joey Rasdien, Riaad Moosa, Preacher Moss, Mo Amer and Azhar Usman

Buy a ticket, bring your friends and family along...sponsor a colleague, employees, orphans
neighbours, community workers.
Bring people together, build strong relationships, make a difference
whilst listening to 5 great comedians reflect on the challenges of our times in a humourous way.

Tickets range from R206 - R130

Humor in not Unholy, Humor reduces stress levels and improves your health
All this whilst you are supporting vulnerable children

WHERE and When ARE THE SHOWS

Make Laugh Not War
C T I C C, Auditorium 1
Cape Town 31st AUGUST
Make Laugh Not War
I C C Durban, Indoor Sports Arena
Durban 1st September
Make Laugh Not War
Johannesburg Civic Mandela Theatre
Johannesburg And Reef 3-4 September

WHAT are the costs OF THE TICKET
R206.00: VIP Box, Stalls Rows A to FR191.00: Stalls Rows G to T, Mezzanines, Circle Rows CA to CBR155.00: Stalls Rows AB to AE, Circle Rows CC to CF R130.00: Circle Rows CG & CH, Restricted View & Wheelchair Seats.
Ask your company/employer to Sponsor tickets as part of their Corporate Social Investment

R10300 x 50 ticketsx @R 206 each
R 9550 x 50 ticketsx @ R191each
R 7750 x 50 ticketsx @ R155each
R 6500 x 50 ticketsx @ R130each
how do i buy a ticket
Contact Computicket Call-Centre on (011) 340-8000 or 083 915 8000
www.computicket.co.za Go to Search, type in Make Laugh Not War

Cassiem KhanCountry DirectorIslamic Relief Worldwide - South Africa
57 Mint Road, Fordsburg, Johannesburg
Tel: +2711 836 1054Fax: +2711 8361055
E-mail: cassiem@islamic-relief.co.za
Website: www.islamic-relief.co.za

"Show me the world as it really is,not the way I want to see it."Prayer of Prophet Mohamed(pbuh)

ARCHITECT AFRICA FILM FESTIVAL 2007

2007-08-28T06:29:00.000-07:00

ARCHITECT AFRICA FILM FESTIVAL 2007
In association with the Development Connection, CVET hosts 2 special screenings of this festival. We have selected the following films to screened between 13h00 and 17h00 on Saturday 1 September at Zolani Center, Nyanga and between 14h00 and 18h00 Sunday 2 September at Alliance Francaise, Mitchell’s Plain.

v Contra’s City (City of Contrasts) (1968) is a 40-minute comedy/ drama. Director Mambety’s experimental cinema blends the narrative features of Western cinema with those of the oral tales of traditional African culture. His short and full-length films deal with the political, social and cultural issue of Africa. His production began in the Sixties with the short film Contra’s City. In this film we are drawn through the city of Dakar in a horse-drawn cart, which is an often chaotic course through the residential districts of the city, full of contrasts: especially the architecture of the French colonialist juxtaposed against ancient African architecture.
v The Portuguese film City of God (Cicada de Deus) (2002) was nominated for four Oscars and won several prestigious awards. Cicada de Deus (City of God) is a housing project that became one of the most dangerous places in Rio de Janeiro. The tale tells the stories of many characters as seen through the eyes of a singular narrator, Buscapé, a poor black youth too frail and scared to become an outlaw but also to smart to be content with underpaid, menial jobs. Buscapé soon discovers that he has a different perspective of reality. His redemption is that he has been given an artist's point of view as a keen-eyed photographer. It is through Buscapé's perspective of life that one begins to understand the complicated layers and humanity of a world that is apparently condemned to endless violence.
v Die Tamat (2004) 24min – (The Director of this film, a CVET Graduate, will be in attendance.) Die Tamat is a short South African film about acceptance and friendship in South Africa between two teenaged boys, one white Afrikaner and one a Muslim, living in the Bo-Kaap.

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The AAFF is the first festival of its kind in South Africa and, in collaboration with Cinema Nouveau screened by Jameson, will be screening a selection of award-winning films at Cinema Nouveau in Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town during August and September.

Given the speed at which the world is urbanising, and the importance that the built environment is assuming in general developmental settings, the AAFF will rapidly become an annual cultural event of considerable significance on the African continent and throughout the developing world.

