More Randfontein Show highlights

 The 2015 Randfontein Show has come and gone and, by all reports, was the best ever. We're still working on the final numbers and will publish a report-back soon but, in the meantime, here are a few more pictures of Carryou Ministry's involvement.

 A Carryou Ministry team of Gumboot dancers put on three performances that were all enthusiastically received.
 According to Wikipaedia, Gumboot dancing was conceived by black miners in South Africa as an alternative to drumming—which authorities restricted. Another reason for gumboot dancing was for the miners in South Africa as they worked they sang. Gumboot dancing has now become a world-known dance; in schools children perform the dance. The boots were a solution to a problem of often flooded gold mines in which men otherwise stood in knee-deep water toiling at their work stations. It is also thought that the workers used the gumboots to relay messages to each other that they did not want their bosses to overhear.
 The dancers received free caps and tshirts from local mall, Village Square, coldrinks, ice cream and food ticket.

 Another highlight was when the Carryou/Gauteng Department of Health, screening and testing stall was awarded second place in its category.
 "This is an amazing achievement as it was the first time we had a stand at the show," says Programme Manager, Mzi Tshikitsha.

Strutting their stuff

 The Randfontein Show, Food and Music Festival, one of the biggest events of its kind in the country has come and gone. It is an important fund-raising event and a showcase for the work done by Carryou Ministry and once again the Carryou Gumboot Dancers were a hit and the cold-drink stand, manned by Carryou volunteers proved popular.
 On Saturday the heavens opened but that was not enough to dampen the enthusiasm of the dancers and the crowds that gathered to watch them.
 Here are some pictures.

Getting ready to wow the crowds again

Last year, the Carryou Gumboot Dancers blew the crowds away at the Randfontein Show, Food and Music Festival. Their slick moves and catchy beats made them a show highlight.
 And this year they plan to make even more of an impact. The troupe is hard at work perfecting their final moves and will appear on a number of occasions from Wednesday 26 Feb to Saturday 1 March.
 The Randfontein Show, Food and Music Festival is the third largest show of its kind in the country and gives Carryou Ministry an opportunity to present its work and activities to a wide range of people who otherwise would not know about the organisation.
 "We will also be operating a cold-drink stall at the Show to help raise funds," says Carryou Ministry General Manager, Rev. Lawrence Mabaso.
 Gumboot dancing has a long history in South Africa. It started on the mines where miners first used the moves, drumming on the sides of their Wellington boots and foot-stamps to communicate with each other underground.
 Later, traditional, tribal dance moves and routines were added and the style was born. Today, gumboot dancing is performed all over the world and is recognised as a truly South African dance-form.

Carryou gumboot dancers strut their stuff

At the recent Randfontein Show Food and Music Festival a group of kids from the Toekomsrus Drop-in Centre put on a number of gumboot dancing performances.
 They proved to be extremely popular and helped increase awareness about Carryou Ministry.