ACSian Theatre South Africa Tour 2006 - Day 6
Breakfast this morning was at 8am, but I woke up at 6.49am to see the sun already up. When I went down for breakfast at a few minutes past 8, only Hansel was around. Timotheus came in next, and all in all only a few people showed up for breakfast, the rest probably fast asleep in their rooms. Following that the morning was spent at Eastgate for most of the people who needed groceries. I opted to stay in because I was lazy to go out to Eastgate. May have been a good choice to stay in; some reckless behaviour at Eastgate set the mood for the rest of the day.
Our first stop for the tour group was to the Apartheid Museum near Gold Reef City (a theme park cum casino). A few minutes after we arrived, a few girls from Jeppe High School for Girls, their vice-principal and some of their teachers also showed up to accompany us for the day. We entered the museum proper after snack time and interaction between the girls and us. I must say, the exhibition concepts have been very well planned. Unfortunately, the information in the museum about everything to do with apartheid, coupled with the unfortunate events this morning, made the mood rather depressing for me.
After the visit to the museum, we walked to the casino section of the Gold Reef City and waited around for the arrival of Mr. Robinson (the principal of Jeppe High School for Girls, if you've forgotten). When he did finally come, we entered the building not to play in the casino, but to have dinner at Boston BBQ, which was located in the casino. A happy moment was also spent when special cakes came to celebrate the birthdays of Tim and Mrs Oei. I also found a Jeppe girl who loved Math like me and I was in awe when she told me they studied finances in their Add. Math syllabus too. (Hang on, was Nat trying to hook us up?)
The night was spent at the Globe Theatre (also in the casino). Mr. Robinson had paid for all of us to watch African Footprints, a local song and dance production that had toured at least Europe (not sure about other places) and returned to South Africa for a limited period of time. In my opinion and perhaps most of the others who watched, the show was fabulously power-packed. Kass teased about how we need to have a whole new level to dance: mark, half-mark, all out and African Footprints.
And it was also perhaps a relief that the mood lightened up significantly by the end of the night.
To be continued
Our first stop for the tour group was to the Apartheid Museum near Gold Reef City (a theme park cum casino). A few minutes after we arrived, a few girls from Jeppe High School for Girls, their vice-principal and some of their teachers also showed up to accompany us for the day. We entered the museum proper after snack time and interaction between the girls and us. I must say, the exhibition concepts have been very well planned. Unfortunately, the information in the museum about everything to do with apartheid, coupled with the unfortunate events this morning, made the mood rather depressing for me.
After the visit to the museum, we walked to the casino section of the Gold Reef City and waited around for the arrival of Mr. Robinson (the principal of Jeppe High School for Girls, if you've forgotten). When he did finally come, we entered the building not to play in the casino, but to have dinner at Boston BBQ, which was located in the casino. A happy moment was also spent when special cakes came to celebrate the birthdays of Tim and Mrs Oei. I also found a Jeppe girl who loved Math like me and I was in awe when she told me they studied finances in their Add. Math syllabus too. (Hang on, was Nat trying to hook us up?)
The night was spent at the Globe Theatre (also in the casino). Mr. Robinson had paid for all of us to watch African Footprints, a local song and dance production that had toured at least Europe (not sure about other places) and returned to South Africa for a limited period of time. In my opinion and perhaps most of the others who watched, the show was fabulously power-packed. Kass teased about how we need to have a whole new level to dance: mark, half-mark, all out and African Footprints.
And it was also perhaps a relief that the mood lightened up significantly by the end of the night.
To be continued
yours truly, tobias at 11:22 pm
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