The AAFF aims to create awareness of the need for thoughtful design and the important role of architecture in society. Other cultural events, such as exhibitions and debates that will take place at the Festival, aim to create awareness of major issues in architecture and construction - such as capacity building, training and education; development that is socially, economically and environmentally sustainable; and inclusive, innovative architecture that represents our society appropriately.

This is a rare opportunity to enjoy several fascinating films and documentaries on architecture and the built environment. The films that have been selected for the Festival explore relationships between edifices, the lives of people who use them, and the environment in which they are located. If you are interested in design, space, structure, society and the environment, make a point of attending this inspiring event.

Dates and Cinema Nouveau screened by Jameson-venues for the AAFF are:
Johannesburg: 17 to 23 August 2007 – The Mall, Rosebank
Durban: 24 to 30 August 2007 – Gateway Shopping Centre
Cape Town: 31 August to 6 September 2007 – Cavendish Square

The event is endorsed by SAIA, SACAP, the Gauteng Film Office and the Gauteng Department of Arts, Culture and Heritage.

For more information on this event, visit www.archinet.co.za or www.sterkinekor.com for screening details on the film festival.

Rogue State Alliance Performance 23rd Aug 07

2007-08-24T03:25:00.000-07:00

Heritage Month Honours Awards 07

2007-08-20T04:14:00.000-07:00

Marcus Garvey BDay Celebration at ROOTZ

2007-08-17T06:33:00.001-07:00

More Pics of Womans day Event

2007-08-17T06:15:00.000-07:00

Pics of Womans Day Event

2007-08-17T06:08:00.001-07:00

Songs worth Singing, Words worth Saying

2007-08-15T03:41:00.000-07:00

You are cordially invited to a Public Seminar entitled Songs worth Singing:
Restoring South African heritage music traditions

Venue: SA College of Music (C7) University of Cape Town
(opp. & behind Baxter Theatre) Rondebosch
Date: 23 August 2007
Time: 16:30 for 17:00 – 20:00
RSVP: Felicia Thomas fthomas@ijr.org.za / 021 763 7131
Petro Schoeman ghrobertson@telkomsa.net / 021 670 2011

Refreshments will be served
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The project, ‘Songs worth Singing, Words worth saying’ forms part of the Memory, Arts and Culture Project funded by the Department of Arts and Culture aimed at preserving South African musical traditions.

South African songs and poetry are a crucial part of our cultural, political and religious heritage. Like stories and games, these are in danger of being forgotten and replaced by international substitutes. Songs and poetry do not only encapsulate cultural insights but, at crucial turning points, history is also defined by them.

The Institute’s mission is to breach the racial divide – to create opportunities to build community across the old apartheid barriers. The musical experience in Cape Town, not least in traditional slave communities, represents an important thread that potentially could bind people together.

Some time ago, the musician, historian and librarian, Vincent Kolbe proposed that the best thing for the city would be if the children play music together across cultures as he did as a young person in District Six. In that way he felt children could learn about each others lives and culture. According to film-makers, Bridget Thompson and Abdulkadir Ahmed there are at least 20,000 community musicians in Cape Town

The project relies on a community-based process of steadily bringing together different musical traditions, representative of different cultural identities. Through these events young people will be exposed to the musical strengths of different communities.

A major outcome of this project would be a publication containing the lyrics and music of cultural and political songs gathered in Cape Town and surrounds, together with suggestions of ways these could be utilized as teaching aids in an educational setting. The publication would include a selection of poetry including praise songs.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Public Seminar: Songs worth Singing: Restoring South African Musical Traditions

Ongoing discussions with community-based musicians and poets have led to the Institute acceding to their request to host a public dialogue aimed at bringing stakeholders together to discuss the preservation of South African music traditions. The seminar is part of the annual Reconciliation Award programme. (See attached invitation)

Words worth saying Performance poetry mentorship

Established poets, Khadija Heegers, Lucille Greef, Primrose Mwrebeni and Chris Ferndale will mentor a group of 20 emerging poets from Khayelitsha, Kraaifontein, Hanover Park and the surrounds. The mentorship programme was launched on 6 August 2007 at Catu Irish Pub in Cape Town. The emerging poets will participate in the first training session on the 17th – 19th August 2007 at Oatlands Conference Centre. Malika Ndlovu, Mavis Smallberger Diana Ferus and Melisizwe Lugulwana will perform their poetry at the workshop. After the workshop until November 2007, selected emerging poetes will receive individual mentorship from the team of seasoned poets. A selection of poetry will be performed and recorded live at a poetry evening scheduled for December 2007.
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VERSES PROVIDES MORE THAN JUST FOOD FOR THOUGHT

2007-08-15T02:38:00.000-07:00

The Verses session on Wednesday the 29th of August, celebrates its 3rd year of success, provides an inspiring close to Women’s Month and aims to collect a record amount of Peanut Butter for the Amy Bhiel Foundation.

