i pimped my nonna's gnocchi for matjies

tante grazie to the arribiatta massive who bought the gnocchi-making workshop at the matjies fundraising auction.

watch this great youtube video of the evening's rolling action made by joy.

my nonna is probably turning in her grave.....and not just because i shared the family recipe that has been passed down from one generation to another for centuries.

Forgot my boots & shorts... Next time! I was a defender once...

Nice header!!!

Matjies Soccer Match (by Max Starcke)

Sugarbird & Aardwolf and the Koek Installasie

Sugarbird & Aardwolf (Lisa Bauer - vocals, drums / Max Starcke - el.bass, soprano sax, effects) with the Koek Installasie.

Photographs by Max Starcke.

"I'm a horribly forgetful person. But here is a direct dump of every
photo I took crappily on my crappy cellphone at Matjies (:"
Bye!
Bryn
( more to posted in future - i )

James Seigel took some great shots at Show 'n Tell this year.
Wow James... wow
We will be posting the images I got from the disc swop on the blog as we go along - thanks to all who contributed to our Archive.





Please feel free to post your images directly on the blog yourself.. or to email me your pics.
PS> Even if you happened to miss the auction you can still bring me a disc with your images in exchange for photostudio pics.

The Matjies Auction

Thank you SO much to everyone involved in last nights auction at the Albert Hall!
- thank you to Gur for getting us to open our wallets
- thanks to everyone who contributed with services and beautiful things to sell
- thanks to all the bidders and buyers


The money raised will cover the expenses for this weekend and next year's (long) weekend - not our own bar bills.

We aim to keep Show 'n Tell non-profit and non-commercial in all ways so it's so great to be able to fundraise in a way that involves all of us instead of charging an entry fee or selling tickets.

Matjies Show 'n Tell belongs to ALL of us
we are so overwhelmed by what clever, talented, special matjies we have! we LOVE you.

Make Matjies Magic *

The Video Files: part 1

Here is the first S&T 2009 clip, uploaded as a test.

Show & Tell 2009: The Frown Family Karavan part 1 from Jeremy Collins on Vimeo.

From this test I learned that if it takes me three weeks to log, capture, colour grade & upload one clip, I'll only upload the last one in May 2309. Stay tuned.

Roll up! Roll up!

It's the post-matjies gathering and fundraising auction THIS Wednesday, 28th October, at the Albert Hall in Woodstock @ 7.30pm sharp sharp.

Bring your friends, bring your grandmother (and what's left of her estate) because this is no ordinary auction folks. We’ve got everything from cutting-edge designer jewellery to services you will never be offered by any self-respecting and upstanding citizen.

Don't forget to check out the list of what’s up for grabs, bring a bidding accessory (bust out that pink feather duster, don’t be shy) and some hard cash (don’t be shy).

Inge will also be showing the photos from the Darjeeling Limited Photo Studio and has agreed to put the images on disk and give them to any matjie who, in exchange, gives her a disk with photos from the weekend - that's the deal.

See you there!

Matjies Massive

"Ive been thinking and thinking about what my Matjies contribution should be next year and Ive decided (almost, not yet ready to fully comit ) to build an intercontinental rocket and declare war on a a far away country by firing it at them. Country still to be decided.
What you think? " - anon

"Hi
Ja been thinking about this and Im not so sure now ... logistically I think it could be very difficult especially if people have to travel out of the town to see the launch which would be necessary considering the likelyhood of the rock exploding instead of flying.. Ill sleep on it a while"

The Video Files

Hello. I'm the guy who filled 3 mini DV tapes with amazing footage. My work days are long & busy, so I'm logging & capturing the footage after hours and I'll upload the clips as soon as I can. Please be patient.

Saturdaze in Majtiesfontein

mucho gracias to Peter Russell for these photos.
more to follow....

Feel the love

Thanks to Deborah for these photos!

