Jay du Plessis - Anthem@Trinations

Jay du Plessis made so many South African's prioud with his delivery of the national anthem before the NZ vs SA Tri-nations kick-off.  

Just another reason to love this artist who went solo after being a part of the hugely successful band Eden.  

Here is another song of his that turned out to be a great hit; and he is not done!  Always waiting in anticipation for any project Jay is involved with.  

Picture from Corne Oosthuizen on twitter

Huisgenoot Musiekfees-bootvaart

Huisgenoot is hosting another amazing event - these guys just keep on coming up with very creative (and lucrative) ideas around entertainment in the Afrikaans music industry.  


The brand is widely known for its 'Skouspel' and 'Skouspel Plus' concerts, and now they bring us the 'Musiekfees-bootvaart' 


This unique event is on-board the MCS Symphonia and tickets sold last year already.  

Some of the famous South African names to join in the festivities are Nicholis Louw and Bobby van Jaarsveld (two of our favorites), as well as Ray Dylan, Jennifer Zamudio, Karlien Husselman, Charlize Bergh, Christiaan Botha, Quentin Prinsloo, MarNet, Charne Grabie, Willem Botha, Albert de Wet, Karen Ferreira, Jaycee Crause, Jay and Viljoen Retief.

Getroud met Rugby Premiere

The exclusive premier for the movie was held tonight in all its glory!  Izak Davel plays a lead role and we also loved Heinz Winckler in this one.  
Heinz also attended the premiere earlier tonight. 

Story Sinopsis

Reghart Venter (Izak Dave) is a mechanic from the wring sides of the tracks. He was a promising rugby player but lost his way. After several charges of fighting and assault he gets a final warning – pull yourself together or go to jail.

Regharts sentence is to do community service – practicing rugby with a fallen hero of the Stryders Rugby team, Fafa Beltrame (Altus Theart). “Fast Fafa” was once the fastest wing in the country en a hit among the ladies. Fafa lost his way after he and his wife Kiki (Hannah Grobler) seperated after losing their daughter. Fafa seeks his refuge in drink and in the process alienates everyone who ever cared for him.

When Reghart, unwillingly, is dragged to Potties Place (the local Stryder Rugby Team bar) by his friends he meets Lize (San-Marie Nel). For the first time in his life there is something he cannot fight against. His heart.

Through the metaphor of rugby the two broken men inadvertently helps one another to find their way again.

Website: GetroudMetRugby

Jay's Plans for Feb

Jay recently performed at the Innibosveld concert with Kurt Darren and many other Afrikaans artists.  He is doing a show with Lianie May in Cape Town on Friday, 25 February, Heidelberg on 26 February and then he is off to the FM Burger show.

Cover of Jay's Solo CD

Find out more about Jay on his band's website here

Arno - Afrikhaki 2

Arno Jordaan left the shores of South Africa yesterday and has arrived in Dubai for the show.  Following this trip he is going to London before heading back.

Here are some of the pictures he has shared thus far.

Heinz - Innibosveld pics

Some more pics sent by Heinz Winckler earlier today.  I like the pictures he uses as they are often of good quality.

Kurt Darren's Innibosveld 2011

Heinz performing

David and Jay

Heinz

Bobby, Ray and Heinz

David, Jay and Heinz

Thanks again to Heinz for always sharing!

Innibosveld wrap-up

Innibosveld with Kurt Darren is officially over.  Some final pictures of the stars attending the show as well as some of Steve Hofmyer.
During the show, Jakkie Louw asked his girlfriend to marry him and luckily received a response in the positive.

Nicholis with Steve

Nicholis and Arno

Group Pic

Jakkie Louw - now engaged

Bobby at Kalahari Theatre

Bobby is performing tonight at the Kalahari theatre following his appearance at Kurt Darren's Innibosveld show last night.  He has a repeat performance at the same location tomorrow night as well.

Bobby van Jaarsveld

Innibosveld Pics

Kurt Darren and Heinz Winckler

Arno and Kurt

Lianie May

Bobby van Jaarsveld

Pics shared by the artists

Quentin Prinsloo holiday ending

Quentin is on holiday in Durbs since 15 February and will be returning home tomorrow.  He shared this picture with his fans.

Quentin Prinsloo 'lazing' on the beach

Innibosveld Rehearsal pictures

Francois Henning a.k.a Snotkop

Arno Jordaan

Juanita du Plessis

Arno Jordaan

Nicholis Louw

Heinz Winckler

Kurt Darren

Pictures shared by Kurt Darren

Steve forgives...

Steve said that he accepts the "comeback" by U2's Bono on OFM yesterday and is now on a 'peace rally' so to speak to support the U2 show in CPT tomorrow.

