Music Evening 2022

๐—–๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—บ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐ŸŽถ
With limited performance opportunities for our musicians during the course of the past three years, Union High Schoolโ€™s ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ ๐— ๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—– ๐—˜๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ก๐—œ๐—ก๐—š held on Thursday evening, 18 August, was a welcome โ€˜return to the normโ€™ for our pianists, percussionists and choristers โ€“ from Grade 5 through to Grade 12 – to share their learning and talents with friends and family.
The junior choir opened the evening in rousing style before Unionโ€™s musicians each took to the stage to present their competitive programme of pieces they had prepared this year.
๐™’๐™๐™š๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™Ÿ๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ, ๐™ค๐™ง ๐™–๐™ก๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™™๐™ฎ ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™˜๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™ž๐™จ๐™๐™š๐™™ ๐™ข๐™ช๐™จ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ž๐™–๐™ฃ, ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ž๐™ง ๐™˜๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™จ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š!
The eveningโ€™s masters of ceremonies, Grade 12 learners Likhona Batala, Ijabulile Mtwazi, Dylan Petitt and Matthew Basson, kept the evening rolling and congratulated all the music instructors and musicians for their efforts, which resulted in a great night of musical entertainment.
The audience really enjoyed the evening and were enthusiastic in their praise.
๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜”๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜‰๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜“๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ, ๐˜”๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜š๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜‰๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ, ๐˜”๐˜ด ๐˜ก๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข ๐˜–๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ป๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ, ๐˜”๐˜ณ ๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜”๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜š๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜”๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ˆ๐˜ท๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜—๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ.
Unionโ€™s Head of Culture, Mrs Bronwen Langmead, commented, โ€˜๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ/๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ. ๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ, ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต.
๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ!
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Junior Music Students Excel

๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ to junior music students, ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ (Grade 5), ๐—”๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ (Grade 7) and ๐—”๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐˜€ (Grade 5) who successfully passed their recent Rockschool Graded Music Exams with aplomb!
Helen passed her Debut Contemporary Exam with Distinction (96%), Allison also passed her Debut Classical Exam with Distinction (90%) and Aimee passed her Grade 1 Contemporary Exam with Merit (85%).
๐—›๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐—”๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ and ๐—”๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐˜€
๐˜ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ด! ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜บ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ง! ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญโ€™๐˜ด 2022 ๐˜”๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜Œ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ, ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ, 18 ๐˜ˆ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต, ๐˜ข๐˜ต 18:00 ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ง-๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต. ๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ. ๐˜Œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ.

Chess Challenge

On Monday evening, 15 August, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet hosted a ๐—ฆ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฃ ๐—”๐—ก๐—— ๐—–๐—›๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ฆ ๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง๐—ฆ’ ๐—–๐—›๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ก๐—š๐—˜ in the Tony Burrell Union.
The evening provided an opportunity for the schoolโ€™s chess players โ€“ from prep school through to matric โ€“ to compete against their parents in a game of chess.
[ ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด-๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต, ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด. ]
As the event commenced, the ๐™๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ช๐™จ๐™ž๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™œ๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™š๐™™ ๐™ช๐™ฅ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™™๐™š๐™–๐™™ ๐™จ๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™—๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ž๐™ง ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ง๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ก ๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™จ.
Throughout the evening, across the floor, participants could be seen crowded close to the chessboards, nervously assessing the game, with the opportunity of beating their opponents cause for much excitement and it was quite heart-warming to see the younger children playing their moves like stalwarts with rapt concentration and a collected demeanour.
In the end, whether a match was won, lost or drawn, a ton of fun was had by all!
After conclusion of the matches, all those who attended could help themselves to a delicious selection of soups and breads.
๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ. ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฅรฉ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ.

Choir Performance

Union High School, Graaff-Reinet‘s choristers had the honour of ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ๐— ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—”๐—ง ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ช๐—˜๐——๐——๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—ข๐—™ Craig and Lisa-Anne Schafer at the beautiful Drostdy Hotel this afternoon, Saturday, 23 April.
๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ.