*****CLICK HERE*****

To Listen to the fantastic Matjies Show 'n Tell podcast 2009 By Kristin Palitza !!!

there IS life after show 'n tell

.... another matjies show 'n tell has come and gone and we are still basking in the afterglow of the weekend.THANK YOU! All the contributions this year were so great and we were bowled over by the amount of time and effort and love and magic each of you brought to show 'n tell. THANK YOU!

But the matjies magic doesn't have to end with the weekend. On Wednesday 28th October we will be having a post-matjies gathering at the Albert Hall to share photos, listen to Kristin's podcast of the event, swop stories, watch films clips and have a viewing of the Darjeeling Limited Photo Studio! Inge has agreed to put the images on disk and give them to any matjie who, in exchange, gives her a disk with photos from the weekend - that's the deal.

On the same night we will also be hosting a matjies auction to raise money for expenses like hiring sound equipment and paying the overworked bar staff overtime. More info on this to follow and if you have anything you would like to donate to the auction, please mail us. We will be auctioning everything from designer jewellery and clothes, to collector's items such as pages of Toast's lyrics still encrusted with sweat from his performance on the weekend.

The last order of business is that we have a few lost property items in our possession including:

1x small blue bra (who got naked and where are the photos, huh? huh?)
1x black raincoat (dave, the flasher perhaps.....)
kirsty/akimbo's garlands!
1 x standard issue, blue t-shirt
1x ladle and pot sans lid (arribiatta massive?)
1x michael van rooyen's medallion-laded jacket
1x book "by alexandra fuller called lets not go to the dogs tonight or something like that" (quote. unquote. found by greg nicolson)
1x silver necklace

If you picked up a pair of ray bans, they belong on Jess Harwood's lovely face and Julia Merrett lost a tiny deer/stag pendant (along with "most of my inhibitions"). Lastly, if anyone has James Siegel's stinky Merrels hand them over sealed in plastic at a designated location.

More later
Matjies Massive

Julia's camera obscura!

things still a little blurry?

who feels it knows it

painting by Luke Chueh

suffering from a bit of post-matjies blues? us too......
but don't worry we're working on it. keep your eye on the blog.

A bit of the matjie weekend!!!! thanks all!!

ATTENTION MR POSTMAN

We are looking for missing post. Posted on sat evening for room 14A.
Thanks
Anita and Chris

Just a little preview

This is just a low-ress preview of some of the Photostudio shots.
We are organizing a post Show 'n Tell 2009 get together with a slideshow and disc exchange soon.. keep watching..

"Crap stupid Matjies now I'm horribly depressed. Can't we just stay forever?" Bryn Divey

share the love

this is a SHOUT OUT to all the paparazzi....while we gather the photos and visuals together for our post-matjies bring 'n share event, please email us a few of your photos to post on the blog. we are all so amped to see everyone's snaps. please oh please. email your photos to the matjies massive.

The King of the Castle

We would like to say a BIG thank you to The Owner of Matjiesfontein, David Rawdon for letting us have this makietie in his town

David Rawdon purchased Matjiesfontein during the late 1960s, and, after detailed and loving restoration work, David re-opened Matjiesfontein in 1970.
Text adapted from here

Photograph of David Rawdon by Steph Venter 2006

"Just a short letter of thanks for the very special weekend at Matjies ! Congratulations to you and your team for a job well done.
We had a thoroughly good time and request to please be placed on your invite list for next year ! We promise to then also put up/ do something appropriate .

Kind regards
Theo"


"hey - it was lekker brrrrilianttt! that's my afrikaans accent right
there, which i developed at some point on saturday evening and can't
get rid of anymore. thanks for making the magic happen!" Philipp Schmid

Toyi-Toyi: How to - the video

For those who missed the subtler intricacies of the art of toyi-toyi-ing, do view by clicking the link below. A big thanks for the enthusiastic attempts to toyi-toyi and to Inge, Raffa, Marc and Julia who were hugely helpful, always enthusiastic, there to help and just plain rad the whole weekend.

http://ubuntu-bridge.blogspot.com/2009/10/toyi-toyi-how-to-video.html

Make Matjies Magic*

Thank you to everyone
WOW WoW WWWWWowww
Big bright ball of energy!

