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Issue 114 • Pietermaritzburg & Midlands • March 2016
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Where Will I Find...? 2 Where Will I Find...? 3 Meet The Cover Stars 4, 6, 15 Everyday Life 5 JAM 7-8 Healthy Life/Beautiful Life 9 Durban Ice Arena 10 - 14 Kids’ Life/Party Life 16 Happy Earth Festival
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Meet The Cover Stars
Kevin and Kirsten Franz live in Pietermaritzburg with their three sons, Benjamin (6), Max (4) and Finn (2). Kevin is an anaesthetist and Kirsten worked in advertising and marketing until they started a family. She now works at home raising their sons and is studying teaching through correspondence.
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Book a Golf Tour and Sponsor a Child Notties Ghost Golf & Pub Tours in association with Stokers Arms aims to promote golf tourism in the Midlands Meander KZN whilst supporting a good cause. For every group booking of 16 or more they will sponsor a child for one year through Bakusasa Trust’s initiative, ‘Sponsor a Child and Grow a Leader’. Bakusasa Trust’s mission statement is: “To enrich the lives of disadvantaged children, providing them with the necessary physical, intellectual, emotional and social tools and knowledge, to excel in life and become future leaders.” This is done mainly through golf clinics and fun activities like SNAG Golf.
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To find out more about the golf & pub tours visit www.facebook.com/ golftraveller.co.za or e-mail Notties Ghost Golf & Pub Tours package carlos@golftraveller.co.za. includes: • Two nights’ accommodation at For more information on Bakusasa Trust Notties Hotel • Two rounds of golf (green visit www.bakusasa.org.za.
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Happy Earth Festival: Connecting Kids to Nature organisations and NGOs. During 20 min hands-on activities, many aspects and topics are covered, including water pledges, recycling, learning about biodiversity and sustainability to name a few. There will be a film festival especially for high school learners, an amazing race and a scavenger hunt for the younger ones. The Happy Earth Festival is open to school groups from preWhen last did your child run through a primary to high school. Enjoy a morning big pile of leaves or roll down a hill? With connecting to nature, filled with experiential parents working and many children being learning and meeting others. busy with sport or school work, spending time in nature, listening, feeling and Entrance to the Happy Earth Festival will be discovering has become less of a norm. free for registered schools. Ask your teacher Others don’t have access to big gardens to register your class today and experience and parks and some are mainly exposed to a fun way to learn, to be inspired, and to be degraded environments, making it difficult motivated. Registration closes on 11 March 2016. to experience the beauty of nature.
For the fourth year, the Happy Earth Festival will take place in the KZN Botanical Gardens, Pietermaritzburg from 14 to 15 April, from 8am to 1pm. It is organised by the Happy Earth Environmental Education and Sustainability Forum, a multi-department and multi-stakeholder volunteer association of passionate environmental educators.
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A little baby curled up sleeping on a soft backdrop, wearing an adorable knitted hat, has become synonymous with the term “newborn photography”. These types of posed sessions have become a beautiful way of capturing those tiny newborn details for parents to treasure.
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Imagine capturing those very first bonding moments and fresh first hours with your newborn. The emotional moments in hospital when a sibling meets a new baby for the first time, or mom and dad spending time adoring their new little miracle. In order to capture those precious first details, Candice McDonald, a natural light newborn photographer, introduces her “Freshly Born” hospital sessions. Photographed in the hospital or birthing centre, within the first 48 hours of baby’s birth, she will be there to discreetly capture the emotions and first memories that most parents battle to remember. Portraits of baby in their hospital crib, blanket and bracelet, as well as those
Contact Candice McDonald Photography to find out more about these keepsake hospital sessions on candice@webcandy. co.za, 083 781 4425 or visit www. candicemcdonaldphotography.co.za.
A Freshly Born session does not replace the traditional newborn session which is usually captured around 10 days after baby’s birth. They are two unique experiences providing delightful keepsakes from two different times in your baby’s life.
