FLIPPING BOOK CHRONICLE 2024

The event formerly known as Culture Week started with a collaborative concert on 13 June, which featured the choirs and bands of Michaelhouse and St Mary’s DSG, and was well supported despite the chilly weather. The choirs of Cordwalles and Jabula Combined School also sang. On Sunday 16 June the theatre hosted musicians Derrick Gripper and Balake, and local actor Cuba Ikaneng performed his play Bafazi Land . The theme for this year’s competitions was Stars of the Morning, which could be interpreted in any artistic way. The winning Houses for the different disciplines were announced at an awards ceremony on 20 July. The week ended up being fiercely contested, especially among Housemasters who were keenly interested in the final results and how to plan better for next year. The overall Culture Cup winners for 2024 were Founders, followed very closely by Mackenzie in second and Tatham in third.

HOUSE CHALLENGE 2024

Written by Dr Carika de Swardt

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he second House Challenge, which includes interhouse competitions for all cultural programmes as well as some sports, happened from 17 to 20 June. The participation and standard of performances in the various competitions was much improved on the efforts of 2023. The combined points for the week contributed to the race for the Todd Cup, which was to be awarded at the end of the year, so the boys took the competitions far more seriously than before.

All the prize winners and achievers in the cultural programmes received awards at the first annual Cultural Awards evening.

THE OVERALL RESULTS FOR THE DIFFERENT COMPETITIONS WERE AS FOLLOWS: CHESS: 1st: Tatham 2nd: Pascoe & Farfield (tied)

MUSIC Solo Singing: Junior 1st: Lunesize Mshengu (Pascoe) 2nd: Mpho Thipa (Founders) 3rd: Keamogetse Noge (Ralfe)

VISUAL ART

Drawing: Junior 1st: Griffin Goldby (Founders) 2nd: Ethan Perry (Tatham) 3rd: Jordan Matthee (Mackenzie) Drawing: Senior 1st: Riley van Schoor (Pascoe) 2nd: Andreas Papadopoulos (McCormick) 3rd: Dillon Lahaye (Mackenzie)

Solo Singing: Senior 1st: Corban Chellan (West)

2nd: Ashton McCormick (McCormick) 3rd: Elijah Kangueehi (Mackenzie)

ART: 1st: Founders 2nd: East 3rd: McCormick MUSIC: 1st: Founders 2nd: Mackenzie 3rd: Pascoe LANGUAGE ARTS: 1st: Tatham 2nd: Mackenzie

Solo Instruments: Junior 1st: Zhengfei Li (McCormick) 2nd: Connor Maitland (Ralfe) 3rd: Oliver Watt-Pringle (Farfield) Solo Instruments: Senior 1st: Ian Graham (Baines) 2nd: Ben Viljoen (Mackenzie) 3rd: Rory Steyn (Tatham) SMALL HOUSE ENSEMBLES 1st: Founders 2nd: Pascoe 3rd: Mackenzie LARGE HOUSE ENSEMBLES

Photography: Junior 1st: Kobe Ng (East)

2nd: Katleho Ramosunya (Ralfe) 3rd: Leo Watson (McCormick)

Photography: Senior 1st: Seth Harie (Farfield)

2nd: Nate Ross-Kent (Founders) 3rd: Olu Sefara (McCormick)

3rd: West DEBATING:

COMPUTER GRAPHICS: OPEN

1st: Ross Harvey &

1st: East 2nd: West 3rd: Pascoe THE INDIVIDUAL RESULTS FOR THE VARIOUS CATEGORIES WERE AS FOLLOWS:

Dylan Yorke-Smith (Founders)

2nd: Khulubuse Ngcaweni & Tobi Omothso (Tatham)

1st: Ralfe 2nd: West 3rd: Mackenzie

3rd: Massimo Calcaterra & Noa Nel (Ralfe)

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