Please post your photographs on the blog or email us your Facebook links... Share'n Show
Photostudio pics will be available as soon as possible.. keep watching

time is now!!

However you are getting yourself to the Karoo today.. take it easy!
see you there!!!

S for Science S for Skew

Would you recognize the following tastes?

A sweaty granny climbing on a busy rapid transport system bus in johannesburg?

A moon dew drop sprinkled with the recently extinct Venezuelan fire fruit?

Raffa's cardboard placard from her 'lets get naked' strike tossed with the last Chinese Clinton ate?

Vermillion mixed with alpinian rocquefort cheese?

Elephantine nuisance touched with a hint of mint?

Well now is the time to find out. Tell us your most daring combinations and brave the results as two scientists explore the 10,000 taste buds inside your very own (often dirty) mouth. (Each of your taste buds contains 50-100 specialised receptor cells. Sticking out of every single one of these receptor cells is a tiny taste hair that checks out the food chemicals in your saliva. When these taste hairs are stimulated, they send nerve impulses to your brain. Each taste hair responds best to one of the five basic tastes.)

Corner and Morgan

smokers are matjies too, matjies are smokers too

In compliance with the long arm of the law, the entire Lord Milner Hotel is now a SMOKE-FREE zone. This means no smoking anywhere - not in the bar or in your rooms. However, the hotel has kindly donated their London bus as a smoking facility for those cold Karoo nights.

A dispatch from Matjiesfontein headquaters:
Just a reminder that Matjiesfontein is in fact a declared herritage site which basically means that stuff here is OLD and valuable. The antiques here are real,
so,... basically... treat it with respect.
Tread lightly. Don’t smoke where it tells you not too. Don’t thro uggly butts on the floor. It is plain not cool, In fact its miff.
Over and out.


polaroid by Julia Merrett

more things to add to your to pack list


partytjie shoes

bits for your contribution
( email US if you have questions or unsure)


Lord Milner Hotel regulations is semi-formal for the dinning room.. and remember to pack for Saturday night's Darjeeling limited inspired dress up dinner too

.. the pluming in the grand Lord Milner hotel is abit on the old side.. best not to drink the tap water.. (trust me you dont want to find out why)

Matjiesfontein is an oasis in the middle of now-where..

there are NO shops and

NO atm's in this town..

come prepared..

Homeward bound

greetings
i and mike going up on train on fri but train returns early on sunday so we looking for lifts home. i to muizenberg, mike to obs. can anyone offer? apologies if not the right place to ask....

peas and vegetarians on toast

35mm slides

Il be bringing along a vintage slide projector.. please bring your old 35mm mounted slides and we can have a peek into the past Saturday morning over breakfast..

program under construction

only 4 days to go and we are putting the final touches on the program. here's what it's looking like so far.....

Throughout the weekend:
- Tune into Matjies Radio in most hotel rooms and the smoking room (Show ‘n Tell HQ) with tunes and sounds by the likes of Craig Parker and John-Luke
- Landscape art by Michelle Collis
- Photo cut-out by Craig Parker
- Spontaneous ping pong tournament by Athena and Chris
- Word bank and Duchess of Karoo postal service by Athena and Chris
- Camera Obscura in Katie’s card room by Julia Merrett and Luke Kaplan
- Exhibition of drawings in the smoking room by Abbey Hatcher
- Photobooth by Lauren Fowler
- Mobile mural by Leigh and Landon
- Melktert and koeksisters by Andrew
- ‘Ninjas are matjies too’ by Meghan
- Tanya is the Lipstick Lady
- Weekend street merchant compliments of Julia Grey
- Podcast of the weekend by Kristin
- Fortune telling by Christina
- Pumpkin heads by Damien and Libby
- Prize-giving by Stuart Boyd
- Busking by Andrea and Becca
- Socku/Frockumentary of the weekend by Gur
- Live SMS wall by Caitlyn
- Flying of the Matjies flag by Taryn and Nat
- Art alarm! by John-Luke
- Video blog by Dan Pinch
- Mini- mobile poetry library/atm/jukebox by Nadine