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• 1 – 31 Mar (every Sun), 9am – 2pm, CITY HALL CRAFT MARKET, opposite PMB City Hall, Michelle 033 – 396 2807. • 6 Mar (1st Sun), 9am – 4pm, MARITZBURG OVAL ARTS & CRAFTS MARKET, Alexandra Park, PMB, Monica, 082 774 5493. • 9 Mar (2nd Wed), 8.30am, WOMEN IN BUSINESS BREAKFAST, venue TBA, Ali Engelbrecht, 082 972 2675, ceo@womeninbusiness.org.za, www.womeninbusiness. org.za. • 1 – 31 Mar (every Sat & Sun), 9.30am – 4.30pm, GROWING PARKS, Chase Valley Road Park, PMB, jumping castle, slip & slide, fundraiser, all proceeds go to upkeep of park, growing. parks@gmail.com. • 5 Mar, 7am – 1pm, MSUNDUZI HOSPICE EASTER FAIR, Msunduzi Hospice, 200 Zwartkop Road, Prestbury, Easter egg hunt, best teddy bear competition, James and the ChooChoo Train, plants, cake, crafts, pony rides, jumping castle, R5pp, Rashida, 033 – 344 1560, fundraiser@hospicekzn. co.za, www.hospicekzn.co.za. • 1 – 31 Mar (various days), 9am – 4.30pm, DOMESTIC COOKING CLASSES, Vital Life Training, send your domestic lady on a three-day cooking course where she will learn how to make tried and tested home cooked meals, R1 450pp, 033 - 386 4451, 083 445 1441, www.vitallifetraining.co.za. • 1 – 31 Mar (various days), COMPUTER TRAINING, R120 per hour, Microsoft Software 2003 – 2013, one-on-one training, beginners to advanced, lynettemuchna@sai.co.za. • 1 – 31 Mar (every Mon & Wed), 9am – 11am, TAI CHI WITH DEBORAH DON, 1 Committee Lane, Hilton, 033 – 343 3226, 082 228, 7943. • 1 – 31 Mar (Tues), 9am – 12pm, WALK IN MOSAIC WORKSHOPS, 50 Haygarth Rd, Kloof, 031 – 764 6454, 083 782 7810, sheila.nichol@gmail.com, www.kznmosaics. co.za. • 1 – 31 Mar, various days & times, DOMESTIC TRAINING – EMERGENCY CARE & FIRST AID WORKSHOPS, in English and isiZulu, Vital Life Training, 083 445 1441. • 8 Mar, 9am – 12.30pm, UNCONVENTIONAL GAS – THE REAL FACTS, Cedara College, Centenary Hall, a seminar hosted by WWF-SA and Frack Free SA, including experts on fracking and unconventional gas, opportunity to get up to speed on what exploration could mean for your community and countryside, light refreshments provided, free entry, booking essential, Sue, 033 – 343 1464. • 10 Mar, DOMESTIC CHILD CARE COURSE, Vital Life Training, Pietermaritzburg, 083 445 1441. • 12 Mar, 8am – 12.30pm, FORGIVENESS WORKSHOP, Hilton Methodist Church hall, R300pp, booking essential, Cherri, 082 801 8961, lifevisionworkshops@gmail.com. • 2 Mar, 9.45am, SETTLERS’ PARK PRE-PRIMARY SCHOOL OPEN MORNING FOR 2017 APPLICATIONS, 27 Allerton Road, Northern Park, Pietermaritzburg, 033 – 347 3061, settlerspp@telkomsa.net, wwww.settlersparkpreprimary. co.za. • 9 Mar, 9.30am, LADDSWORTH PROMARY SCHOOL OPEN DAY, 1 Winstead Road, Hilton, for all interested parents, prospective parents, interested friends, tea will be served, includes a tour of the school, booking essential, Theresa Jager, 033 – 343 3256/260 (ext 9), admissions@laddsworth. co.za. • 11 Mar, 9am, COWAN HOUSE OPEN DAY, 11 Dennis Shepstone Drive, Hilton, all welcome, 033 – 343 3261, 082 990 0747. • 1 – 31 Mar (Sat & Sun), 9am – 5pm, SPRINGHOLM PICNICS,
