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Arts Festival 2003

The 2003 Wynberg Arts and Food Festival was something to remember.

In the warmth of the late afternoon and summer sun, parents, girls and staff members busied themselves as they began preparing for the festival. Wellington quad was once again abuzz with activity as fires were lit, ice brought in and parents set up an array of foodstalls, bars and cooldrink stands. The trusty techical team set up the PA system and amplifiers which would allow them to announce the items about to begin, and flood the quad with music which would quicken the spirit and set the atmosphere.

The Art studio was transformed from a place of learning to a Gallery, as the rich talent of our young artists was displayed for all to wonder at.

At the other end of the school, our guests must have been tempted to respond to the rich inviting aroma of wonderful coffee blends in the tuckshop. With its French doors opening out onto the beautiful gardens maintained by lovers of the land such as Meg Wilding, Sally Cox and our very able groundsmen, this was a marvellous setting to enjoy the balmy evening, with the resonant sounds of  Aquarius sung by the choir, and junior and senior Marimba band players.

Performers gathered in groups as they prepared themselves for their items, and staff members took a quick moment to grab a bite before the rush began. Before we knew it the first performances had begun, and families, friends and relatives could be seen pouring over programmes as they had to decide which items to see.

Parents, peers, friends and teachers  rushed from item to exhibit to food stands. Some had to be disappointed, and remained outside the performing venues, as the halls filled with eager patrons. And so we moved from one breathtakingly beautiful or delightful, foot thumping performance to another, popped into the pub, whizzed past the Science display in the hall, or make a quick call on a cell phone to let families know where we might be found.

          

As people flew past each other, commenting that this or that performance "was fab", and "we must create an opportunity for so and so to perform" and "you must see this one," the great sadness was that we had to choose from all of this, and had to elect to leave out some.

While we have video footage of our dancers, in groups, as individual performers and in grades, it is exceptionally hard to give readers a sense of  the wealth of talent which was displayed in the directing, choreographing, training and ultimately the performances on the night. It is equally difficult to give a sense of the enormous growth that we are able to see as the pupils emerge as performers.At the end of this extraordinary night, one could only marvel at the remarkable talent of teachers and performers: the choreography, direction - artistic, stage and musical. It was a serious jol!

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