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FRIDAY 2 October 2009

7pm- 9pm DINNER
The Lord Milner Hotel
(Dress code is smart casual.
Ask for vegetarian option- it’s not on the menu)

Abraham on the piano in the dining hall with Tessa singing

After dinner (9pm till 10pm):

Night-time treasure hunt by Landia and Carly

10pm onwards @ the BAR

Toyi- toyi warm up by Craig

Air Guitar Competition by Tudor with award by Stuart Boyd

‘Mixed Bag’ set by Craig Parker

Surprise DJs!

VJ – Michael van Rooyen

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SATURDAY 3 October 2009

7.30am-10.30am: Breakfast
(Lord Milner Hotel or alternative breakfast at Coffee Shop: 09h00-17h00)

Vintage Slideshow in the breakfast room by Inge

11am-1pm: Lawn

Juggling-ball making workshop and demo by Greg Nicolson

Tug-of-war by James Siegel

Garden Doodle by Misha

12pm – 1.30pm Lunch with the swans

Lunch on the lawn by the Arribiatta Massive (Phillip, Joy, Piet, Steffi, Johanna and Hennie)


1.30pm

Stroll or tractor-ride across tracks to the community hall

2pm Matjiesfontein Community Hall

INSIDE ACTIVITIES
2pm: Poppekas by Marietjie, Rory, Danna & Steffany
2.20pm: Talent show by Matjiesfontein locals
3pm: Clowning by Emma and Melody
OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES
(Ongoing from 2pm – 4pm)
Oom Kosie's Band
Face painting by Athena and Chris
Sock puppets by Landia and Carly
Juggling workshop by Greg
Egg and spoon races by Anita and Olivier

3.30pm Matjiesfontein Netball field

Netball Game: Matjiesfontein VS Matjies by Adam

4pm Matjiesfontein Soccer field

Soccer game: Matjiesfontein United vs Matjies by Adam

5pm Matjies Baieskope

Bioskope for Matjiesfontein locals by Jeremy

5.30-7pm Transport Museum Dinning Cart

Darjeeling Limited Photostudio by Inge Prins (dress- up event with stall by Kirsty)

7pm- 9pm DINNER
(The Lord Milner Hotel,
Ask for vegetarian option- it’s not on the menu)
Darjeeling Limited dress up dinner

Oom Kosie’s band!

After dinner 9pm

Koek Installasie by the pond with music by Lisa and Max (featuring Deborah, Kito, Connor, Clinton, Guimette, Steward, Peter, Nicole, Paul, Gur, Beverley,

9.30pm Court house Cabaret

Warm-up ambient vibes by Craig Parker
Magic Show by Simon and Raffaella
Theatre piece by Marco, Marine and Bryn
Matjie and the Fonteins
Comedy Duo by Tessa and Alex
Poetry movement piece by Alexi and Dale
Buckfever Underground by Toast and Stephen
Frown Family Karavan (by Gene, Eve and guests!)
Live music by Gary Thomas
Live music by Guy Buttery

11h30(ish) @ BAR

Surprise DJs
VJ – Michael van Rooyen
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SUNDAY 4 OCTOBER

07.30-10.00: Breakfast
(Lord Milner Hotel or alternative breakfast at Coffee Shop: 09h00-17h00)


10.30am Royal Lounge (for duration of the day)

Photo-story about Rodney, the uglydoll by Rebecca

Video screening by Marc, Caitlyn and Meghan

Animation mini-festival by Jeremy

12pm SKIETKOPPIE - +- 1km out of town
(wind sock little hill in the veld)

Presenting the nationally renowned Matjiesfontein pigeon racers!

Air Guitar!!!!

