Festivals Day 2

Having already done one festival at each of our areas a lot of our fears and uncertainty disappeared and were replaced with excitement. We were all very eager to start our second festival and see the impact that we are having in our communities.

The Chaneng guys headed off early again, taking their overnight gear to stay overnight. It was a warmer day, especially out in the sun on the red dirt, but the team worked very hard. The kids were testing the boundaries this time, which proved more of a challenge, but all in all was a good time. To finish off the day they celebrated over some KFC.

In Brixton, the team had a few more additions like a local volunteer, Stan, who did a great job as a clown. One of the stories from the festival was that there was a lady with a baby in a blanket wrapped around her helping with the balloon sculpting and even participated in the tug of war!

Although not having a PA for the festival, the Alexandra Stadium Carpark team did a fantastic job reinforcing the norms in everything they did. Nearly all the girls at the festival became helpers, especially helping Sarah with the centre games, and there were even some parents that came this time. Dave had a great chat with a guy from the Chamber of Commerce who was really keen to try and get sponsorship for the festivals.

Like many of the other festivals, the Alexandra Creche festival had heaps of volunteers and kids wanting to help. It was so much so that a whole sign-up sheet was filled and we even ran out of name tags. We estimated at least 200 people were part of the festival, and Michael from Cape Town did a great job as MC. What’s the time Mr Lion and the tug of war were some of the highlights.