Christ Church Preparatory School and College College Arts and Culture Evening. On Wednesday, 30 March 2022, the College hosted an Arts and Culture Evening to showcase some of the talent within our school, organised by the Arts and Culture portfolio. The evening consisted of art displays, drama, impromptu speeches, as well as various musical items.

The adjudicator for the evening was Yule Oswald.  Yule is an AFDA Honours Graduate, MNET Student of the year for live performance and has worked in the industry as a TV commercials director, all round director, writer, performer, and MC.  She has also recently released her second single entitled ‘In the Fire’.

The evening started off with our Grade 12 Marimba group playing ‘Fetch Your Life’ and ‘Rolling in the Deep’.  The Grade 7’s, 8’s, 10s and 11’s also dazzled the audience with their fantastic musical creations on the Marimbas. The evening concluded with the College Choir, directed by Mr Jaco van der Merwe, singing the original poem ‘Nkosi Sikelela iAfrica’. Awards were handed out by Yule Oswald for the items that were adjudicated throughout the evening.  Prior to the presentations of awards, Yule said that if she had been adjudicating the College Choir, she would have given them 100% for an outstanding performance. Congratulations to the following pupils for your outstanding achievements: Unprepared speech on the topic “The two most powerful warriors are Patience and Time” ~ Leo Tolstoy:

• Makungu Chabalala – A+
• Kelly Goldman – B+
• Oladipupo Soogun – A+
• Angela Linake – B+
• Hailey Pillay – A
• Elton Zvoushe – B
• Keziah Ganesan – B

Under the Drama category:

• Arehone Masakona (Poem: Africa ~ anonymous) – A
• Lukhanyiso Tywala (Poem: The Lord is Coming ~ H.E.R.) – C+
• Nkanyezi Nene (Monologue: How to Get Away with Murder ~ Peter Nowalk) – B+
• Shumirai Chimwanda (Monologue: Fences ~ August Wilson) – A
• Makungu Chabalala, Jennifer Baillie, Aliyah Bennett (Musical Theatre: Therapy Musial Theatre Piece ~ Jonathan Larson) – A+
• Zinhle Maphumulo (Poem: Love for Sale ~ Zinhle Maphumulo) – C
• Shumirai Chimwanda, Mangaliso Ngema, Tsholofelo Rasebitse, James Xilabi, Nkanyezi Nene (Group Piece: Phobias Workshop ~ The Sketch Show UK) – A+

Under the Music category:

Jennifer Baillie (Piano: Andante Moderato ~ G Fauré and Lavender Field ~ K Tanaka) – B A huge thank you to Mrs. Bezuidenhoud and her team, as well as Hannah Ritchie (Grade 12) who heads up the Arts and Culture portfolio, as well as the team of Arts and Culture Portfolio pupils who organised an excellent, moving, and entertaining evening. The school would also like to thank all the other staff members who contributed to the evening. “When you’re performing, you’re creating a moment” ~ Erykah Badu.