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Springholm, Nottingham Road, Natal Midlands, picturesque setting for picnics and day trips to the countryside, picnic baskets available, fishing, rowing, 082 682 0378, picnics@ springholmchalets.com, www.springholmchalets.co.za. • 1 – 31 Mar, PMB BABYSITTERS’ CLUB, trustworthy university student, very good with children, willing to work any time, Nikita, 078 439 9051. • 1 – 31 Mar, 10am – 3pm, every weekend (weather permitting), LIONS RIVER RAILWAY, Piggly Wiggly, Midlands, a miniature railway, R20 per person, check Facebook for additional trains during the December holidays, www. facebook.com/LionsRail, Andries Keyser, 062 206 1906. • 1 – 31 Mar (Wed) 10am – 11am, CIRCLE DANCING, 1 Committee Lane, Hilton, Deborah, 082 228 7943, 033 – 343 3226. • 6 Mar (1st Sun), 10am – 3pm, HALLEY PARK MINIATURE RAILWAY, 78 Rudling Road, Bisley, Pietermaritzburg, catch a ride on the miniature train and enjoy a picnic, food and drinks on sale, R10 per train ride, free parking, Andries Keyser, 062 206 1906, www.pmes.co.za. • 24 – 27 Mar, various times, THE DRUMSHACK EXPERIENCE – FAMILY DRUMMING SESSIONS, Splashy Fen, R150pp, R70 per child under 12, Jonathan, 083 704 4879, Drumshack@3i.co.za, www.drumshack.org. • 1 – 31 Mar Jan (every Sat & Sun) 10am – 4pm, MOUNTAIN VIEW CRAFT MARKET, Mountain View, 033 – 390 6311, Lee-Ann, lee@ltpromo.co.za. • 5, 12, 19, 26 Mar (Sat), 8am – 12pm, PIETERMARITZBURG SPCA MORNING MARKET, 235 Woodhouse Road, 033 – 386 9267. • 5, 12, 19, 26 Mar (Sat), 7am – 11am, KARKLOOF FARMERS’ MARKET, 2.6km outside Howick on Karkloof Rd (access on D507), 082 820 8986, Andrea. • 5, 12, 19, 26 Mar (Sat), 6am – 10am, PMB FARMERS’ MARKET, Alexandra Park, 082 886 0687. • 5, 12, 19, 26 Mar (Sat), 7am – 12pm, CLARIDGE FARM & GARDEN MARKET, 5km from Northway Spar, PMB on the Otto’s Bluff Road, 078 037 6908. • 5 Mar (1st Sat), 8am – 2pm, JESMOND DENE MORNING MARKET, Jesmond Dene Nursery, 204 Murray Rd, Cleland, PMB, fresh produce & crafts, pony rides, jumping castles, bonsai corner, face painting, Belinda/Hayley, 033 – 396 1342, beanbag.cafe1@gmail.com, R120 per stall. • 6 Mar (1st Sun), 9am – 11.30am, DARGLE LOCAL MARKET, Lions River Club, Mike, 083 325 1082. • 19 Mar, 10am – 4pm, AUTUMN MARKET, Tea on 23, 23 Carbis Road, Scottsville, handmade crafts, Leya, 083 330 1107. • 25 Mar (last Fri), 5pm – 9pm, PMB DUNROBIN MARKET, Dunrobin Garden Centre, 31 Warwick Rd, live music, kids’ entertainment, beer garden, food and crafts, Penny, dunrobinmarket@gmail.com, 082 920 2787. • 27 Mar (last Sun), ALEX UPMARKET, Alexandra Park, PMB, Michelle 033 – 396 2807. • 2 & 16 Mar (1st & 3rd Wed), 7pm, MARITZBURG CAMERA CLUB, Victoria Country Club, Duncan Mackenzie Dr, Montrose, PMB, Leon Heyes, pmbcameraclub@gmail.com, www.maritzburgcameraclub.co.za. • 22 Mar, 9.30am, HILTON GARDEN CLUB, visit the garden of Meryn Turner, Yellowwoods, Cheryl Davies, 033 – 320 1032. Send your April 2016 diary dates to sarah@mumsmail. com with “PMB Diary” in the subject line before 10 March 2016. Entries will be published space permitting & at the editor’s discretion. Please confirm all details of events with contact person.
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