What started on the 2nd of August 2004 as a modest 20 people event, has grown into the most popular spoken word, live music, open mic and soul hop session in Cape Town. Verses, happening at Zula Bar, Long Street on the last Wednesday of every month, has seen the likes of Burni (Godessa), Blaq Rose (Mbali), Teba and Jitsvinger & Demus as featured artists. Live bands and musicians have included the SAMA award winning Claire Phillips, Napalma from Brazil, Tykoon Suit and South Paw. The open mic session remains the most popular slot where spoken word artists, beatbox masters and singer/songwriters flaunt their wares. The Fong Kong Verses Crew holds it all together with their unique blend of soul hop on the decks.

This month, we pay tribute to Women’s Month with 2 extraordinary women in the featured slots. Za opens up with her signature blend of jazzy contemporary spoken word and firm favourite Blaq Pearl follows with her upbeat socially conscious lyrics – and this time she’s bringing her band along! Make sure you come early to sign up for the open mic session. The evening will kick off at 9pm.

Verses is also introducing its new social responsibility programme, “Food for Thought.’ Patrons are encouraged, this month, to bring along a jar of peanut butter for the Amy Bhiel Foundation. The Amy Biehl Foundation programmes are designed to develop and empower youth in our poverty-stricken townships, contribute to community building efforts and give children hope and a brighter future. This is achieved by providing educational and cultural activities that offer students healthy alternatives to all the negative influences in society today including crime,violence, drugs and sex, unlocks their creative talent and creates future leaders & entrepreneurs for SA. Their programmes reach over 3,000 children every week. But before the kids can start learning or participating in any kind of activity, they need to eat….

The cover charge is R20, but…bring along a jar of peanut butter to Verses on Wednesday the 29th of August and pay only R10 entry fee!!

For more info, please contact Nicole on 072283815 or mailto:freshverse@hotmail.com

One Year Anniversary of Fong Kong at Zula Bar PICS 1

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Chimurenga 11 is out!!! Check the Webvert!

2007-08-03T06:40:00.000-07:00

Friends.

The Chimurenga 11 is out "Conversations with poets who refuse to speak"

The webvert's by Stacy Hardy and Francois Naude.

Check it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-j6e8eO9dg

And pass the joint.

Thanks

Ntone Edjabe
Chimurenga - who no know go know

(27/21) 4224168
www.chimurenga.co.za

Louder Conspiracy Flyer

2007-08-03T06:13:00.001-07:00

Blaqpearl & TOP at Levis Young Guns 30th Aug 07

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The Louder Conspiracy This Saturday 4th Aug 2007

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The Louder Conspiracy is a celebration, deeply soaked in electric Soul,Nu Jazz, Broken Beat, Funk and Hip Hop, brought to you by collective ofCape Town DJ's, through a series of nomadic parties held at venues inand around Cape Town.

These parties are best advertised through word ofmouth, although we have a website for people to keep an eye on upcomingevents and parties.

This Saturday, 4th August, we are proud to share one of South Africa'smost talented musicians, the incredible D-Form (Forgotten Free-Quencies,Cape Town Jazz Festival).
We have somehow persuaded him to thrill andentertain us behind the decks, and we all know how much of a specialtreat this will be.
Roddy and Mark Thompson put forward their Future Funk, Broken Beat andelectric Soul experiences,
and Jason Roberts brings forward a world ofNu Jazz, Jazz, Future Jazz, Broken Beat, Hip Hop and Soul.
This is going to be incredible coastal beach party at Cape to Cuba, MainRoad, Kalk Bay. Enjoy the fantastic collective sounds, with a freshMojito or Caiprinha, add some friends for the perfect night out.
The party begins from 6pm and ends much later, and there is no covercharge.
Each of the DJ's runs their own set, thus making it a moving musicalexperience and is what The Conspiracy promises.

