Sydenham Highlands North community centre to host concert

For the sixth consecutive year, Sydenham Highlands North community centre together with Education Africa is bringing you the Sounds of Celebration.

This year’s theme – Heal the world – sets to emphasise the roles community members can play in creating meaning from confusion, harmony from noise.

The show will present 150 young performers in a kaleidoscope of sound and movement who will be performing on different instruments and in a variety of arts including dance and song. The programme has been chosen for its ability to represent healing, reconciliation and union.

NPO Education Africa’s International Arts and Culture project in collaboration with Sydenham Shul strives to achieve social cohesion and elevate South African communities through music.

Between 2013 and 2018, the project opened five Marimba Hubs at Ithute, in Alexandra, the Zama Montessori School, Daveyton, the Boys and Girls Club of Protea Glen and its newest hubs in Hammanskraal and the Boys and Girls Club at Bertrams.

The current focus of the project is to ensure the sustainability and growth of the 12 existing Education Africa Marimba Hubs so that more learners can benefit from these significant and impactful opportunities.

From Boney M’s Don’t Kill the World, to The Greatest Showman’s A Million Dreams; from The Black Eyes Peas’ Where is the Love? to Paul McCartney’s Ebony and Ivory, Joan Lithgow, Education Africa’s intrepid musical director has crafted a programme guaranteed to uplift and inspire.

The audience will be moved by World in Union and Waving Flag, which have become anthems of peaceful solidarity. The chorus of the performance reverberates throughout the evening and is expressed in pieces like Thuma Mina with the African prayer for support and upliftment for our most vulnerable, to the powerful, surging hope articulated in One Day for a peaceful and whole future for all of earth’s citizens.

There are two performances free of charge which are performed specifically for 2 000 disadvantaged youth in the Gauteng area. These young learners will have the opportunity to hear talented peers perform in a world-class venue. An educational booklet, allied to the Caps curriculum, has also been prepared and will be supplied to each child.

The final performance, formally presented by David Bloch, takes place on Tuesday 16 April at 7.45pm and is open to the public. All performances take place at Emperors Palace, Theatre of Marcellus.

Tickets priced between R60 and R120. Bookings at www.ticketpro.co.za or at SPAR outlets.

Details: 011 685 7300; Sydenham Shul 011 640 5021.

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