The Tony Burrell Union was buzzing this afternoon as Unionites turned out in force to support the SANBS ๐๐๐ข๐ข๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐.
๐๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ค๐ณ๐ถ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ.
With manic choreography, light-hearted humour, an amusing love story and sweet, singable songs, Union High School, Graaff-Reinetโs 2024 stage production โ โSeven Brides For Seven Brothersโ – offered a warm and lighthearted evening out to all those lucky enough to have secured a ticket for the show.
๐๐ฏ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ-๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ 70 ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐จ๐ฐ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐บ, ๐ข ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ 1850โ๐ด ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ป๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ช๐น ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฅ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด-๐ช๐ฏ-๐ญ๐ข๐ธ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐จ๐ฆ.
Along the way, the audience was treated to some irresistibly lively dancing and more than a few laughs as Milly guided Adam and his brothers through the wilderness of etiquette and courtship to the peaceful valley of requited love.
Of the brothers, Gideon was played by Peter Michaels, Benjamin by Naโeem Mahomed, Caleb by Dylan Kivedo, Daniel by Josh Basson, Ephraim by Dumisa Mala, and Frank by Peter Michaels. (๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐น ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ด ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ค ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต.)
Of the brides, Alice was played by Amber Bezuidenhout, Dorcas by Lolitha Saki, Ruth by Lelomso Ngceba, Liza by Aaminah Steele, Martha by Jemae-Mari Davids, and Sarah by Joy Merifield.
๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ฉ ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ง๐จ ๐ผ๐ซ๐ง๐๐ก๐ก๐ ๐๐ช๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง, ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ค-๐๐ฃ๐-๐๐๐ก๐-๐๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ค๐ฌ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ข๐ก๐๐จ๐จ๐ก๐ฎ, highlighting the heart-warming essence of the story, with each member of the ensemble bringing depth and vibrancy to the stage, captivating the audience with their strong vocals and harmonious melodies.
The infectious energy of the Going Courtinโ sequence, where Milly teaches the brothers proper manners and dance moves, resonated long after the curtains closed, leaving smiles etched on the faces of all those in attendance. The town social scene, brimming with lively dance-offs and comedic antics, also stood out as a true highlight, showcasing the talent of our performers.
Moreover, the fight choreography was fun with lots of moments where the brothersโ tendency to break out into a brawl made the audience laugh.
Overall, the cast of brothers, brides, competing suitors and townfolk – in fact too many talented learners to mention – delivered an uplifting visual feast – the only thing missing was an invitation to get up there and join the party!
๐๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น, ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ๐ป’๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐๐น ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ. Their passion and dedication shone brightly on stage, leaving an indelible mark on all who had the privilege of witnessing their artistry.
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Congratulations to ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ต๐ฎ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ฒ๐, a Grade 10 music student, for passing her recent ABRSM Performance Grade 5 Examination with an impressive 83% (Merit).
Samantha performed four pieces seamlessly, demonstrating excellent stage presence and confidence, as noted by the examiner.
๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข’๐ด ๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ค ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ญ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ.
Well done, Samantha!
Congratulations to ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ๐๐น๐, a Grade 11 music sturdent, for passing her ABRSM Grade 6 Performance Graded Practical Examination with a score of 81% (Merit).
๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ด๐ฌ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ, ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ณ๐ฉ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฎ, ๐ง๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐บ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.
She also showcased her ability to improvise and showed maturity and authenticity in her performances.
Erin’s music educator, Ms Zelda Oosthuizen, praised her diligent work, especially considering that Erin takes music as an additional module while still achieving subject music standard.
๐ช๐ฒ๐น๐น ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ, ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป!
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to senior music student, ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐๐ (Grade 9), who successfully passed her recent Rockschool Practical Examinations with assurance!
Kirsten played a Classical Rockschool Grade 1 Graded Certificate Examination and achieved 75% (Merit).
๐ ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ค ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ด, ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ค ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ, ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ค ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ฐ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ 20๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ 21๐ด๐ต ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐บ.
Kirsten has mastered the key basic debut level skills and has since acquired greater use of technique, rhythms, co-ordination and musical understanding.
For the examination, she performed sixteen Technical Exercises (with legato feel), one Stylistic Study and three Performance Pieces presented as a continuous program.
๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป, ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ! ๐ช๐ฒ๐น๐น ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ!
Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s ๐ฆ๐๐ก๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ก๐๐ก๐ saw eight accomplished speakers from Grade 10 to 12, presenting their prepared speeches to convivial audience in The Tony Burrell Union.
Adjudicators Mrs Belinda Grewar, Mrs Tess Neill and Miss Rebecca Langmead provided positive feedback, recognizing the exceptional performances of the speakers.
The final results were extremely close with ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ taking a well-deserved second place for his speech on the topic, “๐๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ค ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ด,” which he delivered with passionate intensity.
๐๐ผ๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ’s speech, based on the quote, “๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ข๐บ, ๐ข ๐ง๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ข๐บ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ,” displayed a good dose of humour coupled with wisdom and authenticity.
Overall, the quality of the speeches was excellent, with remarkable growth evident in our young orators.
๐๐ถ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ซ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ด๐บ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ.
In addition, the ๐๐จ๐ก๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ competition held earlier in the term yielded outstanding results. Azile Mqhamkana (Grade 9) secured first place, followed by Zusange Phehlukwayo (Grade 9) in second place and Konke Gawula (Grade 8) in third place. These young speakers showed tremendous promise and impressed the audience with their abilities.
๐๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ for their exceptional performances, and a heartfelt thank you to everyone who made this event a resounding success.
โThe Philosophy Club is an ever-growing community of free-thinking learners, with a leadership framework that tends to take a laissez-faire approach to engaging in thought provoking discussions about various topics within philosophical parameters.
More than anything else, ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐ค๐จ๐ค๐ฅ๐๐ฎ ๐พ๐ก๐ช๐ ๐๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ข๐ ๐ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ข๐ช๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ฎ๐จ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ and am glad that I have had the privilege of actively contributing and being commended for my service to the club through various means.
I am the first recipient of the prestigious Philosophy Club team award, and it is an honour to wear the inaugural scroll on my blazer, but that is dwarfed by the meaning of the Philosophy Club in my life.
Many factors have impacted how my character has been moulded over my very few years within the Union Schools, but most of those factors would be miniscule in comparison to the Philosophy Clubโs impact on my life.
The Philosophy Clubโs approach to assertively and clearly expressing your opinions whilst being respectful and understanding of others, has come to shape how I interact with anyone I speak to and will speak to for the rest of my life.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐บ ๐๐ญ๐ถ๐ฃ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฃ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ถ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด โ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ท๐ฆโ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ญ๐บ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ญ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ.
The privilege of being able to speak your mind freely with the intention of providing value to a discussion has been a platform I have needed multiple times in my life and stumbling my way into this incredible community at the age of 14 may have been the most relevant moment of my ongoing life at Union Schools.
๐ผ ๐จ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐ง๐ฉ๐๐๐ก๐ฉ ๐ข๐๐จ๐จ๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐๐ ๐ข๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐จ ๐๐ค๐จ๐-๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐ฅ๐ค๐จ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐ค๐จ๐ค๐ฅ๐๐ฎ ๐พ๐ก๐ช๐โ๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ก๐ช๐จ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ค๐ค๐ก๐จ ๐ซ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐จ๐ ๐๐ช๐ก๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐๐ก ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ข๐, and paving the way for me to be the current president of this club. An even warmer message of gratitude must be given to Mrs Hanli Rose-Innes for her efforts in upholding the structures and initial purposes of the club from its inception up until this point and always being willing to offer a helping hand.
The Philosophy Club is and will continue being one of the most innovative communities in the history of the Union schools, and having been part of helping to add even more structure onto the creation of some of the smartest thinkers I have ever met has been nothing short of a privilege.โ
๐๐บ ๐๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐๐บ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ๐ช, ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต – ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐บ ๐๐ญ๐ถ๐ฃ 2022/23:
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ:
โข Cynicism โ presented by Sobuhle Nyambali
โข Stoicism โ presented by Mrs Hanli Rose-Innes
โข Narcissim โ presented by Sobuhle Nyambali
โข Artificial Intelligence โ presented by Chante Bezuidenhout
โข Machiavelli โ presented by Athi Mahlati
โข How to save yourself from yourself โ presented by Clea Clark and Chantรฉ Bezuidenhout
We extend our ๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to Union High School, Graaff-Reinet Head Girl ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ on being chosen to compete in the national finals of The South African Literacy Associationโs speech competition on 21 October in Mpumalanga.