Good peoples of the Matjiesfontein Show ‘n Tell. This year’s air guitar competition is set to be bigger, badder and more awesome than last year with drop-knee noodling, stage-diving and advanced axe grinds and to top it off there will be /prizes! They will include trophies made by Stuart Boyd, a real guitar (not made of air) and a few kick-ass albums from talented people who play real guitars. So pack your air plectrums, your spandex, leathers and pelvic thrusts and bring your A-game. If you have a specific song you want to play to, then bring it. Below is a list of songs to choose from, already on our playlist.

Voodoo Chile -Jimi Hendrix Experience
Still Got The Blues -Gary Moore
Run To The Hills -Iron Maiden
Nancy Boy -Placebo
My Sharona -Knack
My Generation -Who
Misirlou -Dick Dale
Let Me Entertain You -Robbie Williams
Layla -Derek And The Dominos
Johnny B. Goode -Chuck Berry
Gimme All Your Lovin' -Zz Top
Fool For Your Loving -Whitesnake
Down Down -Status Quo
Crossroads -Cream
Can't Get Enough -Bad Company
Born To Be Wild -Steppenwolf
Bohemian Rhapsody -Queen
Black Betty -Ram Jam World
All Shook Up -Paul Mccartney
All Right Now -Free
Ace Of Spades -Motorhead
20th Century Boy -T-rex
Wipe Out -Surfaris
Wild Thing -The Troggs
White Wedding -Billy Idol
Walk This Way -Run Dmc/ Aerosmith
Tie Your Mother Down -Queen (Air Guitar Edit)
The Boys Are Back In Town -Thin Lizzy
Summertime Blues -Eddie Cochran
Sultans Of Swing -Dire Straits
Song 2 -Blur
Smoke On The Water -Deep Purple
Since You've Been Gone -Rainbow
Silver Machine -Hawkwind
Rocky Mountain Way -Joe Walsh
Rebel Rebel -David Bowie
Paranoid -Black Sabbath
Monkey Wrench -Foo Fighters
Hi Ho Silver Lining -Jeff Beck
Free Bird -Lynyrd Skynyrd
Black Magic Woman -Santana
Animal -Def Leppard
Tush - ZZ Top
Please Don't Touch - Motorhead & Girlschool
Bad To The Bone - Thorogood, George & The Destroyers
Living After Midnight - Judas Priest
Back On The Road Again - REO Speedwagon
Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Vengeance - Malmsteen, Yngwie
Peter Gunn - Eddy, Duane
No Particular Place To Go - Berry, Chuck
Ballroom Blitz - Sweet
Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) - Offspring
Blurry - Puddle Of Mudd
Feel Like Makin' Love - Bad Company
Over Under Sideways Down - Yardbirds
Have A Cigar - Foo Fighters
Suffragette City - Bowie, David
One I Love - REM
Unwanted - Lavigne, Avril
Gay Bar - Electric Six
Let's Go Crazy - Prince
Can't Explain - Who
Eruption - Van Halen
Cum On Feel The Noize - Slade
Fool For Your Loving - Whitesnake
All The Small Things - Blink 182
Spirit Of Radio - Rush
Going Underground - Jam
Still Got The Blues For You - Moore, Gary
Don't Believe A Word - Thin Lizzy
Hero - Kroeger, Chad & Josey Scott
House Of The Rising Sun - Animals
Somethin' Else - Cochran, Eddie
Rock Around The Clock - Haley, Bill & The Comets
Bad Case Of Lovin' You - Palmer, Robert
Man Of Mystery - Shadows
Two Princes - Spin Doctors
Caroline - Status Quo
Badge - Cream
Higher Ground - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Unbelievable - EMF
Armageddon It - Def Leppard
White Wedding - Idol, Billy
Summer Of '69 - Adams, Bryan
Now I'm Here - Queen
God Save The Queen (live) - Brian May
Parisienne Walkways (live) - Gary Moore
Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2) - Pink Floyd
Wishing Well - Free
That'll Be The Day - Buddy Holly
Guitar Boogie Shuffle - Bert Weedon
F.B.I. - Shadows (The)
C'mon Everybody - Eddie Cochran
Saturday Nite At The Duck-Pond - Cougars (The)
Hold The Line - Toto
My Sharona - Knack (The)
Inside - Stiltskin 2008/07/16 05:15 PM
How You Remind Me - Nickelback
Jean Genie, The - David Bowie
All Night Long - Rainbow
Roll Over Lay Down - Status Quo
Sharp Dressed Man - ZZ Top
School's Out - Alice Cooper
Born To Be Wild - Steppenwolf
Black Night - Deep Purple
Sunshine Of Your Love - Cream
Pinball Wizard - Who (The)
Hate To Say I Told You So - Hives (The)
Teenage Kicks - Undertones (The)
She Sells Sanctuary - Cult (The)
Paper Plane - Status Quo
Hocus Pocus - Focus
Sabre Dance - Love Sculpture
Fat Lip - Sum 41
Run To The Hills - Iron Maiden
Action - Sweet (The)
Jailbreak - Thin Lizzy
All Day And All Of The Night - Kinks (The)
Walk Don't Run - Ventures (The)
Should I Stay Or Should I Go - Clash (The)
Fight For Your Right (To Party), (You Gotta) - Beastie Boys (The)
Rebel Yell - Billy Idol
Pour Some Sugar On Me - Def Leppard
Addicted To Love - Robert Palmer
Run To You - Bryan Adams
One Vision - Queen

