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The Olive Branch March 2010 The
Human Rights Day long weekend of 20 – 22 March will give you an
ideal opportunity to enjoy our balmy ‘not quite Summer but not yet
Autumn’ weather and relax in The
weekly Saturday Market kicks off the weekend, Hans and Tilanie Daehne of Astro Tours will be available for stargazing
(for bookings, please contact Tilanie on 072 732 2950) and on Monday
22nd the Prince Albert Tennis Club offer you the opportunity to exercise
your right to play Tennis!
Bring you own "tekkies", a tennis racket and a sense of
humour! Other
activities you might want to investigate and enjoy this month are… The
Deep South, another of Peter McEwan and Chrisna Smit’s popular music
evenings on Saturday 13 March
at St John’s Church. Tickets (R50 each) are available from Peter at
023 5411 076. Hoërskool Zwartberg will host an Easter Bazaar on Friday
26 March in the "markie" next to the Museum. Join locals
to buy curry vetkoek, bazaar
pudding, cakes, sweets, fresh veggies, jams & preserves,
pancakes, home made bread and find loot at the jumble stall. The Prince Albert Community Festival, organised to
raise funds for our Municipal
Bursary Fund and built around our children’s performances with Jazz
Art, was a great success and we know that the energy and vibrancy will
be carried forward into our Prince
Albert Olive Festival at the end of April! Speaking of which… The countdown has started! Entertainment plans
include "open garden” visits arranged by the Garden Club; Lydia
will once again take guests on historical walks and open her
"mineral collection" to the public. The Cultural
Foundation plan to screen "antique films". Patchwork Theatre
will be telling children’s stories, the Ghost Walker will be abroad at
night, Zwartberg Runners are organising the half marathon and a 10km
walk/run and African Relish is offering a cooking course and has invited
Dave Ferguson, blues harmonica player, to perform once again this year.
One of the highlights will be our celebrated local production of
"Dinner for One"! An application form is available on-line for
stall-holders wishing to sell their wares at the Olive Festival. So,
although we might appear to simply slumber away the hot summer months,
there’s always something happening here and we look forward to
welcoming you to the ‘Prins-dorp’ of the Great Karoo.
The Olive Branch February 2010 The
next few months promise old favourites – and new delights. From 5
– 7 March the JazzArt Dance Theatre will entertain young and old as they
run a theatre workshop for our children who will then parade and perform for
the townsfolk. This forms the focus for the Prince
Albert Community Festival with food and craft stalls on the Odendal
Sportsfield, a Variety concert, Fun Run, Rugby and Soccer matches and a Gospel
Choir ‘Fees’ on the Sunday. All proceeds will go to the Municipal Bursary
Fund, so come and join the villagers as they have fun together and support a
good cause. On Saturday
13 March Peter McEwan and Chrisna Smit will host another of their popular
music evenings of at Plans
are in hand for the annual Prince
Albert Olive Festival on 30 April
– 1 May. Experience true African
Relish Cookery School recently
featured in Country Life. They have a host of events lined up from now until
the Olive Festival. Their courses
have intriguing titles which hint at the fun which accompanies the learning:
Wine Harvest; Mosbolletjies and Moonshine; Kitchen Cowboys with Pete Goffe-Wood; Escape to Culinary Karoo and Let's get Saucy! with
Jacques Erasmus. Full details can be found at www.africanrelish.com You
don’t have to wait for festivals or special events to enjoy Then
there is the wonderful countryside which surrounds us. Gwynne Conlyn will be
chatting about Gamkaskloof, the Swartberg and So
plan a visit to
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