Prince Albert Walks and Stories

Story Evenings

During Prince Albert Festivals I present Story Evenings.

Prince Albert - A Sense of Place

Tales of the Swartberg

Tales of the Old Karoo

Tales of the Old Karoo

Olive Food and Wine Festival 2004

soldiers, doctors, lovers, a poet, a rogue, a cricketer

& sundry travellers through the Great Karoo

The Earliest Travellers - the Bushmen

A French Eccentric - Le Valliant

Dr George Aitken – a father’s love and a sister’s journey

A cockerel, a goat and a donkey

Three graves - Logan, Wauchope and Lohman

Love in the Boer War

Emily - the Englishwoman

Texas Jack - a rogue

Oom Hennie Velsambreel and his nephew Hendrick Rheerders

A ghost story – of sorts!

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Prince Albert - a Sense of Place

Olive Festival 2002

/Xam - the people of the stars.

Queekvalleij - the first farmers and Robert Gordon.

Prince Albert, an extraordinary Consort.

Gold - the rush for Karoo nuggets.

Anglo-Boer War - Two brave men: Scheepers and Oates.

Karoo Characters - Carel Lotz, George Rainier,Thomas Bain, Adriaan Hofmeyr, Oom Hennie Velsambreel, Hannie Kruger and Hendrick Rheerder, Fransie Pienaar.

Ghosts of the Great Thirstland.

Prince Albert was fascinated with everything Scots. He drew up the plans for Balmoral Castle, took to wearing the kilt and designed a white Victoria and a red Balmoral Tartan. One of the maids of honour said of the pipers who circled the dinner table as they ate, that: “their skirling was enough to blow one’s head off!”

From: Prince Albert - a Sense of Place by Ailsa Tudhope.

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Tales of the Swartberg

Olive Festival 2003

The birth of the mountains - crumpled sandstone, inland lakes and two-metre-long sea scorpions.

Fossil folly - Bain and Atherstone make Biblical mischief.

A San myth - the Mermaid of Meiringspoort.

Meiringspoort - Pauline Smith, The Prince of Wales and an Ostrich Feather Smous.

The Swartberg Pass - Thomas Bain, Jan Luttig, George Rainier and the convicts.

War - Denys Reitz and the goat-skin clad farmer of Gamkaskloof.

Through the Pass - oxen, mules and the amazing internal combustion engine.

Spectres of the Swartberg - a silent young man, smoke on the skyline and TV Bulpin's ghostly encounter.

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Afternoons of Words and Music

An Afternoon with the Animals

The Four Seasons

"All you need is Love"

Let's Keep it in the Family

Food, glorious Food

Our next programme will have a Christmas theme

An Afternoon With The Animals – ’n Middag Met Die Diere

St John’s Church Saturday 12^th July 2003

	The Old Sow*
	The Three Pigs Roald Dahl
	Die Strandjutwolf NP Van Wyk Louw
	Sheep May Safely Graze*
	Die Skilpad CJ Hofmeyr
	Bergskilpad E Van Heerden
	Snake DH Lawrence
	Die Donkie Is ‘n Wonderlike Ding*
	Die Kat Kom Weer*
	The Tyger William Blake
	Gesigkanker Everwyn Wessels
	The Lion And Albert Marriott Edgar
	Luisterswaeltjies T.T. Cloete
	Papegaai Clinton V. Du Plessis
	Die Akkedissie Fouché
	Blink Vosperd*
	Bobbejaan Klim Die Berg*
	An African Aesop
	The Lonely Goatherd*
	La Cocoratcha*

Musical items indicated by *

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The Four Seasons ~ Die Vier Seisoene

St John’s Church ~ Saturday 22nd November 2003

	Seisoens voorgereg
	Allegro from Spring (Vivaldi’s Four Seasons)*
	Spring (Thomas Nash)
	Spring (Gerard Manley Hopkins)
	Lenteliedjie (CL Leipoldt) uittreksel
	Oktobermaand (CL Leipoldt) uittreksel
	Dis Heerlike Lente Mari*
	A Summer Song (George Peele)
	Return of Albert (Marriott Edgar)
	Somer*
	Plaashek (Uys Krige) uittreksel
	Karoodorp: someraand (NP van Wyk Louw)
	Loop in die reën (NJ Strydom)
	If ever I should leave you (from Camelot)*
	To Autumn (Keats)
	Herfs*
	Voorherfs (NP van Wyk Louw)
	Herfs (Boerneef)
	Mai Liebe Mai (R Schumann)
	Reën in die voorwinter (GA Watermeyer)
	Winter (NP van Wyk Louw)
	Ethel (Joyce Grenfell)
	Come under ma plaidie (Scots folk song)*
	A Winter Night (William Barnes)
	Winter Nights (Thomas Campion)
	The Recumbent Posture (Marriott Edgar)
	Jingle Bells*

Musical items indicated by *

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“All you need is love”

St John’s Church ~ Saturday 14th February 2004

The music which welcomed guests was Welcome New Lovers, performed by Pat Boone on John Whitton’s trusty wind up gramophone!

