As part of efforts to maximise the participation of local artists in the staging of Mangaung African Cultural Festival (MACUFE) programme the department will host the 2012 MACUFE Homebrew Programme across the Free State Province.
MACUFE Homebrew programme constitute a formidable part of the department’s developmental programme for arts and culture. The primary objective is to ensure the fact that local artists’ talents are developed and showcased at various arts and culture platforms such as MACUFE.
This MACUFE Homebrew programme consists of two legs: MACUFE Music, Dance and Drama Auditionsas well as MACUFE Visual Arts and Craft Selection.
Music, Dance and Drama Auditions:
The Music, Dance and Drama Auditions will be held at Local and District Municipality level from the 25 August to 16 September 2012. The objective is to select artists who will perform during the mainstream programme of MACUFE scheduled for the 5th to 14th October 2012.
The selection process is overseen by 2 Music Judges, 2 Dance Judges, 2 Drama Judges and 1 Moderator per district. The Moderator consolidates the Judges score sheets and scores to ensure fairness in the selection process.
During these auditions the department will also showcase its newly procured Sound and Stage equipment.
The judging will be done as follows:
- The Music Judges will judge the Music and Music-related performances.
- The Dance judges will judge the Dance and Dance-related performances and
- The Drama judges will judge the Drama and Drama-related performances.
- Only 1 drama production and 1 Dance Production from each district will go to MACUFE 2012 mainstream programme.
- To populate the Homebrew stage, performances require at least 15 groups per day.
After all 5 districts have completed their auditions at Local and District Municipality levels, all judges will coordinate all the performances for staging during the provincial MACUFE 2012 Homebrew Programme.
The Music, Dance and Drama auditions will be staged as follows:
|
District and Date |
District |
Venue |
Time |
|
25 August and 24 August |
Lejweleputswa |
Lejweleputswa Arts Centre, Thabong/ Welkom |
10:00 |
|
0 September and 2 September |
Thabo Mofutsanyane |
Charles Mopeli Stadium (T.K Mopeli Hall), Qwa Qwa |
10:00 |
|
8 September and09 September |
Fezile Dabi |
Parys Town Hall |
10:00 |
|
Mangaung Metropolitan 14 September – Musicon 15 September – Blind Arts Centre Botshabelo (Old Botshabelo Training Centre) 16 September – Mmabana Arts Centre Thaba-nchu |
Mangaung Metro |
Musicon Blind Arts Centre Mmabana Arts Centre |
10:00 |
|
15 and 16 September |
Xhariep |
Trompsburg Community Hall |
10:00 |
Visual Arts and Crafts Selection
The Visual Arts and Crafts Selection process will be undertaken from the 20th to the 27th August. The purpose of this process is to select crafters at district level to form part of the 2012 MACUFE Visual Arts and Craft Market that will be staged from the 5thto 14th October 2012.
The MACUFE Visual Arts and Craft Market is one of the showpiece of MACUFE programme and it features the following elements:
- Basotho Cultural Village
- Crafts Exhibition
- Art Gallery
- Traditional Fashion Show
- Arts and Culture Stage Performances
The Visual Arts and Craft Selections will be staged as follows:
|
Dates |
Venue |
Time |
|
20 August 2012 |
Bloemfontein – Ou Presidency |
From 09h00 |
|
21 August 2012 |
Thabo Mofutsanyana -J.C. Mosia Library |
From 10h00 |
|
22 August 2012 |
Fezile Dabi – Zamdela Arts and Culture |
From 09h00 |
|
23 August 2012 |
Lejweleputswa – Thabong Arts and Culture Center |
From 09h00 |
|
27 August 2012 |
Xhariep – Trompsburg Municipal Offices |
From 10h00 |
Your media house is invited to the auditions and selections.
Media Enquiries:
Tankiso Zola
Cell: 082 940 2392
Tel: 051 4104742/4786/4719
E-mail: tankiso@sacr.fs.gov.za
General Enquiries:
Barry Swanepoel
Cell: 082 417 7108
Tel: 051 4104742
E-mail: barry@sacr.fs.gov.za
