It's unbelievable - it is over 12 months later, and we have just flown into Johannesburg for the World Premiere of
Fezeka's Voice as part of the Tri Continental Film Festival. Not only that but some of our luggage is still in London, it is 1:30 am and we have a pick-up at 4:45 am to take Phumi and four of the choir members we feature in the film to perform on SABC's MorningLive! Glad we slept on the plane! It has been a long and wonderful adventure, and we are thrilled to be here.
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Added by CieL Productions on September 10, 2009 at 12:41am —
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The Fezeka Scholarship Fund has been set up to help ensure that the chance for further education becomes a permanent option for the young people of Fezeka High School. The film
Fezeka's Voice will be used as a tool to celebrate and raise awareness of the Fezeka High School Choir, as well as a tool to raise awareness and money for the Fezeka Scholarship Fund. 50% of the profits of the film will go directly to the scholarship fund with another 20% going towards the outreach and community en…
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Added by CieL Productions on April 12, 2009 at 7:30pm —
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Just wanted to let all you wonderful people at Fezeka know that we are missing you terribly and thinking of you so often.
Holly, JoAnne and I went to a charity event last night, put on by a very cool charity called Ubuntu based out of Port Elizabeth. They are wonderful people and interested in very similar things but just very focused in their region. Anyway we have been hearing all about their work and sharing stories and so talking so much about you guys that I had to write.
Holly and I were r…
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Added by CieL Productions on October 9, 2008 at 12:00pm —
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Before the memory fades of the spectacular and inspiring visit made by the Fezeka High School choir to Salisbury, we're urging Wiltshire to GET ONLINE!
By any means possible our kids from Guguletu are signing up to the Fezeka site. We've new members from Cape Town everyday - and it doesn't stop there. Our word has spread across oceans to the USA, Canada and beyond...
now it's your turn Britain...
this is THE place to keep the connections made in Salisbury alive
I'll never forget the scenes a…
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Added by Holly Lubbock on August 25, 2008 at 10:13am —
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Wow, Zona has just told me that the choir have been invited to sing with The Legends of Cape Town Opera. That sounds amazing. I am not sure of the exact details so am really hoping that someone - Phume perhaps? will give us some more details.
When is it? What are you singing?
We are all so with you and thinking of you - know you're going to be amazing :-) Please take some pictures!
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Added by Katherine Crawley on August 22, 2008 at 3:38pm —
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This is my first blog so I am very proud of myself for actually getting into the groove and starting to communicate like this! And hopefully I am now converted and so you’ll be hearing lots more from me …
But wanted to write today cause I had an amazing day on Friday – it was Mandela’s 90th Birthday and I went to Parliament Square to honor the moment and take part in ACTSA’s, initiative. The idea was to gather a whole crowd of people to stand in formation of the South African flag and hold up c…
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Added by CieL Productions on July 28, 2008 at 5:01pm —
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In October 2007, Katherine Crawley and I bought a small video camera and two plane tickets bound for Cape Town. We’d heard about this high school choir from Guguletu township, South Africa who were getting ready for a visit to England. Bizarrely, we knew virtually nothing else about them.
The seed had been planted by Jo Metcalf, the director of the Salsibury International Arts Festival here in the UK. She had invited the Fezeka High School Choir to take part in the 2008 festival season on the s…
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Added by Holly Lubbock on July 14, 2008 at 6:23pm —
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Well, Phume and the choir left back to Gugulethu, South Africa on the 17th June, 2008. It was a very emotional farewell, for all. Since then we have been busy on all fronts: the website, fundraising, editing the film, building an outreach plan and very importantly figuring out how to raise the necessary funds to finish the film and launch our campaign for a sustainable and on-going scholarship.
We have been totally blessed with the charity and hardwork of a number of individuals who have been a…
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Added by CieL Productions on July 11, 2008 at 5:30pm —
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The Fezeka Scholarship Fund was initially set up by the
Salisbury Community Choir to raise money for the on-going education of the pupils of the Fezeka High School Choir. Since its inception and the visit of the kids to the UK, it has raised a generous amount of money through the amazing work of many of the SCC’s members but most of all John Elliott. The Fund will hence now go on to become an established charity of its own to continue to raise…
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Added by CieL Productions on July 11, 2008 at 5:30pm —
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If you, a group or a business has further ways you would like to get involved – then please drop us a line – we’d love to hear from you!
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Added by CieL Productions on July 11, 2008 at 5:30pm —
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It is currently early days for the fundraising! We have invested about £30,000 of our own sweat and cash and need to raise a total of £193,000 to realize our dream. Gillian Anderson, who met the Fezeka choir in Salisbury - has been a fantastic support and has donated a pair of tickets for the London Premiere of the new X-Files film which are currently being auctioned off on e-bay. The proceeds from which will help to go into helping make the film (yeah!)
So what else? Over the next couple of we…
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Added by CieL Productions on July 11, 2008 at 5:00pm —
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World Premiere - South Africa
Calling Salisbury!
Singing with The Legends of Cape Town