Expect music that is fun, warm, soulful, beautiful, eclectic, deep and heavy but always danceable, and a vibe that brings back some happinessto these "Oh, So Cold!" Cape Town nights.

DJs: D-Form / Roddy / Mark Thompson / Jason Roberts
DATE: Saturday 4th August 2007
TIME: 6.00pm till late
VENUE: Cape To Cuba / Main Road / Kalk Bay
COVER: None/Free Entryhttp://www.thelouderconspiracy.com/louder@thelouderconspiracy.com
FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=4027949914

Hip Hop Indaba 2007

2007-08-03T05:42:00.000-07:00

Hello All

On the 24th August we will host the national DJ and MC Battle at the Dormmedaris Hall of the Good Hope Centre. This will see winning DJ go on to represent South Africa at the Word DMC Champs. On the 25th August we will host the national breakdance and new skool dance champs where the bets dancers will be selected to represent South Africa at Battle of the Year.

Tickets are R30 pre-sold and R40 at the door. You are allowed to bring a camera along for an extra cost of R50 and singing an agreement that you are recording for personal use and not broadcast of any sort.

All money raised from the event is ploughed back into the Heal the Hood Project. Check www.healthehood.org for more info on our annual projects.

For tickets please call Heal the Hood Offices at 021 7060481 or Fabian at 0731366140

Peace & Love

Emile YX?
www.emileyx.co.za

more more pics....audience development...28th july 2007

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More pics...Audience Development....

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Audience Development - 28th July 2007

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Word...DD Workshop Pictures - 28th July 2007

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mak1 exhibition 2007

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Audience Development 28th July 2007

2007-07-20T05:20:00.000-07:00

Audience Development @ Aliance Francaise - Sat 28 July 07

2007-07-19T05:44:00.000-07:00

Invest in the Youth

Theme: Audience Development

Summary:
It's a shame that SABC's music content policy is 75% international music and 25% South African music, we as youth and local music lovers plan to change the status quo. The goals and mission of this event is about developing audiences and appreciation for local music, many music promoters, night-clubs as well as the television networks mainly cater for international sounds, most times ignoring many talented artists and product coming South Africa. This event creates that necessary and professional platform for artists to perform, mobilize and express themselves.

Our Goals:
Promote job creation
Develop Audiences for our sound
Economic growth for the arts and culture sector
Promote Mitchells Plain Tourism
Bring Arts & Culture activities to M/Plain
Stimulate Youth Dialogue

Event Summary:
Venue: Alliance Francaise
Date: 28th July 2007
Address: Wall Street, Off Merrydale Avenue, Behind Total garage.
Time: 4pm til Midnight
Cover: R20.00

Featuring Live Bands and Solo Artists:
Blaqpearl – soulful conscious lyrics accompanied by a 5x piece band
Scaly Wag – MC with lot's of respect from hip hoppa's nationwide
Strategist – Producer/MC with a hit single: Life on the Plain
Pavement – 5 piece spiritual Rock Band

Blaqpearl Music Video Shoot:
Fans of soul singer Blaqpearl will be glad to hear she's filming her 2nd video for her song "A People's Worth" people wanting to be in the video must please
call/sms 072-424-3360.

Featuring DJ's:
Leo Large from Germany and realROZZANO

Program:
1 Word..dd Workshop:
Topic: Artist against Crime 2pm – 4pm
2 Invest in the Youth Concert
Live Bands & DJz 4pm til Midnite

Info: Workshop: Janine: 072-232-5862 and Concert: Rozzano – 072-424-3360

Word..DD Workshop 28th July 2007

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“Word…dd” INVITATION

Introduction:

“Word…dd” is an initiative focusing on literature (creative), specifically Spoken word, Poetic and Lyrical Expressions. It is established to occupy and stimulate especially young creative writers. It is through acknowledging our societies’ need for positive expression and the importance of uniting people and building strong, positive dialogue and relationships within our community that “word…dd” has been created. With further regard to this, human development is highlighted as one of the outcomes of this initiative.

