| The Story of the South Africa Panjazz Project | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| February 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| The South Africa Panjazz Project was inspired by a visit to Cape Town in February 2007 by Hampshire based music teachers Shaun Riches and Peter Beadell. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| July 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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11/07/07 - First public
performances by the South Africa Panjazz Project The full story, as told by the students involved. |
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| August 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Shaun Riches, Ben Riches and Stuart
Fowler visited South Africa, working with students at Groendal,
Kayamandi
and Scottsville Schools and at the Frank Pietersen Music
Centre. Among the aims of the visit were to initiate a combined South
African choir and a jazz programme at the Music Centre. Many key
contacts were made, establishing a possible programme of performances at
prestigious venues. Full story on our Newsletter. |
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| October 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Peter Beadell and Lindsay Jobling
(Sounds Of Steel tenor pan player) visited South Africa, spending two
weeks at Groendal Secondary School and the Frank Pietersen Music Centre.
They worked with about eighty local students and staff. Highlight of the
trip was a visit to Andile Siyo's marimba workshop. A number of
performances have been arranged for 2008 and members of the steel band
gave interviews and played on the radio. Full story on our Newsletter. |
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| November 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sponsorship/Partnership Updates:
Laura and Lucy Chappell have secured sponsorship for the project from
their local church. Sharon Duke has secured the services of a local
coach company to transport our party to the airport, when we travel to
South Africa in March 2008. We are discussing a partnership in which
players from the Jazz and Steel orchestras will perform with Tabla
maestro Sanju
Sahai, representing Art Asia in South Africa, in exchange
for the South Africa Panjazz Project appearing at the Mela festival in
Southampton. Full story on our Newsletter. |
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| December 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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19/12/07 - Our first Newsletter has been launched. These will be distributed as A4 leaflets as well as being available as PDF downloads. Click here to download the Winter 2007 edition.
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| February 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
23/02/08 - Preparations continue for the South Africa visit. The equipment for our 'tour' has now been shipped off to South Africa. To see pictures of the gear being loaded onto trucks at Portchester click here. |
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| March 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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07/04/08 - Raring to go! Judging by
the delightful messages they have sent us, the Scottsville
School Choir are certainly looking forward to the Tour! We have also
received pictures of the Groendal
School Steel Band hard at work! Read the messages in full 14/03/08 - After a twelve hour delay at Heathrow, the UK party arrived in South Africa to be welcomed by a group of marimba players and representatives from the participating Western Cape schools.
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