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Page 10 GO & EXPRESS GOT A NEWS STORY? Call our news desk on (043) 702-2048. Find us on Facebook October 5, 2017 Diwali Fair to light up The Venue at weekend MADELEINE CHAPUT HOSTED by the East London Hindu society, the fifth Diwali Fair will be taking place this weekend at The Venue at Hemingways Mall. This year the fair promises to be a beautiful explosion of colour, culture and flavour in honour of the traditional five-day Hindu celebration of the Festival of Lights. “The festival is acknowledged by Hindus worldwide who perform traditional cultural activities together. The fair is our way of sharing our Indian culture, traditions, food and colourful clothing with the greater East London community,” said the East London Hindu FESTIVE FAIR: The Diwali Fair will be taking place at The Venue at Hemingways this weekend Societ y’s Dhiren Naran. This will be the first time the fair will be taking place at The Venue and will boast new and varied stalls. Garba, the traditional folk dance, will also be introduced as part of the fair for the first time. The entertaining programme is jam-packed with vibrant Bollywood dancing, modelling, traditional Garba and cooking demos on offer, as well as delicious home-cooked meals and hot snacks available all day. There will also be a team of ladies applying henna art, as well as a chai (spiced tea) garden, for those who seek light refreshment. The fair will take place on Sunday from 9am to 4pm, with free parking available at The Venue. Entrance is R20, with free admission for children 10 years and younger. For more information, contact Dhiren Naran, 082-304-0471 or Jeetesh Bhika, 072-430-8810. CAST ENSEMBLE: The cast of ‘Back to Broadway’ in costume for the Addams family musical ‘When yo u ’re Addams’, which forms part of the musical this weekend Picture: SUPPLIED Taking fans ‘Back to Broadway’ MADELEINE CHAPUT THE East London Performing Arts Company (ELPAC) brings a myriad of theatre acts from the biggest Broadway and West End musicals to fans at the weekend. Back to Broadway promises to entertain audiences of all ages as it will feature pieces from beloved musicals including The Little Mermaid, the Lion King, Mamma Mia, Dirty Dancing and Annie. “It is not the typical someone sings, with back-up dancers dancing behind them in format,” ELPAC founder and director, Nasine van Rensburg said. “Every musical number is performed as if you were to see it in those actual Broadway and West End play houses,” she said. With full stage make-up, MILESTONES MARKED impressive sets and spectacular costumes, this musical revue incorporates various different musical theatre styles to bring the stories and characters to life. “It is the perfect marriage of acting, dancing and singing and each discipline plays an important role in moving the story along,” she said. “Something to also look forward to is the iconic Time of my Life dance sequence from Dirty Dancing. It will be performed by ELPAC veterans, Lincoln du Preez and Lemise Stewart and, yes, the lift will be there,” Van Rensburg said. ELPAC prides itself in allowing everyone with a passion to join in and share their talents, with or without formal training. Most of Back to Broadway's cast have no formal training in musical theatre or dance. “It makes my heart swell with pride to see them rehearse over and over until they perfect it,” Van Rensburg said. “Looking at them, you would believe every single one of them has formal training behind them,” she said. Back to Broadway will be performed at The Arts Theatre with two evening performances and one matinee on Saturday. Tickets can be purchased at Lee Gold at R110 per person. The matinee performance on Saturday is especially aimed at the children as they get an opportunity to meet Shrek, Fiona, Donkey and other fairytale characters. There will be cabaret seating so audiences are encouraged to bring their own picnic basket and drinks. LOVE CONQUERS ALL: Harry and Sandy Soncksen are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary this Saturday. They were married in East London in 1967. What an accomplishment and what a journey blessed with three daughters, three son-in-laws, four granddaughters and three grandsons. ‘Dad and mom, (our Pa and Nana) congratulations on this amazing milestone of 50 years of marriage’ Picture: SUPPLIED DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER: Gerald and Inez Korte (nee Karshagen) celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on Monday. The diamond couple were married on October 2 1957. Gerald and Inez have been blessed with three children and five grandchildren Picture: SUPPLIED
October 5, 2017 For all your advertising needs call Cheryl on (043) 702-2031or Belinda on (043) 702-2043. Find us on Facebook GO & EXPRESS Page 11 Swim to save rivers FAMILY ADVENTURERS: It’s time for all the Supermen and Batwomen to take part in the Vincent Park Superhero Fun Run this weekend. Those in ‘bat prams’ are also welcome to add to the family event Picture: ETHIENNE ARENDS Get into gear for Superhero Fun Run action DRESS as your favourite superhero and join the fun for a good cause in the Vincent Park Superhero Fun Run on Sunday. Vincent Park shopping centre, in association with the Daily Dispatch, GO Express, Jacksons Fabric, UWP Consulting and Silver Eagle Spur bring you the SuperHero Fun Run. The 5km event begins at 7.30am, starting and finishing at Vincent Park, and is suitable for the whole family – including kids in prams and dogs. “Four-legged superheroes are welcome to join the fun, provided that they are on leashes and stay within the race area,” Vincent Park Centre manager Joseph Parsley said. Participants are encouraged to dress as their favourite superhero and support this year’s nominated cause, The Daily Dispatch Johnson & Johnson Local Heroes. “Supporting the Local Heroes Awards this year affords us the opportunity to celebrate the everyday heroes in our community,” Parsley said. The Local Heroes Awards campaign involves a call for nominations from the public to identify their local heroes – people who go out of their way to help others. Dispatch journalists select the most noteworthy individuals from