Hermanus has talent!

Writer: Ann Wright

Hermanus is known for its whales, wines and its beaches, but on Wednesday night the audience at the ‘Hermanus Has Talent’ competition, held in the amphitheatre at the Hermanus Waterfront, discovered something else. There is a depth of artistic talent hidden amongst the young people in the Overstrand and it needs to be nurtured.

Chad Hendriks, an alumni of Hermanus High School, is a talented music producer and Beat artist and his passion in life is to encourage the youth in Hermanus to develop their creative gifts.

Together with his partner, Maryke Hoogenboezem, they produced their first talent competition last week under strict Covid-19 protocols. Judging by the positive feedback received they will definitely be repeating this competition next year.

The judges, Janine Neethling, Kerwin Baatjies and Cllr Charmaine Resandt were delighted with the youthful talent in our region. The bulk of the contestants wrote their own music, lyrics and poetry, and choreographed their own routines.

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