Another local high school learner was mugged this past week. A cell phone was stolen and the learner bitten. This is the third case this year along with the attempted kidnapping in Hilton. KSS advises that scholars (of all ages) be supervised by an adult or walk in groups of 3 or more when walking home after school. Also don’t have cell phones or any valuables visible. Earphones are a give-away that you have a cell phone on you. Always tell someone where you are going. Always have an emergency plan in your head. SCREAM loudly if accosted – someone will hear you and come to your help.

We suggest having emergency numbers on speed dial and also memorise significant phone numbers (like your parents numbers in case your phone is stolen). The KSS Control Room is 033 330 5911 and TrackBox is 0861672226. TrackBox is also a useful App to download (developed by SA CAN) and as a paying member to TrackBox you can also download MDDR which only allows your cell phone to be switched of if they know the code. This makes tracking and tracing the phone much easier. Another point to note is that MTN and Vodacom are significantly easier to track.

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Laddsworth Primary School invites you to take part in the annual Laddsworth Trust Fund Golf day on Friday, 30 August 2019 at Victoria Country Club.
The format will be a 4-Ball Alliance – 2 scores to count, scrambled tee-shots, 3 tee-shots minimum per player to be utilised.

Tee Off from 10am

The cost per team/4-Ball is R1 600 (R400 per player), which includes your green fees, competition fees and dinner.

Download the entry forms here: https://laddsworth.co.za/images/LPSTrustFundGolfDay2019.pdf

Hole / Green Sponsorship is available at a cost of R1 500.

Sponsors can place their banners at the hole or green.

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BNI Nguni is hosting top Standard Bank Rising Star Entrepreneur (2016 National Winner), Grant Gavin, in a fundraising event for the uMngeni Community Safety Initiative (UCSI) and Love Howick, both local Not-for-Profit Companies in our community.

Come and listen to Grant Gavin’s inspirational presentation on “Lessons from a Traffic Light” and hear a little bit more about the UCSI and Love Howick NPC’s.

Details are as follows:

Date: Wed 17 July 2019
Time: 6 – 8pm
Venue: Oasis Conference Centre, 72 Main Street, Howick
Cost: only R150pp
Light finger meal/snacks provided
Coffee bar and soft drinks for sale

RSVP: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (tickets and payment details will be emailed)

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Laddsworth Grade 7 pupil, Jonathan Werth, finished 3rd in the South African Duathlon Championships, which was held in Cape Town, on 29 June 2019. The Duathlon involved a 2,5Km run, 10Km cycle and a 1,25Km run.

Well done Jonathan, Laddsworth is very proud of this fantastic achievement.

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MiTH lineup for 17th of July

9pm - Emma Farquharson and Lara Kirsten

About Emma Farquharson

Emma Farquharson, age 23, holds two degrees with Distinction in Music: a BA (Second Major in Drama), and BA Honours. Reaching Fulbright semi-finals, she hopes to do a Masters in Operatic Vocal Performance, and work in a studio programme, overseas.

She came to Rhodes as a light, lyric soprano, and has been fascinated by her voice’s progression to Dramatic Soprano, Deutsche Soubrette, and light lyric coloratura. Her highest note to date is an Eb7, right at the end of the piano.

Throughout her University Career, Emma has been the recipient of multiple music scholarships, most notably an Ada & Bertie Levenstein Bursary, and SAMRO Bursary. She has also been awarded external scholarships, and is a member and scholarship winner of the Golden Key International Honours Society.

She competed in the Mavis Hill Music Competition as a first year, and won Second Place in 2017. She placed third in the National Grahamstown Music Competition 2017, a position she is proud of.

She has staged two succesful shows at the Grahamstown National Arts Festival: Opera Found (2017 – Standard Bank Encore Ovation Award) and A Feather on the Breath of God (2018 – Arena Production). On the 4th December, she and her pianist, Garreth Robertson, performed Opera Found in Sue Gordon’s Concerts At The Castle Series, in Port Alfred. Emma then took the show to her hometown of Hilton, Kwa-Zulu Natal, in early January 2018. A Feather on the Breath of God is a concert she considers to be the most important of her young career, as it showcased the works of ten female Western Art Music composers, spanning 700 years. She was honoured to work with American-born Cellist, Caleb Vaughn-Jones, as well as local pianist Nina van Schoor.

Other notable performances include her 2016 performance of “Giunse alfin il momento” at the 2016 Symphony Orchestra Gala Concert, and her 2018 duet of Lakme’s Flower duet, with the same orchestra, and fellow soprano Anelisa Kelemi. Both gala concerts were conducted by David Scarr.

Emma currently resides in Hilton, KZN, where she is working on a number of concerts with musicians in her area, as well as in Durban. She is now furthering her vocal development with retired opera singer, Margaret Clay-Bowen, training as a Spinto Soprano.

