Barleycorn Music Club Annual Festival, Saturday March 21 2009 at Maynardville
Posted on March 10th, 2009 by Richard Catto 2,579 views
The Barleycorn Music Club will be holding its annual music festival on Saturday 21st March 2009.
The original date was February 28 2009 but was moved due to a double booking at the venue.
Date: Saturday March 21 2009 14h30 – 22h00
Venue: Maynardville Amphitheatre
Alternate venue in case of rain: Rygersdal Sports Club Main Hall, Erin Road, Rondebosch
Lineup:
- Albireo
- Backyard Broken Blues Bros Band
- Bill Knight
- Boulevard Blues
- Dave Ferguson
- Feedback
- Julia Conradie
- Julia Jakobsen Band
- Louise Day Band
- Ripcord
- Wayne Pauli
Food and drink available or bring a picnic.
Cost:
Adults R60
Barleycorn Club Members R50
Couples R100
Children R10 (under 12 free)
Contact:
Martin on cell 082 493 1564
Tickets available through Computicket.
Origins of the Barleycorn Club
It all started in 1975, when a bunch of musicians found it agreeable to meet regularly to jam together, learn from one another and consume beer. Over these past 34 years, the Barleycorn has met almost every week to make what is now a Cape Town tradition and valuable musical resource
In the early years the music was mostly “traditional folk”, with a smattering of Blues, Bluegrass, Country music and Olde English and Irish material containing toxic levels of screeching fiddles. Yes, Bob Dylan covers and political protest songs did appear fairly often, but the Club rapidly developed a reputation as a place where home-grown original material by local composers and performers found a receptive audience, and it is these who have gradually formed the focus of the Club.
By 1977, the Barleycorn had become formalised, with a Constitution, paid membership, a member-elected committee and the commitment that whatever funds were accumulated would be held in trust for the furtherance and promotion of local musical talent. And what better way to achieve this than by staging a Festival. The Club would carry all expenses and all income would be split amongst those performing!
I’m reminded by the program that our first Festival was held on 12th April 1980, at the Maynardville Open-Air Theatre, packed to capacity to hear 20 acts perform over 9 hours. The undoubted star of that, our first venture, was the then unknown David Kramer, whose songs, red veldskoen and pork-pie hat captivated absolutely everyone, including members of the press who gave his career a massive kick-start!
And thus has the Barleycorn Festival become an annual event (well, almost; we missed a year in the mid 1990′s and two in the early 2000′s) and despite testing several alternatives, Maynardville is easily our preferred venue. Large enough for a decent-sized audience to feel comfortable (900+ being the record number of tickets sold!) yet small enough for both audience and musicians to recreate the rapport and ambience of the Club on regular Monday nights.
Long is the list of eminent musicians who’ve graced the Barleycorn Festival stage, including Flat Stanley, Freshly Ground, Disu Plaatjies and Amapondo, Steve Newman, Tony Cox … but this is not the forum for a history of SA performing talent, this is to let you know that all these years later, the magic will be repeated on Saturday 21st March 2009! And at our best-ever venue, nogal!
Thus far, confirmed acts include Ripcord, Bill Knight and Julia Conradie, Albireo, Boulevard Blues, Wayne Pauli, the Julia Jakobsen Band, Dave Ferguson, the Backyard Broken Back Blues Bros Band, the Louise Day Band, the Broken Back Blues Band and Feedback … ten of what the Barleycorn committee consider to be the cream of the best acts to appear at the Club in this past year!
It will be a hoot and a blast! It’s home-grown and truly lekker! Bring a picnic basket and a blanket (although food and bevies will be available) and join us for another episode in the ongoing saga of what is excellent in local music.
Tickets at Computicket R60 per adult, R50 per Barleycorn paid-up member; R100 per couple, R10 for kids 12 to 18, kids under 12 free; limited numbers so book early to avoid disappointment
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The Big Blue, Kleinmond, Jan 08 2009
Posted on January 6th, 2009 by Richard Catto 2,142 views
GEARING UP FOR THE BIG BLUE
Kleinmond, a fast growing rural town in the Western Cape, plays host to the annual Big Blue Festival where people can play and compete on the beautiful beach next to the Kleinmond Lagoon.