Details:

What: “Word…dd” workshop (Artists against crime)

When: 28 July 2007

Time: 2pm – 4pm ( free, incl snacks)

Where: Alliance Francaise, Wall Street, Portlands, Mitchell’s Plain

(Off Merrydale Ave, Portlands, M/Plain – Behind the Total Garage &/or

M/Plain Train Station)

Contact: Janine (072 232 5862) or Paul (021 376 1135)

Programme:

1. Introduction to “Word…dd”

2. S.A.Justice System ( Workshop Report from 16 June 2007)

3. Panel – Crime out of control!

4. Discussion – Artists against Crime

5. Way Forward – Proactive solutions

We furthermore have a full day of activities to positively occupy the youth and broader community.

Therefore, your assistance is valued in the progress of this event/project.

Should you need more information in this regard, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Thank You

Janine “BlaqPearl” Van Rooy

Stiek Uit!

The 4th Annual Ashley Kriel Youth Memorial Lecture

2007-07-17T04:43:00.001-07:00

MEDIA RELEASE

4^th ANNUAL ASHLEY KRIEL YOUTH MEMORIAL LECTURE

Commemorating the 20^th anniversary of his death

The Board of the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation and the Senate of the University of the Western Cape have jointly decided, in 2004, to honour Ashley Kriel by instituting an annual memorial lecture addressing the challenges of youth leadership in communities across the country. Before he was brutally killed, he tirelessly engaged the young people around him in Bonteheuwel where he lived and in the broader Cape area. We remember his example in order to inspire us to respond to the many young people falling by the wayside in our communities today. the challenge of developing a youth leadership

This year we commemorate the 20th anniversary of Ashley's death by focusing on Leadership and Identity.

Events:

Panel discussion: Memory and Heritage in the City of Cape Town

Panellists: Ms Zubeida Jaffer & Mr Vincent Kolbe

Date: Monday 9^th July 2007

Time: 12h00 – 14h00

Venue: St George’s Cathedral (Minor Hall)

2. Broadcast of a 26 minute radio documentary “Aunt Ivy’s son, Ashley” on Bush Radio at 20h00

Memorial Lecture:

The Memorial Lecture on Leadership and Identity will be delivered by Mr Trevor Manuel, Minister of Finance.

Date: Friday 20^th July 2007

Time: 18h30 for 19h00 – 21h00

Venue GH 1 UWC

Contact person:

Cecyl Esau

Contact details

cecyl@ijr.org.za

021-763 7136 .// 084 251 6398

Planetary Assault Hip Hop CD Launch 25th July 2007

2007-07-17T04:31:00.001-07:00

Let's Mix It is Back by Popular Demand

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Be Part of Blaqpearl's "A People's Worth" Music Video

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for more info contact rozzano - 072-424-3360

NET SOE at the CITY HALL

2007-07-17T04:21:00.001-07:00

M&M productions presents NET SOE at City Hall

Date: 21st July 2007
Time: 20:00pm
Cover: R40,00
Venue: The City Hall
Address: Darling Street, Cape Town CBD

For Tickets:
Moeniel 078-248-6882
Moenier: 076-918-7912

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Invest in the Youth Pics

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History:
Invest in the Youth Concert has been around on the Cape Town Hip Hop Calendar of Events, since it's beginnings on the Grand Parade during Cape Town Festival 2000, to last year's 2x arena/sound stages event at Portland Indoor Centre.
This event creates that necessary and professional platform for artists to perform, mobilize and express themselves.

Our Goals:
Promote job creation
Promote local music and products
Promote Mitchells Plain Tourism
Create Economic growth for the arts and culture sector

Event Summary:
Venue: Alliance Francaise
Date: 16th June 2007
Address: Wall Street, Off Merrydale Avenue, Behind Total garage.
Time: 10:00am til Midnight
Cover: R20.00

Featuring Live Bands and Solo Artists:
Blaqpearl, Wordview, Jean Pierre, Tykoon Suit, Jy7even and Brandon Florus and School of Thought

Featuring DJ's:
realROZZANO and Guests

Program:
Word..dd Workshop:
Topic: Has the SA Justice failed the Youth?
10:00am – 01:00pm

Invest in the Youth Concert
Live Bands & DJz
02:00pm - Midnite

Word..dd Workshop:

This month’s topic is about the SA Justice system and how it affects us the youth and community at large, especially after popular rapper Mr Devious, who was murdered during 2004, suspect was acquitted during May this year.
Janine van Rooy, sister to Mario “Devious” Van Rooy, will facilitate the workshop. There will be a guest panel of legal people, hip hop activists and community leaders.

