Audio & Lighting System Upgrade In Hall

We are beyond thrilled to announce that this week, Union High School is welcoming a team from Staccato Music to ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น’๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐˜†๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜€ to create an even more dynamic and engaging environment for our learners and community.

The enhancements will include an impressive array of ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—”๐—ง๐—˜-๐—ข๐—™-๐—ง๐—›๐—˜-๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง ๐—˜๐—ค๐—จ๐—œ๐—ฃ๐— ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง.

Weโ€™re excited to be installing a brand new sound desk, complemented by high-performance amplifiers and bass subs that will ensure rich, full-bodied sound for all our performances.

In addition, we will be equipping our stage with new hanging microphones and wireless belt packs, making it easier for our performers to shine. ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ!

But thatโ€™s not all. Weโ€™re equally excited about the complete overhaul of our lighting system. The new setup will not only enhance the visual experience but also offer the capability to be controlled from a computer located at the back of the hall. This means that our lights can be synchronized with music, creating a mesmerizing ambiance that truly elevates the mood and energy of our events.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ.

We are confident that this new setup from Staccato Music will take Union High School’s productions and cultural events to new heights, leaving a lasting impression on all who attend.

1St XV Rugby – Gimnasium Festival Results

Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s ๐Ÿญ๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—ซ๐—ฉ traveled to Oudtshoorn over the Easter weekend to participate in the Langenhoven Gimnasium Sports Festival.

๐—œ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ, Langenhoven Gimnasium, the boys faced an early challenge as the hosts secured the first points with a try, leading 7-0.

However, Union quickly responded with a try from ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ, leveling the score. Union then took the lead with two penalty kicks, bringing the score to 13-7.

๐—ž๐˜†๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด further extended the lead with another try, making it 18-7. Unfortunately, a lapse in concentration allowed Langenhoven Gimnasium to narrow the gap to 18-14. ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ถ’s try ensured that Union went into halftime with a comfortable 23-14 lead.

๐˜๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ง, ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด. ๐˜œ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ, ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง 31-23.

Union’s second game was against Brighton Secondary School, also from Oudtshoorn.

Brighton struck first, scoring a try and taking a 5-0 lead. A well-executed line-out and maul set the stage for Union’s first try, scored by ๐—œ๐˜€๐˜€๐˜† ๐—”๐—ต๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ.

Brighton then capitalized on defensive lapses from Union, regaining the lead at 12-7. ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ก๐—พ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ made his mark by scoring a try, which, along with a conversion by ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐˜‚๐—ธ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜†๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, put Union ahead 14-12. A penalty try pushed the score to 21-12 in favour of Union at halftime.

However, the second half mirrored earlier struggles, as costly mistakes, including a red and yellow card, allowed Brighton back into the game. They narrowed Union’s lead to 21-19 before ๐—˜๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฟ scored again, bringing the tally to 28.

๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ, ๐˜‰๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง 29-28.