Meet The Media Team

We are very excited to introduce Union High Schoolโ€™s new ๐— ๐—˜๐——๐—œ๐—” ๐—ง๐—˜๐—”๐— .
The ๐— ๐—˜๐——๐—œ๐—” ๐—ง๐—˜๐—”๐—  is an extra-curricular opportunity for learners interested in technology and digital storytelling.
In addition to bringing their voices and perspectives to Unionโ€™s growing online presence and brand across digital platforms, they also serve as ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™˜๐™๐™ค๐™ค๐™กโ€™๐™จ ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™ž๐™™๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™˜๐™ ๐™จ๐™ฆ๐™ช๐™–๐™™, assisting the various departments within the school with their technological needs.
๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ:
๐—˜๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜
Daniel Marais
Alexander Neill
๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด
Josh Arends
Alastair Imrie
Bukhobenkosi Nomatye
Samantha Charles
๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐˜†
Sarah Jacobs
Amy Waddelow
๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€
Johannes du Plessis
Erin Gedult
Leshay Fourie
Keisha Mentoor
๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€/๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€
Aashiq Hartley
JJ Liebenberg

Speech Competition

“๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ. ๐˜š๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต.” – ๐—ข๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜€
Having the confidence to speak well is such an important life skill. While for many, the idea of public speaking may invoke a sense of trepidation, that certainly wasnโ€™t evident among the many learners who took to the stage these past two weeks to deliver their prepared speeches to the audiences at Union High Schoolโ€™s ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ก๐—œ๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—”๐—ก๐—— ๐—๐—จ๐—ก๐—œ๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—˜๐—–๐—› ๐—˜๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ก๐—œ๐—ก๐—š๐—ฆ.
Overall the standard of the learnersโ€™ speeches were very high, and, regardless of the age group, their confidence was astonishing.
๐™๐™๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ฅ ๐™ค๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™จ ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™–๐™จ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ก๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™จ:
Grade 8: Endinako Jadezweni
Grade 9: Erin Gedult
Grade 10: Sobuhle Njambali
Grade 11: Caitrin Spence
Grade 12: Kendall Krige
๐—ช๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐——๐—ข๐—ก๐—˜!

 

 

 

Scouts Summit Nardousberg

On Saturday, 15 January, five intrepid Union Scouts – ๐™…๐™… ๐™‡๐™ž๐™š๐™—๐™š๐™ฃ๐™—๐™š๐™ง๐™œ, ๐™†๐™ฎ๐™ก๐™š ๐™‡๐™ž๐™š๐™—๐™š๐™ฃ๐™—๐™š๐™ง๐™œ, ๐™…๐™–๐™ฎ๐™™๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™Ž๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ, ๐˜ผ๐™ก๐™š๐™ญ ๐™‰๐™š๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐˜ฝ๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™‡๐™š๐™ข๐™ ๐™š – took off on a hike up Nardousberg accompanied by Old Unionites John Finlaison and Richard Collett.
Armed with meagre food rations which consisted of a few Pro-vitaโ€™s, a cheese wedge, one apple, a power bar, a carrot and as much water as they could carry, they took on the second highest mountain in the Eastern Cape (2400m).
The hike up was tough, but very well handled by the boys.ย 

They set up camp at the base of the peak at about 21:00 that night after hiking the last section in the dark and thick mist.
The next morning, the group was greeted by stunning 360หš views as far as the eye could see and a beautiful sunrise. After the short walk to the beacon at the peak to write their names in the record book, they headed back down, mercifully easier, for a lunch of boerewors rolls and reflection of what was a worthy achievement!
These five young men acquitted themselves very well with good manners and a tough spirit and are a credit to themselves, their school and families, well done!
A word of thanks is extended to Mr Bruce Maree, Graaff-Reinet Scoutmaster, for making all the arrangements for the hike and also to Mr Kobus Olivier who once again allowed the Scouts access to this wonderful piece of land!
โ€ข ๐˜‰๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ด (๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ 5 ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ 10) ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ด, ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ 18:30 ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ 20:30 ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ ๐˜Ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ. ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, ๐˜”๐˜ณ ๐˜‰๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ข๐˜ต 082 783 7027 ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฌ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ, 27 ๐˜‘๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ 2022.

Virtual Music Showcase

Over the past two years, Union High Schoolโ€™s music students have continued to make steady progress on the piano despite the many disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
As they’ve been deprived of the opportunity of performing in front of a live audience for quite some time, our Music teachers, Mrs Sanette Brink and Ms Zelda van Rooyen, dead set on sharing their studentsโ€™ talents with the Union community, asked all their pianists to carefully prepare a piece for a virtual music showcase at the end of 2021.
Please take the time to watch our fabulous performers!
The showcase includes performances on the piano by all our pianists and includes beginner piano pieces through to advanced.
Thank you to all of our performers for taking the time to video and share your beautiful music.
We look forward to the day that our Music Department can host their Annual Music Evening in person on the Union stage again just like in years past.
๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜”๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ. – ๐— ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป’๐˜€ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฟ

Congratulations Taegen!

๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ to Taegen Hamid, a Grade 7 learner at Union High School, who recently passed her Rockschool Grade 2 Comtemporary Piano practical examination with distinction (90%)!