For more info: Workshop: Janine – 072-232-5862
Concert: Rozzano – 072-424-3360

Mitchells Plain Poetry Book – Submissions

2007-05-29T10:17:00.000-07:00

All Mitchells Plain Poets, Writers, Scholars, Educators and interested literature role players.

The Department of Social Development Facilitation Unit –District.3 have facilitated assisted the Arts & Culture Sector via Word DD.
The iniative identified the need of a Mitchells Plain Poetry Book in order to realize the vision poets, writers and role players need to attend the compulsory work session.

The Program are as follows :

Opening & Introduction.Profiling of Mitchells Plain Poets & Writers.
Submittance of poetry, creative pieces and artwork.Way Forward.Closure.

The Relevant Information :
Where : Beacon valley Information Office ,
25 Chrysler Avenue , Beaconvalley. ( Behind the Beacon valley Housing Office)
When : 2 June 2007 ( Saturday morning)
Time : 10 h00 – 13 H 00.

Tea & Biscuits will be served.

Yours in Community Development.

More pics from WEDs DAZE

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Pics from WEDs DAZE

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Poetry Sessions @ Katalist

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Invest in the Youth eFlyer

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INVEST IN THE YOUTH Concert on 16th June 2007

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Invest in the Youth Concert

Venue: Alliance Francaise Mitchells Plain

Date: 16th June 2007

Time:

Workshops: 10am - 1pm

Music Program: 2pm - 12pm

Live on Stage:

Blaqpearl, Green Bat, J7 & Brandon Floris.

Dee-Jayz:

realROZZANO

Cover Charge:

R5 kids

R10 Adults

M/Plain DJ Association presents WEDS'DAZE at Tiffanyz

2007-05-11T03:10:00.000-07:00

Mitchells Plain DJ’z Association Est: 2006

presents

FUNKY WEDS'DAZE at Club Tiffanyz

Once a month DJ Party

History:

The grand daddy's of dee-jay culture in Mitchells Plain have united to become the MP DJ Association, uniting to not only entertain but also to educate people about this beautiful art-form called Dee-Jaying. We will be hosting regular events at Club Tiffanyz. These events will showcase the old and the new boys and girls on the block. Residents must watch the press for our DJ workshops in the future.

Event Summary:

Venue: Club Tiffanyz

Date: 23rd May 2007

Time: 8:00pm

Cover: R15.00

Featuring DJz:

(back row) Fresh, Cosmos, Shadley, Ashley

(front row) Desmond, Junaid, Trevor, realROZZANO!

Highlights:

All soccer fans must come early as the UEFA Champions League Final will be shown on the big screen at 8:30pm. Free Mix CD's and T-Shirts will be given away on the night.

Vision & Mission:

The M/Plain DJ’z Association plans to raise the standard of DJing in M/Plain and the Western Cape, we would like to teach/workshop the youth and the general public about this artform called Dee-Jaying.
This art could be used to keep our youth off drugs and crime and potentially create employment for it’s members as well as create springboards for them to the other elements in the music industry: eg: sound engineering, stage management, audio technicians, etc.
We want to put M/Plain on the map as an entertaining city, which it was before the state of emergency during the apartied era.
M/Plain must demand respect in the music industry as top performers, producing people like: Irma G and Ready D to name a few.
We have top artists and potential superstars but no platforms exist for them to express themselves.
Many people used to travel to M/Plain to party we want that VIBE back.
Most people used to stay in M/Plain to party instead of leaving to drive to other areas.

For more info: Trevor – 078-119-2565 or Desmond – 082-884-3057

Winners of the BBoy & Nu Skool Dancing Competition

2007-05-07T08:19:00.000-07:00

Indentity Crisis - 3rd Place

Hybrid - 2nd Place

Survivors - 1st Place

BBOY and New Skool Dance Competition

2007-04-06T07:52:00.000-07:00

Purpose:
To create a new platform for Hip Hop Dance in SA.
To merge the underground competitive voice and the Nu Skool aboveground competitive system into a united dance force – without prejudice – by acknowledging the athleticism and skill required to perform and compete at World Class level.
To merge New Skool and B-Boy into an Allstyle Fusion – allowing dance to be the visual word.
To identify and acknowledge some of the top B-Boys and provide them with the opportunity to defend SA’s title at the World Cup (to be held in Paris, France in June/July 2007).