Performances Today

Bobby is back for the first time this year and is performing at HTS Vereeniging tonight

Chris Chameleon will be performing at the Centurion Theatre tonight at 20:00

Wilder as die Wildtuin

Follow this link for a free download of Die Heuwels Fantaties' song Wilder as die Wildtuin courtesy of disrupt.fm and the band.

Innibosveld Reminder 2

Busy with the setup

Pic source:  Kurt Darren's camp

Chris Chameleon on Pasella

Here is video that shows Chris' brilliant humor and he also sings his song "Klein Klein Jakkalsies"

Exciting news: Chris Chameleon is being featured on SABC2's Pasella on 16 February at 19h30. Be sure to tune in for an in-depth interview with Chris as well as the debut a new Ingrid Jonker composition. The episode also features a jam in CCP Studios with Chris' band Boo! 

This is definitely an episode you won't want to miss! 

Chris will be on SABC's Pasella tonight

Sproetjies with Willem Botha

Willem Botha in Sproetjies, kicking off today in East Londen

Sproetjies – which is sure to captivate and charm all – takes the familiar story of Cinderella, places it in a contemporary setting accessible to modern audiences, and uses a selection of well loved Afrikaans songs, among them ‘De la Rey’, ‘Jantjie’ and ‘Jy Soen My Nie Meer Nie’, as the soundtrack for choreography – by Joel Morris and Craig Arnolds – which is light-hearted and full of fun.  Sproetjies is perfectly tailored to appeal to the young as well as the young-at-heart by offering irresistible entertainment of the highest calibre.

Included in the tour schedule will be special daytime performances for schools.

The performance schedule for the tour is as follows (Subject to change):

East London

Guild Theatre; Booking: Theatre Box Office (043-743 0704/5)

Somebody To Love: A Dance Celebration to the Music of Queen

Tues 15 Feb, Wed 16 Feb, Thur 17 Feb at 7pm

SPROETJIES

Wed 16 Feb at 10:30

Ticket Prices R 70 and R 125

PORT ELIZABETH

Savoy Theatre; Booking through Computicket

Somebody To Love: A Dance Celebration to the Music of Queen

Wed 23 Feb, Thur 24 Feb, Fri 25 Feb, Sat 26 Feb at 7.30pm; Sun 27 Feb at 2.30pm

SPROETJIES

Fri 25 Feb at 10:30; Sat 26 Feb at 2.30pm

Ticket Prices R 70 and R 120

Discounts:

Block Bookings of 10 or more: 10%
Pensioners: 20% discount

Students:20% discount

Issued for Mzansi Productions by Leon Bezuidenhout / 011-482 3727 / 082 459 6748 leon@mzansiproductions.com

MZANSI PRODUCTIONS RECEIVES FUNDING FROM THE NATIONAL LOTTERY DISTRIBUTION TRUST FUND

You can read more about this artist on the Jukebox fanpage on FB here

K9 Treatment for Bobby's Dog

Bobby van Jaarsveld's 4 month old doggy, Baboo was playing with a rope and fell from a hight while chasing after it.  Baboo had to undergo an operation and is currently recovering in hospital and is expected to be back to self within 6 weeks.

These dogs are apparently prone to tearing ligaments, as per a Huisgenoot journalist.

I'm not sure if this story is going to feature in the magazine; they might add a small piece, but you can look out for this during next week's issue.

Foto that Bobby shared on twitter

Innibosveld Reminder

Another fix on the Afrikaans calendar and there's still tickets available.

Jay du Plessis

Jay dropped today that his wife, Mia is going for a job interview.  It sounds like a great opportunity for her and we wish her all the best.

Mia du Plessis - Getroud met Jay van Eden Waarin glo jy?  Ek glo in my Skepper. Ek glo dat wanneer jy in jouself glo, kan jy die hele wereld vermag. Waarvoor hoop jy? Ek hoop dat ons kinders die voorreg sal he om in ons pragtige land te kan

grootword, sonder die lelik, en dat hulle net elke dag die mooi daarvan sal ervaar en beleef soos dit veronderstel is om te wees. Waarvoor is jy lief/wat beteken liefde vir jou? Liefde is daardie laaste stukkie van jouself wat jy verniet sal weggee. Natuurlik is my grootste liefde my man en my twee pragtige seuns!! Gunsteling slagspreuk? "Self-realization means that we have consciously connected with our source of being. Once we have made this connection, then nothing can go wrong..."-Swarmi Paramananda Waarmee hou die du Plessis gesin hulself tans besig? Jay se solo album sal einde Augustus uit wees. Ek is op die oomblik besig met n professionele grimeerkursus en sal van die einde van die jaar af voltyds begin werk as n grimeerkunstenaar

The above interview is thanks to Pretoria.co.za.  The YouTube clip is courtesy of Paparazzi, a show exclusive to ASTV which is a channel on the TopTV bouquet.