	What is love?
	Wat is die liefde? (Knut Hamsun)
	Rooidag (N.P. van Wyk Louw)
	All I ask of you (from Phantom of the Opera) *
	A Deep-sworn Vow (William Butler Yeats) Hugh
	Love poem (Robert Bly)
	Let me not to the marriage of true minds admit impediments (The Bard)
	Liefde is ’n stille rivierstroom *
	Kyoto — March (Gary Snyder)
	Alleliefste (Breyten Breytenbach)
	Die Farbe der Liebe - The Colour of Love
	O my Luv is like a red, red rose (Robert Burns)*
	St Valentine’s Day, Chicago 1929
	Love songs you remember — a piano medley *
	Jeugliefde (Fanie Olivier)
	Cinderella (Roald Dahl)
	Sweet Lass of Richmond Hill *
	February Evening in New York (Denise Levertov)
	1 Corinthians 13 (from the RSV)
	Where is love (from the musical Oliver)*
	The Letter (Emily Dickinson)
	Ek wil (Antjie Krog)
	Ich will mit dem gehen, den ich liebe. (Bertold Brecht)
	Die Spokelied*
	Albert and the ’Eadsman (Marriott Edgar)
	Sappho (Ronnie Belcher)
	Ah yes, I remember it well (from Gigi)*

As we left the church we enjoyed a surprise processional from Chrisna — one which brought back romantic memories for many of the audience - Mendelsohn's Wedding March!

Musical items indicated by *

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“Let's Keep it in the Family”

St John’s Church ~ Saturday 15th May 2004

	The Keys of Heaven* H Wright Greaves
	My wife Robert Louis Stevenson
	“As iemand klein is” Elisabeth Eybers
	The Dinner Party A. Vine Hall
	Rickety, tickety tin Tom Learer
	Matilda – who told lies

and was burned to death Hillaire Belloc

	A poem for my mother Jennifer Davids
	A quiet evening … A German sketch
	The picnic Anon
	Come Lasses & Lads* An English Folk Song
	Komplikasie letter to an Agony Aunt
	Consider yourself (one of the family)* from the musical ‘Oliver’
	Song of the Karoo farm adapted from Danny Abse
	O Boereplaas* CF Visser & J Joubert
	Amnon se straf A.A. Smith
	What is a Grandmother? Patsy Gray, aged 7
	Oupagrootjie CM van den Heever
	My old fashioned Gran John Cunliffe
	Piano D.H. Lawrence
	The Allegro fromthe Sonata in E flat* Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
	Auf den Tod eines Kindes Ludwig Uhland
	Extract from House of Rest John Betjeman
	Merry Widow Waltz* Franz Lehar
	Agterpoort Marlene van Niekerk
	The Three Bears Roald Dahl
	Die gelykenis van moederskap Temple Bailey
	Bless this House* Helen Taylor & May Brahe

Musical items indicated by *

“Food, glorious Food”

St John’s Church ~ Saturday 11th September 2004

The Menu

Musical items indicated by *

An Introduction:

Afrikaners is plesierig

Snacks: Raisins and Almonds*

Sing a song of Honey

I love liquorice*

The Tummy Beast

Herbs: Wild Mountain Thyme

Herbs

Scarborough Fair*

Soup My familie en die sop

& Drie borde sop

Salad: Groente gedoentes

A Vegetarian Lion

Fish: Little Pot Stove*

Snoektyd

Die sardientjie

Sorbet: Food glorious food*

This is the news

Das Ei - The Egg

Meat: The Lost Meatball*

Aan ‘n Stukkie Biltong

The Lonely Biltong

Wine: When Dull Care*

Mystery Medley*

Dessert: Toot sweet*

Drink to me only with thine eyes

Too much: Fruit cake recipe

Little Brown Jug*

Coffee: Koek en koffie

Teedrink

After dinner mints; Asparagus (Mr Ramsbottom

Story)

The Pub with No Beer*

Grace: May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You*

The next Afternoon of Words and Music

will have a Christmas theme.

For more details

telephone Ailsa at 023 5411 211

or e-mail story@storyweaver.co.za

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