This is Dolphina - a superstar staff member of the Lord Milner Hotel

19 and 20 September 2008

Board the train, or pour some black gold in your car, gits, you can even walk if you have the time and want to keep your carbon footprint down to a size 4, but come! Where? What? Here, or there, to Matjiesfontein in the Karoo, where, besides the ghosts and the cat
in the foyer of the hotel and a lekker rowdy bar with a loud bell to clang if you don't get the attention you think you deserve, Heritage weekend offers you the most unusual party of the year. Party? Half-party, half-event, half-made up, half planned, the Show & Tell weekend is now in its third year and promises to be all the undercover hype you've heard and more.

Thing is, Show & Tell is all about you . Yes, promise. It's made up by you. If you can sing, bring your voice. If you can strum, bring your guitar. If you have some old films or weird DVDs you wanna share with people, bring the projector or the screen or the whatnot. Everyone who comes to Show & Tell must bring something to show or tell, it's that simple. What happened at school if you didn't bring anything to show or tell on show and tell day? Yup, nought out of ten for you and an hour in the corner behind the sandbox facing the wall.

So don't be a drag, come participate. Play tennis in funny clothes, juggle grapefruit at breakfast, read a poem your mother wrote, make a handstand while holding your dog's leash in your mouth, whistle a Romanian folk tune, take photos, exhibit, paint your bum yellow, snort a tequila for Dali – everything counts!

Matjiesfontein belongs to Show & Tell for the weekend – the aim is to book out most or all of the village's accommodation so that it's filled with like-minded people.

Truth: Show & Tell is not a commercial undertaking, so all participants are responsible for their own accommodation, costs, logistics and technical requirements for your contribution. However, resources are pooled, ie if three of you wanna DJ, then between you you arrange for the decks or whatnot. You speak to the organizer, the organizer points you in the right direction. No additional fees will be charged to see the individual shows, which will be scattered throughout the weekend in the most relaxed sort of way, indoors, outdoors, up a tree, in a cupboard.

Matjiesfontein can only sleep 100 people, so that's the limit. It's a heritage site, so there's no trampling the succulents going on. Once you've decided on your creative contribution, book your bed and tell us what you plan to show and/or tell. You can operate alone or in a group of course.

words by Toast Coetzer

rehearsal: informal dry run

This is just sneak peak of the hard work and dedication that is going on behind the scenes in preparation for this years show and tell. I'm not exactly sure what these two are going to "show" or "tell" but by the looks of things it's going to be something to do with gender role reversal and a peace protest. All very serious stuff. No monkeying around. Keep practicing guys! It's looking good!

don't feed the swans

i will be bringing swans to this year's matjies show'n tell.
there will be no feeding of the swans and if you are going to swim in the pool,
there will be no splashing or dive-bombing - they don't like to
get their hair wet.

"ek dink dit is 'n wonderlike idee dat ek saam met Oom Kosie en sy groep speel die jaar. 

Ek sal ook graag 'n vertoning van my eie musiek wil doen, onder my eie naam. 

Hope liefde,   Alex "

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