Oh, and have a look at this.

are you READY?

exactly ONE WEEK and counting.

have you got gas.......?

ciao amici!

the arribiatta massive who will be cooking and serving us a delicious lunch of penne arribiatta on the lawn, are looking for an extra gas cooker/stove to use during the weekend. if you have a camping stove that you are happy to bring with, please could you email the head chef. i'm sure you'll get an extra portion out of it too!

tante grazie!

Short Message Service

who needs cellphone reception in the karoo when you've got a live SMS wall? yes folks, a LIVE SMS wall - Caitlyn came up with this great idea of organising one for the duration of the weekend. All you have to is remember to bring a photo of yourself.

Courthouse Cabaret!

STOP PRESS!.....

Saturday night's cabaret has been moved to the courthouse ( pictured)

For all those arm swinging, leg kickin performers taking part in the cabaret on saturday, be advised, there isnt room to swing a cat!

6m wide, 2m deep and 1m high...are your rough measurements.

meet Show 'n Tell's official handyman

Locked your keys in your car? Too drunk to lift that heavy box? Is your toilet backed up? Having trouble opening a tap and aren't prepared to try using your bum hole (like some did last year)? STOP! This year we have a general handyman, Mr James Mader.

"Attached please find my publicity photograph. I will be bringing my toolbelt and general handyman supplies. Mr Mader."

our clever, talented, generous matjie......

fantastic news! our talented illustrator and doodler extraordinaire lauren fowler has offered to design a beautiful program that will be on display in the smoking room in the foyer of the hotel.

paparazzi on patrol

"Beware: I’ll be spending the Show’n Tell weekend shoving a digital recorder into people’s faces, on the hunt for vox pops, commentary and any other form of vocal contributions. I will turn the recordings into a podcast you can listen to when lying sleeplessly in bed, plagued with after-Matjies depression, sending you back into post-Show’n Tell dreamland" - Kristin

need a lift...........?

stuart boyd has spaces for 2 matjies leaving friday after 5pm.
if you need a lift, email this man....

frown family karavan is coming to town

some of our matjies are a mystery

are you THEO NEL, or do you know THEO NEL?

is your surname van brain/bryn or do you know someone who will answer to that in a crowded room?

if yes, please can you ask them to get in touch with us so that we can resolve the mystery bookings and they won't lose out on the best weekend of their lives and live to regret it.

show ' n tell into the future

exciting news. we have a fortune teller amongst us.
her name is christina.