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ENTERTAINMENT Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Whats Traditionalanddeliciouslymoisteasytomakecarrotcake
happening JACKIE CAMERON

in KwaZuluNatal? JORDIN Shelly, of Hillcrest, was a pupil at

Epworthand,during2016,wekeptbumping
intooneanother.Itwasasthoughlifeknew
arts@witness.co.za 033 355 1111 she was coming to Jackie Cameron School
of Food & Wine before she knew.
WefirstmetataKearsneyCollegecareer
THEATRE daythen,withhermom,attheHiltonArts
Festivaland,finally,theyboughtJackieCam
Easter Comedy eronCooksatHomeandBakingwithJackie
Festival Cameron.Enrollingforthiscoursewasabig
Catch Durbans You decisionforJordin.GoingtoUCTseemed
Tube sensation, come thenormeveryonewasdoingit.Staying
dian Anasia Govender, in KwaZuluNatal wasnt considered cool.
and her comedy star IhavenocluewhyIthoughtsomuch
son Kamz Govender aboutthis,asIwouldneverhaveitanyother
(pictured) at Sibaya way;itisthebestdecisionIhaveevermade;
Casino this weekend. Iamsohappy,Jordinsaidatdaybreakwhile
The duo will perform whippingupthecreamcheeseicingforher
alongside comedians scrumptious carrot cake.
Carvin H. Goldstone, Arnotte Payne, Mfundo Ndo Thisisanold,familyrecipethatwetradi
vela, Darryl Williams and Andrew Hughes. The tionally make during Easter, Jordin ex
show starts at 8pm on Friday and Saturday, and plained.Itisdefinitelyafavourite,andone
at 3pm on Sunday. Cost is R150 at Computicket ofthefirstdishesmymomtaughtmetomake.
or reserve seats at 0832915702. MygrantaughtmymomtomakeitandIm
sureyouwillagreethatitsoneoftheeasiest
MUSIC and most delicious cakes.
Moistcarrotcakeisoneofmyfavourites
The Bats so I looked forward to getting the photo
ONE of South Africas longestrunning bands, The shoot,withKateMartens,behindussothat
Bats, are back on Friday and Saturday at 7.30pm I could tuck into a piece.
at the Hexagon Theatre. Tickets are R120 at
https://www.webtickets.co.za/event.aspx?
itemid=1469251835 Jackie Cameron is the owner of Jack
ie Cameron School of Food & Wine in
EVENTS Hilton, KZN.
For more information, email
Storytime at Rosehurst admin@jackiecameron.co.za
STORYTIME takes place at Rosehurst (239 Boom Food assistant and recipe developer
Street) tomorrow at 10am, for children up to Jordin Shelly.
eight years old. Inquiries: 0333941443. All photos
Automania by Kate Jordin Shellys carrot cake. Jordin Shelly.
Golden Horse Casino, Pietermaritzburg, is hosting Martens PHOTO: KATE MARTENS PHOTO: KATE MARTENS
Automania 2k17 on Saturday and Sunday. Car en Photogra
thusiasts can enter their rides into the sound off
and show n shine competitions for R150 per car,
phy. Con
tact her at JORDINSCARROTCAKE
per category. Registration open from 9am on the 0828798328
event days. Spectators enter free. Contact Josha or visit her INGREDIENTS 10ml vanilla extract METHOD Pour batter into tins.
Daniel at 0762268722 or bcca.kzn@gmail. com website, 500ml carrot, grated Line 3x9inch round cake tins (for this Bake at 180C for 35 to 40 minutes or
www.kate Cake 1 can or 440g crushed pineapple, drained cake that I made at the school Chef Jack until cooked.
FINE ART martens. 500ml cake flour 100g cranberries ies tins are a little larger so it only made Allow cakes to cool in the tins for 15
co.za 10ml baking soda/bicarbonate of soda 250ml walnuts, chopped two layers, but this worked just as well) minutes and then remove and place onto
Standard Bank Young Artist 2,5ml Oryx salt with wax paper, lightly grease and flour. wire racks to cool completely.
STANDARD Bank Young Artist 2016 Mohau Modi 10ml ground cinnamon Icing Sift flour, baking soda, salt and cinna To make the icing: beat butter and
sakeng, will be exhibiting his work in the main ex 3 large eggs 185ml salted butter mon. Beat eggs, sugar, oil, buttermilk and cream cheese until smooth and creamy,
hibition room of the Tatham Art Gallery 500ml white sugar 300g cream cheese vanilla at a medium speed. Add flour mix slowly add icing sugar and vanilla until
from Sunday at 11am to May 14 at 5pm. 185ml Sunfoil oil 625ml icing sugar ture. Fold in carrot, crushed pineapple, thick and smooth.
185ml buttermilk 7,5ml vanilla extract cranberries and walnuts. Ice cake and decorate.