About Lara Kirsten:

Lara Kirsten is a pianist and performance poet. After completing her high school career at the National School of the Arts in Johannesburg in 1997, Lara received her BMus and BMus Honours degrees, both cum laude at the University of Pretoria. Joseph Stanford and Wessel van Wyk were her mentors in solo piano and chamber music respectively. In 1999 she was awarded a SAMRO bursary for undergraduate students. In 2002 she received her chamber music licentiate from UNISA. She was appointed junior lecturer at the University of Pretoria where she taught piano from 2003 to 2005.

For the past decade Lara has been active as both a solo and chamber musician performing with musicians such as soprano Linda van Coppenhagen, tenor Sandile Mabaso, clarinetist Morné van Heerden and cellists Wessel Beukes and Francois le Roux. She often performs her poetry within her music recitals. She has performed in venues such as the Sandton Theater on the Square, the Baxter concert hall in Cape Town, the Voortrekker Monument in Pretoria, the Guy Butler Theater in Grahamstown and the Tatham Art Gallery in Pietermaritzburg.

Lara has performed at the Wakkerstroom Music Festival, the McGregor Poetry Festival, the AfrikaBurn Festival in the Tankwa Karoo, the Woordfees in Stellenbosch, the Hilton Arts Festival, the Michaelhouse Music Festival in KwaZulu-Natal and the Voorkamer Fest in Darling.

For the last six years Lara has been based in the Midlands of KwaZulu-Natal from where she travels with her concert tours. She also teaches piano from her home. From 2014 to 2018 Lara has been invited to serve as adjudicator for the Pietermaritzburg Eisteddfod of the South African Society of Music Teachers.

Lara's poetry has been published in the South African Literary Journal New Contrast. In 2008 she became part of the Eastern Cape poet-group, Ecca, who presents readings and publishes collectively each year. In 2015, 2016 and 2017 poems by Lara have been selected to feature in the Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Anthology.

Lara’s poetry and creative projects can be viewed on her blog at http://laraafrika.blogspot.com/

8pm - Duncan Park

Duncan Park and William Randles will perform a selection of delicate "micro-folk" numbers which are short, sweet, original and traditional. The duo are influenced by the writings of Tolkien and Dostoevsky alike, and the sounds of Appalachian roots music and Celtic folk. Equipped with two guitars, a banjo, a pennywhistle and some shakers, Duncan and Will aim to take the listener on a musical pilgrimage akin to the adventures chronicled in the fairy tales of a bygone era.

https://www.facebook.com/dkpark1/videos/vb.750295927/10157203025005928/?type=3

7pm Bernard Blouw The Musician and friends, Evan Oosthuizen

Bernard is a local entertainer/musician who can frequently be seen playing in restaurants in PMB and surrounds. Bernard will play some covers with his own twist as well as a few original songs.

Hailing from KZN, Evan Ooshuizen is a vibrant artist who sings original songs as well as covering a few well known and not-so-well known tunes. Evan runs and plays at open mic events and various venues in and around Pietermaritzburg. His genre of music falls into the acoustic/rock category.

ABOUT MiTH:
MiTH is located at The Knoll Historic Guest Farm, Knoll Drive, Hilton. Doors open at 6 pm and the music will kick off at 7 pm. Entrance is R40 at the door.

MiTH is a semi-open mic music club. An opportunity for musicians to share the joy of their music with a friendly audience which includes fellow musicians – who have all “been there” too. (Non-musicians welcome too!) Whether you’re a newbie looking for your first opportunity to perform publicly, or a more experienced / mature musician simply looking for people who are as passionate about music as you are – come along and join us!

Bring your own booze. Food and soft drinks are available for sale. Musicians who want to play at MiTH, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

DIRECTIONS TO MiTH:
Take the N3 to Hilton, take the Hilton turnoff and go South into the Village (away from Hilton College). Travel 5,2km along Hilton Avenue (past two sets of traffic lights and Crossways Pub) and keep going straight as Hilton Avenue turns into Dennis Shepstone Drive. At the 5,2km mark, Knoll Drive will be on your right – the entrance to MiTH is the *second* entrance on your left into The Knoll Historic Guest Farm.

Visit www.mith.co.za for more details and directions.

Pictured above Lara Kirsten , Photo credit to Gideon Vewas.

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An entertaining yet powerfully meaningful presentation exploring a range of lessons from nature for the future of technology, business and our world.

Nature's forms inspire efficiencies beyond what we thought was possible.

Nature's processes are way ahead of the cutting edge of our technologies.

Nature's systems encompass the wisdom and genius of billions of years of experience.

This presentation explores how we are learning from and emulating natures forms, processes and systems for innovative responses to human challenges.

There are literally as many ideas as there are organisms.

Join Singakwenza and be Inspired by Nature.

Saturday 27th July 2019.

From 14h00 to 16h00.

Makaranga Garden Lodge, Sibeko Hall, 1A Igwababa Road, Kloof.

Contact Linda before 20 July 2019 to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Coming this July!! Curves Amazing Race Challenge!!

Are you ready to push yourself beyond what you thought you could, challenge your coaches and have some fun?!?!

Call Curves Hilton on 033 343 1830 to find out more about this exciting month.

5A Quarry Road, Hilton

None Curves members welcome to enter a team.

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