Festivities kick off on Thursday 8 January 2009 with The Big Blue Festival and on Saturday 10 January 2009 the Totalsports Challenge promises excitement and entertainment for both the participants and their supporters.
From small beginnings to great expectations to The Big Blue: Hangklip-Kleinmond Tourism Bureau’s Blue Big Festival, originally conceived to support the Totalsports Challenge has become an entity in its own right and reason to celebrate as never before. Thanks to generous support, sponsorship and a deeply committed team, The Big Blue is now a major event and embraces the Hangklip-Kleinmond, the people, the way of life and a jolly time.
The 2009 Totalsports Challenge offers excellent spectator value. This major sporting team event made the Overstrand its home and put Hangklip-Kleinmond on the international sporting calendar.
TotalSports Challenge Programme:
8 January 2009 – event registration at the Lord Charles Hotel from 16h00 to 19h00. The Race briefing is from 19h00 to 20h00 with the Lord Charles Pasta Party starting at 20h00 until 21h30.
10 January 2009 – Totalsports Challenge main events starts 06h00 from Gordon’s Bay main beach. The Totalsports Terra Firma starts at 07h30, also from Gordon’s Bay main beach. Prizegiving will begin at 16h30 at Kleinmond’s beach.
The Big Blue festival incorporates the Hangklip Athletics Club Summer Series, offering 10km runs, night marathons, beach runs & 5km fun runs.
The Adrenaline & Outdoor Expo will feature exhibitors, including sports equipment, outdoor activities as well as local adventure operators.
The Entertainment programme will be jam-packed featuring traditional, local, and national singers, dancers and performers on the entertainment stage. The entertainment tent will feature comfortable shaded seating and a bar area. Foodies can indulge in the Food Carnival and enjoy their meal whilst being entertained.
Various Sporting Competitions feature on the Big Blue Calendar, including Touch Rugby; Netball; Jukskei; Bowls; Boulé; Golf Chip and Putt to name but a few…
The Big Blue Kids’ Club will be offering a jumping castle; mini Olympics; stiltwalker; puppet shows; face painting and workshops; kite competitions; magicians and balloon modelers. A special kiddies area will make our little festival fans feel welcome, while older children can also participate in the special paddling race & mini adventure races being organised on the lagoon.
We will end the festival with a gospel song & praise event on Sunday for all to enjoy.
Our festival area is safe, secure and welcomes all for 3 days of great fun in the sun – see you at the BIG BLUE!
The Totalsports Challenge consists of:
- Surfski at Gordon’s Bay
- Swim at Gordon’s Bay
- Road Bike from Gordon’s Bay to Kleinmond
- Road Run from Kleinmond to Arabella Country Estate via Kleinmond beach front (past Big Blue Festival terrain)
- K1 Kanoe at the Arabella Country Estate
- Mountain Bike from Arabella Country Estate to Kleinmond’s beach front (out and back)
- Beach Run Kleinmond beach front (out and back)
The Totalsports Terra Firma consists of:
- Road Bike from Gordon’s Bay to Kleinmond
- Road Run from Kleinmond to Arabella Country Estate via Kleinmond beach front (past Big Blue Festival terrain)
- Mountain Bike at Arabella Country Estate
- Beach Run Kleinmond beach front (out and back)
For more information, visit our websites:
www.thebigblue.co.za
www.totalsports.co.za
www.ecoscape.org.za
Or contact:
The Hangklip-Kleinmond Tourism office on 028-271 5657
Stillwater Sports Management on 021-887 4210
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Stanford Glendower Bird Fair – Friday October 03 – Sunday October 05 2008
Posted on September 10th, 2008 by Richard Catto 2,113 views
STANFORD GLENDOWER BIRD FAIR
FRIDAY 3 rd UNTIL SUNDAY 5th OCTOBER 2008
Stanford is preening itself for the Annual Bird Fair; this is again sponsored by Glendower Whisky and Overstrand Destination Marketing Organisation. Now in its 5th year, the focus is more bird related with additional festivities arranged by Stanford Tourism.
