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Camdeboo Eisteddfod 2024

30th Aug 202430th Aug 2024L. Crankshaw

The Welsh word โ€˜๐—˜๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—˜๐——๐——๐—™๐—ข๐——โ€™ is formed from the Welsh morphemes: eistedd โ€“ meaning โ€˜sitโ€™ and fod โ€“ meaning โ€˜beโ€™ โ€“ culminating in the definition, โ€œsitting togetherโ€.

As strange as this sounds, when one considers that the earliest form of the eisteddfod was a competitive meeting between bards and minstrels, it does make perfect sense! In centuries gone by, the winner was chosen by a noble or royal patron.

The vision of Union High School, Graaff-Reinetโ€™s Cultural Department is ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ, ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ. This yearโ€™s Camdeboo Eisteddfod was an astonishing celebration of exactly that.

The Eisteddfod took place over three busy days. An increase in entries this year led to logistical and administrative challenges, but thanks to an online entry platform using Google Forms and an extensive set of guidelines, the programme was effectively streamlined.

๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ โ€“ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ, ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ ๐—”๐˜‚๐—ด๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ โ€“ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜‡๐˜‡ with busloads of choirs dressed in stunning regalia arriving from other schools; children carrying sheet music and instruments, smaller children waiting anxiously to read their poems or play their pieces, gorgeous artworks and photos on display; duos and trios singing in harmony; lines being practiced in quiet places; moms quickly checking if their dancers had lipstick on; folk from the community relaxing in the audience surrounded by music for a few hours; props being shuffled onto stage; bats removed from the curtains to the squeals of ballerinas; tears when certificates werenโ€™t always gold; jubilation when a โ€˜cum laudeโ€™ was awarded and the general endorphin-filled atmosphere that is associated with the performing arts.

๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜Œ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฅ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ด, ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด.

Qualified adjudicators were carefully chosen: Lynne Gouws -music, voice, choral and instrumental; Paula Kingwill โ€“ drama; Rebecca Langmead โ€“ art and photography; Bronwynne Kingwill โ€“ dance and Louise Vorster โ€“ creative writing.

๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ and expertise under challenging circumstances and exhausting time constraints.

As each item was performed โ€“ be it a song, piano piece, dance or prose โ€“ it was immediately judged, a comment written and a certificate completed. This could not have happened without the invaluable assistance of Union moms, Marie-Louise Oosthuizen and Marsha Bouwer.

Mrs Sharon Krige printed hundreds of certificates and the technical assistance of Johan du Plessis and Muhamad Ahmed were also greatly appreciated. The Eisteddfod committee is especially grateful to Mr Donald Kingwill and his team who really went beyond the call of duty from dawn until dusk, fetching, cleaning, carrying and re-arranging during a very busy week.

As the Camdeboo Eisteddfod drew to a close late on the Friday afternoon, the organisers (๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š๐™™ ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š) consisting of Ms Zelda Oosthuizen, Mrs Sanette Brink, Mrs Tracy-Lee Chutu and Mrs Bronwen Langmead breathed a collective sigh of satisfaction that it had been a resounding success for the Cultural Department of Union.

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