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Hermanus shares the love
The youth of Hermanus gathered at the Hermanus Waterfront on Friday 18 October for a festive musical celebration featuring marimba bands, singing and dancing. This enthusiastic group of 124 young people came from diverse backgrounds, areas and schools, relishing the opportunity to interact and collaborate in a fun and safe environment.
By participating in the project, the youths were given the opportunity to demonstrate their love for their town and showcase their amazing skills. The extremely talented duo of Kerwin Baatjies and Chad Hendriks, both ex-Hermanus High students, joined in the festivities by singing and showed everyone the talent that our town can produce.
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Marima players from Gansbaai Academia and Curro Hermanus gave energetic performances throughout the afternoon.
PHOTO: Karen Winter
The organisers said they were grateful for the schools giving their full support to the initiative. “This event could not have happened without the help and financial contributions of the local community – private individuals, restauranteurs, guesthouses, Hermanus Waterfront, Curro Hermanus and tourism operators. We would like to thank them all for making it possible and believing in the difference this project would make to these young people's lives. The crew also gave generously of their time to make this happen.”
Spectators couldn't help but dance along to music from the talented duo, Kerwin Baatjies and Chad Hendriks, both ex-pupils from Hermanus High.
PHOTO: Taylum Meyer
“Most importantly, we want to express our appreciation to all the kids who have given so much of their time to show their commitment to youth culture development. We hope that this can serve as a seed project for a Youth Culture Development programme to be launched next year and that we will be able to regularly showcase our local talent to residents, and local and international tourists alike.
“We believe that we have abundant talent right here on our doorstep that should be shared and uplifted.”
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