The South African Ballet Theatre’s Artistic Director, Ms Karen Beukes, has announced the promotion of the following SABT dancers:

Ms Sarah King is now ranked as a Senior Soloist while Ms Shannon Glover, Ms Gwen Barry and Mr Dion Page have all been promoted from Senior Corps de Ballet to Soloist ranking.

Ms Tammy Higgins and Ms Sanmarie Kreuzhuber have both been promoted from the Corps de Ballet to the Senior Corps de Ballet.

Ms Nicole Ferreira and Ms Claire Spector both successfully completed the SA Ballet Theatre’s Graduate programme in 2007 and have been accepted into the Company as members of the Corps de Ballet.

These promotions came into effect on January 21st when the Company resumed its rehearsals.

{pp}The South African Ballet Theatre, the country’s foremost professional ballet company, is pleased to announce its seasons for the year.

The first season of 2008 is The Sleeping Beauty accompanied by the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra- the JPO is partially funded by Rand Merchant Bank.The season runs at the Johannesburg Civic Theatre from 29 March to 13 April

The SABT and The Black Tie Ensemble join forces from 24 to 27 April to present Autumn Enchantment at The SA State Theatre, Pretoria.

{pp}Gecko Valley performing arts camp for kids, is pleased to announce a year filled with great musical productions.

The camps will include the following:

The opportunity for kids to act along side professional actors, a 10 Day Musical Camp or 8 Day Variety Camp, Accommodation in comfortable Bungalows.

{pp}James Blunt is heading to South Africa for the next leg of his world tour.

{pp}Cape Town stands a chance to be selected as one of the world’s great cities and included in the new Monopoly World Edition board game – but she needs YOUR help!

{pp}With over 36 million cell phone users registered in South Africa in 2007 and more than 2.5 billion active users worldwide, it is not surprising that South Africa's biggest restaurant guide has now gone mobile.

In January 2008 Dining-OUT released what could be one of the most useful and innovative mobile websites so far and Dining-OUT spokesman Ric Hutton believes the new restaurant guide will become one of the most successful applications driving sales of new 3G and Internet capable cell phones. 

{pp}Ignatius Mogano, an assistant truck driver from Diepkloof in Soweto, together with his family, were serenaded on Saturday evening by tough IDOLS judge, Randall Abrahams, to the astonishment of about 100 VIP guests, who witnessed this rare occurrence.

When the Cool-Runnings toboggan track in Tygervalley analysed their attendance figures since they first opened in July 2007, they were amazed to find that 67% of riders on the toboggans are adults. This is out of a total of 40,000 riders.

Cape Town’s newest and finest urban luxury hotel, the Protea Hotel Colosseum, opened for business on November 5th 2007. And as its name suggests, this is no ordinary hotel. And it is located in a far from ordinary part of ever-desirable Cape Town.

{pp}Watch with childlike wonder as the night sky above Le Domaine lights up with colour and sparkle! Join the Le Domaine community at the annual switching on of the lights, a truly festive occasion where you can meander through the Christmas stalls in the Amphitheatre, buy unique gifts, listen to live music while enjoying a glass of festive cheer in the Clubhouse and marvel at the multitude of Christmas lights as they light up. A must for families.

Event Details:

Event: Switching on of the Christmas Lights at Le Domaine
Date: Wednesday, 12th December 2007
Time: 17h30 for the market 19h30 for the lights
Venue: Amphitheatre, Le Domaine
Entry: FREE ENTRY
Contact: Di Ward
Tel: 031 716 8017