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Partial lunar eclipse

Posted on: April 25, 2013

Thursday 25 April 2013

The moon over Cape Town tonight, 10:04 PM

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Tagged cape town, dark, eclipse, full moon, moon, night, outside, photography, sky, south africa

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Aboard the 92 year old Russian Sailing ship, The Sedov

Posted on: April 25, 2013

Tuesday 23 April 2013

Stopping over briefly in Cape Town as part of its tour around the world, the 92 year old Barque Sedov is the world’s oldest sailing ship still in operation. Built in Germany in the 1920s and under the Russian flag since the end of WWII, the ship is currently a training vessel for the Naval School at the Murmansk Technical University.

On Tuesday, Russian band Mumiy Troll performed a show on board the Sedov (with support from Long Time Citizen) for Rolling Stone SA‘s ‘The Story’; sadly I couldn’t stay for the performance but I did have a great time joining the other wide-eyed visitors wandering around the ship and watching the Russian band soundcheck.

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Posted in Gigs/Live Music, Out & about, Photography
Tagged boat, cape town, evenings, events, favourites, gigs & festivals, harbour, international act, moon, mumiy troll, music, ocean, outdoors, outside, photography, rolling stone, ropes, russia, russian, sailing, sailor, sailors, sea, ship, sky, soundcheck, south africa, sunset, uniforms, water, waterfront

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Tape Hiss and Sparkle, Thomas Krane & Joy Smith at Alexander Bar Theatre

Posted on: April 7, 2013

Friday
5 April 2013

The small upstairs theatre of Strand Street’s Alexander Bar was the perfectly cosy venue for 3 charming folky acts – Joy Smith, Thomas Krane and Tape Hiss and Sparkle. Wow, what a lovely show.

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Tagged acoustic, alexander bar, barefoot, cape town, cbd, fairy lights, friends, gigs & festivals, guitars, joy smith, photography, south africa, strand street, tape hiss and sparkle, thomas krane, weekends

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Parklife Festival: Xavier Rudd, Jeremy Loops & Farryl Purkiss at Kirstenbosch

Posted on: March 24, 2013

Friday 22 March 2013

The Parklife acoustic music Festival debuted in Joburg on March 21 and in Cape Town on the following day, at the one-of-a-kind and always gorgeous Kirstenbosch Gardens, where Jeremy Loops and Farryl Purkiss played the sunset opening slots in support of Australian headliner Xavier Rudd.

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Tagged acoustic, australian, barefoot, botanical garden, brass, cape town, didgeridoo, evenings, events, farryl purkiss, garden, gigs & festivals, guitars, international act, jeremy loops, jumping musicians, kirstenbosch, motheo moleko, mountains, music, outdoors, parklife festival, photography, saxophone, south africa, south african, summer, weekends, xavier rudd

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Zip Zap Circus workshop with Cirque du Soleil Dralion at the Grand Arena

Posted on: March 19, 2013

Friday 15 March 2013

Prior to attending Friday night’s performance of Cirque du Soleil’s stunning show Dralion, I had the privilege of joining a short media briefing and attending part of Cirque du Soleil’s workshop with the Zip Zap Circus School as well as getting a quick tour backstage.

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Tagged acrobat, backstage, canadian, charity, children, circus, circus school, cirque du soleil, conference, costumes, dragon, dralion, event, grand arena, grand west casino, international act, juggler, jumping, kids, non-prophet, performance, south africa, stage, workshop, zip zap

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