these nominations and profile their stories in the paper. The Daily Dispatch has featured about 50 nominees over a seven-month period. From the nominees, a judging committee has selected the ‘Top 12’ Local Heroes. Through this campaign, Local Heroes will be given the ultimate platform, which then culminates in an annual formal event. Entry for the race is just R50 for adults and R20 for kids under the age of 12. The first 500 paid entries will each receive a goodie bag. The first 200 registered and paid kids will each receive a superhero cape. Registration can be done at the mall Information Desk from 9am-6pm. BRUNO – I’m a bouncy people loving boy. Sponsored by BEREA PHARMACY HEIDI -I’m a quiet and friendly lady. Sponsored by E x t re m e event raises pollution a w a re n e s s THE fourth in the series of Swim for Rivers for Life open water swims will be taking place in the Eastern Cape from October 14 to 21. Swim for Rivers is a project about rivers and people, by swimmers. It is the initiative of extreme open water swimmer Andrew Chin from Cape Town, joined this year by East London open water swimmers Mandy Uys, Joy Roach and Sean Murray. Chin’s swim career includes 30 Robben Island swims, a team world-first around Cape Horn, a 1km swim in Antarctica at 0.5 °C, a Magellan Straits crossing, two Alcatraz crossings, a 1900km relay swim down the Orange River, an Antarctic swim, two Llandudno to Cape Point swims, and a swim around Cape Point. Roach and Uys completed a 25km open water swim in the Seychelles in 2015 for charity, and many other long-distance events. They are generally happiest when swimming long distances in wild and free spaces. Murray is an accomplished triathlete and coordinates the local open water swimming scene in East London, and has many open water events behind him. In recent years, Chin decided he would like to give back to the open water GOING SWIMMINGLY: The open water swimming team from Swim for Rivers for Life will take to the water and their education campaign next week Picture: SUPPLIED world. He launched Swim for Rivers for Life, which has since become a registered NPO, Swim for Rivers. The project’s vision is to raise awareness among children of the plight of South African rivers, one province at a time. The athletes swim a portion of a local river and then engage with nearby pupils or communities about the ecology of rivers, what causes them to become degraded, how ordinary citizens can monitor their health, how to reduce water pollution, how to be water wise and, particularly, how to be water safe. Chin and partners have now completed three provinces: a 200km swim on the Wilge River in Gauteng, a 100km swim/run/paddle down the Berg River in the Western Cape, and last year, a 70km section of the Orange River in Northern Cape, partnered by Mandy Uys. The team interacted with more than 1000 pupils during this swim week. Due to the drought and the low water levels in Eastern Cape rivers, Chin and his team are opting to swim 10km in each of seven estuaries in the Eastern Cape over a period of seven days. They will swim the Kromme, Gamtoos, Sundays, Bushmans, Kowie, Keiskamma, Gonubie/Kwelera, and Nahoon rivers. On each day they will engage with one or more local schools or community groups, largely organised by project partners, the Wildlife and standards and national PRIME SLOT: All the competitors are primed and ready to go in championship slot car racing. the SA Model Car Association National Championships in East The East London Slot Cars London this weekend Picture: SUPPLIED Club will host clubs from BLUE - I love long runs on the beach. Sponsored by ELLIOT - I have lots of love to give my human. Sponsored by EL to host national slot car action QHAMANI LINGANI FOR the 40th time, East London will host this year’s South African Model Car Association (Samca) National Championships. Samca was founded in 1963 and is responsible for MOTORBAKE AUTO BODY REPAIRS Please give these pets a good home. Interested persons please phone 043 745 1441 and ask for Reception. Environment Society of South Africa (Wessa). They will present and/or demonstrate the Mini SASS5 river biomonitoring method which can be used by citizens to assess the health of the freshwater sections of rivers. They will also present Mini-SASS DVDs and forms, and introduce pupils to the concept of taking responsibility for the environment. This year, Swim for Rivers is joined by Hippo Rollers (rolling water barrels) whose products will be demonstrated along the way. They will present each school with water purification devices (for example, Lifestraws) donated by A q u a 4 L i fe . The project has also linked to NSRI’s Waterwise, a Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and Pretoria and they are expecting between 25 and 28 participants. “We have three different classes in a 42m-long track race which has four lanes,” said club chairman Hennie Pe t z e r. The national championships starts off with an endurance team race tomorrow morning, followed programme which aims to improve the water safety of children countrywide and to reduce the extremely high incidence of child drownings each year (estimated at 600). The team is largely self-funded, with some sponsorship from Chatz Connect and products from Speedo SA. They are grateful to friends who have offered them accommodation along most of the swim. Additional sponsorship is welcome in the form of donations, products or team s u st e n a n c e . If you are interested or able to assist, contact Chin on 083-708-1390/ chin@polka.co.za, Uys on 082-336-9838/ laughingh2o@icon.co.za or Roach on 082-714-3167/ joybells23@gmail.com. by the individual championship races. The club is located in Dyer Street, Arcadia. For more information, the public can search for the East London Slot Cars Club on Facebook. “The public is welcome to come and see what the championship is all about. There is no fee for s p e c t at o r s , ” said Petzer. A SELECTION OF PETS UP FOR ADOPTION. PLEASE COME IN AND HAVE A LOOK. WANDA - I’m a extremely lovable girl. Sponsored by ARABELLA - I love to be cuddled. Sponsored by MOTORBAKE AUTO BODY REPAIRS Photo’s by Jenny Holland
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