Caitrin’s exceptional performance in the semi-finals, held in George on 18 August, earned her an outstanding rating of A++ for her captivating speech on the topic of “Time is Relative.”
The adjudicators were greatly impressed by her abilities and praised her across all aspects of her speech delivery.
๐๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ข๐ช๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐บ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ 6 ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต.
The inaugural Camdeboo Eisteddfod came alive with talent and creativity when it recently graced the stage in Graaff-Reinet.
๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ๐ด – ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฅ๐ข๐บ, 23 ๐๐ถ๐จ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ๐ข๐บ, 25 ๐๐ถ๐จ๐ถ๐ด๐ต – ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ, ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข, ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ค ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ท๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ด.
The event was not only a platform for learners to exhibit their talents, but also an opportunity to foster a supportive environment where learners could be recognised and celebrated for their performance abilities.
Mrs Bronwen Langmead, the Head of Culture at Union High School, expressed her delight at the positive feedback received from all those who attended this event. “๐๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ. ๐๐ต’๐ด ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ด,” she said.
The performances were evaluated by esteemed adjudicators who ensured that excellence was celebrated and rewarded. The diverse showcase of talents helped demonstrate the depth of artistic abilities in the community, leaving the audiences in awe of the remarkable performances.
Mrs Langmead further added, “๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ป๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ง๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ด. ๐๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ญ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐น๐ต ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ’๐ด ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ช๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ!”
Union High School, Graaff-Reinet would like to express its heartfelt appreciation to all those who supported and participated in making this event a resounding success.
๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐, ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐, ๐ณ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ถ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐.
The success of the inaugural Camdeboo Eisteddfod has undoubtedly set the stage for future events, inspiring even greater participation and showcasing the talents of more individuals.
The organising committee is grateful for the incredible support received and express their heartfelt thanks to everyone involved. A ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ช๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐๐ฆ is also extended to Tyremart Graaff-Reinet, Paul and Liezl Merifield, Joy Merifield and Johan Minnaar for their contribution to the event.
As the echoes of applause fade away, the memories of this extraordinary event will continue to resonate, reminding us all of the power of the arts to captivate hearts and souls.
Congratulations to Union High School, Graaff-Reinet‘s newly appointed ๐ฃ๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฆ for 2023!
๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ.
๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐๐บ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ต๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ฑ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ
During the recent AGM of the Graaff-Reinet Scout Troop, outgoing Scoutmaster Mr Bruce Maree was recognized for all of his years of volunteer service to the local Scouting movement.
๐๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ 15 ๐๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ถ๐ข๐ณ๐บ 1967, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ฆ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ณ๐ถ๐ค๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ฃ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ข๐ง๐ง-๐๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ต ๐๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฎ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ 55 ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ 2022.
In the first 50 years of the Troop’s history (1910 to 1966) there had been 13 Scoutmasters. Since 1967, the 14th Scoutmaster has remained at the forefront of Graaff-Reinet Scouting, the 4th oldest Scout Troop in South Africa.
๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐๐จ ๐๐ง๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ก ๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ข, ๐๐๐จ ๐ข๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ค๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐ช๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ค๐ฅ, ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ค๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ง๐๐๐’๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ผ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐, ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ค๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐ and the Troop has a proud record of 74 such Springbok Awards. In recent times Brian Kingwill, Brian and Stuart Welman, John Marais, James Moore, Rodney Naude, Kevin and Carl Watermeyer, Joe Kroon, Kayne Kingwill, Kobus Olivier , Leonard Kingwill, Kevin Prinsloo, Johan Vorster and Cameron Muir (to name a few), have achieved this prestigious accolade.
At present, Union has 17 Scouts from Grade 5 through to Grade 12 invested in the programme.
We thank Mr Maree for his dedication to Unionโs Scout movement and for guiding the hundreds of boys attending Scouts from the corridors of Union High School.
โข ๐๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต, ๐๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ 15๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฎ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ข๐ง๐ง-๐๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ต ๐๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฑ.