Hi Julia Thanks for your contribution Kindest regards Brian On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 2:28 PM, Julia Teale <[email protected]> wrote:
> I was given to understand that it was obligatory for Obs residents to pay > R30 per person to have weekend access to the area whether they were > interested in the festival or not. It disgusted me but I coughed up R90 > anyway (there are three of us in the household) as I realized it was too > late to complain about this decision and request something more realistic. > I was then issued with pathethic paper armbands with halloween logos that we > had to cut off when we needed to shower and then laboriously reattach with > sticky tape each time we wanted to enter our own shopping district. I > disagree with the notion that the festival was a success. It was cobbled > together last minute and a bunch of generously minded musicians agreed to > perform. The stalls were horribly boring, selling rubbishy tourist tat and > the only food to be had was borewors. And we call this a Festival of > Arts!!!!! My heart went out to those clubs and pubs who had paid musicians > to play and had to charge an entry fee to cover costs. The attendance at > these places was poor because people resented having to pay yet another > entrance fee. What a fiasco. I suggest that next year you call it what it > is "The Obz Beer Fest" or the "Obz (now carefully monitored) Bender", or, > more playfully, "The Obz Jol" but please, not the Observatory Festival of > Arts. If you wish to understand why, please attend Grahamstown Arts > Festival, or Outshoorn Festival. > > Further, as a concerned and interested resident, I would like to see, > publically posted, clear accounting for the event. What money came in, > what was paid out and to whom, and who benefited financially from the > event. I think as a resident I have a right to this knowledge as it will > affect my support of any kind of this event in the future. > > Julia Teale > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Ancois Bester <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Monday, December 06, 2010 4:56 PM > *Subject:* Re: [obsnw] Shopping at Spar etc during the Obs fest > > > Hi Jo, > > The festival got permission from the Business owners to close off the area. > Gate staff did however use their discretion where residents were concerned > and the policy was to let folks pass to be able to do their shopping at Spar > or visit the video store. > > Best, > Ancois > > On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 3:03 PM, Jo-Anne Stolk <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi all >> >> On Saturday my husband and I thought we'd pop into Spar but were >> foiled when we saw that the whole precinct was gated off (the gate to >> the parking lot was locked as well). I didn't see anything about >> access to shops for residents and we sure weren't going to pay the >> entrance fee just to buy a bottle of cooldrink at Spar. Were the shop >> owners aware that non festival-goers wouldn't be able to shop there? >> Was any provision made for residents needing to access these shops? >> >> Jo >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] <obsnw%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en. >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] <obsnw%[email protected]>. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] <obsnw%[email protected]>. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en.
