Margate Moves: Be a little Marico moonstruck
`Driving Miss Daisy' is the next supper theatre offering at the village.
BRACE yourself for a hilarious evening of storytelling and witty entertainment at the hands of the spirited, sassy, veldskoen-clad Bosman teller of tales Barbie Meyer.
The show `Marico Moon’ takes place at Ramsgate Lions’ Club’s community centre on Glenmarkie Road, this Friday, May 24.
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`Marico Moon’ is Barbie Meyer’s eagerly awaited sixth show on one of South Africa’s finest literary masters, Herman Charles Bosman (1905-1951). He was a South African writer and journalist who became famous for capturing the rhythms of backveld Afrikaans speech even though he wrote in English. He is widely regarded as the greatest short story writer to come out of this country. His books are some of the finest in the field of South African literature.
Whether you have read Bosman’s works or not, Barbie’s compilation of his stories in `Marico Moon’ looks set to delight and surprise. She has been recognised as something of a Bosman fundi and has performed her plays at many venues, festivals and intimate settings around the country.
Hosted by the Hibiscus Rotary Anns, `Marico Moon’ directed by Marke Meyer is a fund-raiser for South Coast Hospice. Tickets cost R300 per person, with a three-course dinner. Take note there are no bar facilities so please bring your own liquid refreshments.
Phone 039 317 3301 or 082 561 8461 to book.
Be a knit twit
The Ramsgate Knit Twits invite everyone to take part in `World Wide Knit and Crochet in Public Day’. It takes place at the Ramsgate Whale Deck Enviro Centre on Saturday, June 8 from 9am to midday.
Take along your latest project or your knitting needles/crochet hook for a fun morning of yarn bombing.
Chairs will be provided along with knitting or crochet lessons. Any donations of yarn will be most welcome.
Tea and/or coffee, as well as prego rolls, will be offered for sale by the Ramsgate Conservancy.
Vendors selling local home crafted, organic, upcycled or recycled items (strictly no plastic) are invited to sell their wares.
For more information contact Hazel Voice at 083 447 9261.
Beautiful blooms
Margate Methodist Church Hall is the venue for a blooming good show next month.
The South Coast Floral Art Club extends a cordial invitation to lovers of all things floral to attend the annual fund-raiser on Tuesday, June 4 from 9am.
Qualified floral art judge, Helia Groenewald will present the demonstrations and there will an exhibition of the members’ exquisite work. Along with the flower arrangements, there will also be entertainment, tea and a lucky draw offering great prizes. Entry is R50 per person. For details contact Saroj Pillay at 071 6828781.
Great entertainment
The Durban City Orchestra performed its concert at the Azalea Hall, at Margate Retirement Village last Saturday and judging by the positive feedback it will be the first of many.
Conductor, Lykele Temmingh, had a wonderful rapport with the audience with his witty chit-chat and singer Cassie Rae enthralled. Liz Curran from the Residents’ Activities Committee congratulated the performers for delivering a first class evening and thanked organiser Wesley Lewis for the excellent concert.
`Driving Miss Daisy’ is the next supper theatre offering at the village. It will be staged at the Azalea Hall on Saturday, June 22. Doors open at 6pm and the fabulous entertainment featuring The Gentry starts at 7pm. Tickets at R80 per person are on sale from the admin or RAC offices at the village – phone 039 312 5000 to book.
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Choral concert
If you enjoy listening to choral music don’t miss the Hibiscus Choir’s forthcoming concert series `A Song for Everyone’. The first show takes place at the Margate Methodist Church Hall on Saturday, June 15 at 2.30pm. This will be followed by a show at Ramsgate Retirement Village on the 19th also at 2.30pm and there’s an evening concert at Ramsgate Lions’ Club’s community centre on the 21st at 6.30pm and at the Village Bowling Club (Margate Retirement Village) on the 25th at 6.30pm.
For more details contact Jennifer at 083 3098314.
More music
One of the best ways to spend a Sunday afternoon listening to exquisite music. A wonderful selection of beautiful and favourite classical music will be on offer at Riverbend Crocodile Farm on June 9 from 2.30pm.
Elena and Boris Kerimov will form a string trio with David Snaith to play The Swan (Saint-Saens), Hungarian Dance No 5 (Brahms), Ave Maria (Caccini) and Meditation (Massenet) amongst others. These world-class musicians will amaze with their brilliance.
Tickets (R120) are on sale from the farm’s reception (9am to 4.30pm).
Tea or coffee and cream scones will be available during the interval at R32.
There will also be a cash bar.
For more information phone 039 316 6204 or contact Eric Annegarn at eric@cza.co.za.
Good vibes
Larry Amos will be at Rocky Ridge in Ramsgate this Saturday, May 25. Entry is R50 per person. Venue opens at 6pm and the music gets underway from 8pm.
The iconic music venue will host Avade at Sunday Blues (May 26). Entry is R50. Venue and kitchen open at midday.
Wave riders
If tubes and barrels are your thing then make sure you enter South Shore Surf Club’s Retro Surfing Classic. It takes place at Ramsgate’s Ski-boat Bay on Saturday, June 1 from 8am.
Phone Theo at 082 9295334 or Lysandra at 064 9022566 for more information.
Fond farewell
Southbroom Golf Club hosted a farewell dinner dance for Mel and Michelle Davies last Saturday. Mel, a talented musician, is a member of The Legends and Michelle has been the club’s women’s captain. The couple who are leaving for Australia soon are wished well in their new country.
Good wishes
Celebrating birthdays this week are Bev Copeland, Jill Bothma, Merle Peckham, Lyn Lombard and Allison Snyman (22nd), Maddison Elliott, Danie Fritz, Amber Gregory and Kerry-Ann Brown (23rd), Bodene Callaway, Janice Wilkins and Sue Hansbury (24th), Sean Lange, Andy Slade and Sally-Ann Anthony (25th), Tracy Pyatt, Lara Terblanche, Jordan Theron and former Hibiscus Queen Sheugnet Gifford (Bosch) (26th), Rhona Worthmann, Terry Jacobs, Steve Mortinson, Lloyd Muirhead, Grant Phillips, Allen Peckham, Beryl Drynan, Irma Proctor and Peter Bunge (27th) and Rev Danny Chetty, Kate Howard-Tripp, Cheryl Thain and River Bentham (28th).
Happy wedding anniversary wishes go to Doreen and Rob Fidler, Danielle and Wayne Beekman and Phyllis and Andrew Ramos (22nd), Terry and Theoff Botha and Gordon and Pat Moodie (23rd), Andrew and Taryn Lewis and Sue and Tony Westoby (24th) and Kate and Christopher Jones and Dave and Joy Mullin (26th).
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