Activities for the first 2006 are:
Chess, Cookery, Debating, Art and History, Cultural Awareness, Traditional Dance, Meditation and Relaxation, School Choir, Current affair, Art, Illustrations, Community Service, Environment, Marimba.
'Gumboots' Dance:
The show was conceived as a tribute to the migrant mine workers who invented the dance to liven up their otherwise monotonous existence in the compounds. However, it is not a simple re-enaction of the folk dance invented by the miners. The gumboot dance routines are interspersed with more contemporary dance forms and further enriched by improvisation from individual dancers.
'Marimba' tradition:(top picture)
Few players of the popular marimba sets in South Africa know anything about the origin of their instruments. In the twenty years they have been in South Africa some surprising folk versions of their history have grown up. Some know that it came from Zimbabwe. Some say vaguely, "It's a traditional South African instrument". A CD write-up recently said: "Zimbabwe's marimba traditions died out at the end of the 19th century due to colonial interference". If you want to know what really happened, please read on!......."