Avitourism, being the fastest growing outdoor activity worldwide, is also happening in South Africa. Birding Routes, Important Birding Areas and Birding Weekends are the order of the day and are occurring everywhere.
Outstanding speakers will enrich and educate us with their knowledge and expertise. Two special outings are also planned. Guided bird watching walks through Stanford are offered to those who do not wish to drive. There will be a guided Heritage Walk on Sunday, viewing some interesting buildings earmarked during Stanford’s 150th celebrations.
So, come to Stanford for a weekend and enjoy our natural beauty, our restaurants and cafés and our walks and talks. Some of the highlights are listed below and most are FREE of charge.
SPEAKERS
Peter Ryan – conservation biologist will talk on sea birds
Peter Chadwick – world renowned outdoor and nature photographer presents a talk on Cape Vultures and the Birds of De Hoop Nature Reserve
Marijke Honig – plant ecologist, landscaper and regular contributor to African Birds & Birding magazine will tell us how to garden for birds. Her talk will be followed by a visit to a local garden.
Phil Hockey – overseer of the monumental production of the 7th edition of Roberts – Birds of Southern Africa, will present a talk entitled “Avian sex: honesty or deception”. He will be our guest speaker during the Saturday evening informal function.
BIRDING PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION
All keen photographers please enter your photographs of birds taken anywhere in South Africa. Your photograph of a bird could win you any one of these wonderful prizes:
- First Prize: Shark cage diving experience with Marine Dynamics
- Second Prize: Flight of Giants with African Wings
- Third Prize: self-catering accommodation at Oak Grove Farm
- Forth Prize: a meal at Stanford Gallery
- Fith Prize: a year’s subscription to Africa Birds & Birding
OUTINGS AND EVENTS
Glendower Whisky Tasting Friday night – snacks provided. Dave de Beer will do a short presentation on the officially recognised status of the Overberg as an Important Birding Area (IBA).
Blue cranes – Bronwyn Botha of the Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) will inform us on the Western Cape Crane Conservation Project. The route covers farming areas between Hermanus and Caledon. She will highlight the need for cooperation between private land owners and nature conservators. Blue Cranes are common in and around the Overberg but the size of their national population is still low and unstable.
Flower Valley Farm – Phil Hockey will guide a walk on Flower Valley. A Trust was formed to conserve highly endangered lowland fynbos. Flower pickers are taught sustainable harvesting.
Live show - Eagle Encounters with live raptors.
STANFORD COUNTRY CARNIVAL
FRIDAY 3 OCTOBER 2008
The ever popular Stanford Country Market will be in a Bedouin tent on the Market Square from 17:00 onwards and there will be lots of food on sale. The organisers are trying to organise a popular band to play from 19:00 until late, watch the press for further details on this.
SATURDAY 4 OCTOBER 2008
Last year Stanfordians celebrated Stanford 150th anniversary with many events. One of the most enjoyable to many was the carnival, so much so that everyone will be able to enjoy another one this year on Saturday 4 October as part of the Stanford Glendower Bird Fair. It will take place on the Market Square and in the Okkie Smuts school hall.
Entertainment
Snakes & reptile demonstration
Stanford Klopse
Musician Terry Dean
School of Rock
Traditional Xhosa dancers
Postile 12 gospel choir
Ghetto Groove Dancers & entertainers
Die Bron drum majorettes
Line dancing
Boeresport contest
Scarecrow contest
Stalls
Traditional food and craft stalls
Car boot sale
Children’s Used Toy Faire
Children’s Entrepreneurs Market
Book a stall
The tariffs for the stalls are R5 (children faire & market); R20 (PBO organisations, schools & churches); R20 (car boot sale); R50 (outdoors around the main entertainment area); R100 (under the Bedouin tent); and R150 (in the hall). Electricity will be available (R10 normal usage, R30 heavy duty usage).
