Final Newsletter for February 2016

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Some quotes from the talk by Corne Krige:
• Lead from the heart
• Lead a balanced life
• Be an example: live by what you preach
• Lead a spiritual and ethical life: stand for
something
• “The secret to success in life lies in the
success of your secret life.”
The 2016 Executive prefect body.
Duke Orsino:
If music be the food of love, play on,
Give me excess of it; that surfeiting,
The appetite may sicken, and so die.
Twelfth Night Act1, Scene1, 1-13,
WilliamShakespeare
Few quotes are as appropriate for the month
of love and few quotes could point as accurately
to the exciting year that lies ahead for the
Culture department here at the Secondary
Faculty.
Music News
At the Cultural assembly on Friday, 5
February, Parklands College’s Year of Music
will be officially launched and what an exciting
year it promises to be. The first event is to
be held in the Minor Hall on Wednesday, 10
February where the accomplished Italian
pianist, and Parklands parent, Natalia Burri will
perform a programme of Beethoven, Chopin
and Prokofieff. Natalia Burri was born in Verona,
Italy, where she studied and graduated in Piano
and Composition. In 1995, she started working
with the world famous tenor Danilo Castari and
their collaboration lasted for ten years. During
this time, they toured and performed in many
different countries around Europe. Natialia has
a passion for teaching children to play piano
and she loves performing. She will be joined
on stage by two of Parklands College’s own
Music teachers, Mrs Beverley du Plessis (voice)
and Mr Ash-Lee Louwskieter (trombone). The
concert starts at 18:30 and it is a compulsory
event for all FET music learners. It is a great
privilege to be afforded the opportunity to see
an artist of this caliber perform and we extend
a warm invitation to interested parents and
members of the Parklands community.
Next month, the Secondary Faculty will be
hosting the inaugural Parklands College Music
Festival on March, 12. Music learners from
other schools will be invited to participate
in a day full of collaboration with Parklands
Musicians and there will be a highly anticipated
performance by the Grassy Sparks in the
evening on the Sandown campus. Read the
blog to keep updated on this exciting event and
other planned Music events for 2016.
Drama
This year we welcome Mr Joshua Wyngaard
into the Drama department. Mr Wyngaard,
although relatively new to teaching, is no
stranger to the stage and screen. He is teaching
the GET phase and is involved in the recently
introduced Film and Media course offered to the
Grade 8s. This year, the FET Drama learners
will be participating in the Shakespeare Schools
Festival. The 25 learners will be performing
in Shakespeare’s great tragedy Macbeth on
April, 21 2016 at the Baxter Theatre. Visit the
SSFSA website for more information and to
view some images from our past production of
Othello staged in 2013.
Trinity Drama has had a healthy intake of new
learners and details regarding Eisteddfods will
be made available via the blog at a later stage
of the quarter.
Dance
Congratulations to all of the dancers who
participated in the RAD and ISTD examinations
at the end of 2015. The ballet dancers were
examined by Ms Joyce Myroff and the modern
and tap dancers by Ms Trish McKenna. Ms
Anma Botha examined the dancers, who
participated in the Medal tests. Across the three
different faculties, we accumulated 4 Bronze,
11 Silver, 9 Gold Medals as well as 4 Merits and
31 Distinctions for the ISTD examinations. We
were awarded 2 Merits, 41 Distinctions and 6
Higher Grade Presentations for the RAD Ballet
Examinations. We are very pleased and proud
of their achievements. Well done to the following
dancers:
Isabella Rivera, Leah Deetlefs, Abigail
Neisius, Dristhi Ramkelawan, Sujata Naidoo,
Teneale Moodley, Kiana Prinsloo, Farah Isaacs,
Elinor Naidoo, Saliswa Mkwananzi, Sarah
Saidi, Pearl Mabula, Jordan Black, Cheye
Strydom, Khanyisile Njobe, Julia Ligthelm,
Hannah Rogers, Kara Fourie, Lia Benny,
Olivia Draper, Gabriella Andrews, Sabrina
Davids, Kira Farrakhova, Taylor Gerstle, Amy
Wood, Morghan Mateus, Sibabalwe. Bebelele,
Angelique Minkoulou, Eden Ashendorf-Cox,
Uchechukwu Obinwa, Marion Minkoulou,
Zimi Sodlongwana, Carla Bochnig, Ashleé
Pretorius, Mikayla Van der Merwe, Lauren
Williams, Daniel Maclagan, Isabella Fourie,
Leah Miller, Jemma Daries, Isabella Schroder,
Chantel Myburgh, Lila Barker, McKenna Nel,
Katelyn Pienaar, Thaliya Moodley, Maapi
Molomo, Kyla Dinkelmann, Makayla Dobson,
Michaela Greyvensteyn, Tamlyn Greyvensteyn,
Keira Shelton, Kaira Naidoo, Nicola Simpson,
Moonjing Liang, Alexandra Draper, Amy
Ligthelm, Kiara Florentino, Tallulah Duvenage,
Nishtha Ramjee, Raquel de Castro ,Anika
van der Walt, Bianca Botha, Laura Maclagan,
Zarah Linssen, Kaylee Musikanth, Kim Sendin,
Bathandwa May, Courtney Douglas, Milena
Fieggen, Megan Deghaye, Adrienne Tonkin,
Tiffany Schrauwen, Nora Meviane, Daniella
Mizrachi, Taylor Savage, Erin Matthews, Niamh
Moriarty, Demi van Rooi, Cecilia van der Walt,
Zoë Van Rooyen, Zintle Mayaphi, Tania Kianda
Nkulu, Arminda Lima Gonçalves, Melisa Mbero,
Mertixell Cilliers, Kirsten Eppel, Kristy-Anne
Milne, Christine Livingston, Claudia Schoeman,
Kwena Charlene Mabotja and Tamaryn Taylor.
Dance photographs courtesy of Aletta Nijland.
Visual Arts
After outstanding Matric results in 2015, the
Visual Arts and Design department continues to
grow in its pursuit of excellence. Chloë Saville,
one of our Culture prefects for 2016, has
embraced the challenge of making the Visual
Arts more visible on our campus and will be
presenting the first slideshow of our talented
visual artists at assembly on Friday, 5 February.
The Culture prefects have also embarked on
an Artist of the Month initiative which will see
learners’ work exhibited on the digital notice
boards around the school making art a part of
our everyday life here at the college. Artists
from the College will be entering pieces into the
Eisteddfod competition for the first time in 2016
and we eagerly anticipate their success on this
public platform.
Cultural Tours
The Culture tour to Europe and the Jazz tour
to the Grahamstown festival are scheduled for
later in the year. Mrs Cass and Mr Flanagan will
be part of the staff accompanying learners to
the former and Mr Flanagan, Mrs Nock and Mr
Clayton to the latter.
We encourage everyone to explore some
facet of the huge variety of Cultural activities
happening at the College. 2016 may not be a
‘production year’ but we, as a department, are
always in production and we would love you to
join us as audience.
Catherine Dodders
INTERACT REPORT
The Interact Club, our society focussing
on social awareness and outreach at the
Secondary faculty, has started off with a bang
as learners have already started bringing in
chocolates for our annual Easter Egg drive.
These Easter Eggs are then given to some
old age and children’s homes. Our annual
culture