History:
The Break Boy World Cup has been running for eight years and sees groups (of 6 members) battle each other – two at a time – in a seven minute set. The Break Boy World Cup is a humanitarian event and all proceeds are donated to charity.
Duane Lawrence (the host of the SA%

Guguletu Summer Series

2007-04-04T08:23:00.000-07:00

Dear friends

You are invited to attend the second part of the Guguletu Summer Series, happening this time at Ikwezi, NY2, on Sunday the 1st and Sunday the 8th of April 2007. The shows start at 3pm, and are free to the public.

Headline acts are Maveriq for Sunday the 1st of April and AlanFunk for Sunday the 8th of April. Also featuring at both events will be the TOMECY Kids, as well as the Mitchell's Plain Stepping Stones Carnival Troupe.

The series is sponsored by the Western Cape Cultural Commission, and is aimed at creating platforms for township music talent, as well as developing audiences for local music.

DETAILS: Sunday 1 and 8 April 2007
Ikwezi Community Centre, NY2, Guguletu

Starting at 3pmRefreshments on sale

Entrance is free

For more information, send email to tomecyctsa@mweb.co.za
or call 083 245 4394

Goemarati Performances - You are welcome! March 07

2007-03-28T03:38:00.000-07:00

March is the second round of Goemarati shows, with performances taking place on Church Square in the Cape Town CBD on Wednesday the 28th of March at 5pm and at the Alliance Francaise in Mitchell's Plain on Saturday the 31st of March at 330pm.

Goemarati is a series of shows taking place in venues across Cape Town City between February and August this year. Once a month on Church Square, below Parliament and behind the NG Kerk in the centre of town, and once a month at a venue on the Cape Flats, including Bonteheuwel, Khayelitsha, Manenberg, Langa, Mitchell's Plain and Kalkfontein. It is a series of concerts about trying to reveal the city in its diversity of music, poetry and food.

This months featured poet is Teba, best known in his regga dancehall form and as The Social Worker. For Goemarati he goes solo and presents his poetry. Great to see him in a difference guise.

The featured band for March is the strikingly bald and bold Blaq Pearl and her five piece band. They're on a soul R&B tip, with all original songs.

Both acts play both shows.Entrance is free.
A food market will be selling not-usually-seen Cape Town foods, at not usually seen prices!

Teba and Blaq Pearl's CDs will be available for sale.

For more, go to www.goema.co.za

Goemarati is a project of Creative Cape Town. Funded by the Department of Economic Development and Tourism. Produced by Coffee Beans Routes.

Goemarati. You are welcome.

MR DEVIOUS: My Life DVD&CD Combo Launch Sun - 1st Apr 07 - Zula Bar

2007-03-27T07:50:00.000-07:00

Calling all hip-hop heads, film lovers and associated friends & colleagues

On behalf of the producers of Mr Devious: My Life DVD & CD Combo we invite you to the Cape Town launch of the combo.

This is the first time Mr Devious' music is published in an album, and it is the first release of the 73 minute Feature Documentary film about his life.

The DVD includes bonus features such as music videos & tributes.

For more information contact info@mr-devious.com or contact:
Natalie van Rooy on her new cell: 0730242853 to RSVP.

DVD&CD COMBO Price: R150

Special launch discount if you attend the event on Sunday, 1st April - Zula Bar

C u there!

www.mr-devious.com

RAINBOW CIRCLE FILMSPO Box 44, Matroosfontein, 7489
Tel: 021-9331514 Fax: 021-9333102
Cell: 0823553645
http://www.rainbowcirclefilms.co.za/

South Atlantic Jazz Music Conference 2007

2007-03-27T07:41:00.000-07:00

South Atlantic Jazz Music Conference 2007

The Cape Town International Jazz Festival wishes to inform you about the 2nd annual South Atlantic Jazz Music Conference, taking place on Thursday, 29 March at the Cape Sun Hotel, Cape Town. Hosted on the day preceding the Festival, the Conference will provide a dynamic platform for dialogue between local and international jazz practitioners, and create unique networking opportunities within the industry.
The 2007 Conference seeks to expand on the outcomes and recommendations from 2006 with a strong emphasis on combining efforts to strengthen the future of jazz. A focus of the Conference will be a presentation of a ‘conceptual’ model of a Sector Body Initiative for the music industry, currently being used by Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to strengthen initiatives in the Film and Craft industries. Aligned to this, the benefits of building relationships with national music industry organisations will also be highlighted.