Contact
Your contact for all aspects of the carnival is the Stanford Tourism Bureau, 17 Queen Victoria Street Stanford (opposite Spar in the library building), phone 028-341 0340 or email stanfordinfo@overberg.co.za
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The Cape Town Red Hat Renegades presents “Surviving the Adventure Race” – May 10 2008
Posted on March 11th, 2008 by Richard Catto 2,624 views
In January 2004, Jo Maxwell registered the South African Chapter of the Red Hat Society, calling it the Red Hat Renegades.
Jo had met up with two American couples in the South of France in 2003 when she and three women friends were barging on the Midi Canal (Canal du Midi). The wives of the two American couples were so taken by Jo and company’s spirit of adventure that they immediately suggested that they all become members of the Red Hat Society.
While the American Red Hat Society has a motto, "Fun and Friendship after 50", Jo decided to change it to, "Fun and Friendship with a Purpose", for the South African Chapter.
Jo says, "Our purpose is fund raising for 12 crèches in Browns Farm who we now feed a daily meal of pap to 800 children under the age of 6. We have managed over the years to increase the feeding to a daily meal. I believe we are the only Red Hat Society Chapter in the world who have chosen to help others, whilst having fun dressing up in our purple dresses and donning red hats."
Surviving the Adventure Race (StAR) is now the Annual Fund Raiser for the Cape Town based, Red Hat Renegades.
12 teams of 8 people each are needed to participate in a day of high adventure and fun.
The 12 teams are overseen by a team of 50 marshalls as they are sent off in different directions following a cryptic clue.
This year corporates are being offered the opportunity to brand the race. In addition, each corporate may erect their own feathers at the 6 venues if they so wish.
Registration for StAR must be completed by the end of March 2008.
The Race will be run on Saturday, May 10 2008.
Registration and prize giving will be at Cape Town High School.
Teams travel in one vehicle. Some venues require the contestants to arrive on foot.
It is a great team building exercise and for R4500 per team we guarantee a day of immense and intense fun, both physical and mental with a little of the fear factor thrown in for good measure.
For more information, please contact:
Jo Maxwell
Tel: (021) 685 4517
email: jmaxwell@iafrica.com
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SPCA Mutt of 2008
Posted on March 5th, 2008 by Richard Catto 2,684 views
Venue: Sunday 16 March corner of Spaanschemat River Road and Firgrove Way, Tokai
Does your dog dream of being a winning champ? Give them a paw up by entering this year’s SPCA Mutt of the Year Contest.
Categories include:
- Dog with the longest tail
- Animal/Owner look-alike (both looks & personality)
- Bark like a dog
- Best Pup and the prestigious title of Mutt of 2008
KUSA (Kennel Union of South Africa) and the SPCA board are judging this claw-biting event where only the top dog will reign supreme. So get up close and personal with the competitors as your cheer will certainly tip the scales.
"Mr Showbiz" Alvon Collison will lead the day’s events with songs, barks, howls and laughs!! There is also a Fete, tea garden and kids’ entertainment.
The most highly contested category is the Mutt of the Year. It is exclusively for mixed breeds, motley mutts and pavement specials. The other categories including Best Pup (4 to 12months) are open to pedigreed and mixed breeds.
Entries for Mutt & Pup @ R40/ dog. All other contests @R20/dog. Adults pay R20 entry and children R15 (parking is free). The Fete is open from 10h00 to 15h00 and is a full day of fun with bargain stalls, healthy food and plenty of fun for the kids. There are also great prizes to be won!
SPCA spokesperson, Cher Poznanovich says, "The annual Mutt of the Year contest is the only opportunity for mixed breeds to enter a dog competition. We want to encourage people to adopt animals from shelters – whom are often mixed bred dogs – and this day showcases these special animals. We hope to raise enough funds on the day to support our SPCA adoption programme."
Entry forms are available from most Cape Town vets, the Cape of Good Hope SPCA or on the SPCA website
For more information please contact the SPCA on (021) 700-4141 / 082-921-3347 or email.
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