Concert with Rocco de Villiers

It’s an extraordinary experience and a privilege for the Union Schools’ to be able to offer our young musicians the highest calibre learning and performance opportunities to assist them throughout their musical careers.

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ 2024 ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜บ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ.

Rocco de Villiers, undoubtedly one of South Africaโ€™s most celebrated pianists, will visit Graaff-Reinet for a ๐—ข๐—ก๐—˜ ๐—ก๐—œ๐—š๐—›๐—ง ๐—ข๐—ก๐—Ÿ๐—ฌย #concert, in which some of our young, but formidably talented pianists, will join him for a programme of short sets.

๐™’๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™›๐™ž๐™ง๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™๐™–๐™ก๐™› ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š๐™ง๐™ฉ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™—๐™š ๐™™๐™š๐™ซ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™จ๐™๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™˜๐™–๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ฃ ๐™ข๐™ช๐™จ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ž๐™–๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฎ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™–๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™จ๐™ž๐™™๐™š ๐™™๐™š ๐™‘๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก๐™ž๐™š๐™ง๐™จ, the second half will see the flamboyant de Villiers entertain the audience with a magnificent performance on the piano.

This very special concert is set to take place on Friday evening, 16 February at 19:00 in the John Rupert Theatre.

Tickets will go on sale on 1 February from Union High School’s front foyer, so be sure to ๐——๐—œ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐—ง๐—›๐—œ๐—ฆ ๐——๐—”๐—ง๐—˜!

Triangular Tennis Tournament

This past Sunday, 21 January, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s ๐—ง๐—ข๐—ฃ ๐Ÿฒ senior boys’ and girls’ tennis players competed against their traditional Grahamstown rivals, St Andrew’s College, DSG, Graeme College, Victoria Girls’ High and Kingswood College.

๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต 9 ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ 12 ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜›๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ 12, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ด, ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜น๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด.

While every member of the Union team contributed positively, special recognition must be given to the new Grade 8 additions, ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—•๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ and ๐—๐—ผ๐—ต๐—ป-๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด. These talented young individuals produced exceptional results by winning all of their respective singles’ encounters. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ต.

๐™๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™˜๐™๐™ค๐™ค๐™ก ๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™ช๐™™๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™–๐™ข ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ž๐™ง ๐™š๐™ญ๐™š๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™จ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™๐™ž๐™ฅ, ๐™จ๐™๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™˜๐™–๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™๐™–๐™—๐™ก๐™š ๐™—๐™š๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ง ๐™—๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ค๐™›๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™จ.