The Conference further seeks to achieve tangible outcomes that will impact on the economic development of the music industry, thus focusing on discussions around live music opportunities, education, media influences and the current digital environment.
International jazz organisations and festivals will be represented at the conference, alongside key South African stakeholders in the jazz music industry and related business sectors. The programme will include two plenary sessions, followed by parallel break-away sessions, allowing industry stakeholders to participate in and contribute to discussions. The conference will run from 09h30 (registration to commence at 08h30) until 16h30.

Registration for the Conference is R300 per delegate and this includes teas and lunches, as well as entry to the DuoTones Photographic Exhibition. Please find an RSVP form to be returned to our offices by no later than 16 March 2007. Payment details are also included on this form, and invoices will be sent on request.
We hope that you will be able to join us in this exciting initiative.
Thank you and good wishes

Rashid Lombard
Festival Director – Cape Town International Jazz Festival

General Enquiries: 021 422 5651
Programme Enquiries: michael@espafrika.com; rosie@espafrika.com
Registration Enquiries: jessie@espafrika.com

Music Education Workshops CT International Jazz Festival

2007-03-27T07:37:00.000-07:00

Cape Town International Jazz Festival 2007

Training Programme

Music Business
These workshops focus on the business of music including the challenges faced by any creative, technical, production, business and / or administrative person working in the music industry today and beyond. The workshops will also provide some focus as to where future opportunities can be found, and insight into the practicalities of making money in the music industries.
These workshops are open to the public. Registration is recommended, although not necessary.
Venue: Iziko Museum (Red Room), Queen Victoria Street, Gardens
Dates: Wednesday 28 and Friday 30 March
11h00 – 12h30: Session 1
13h30 – 15h00: Session 2
15h30 – 17h00: Session 3
Session info to be confirmed – check website

Master Classes
The master classes will target professional and established musicians and focus on more specialised instrumentation. The skills derived from these classes, as well as the unique networking opportunities amongst musicians, will contribute to the strengthening of a musician’s career.
These workshops will prefer an audience of professional or established musicians. Other industry practitioners and jazz lovers are also welcome to attend.
Venue: Cape Sun Hotel, Strand Street
Dates: Friday 30 and Saturday 31 March
Times: 10h00 – 14h00
4 x 45 minute master classes per day – artists to be confirmed – check website

Registration/Information:
Jasmin van der Meer, T. 021 422 5651 or jessie@espafrika.com
www.capetownjazzfest.com

24th March 2007 - Word..DD!

2007-03-12T05:12:00.000-07:00

Word..dd! - Spoken Word, Poetic, Lyrical Expressions…

Introduction:
“Word…dd” is an initiative focusing on literature (creative), specifically Spoken word, Poetic and Lyrical Expressions. It is established to occupy and stimulate especially young creative writers. It is through acknowledging our societies’ need for positive expression that “word…dd” has been created. As well as for the importance of uniting people and building strong and positive relationships within our community. With further regard to this, human development is highlighted as one of the outcomes of this initiative.

Your host: BlaqPearl

Featuring:
Special Guest: Welcome back home, only for 1 month TROY (Renowned Producer/Artist & CEO of PrettyUgly Records from CT/New York City, USA.)

Programme:
12:00am - Stalls Setup (Local Cd’s, T-shirts, Books,etc)
13:00pm - Open Mic Session starts
16:00pm - Closure

Stiek uit!!

Bring your self, words, music and mind

Your participation’s truly appreciated. + Come to express your thoughts on stage or just to listen & support. See you there!! Peace!

Date:
Saturday, March 24, 2007

Time:
12:00 – 17:00 pm

Venue:
Beacon Valley Community Centre, Mitchell’s Plain, 7785. Cape Town.

More Info:
BlaqPearl 072 232 5862 / Wilmot (office) 376 1135

Will you attend?
RSVP to this invitation (Respond ASAP)

Thanks/ Support:
Dept. of Arts & Culture and Dept. of Social Development Facilitation Unit and City of Cape Town

Next Workshop

2007-03-07T01:09:00.000-08:00

Our next workshop will be held on the 14th April 2007.
Venue: Portland Indoor Centre
Time: 10:00am - 15:00pm

The Members

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