Over200musicians
todescendon
THEREiscurrentlyasmallfarmoffthe
D600intheBushmansNekvalleyofthe
Drakensbergthathas120headofcattle
grazingitslushfields.Tomorrow,those
cattlewillbeherdedsome18kmtoother
pastures. This is not because of a
drought.Notbecauseofasecurityissue.
Notbecauseofbettergrazing.Itisbe
causethesmallfarmwillhostthe28th
stagingofSAsFriendliestMusicFesti
val,SplashyFen.Thecattlecansmellin
theairwiththechangeintemperature
andseasonthatthemusicians,crafters,
vendors,artists,families,partygoersand
general fun people are near.
Itsthattimeofyearagain,Splashy
Fen!Overthepastfourweeks,TheWit
nesshasfeaturedaseriesofarticlesfo
cused on an iconic South African arts
andculturalgemoutsideourbackdoors,
thefamousSplashyFenMusicFestival.
The articles have opened our eyes to
whatthefestivalistrulyabout,howit
developed, the unique and interesting
storiesithastotell,andtodayfeatures
the 2017 edition of the festival, which
is set to be the best yet.
Acrossthecountry,some6000mu
sicandnaturelovers,200musiciansand
80craftandfoodstallholdersaregetting
readyforapilgrimagetothesouthern
Drakensberg.Wechattofestivaldirector
StuBerryaboutthemusic,thecoreof
SplashyFenandwhatpeoplecanlook
forward to.
TheWitness:Stu,Splashyisaroundthe
cornernowanditscrunchpreparation
time. How has everything been going
leading into the festival?
SplashyFen:Reallywellthanks.Weve
started with setup on site, which has
includedtheaccessroadtothefarm,and
our sculptor Kim Goodwin is on site
starting to build the Treehouse Stage,
so its all looking good from our side.
TheWitness:Letschataboutthemusic!
Youhaveanumberofinternationalacts
coming, lets quickly summarise who
those are.
The Acoustic Stage at Splashy Fen 2016.
PHOTO: SUPPLIED
Splashy Fen: Yes, were really excited
aboutourlineup.Wehavetwoheadlin
ersonourmainstage.ThefirstareThe
TemperTrapfromAustraliawhohave
hadfournumberonehitsinSAoverthe
pasteightyears,mostnotablytheirsin
gle called Sweet Disposition.
ThenwehaveabandfromtheUnited
StatescalledMichaelFrantiandSpear
head. They are not too wellknown in
SA,butintheU.S.sellover20000tick
etsashow.Frantiissomeonewhorepre
sentsgoodcleanlivingandisanactivist
for human rights across the world.
HeheardofSplashyandgotintouch
withusaboutattendinganditwasano
brainerfromourside.Heandhisband
areabsolutelybrilliantlive,andcouldbe
consideredacrossbetweenUB40and
Coldplay. I think they are going to be
oneoftheactsthatwillleavepeoplein
awe come the end of the festival.
OnourElectricBomastage,wehave
aGermanDJduoheadingout;namely,
OliverKoletzkiandNikoSchwind.For
theelectricdancemusicloversoutthere,
theseguyswillbebringingthesounds
of Berlin to Splashy Fen.
We also have a band from Oregon,
U.S., called the Holy Smokes and the
S p l ash y Fe n makingthiswork,andinawaythatpro
vides an experience that cannot be
boughtanywhereelse.Ourdrivingbusi
nessprincipleforSplashyissimple.On
every decision, we ask the question:
Willsomeonehavefundoingthis,and
isitsomethingtheywouldnormallynot
experience?Iftheanswerisyes,then
its something we try to implement.
The Witness: Last question. Im not a
camperIhavetoadmit,andImnotsure
Icandofournightsofafestival.What
would make my life easier?
SplashyFen:Firstly,theoptionofaday
ticketissomethingthathasbecomevery
popular.Daypassesareavailableforpeo
One of the structures built by Kim Goodwin. plewhodontwanttocomeforfourdays,
PHOTO: GARY VAN WYK andinsteadwanttoexperiencetheat
tractionsofSplashyforoneday,either
Godforsaken Rockers, a solo guitarist soundsinteresting,whatisitallabout? buildinganother10mhighexpression got.Itsaboutstimulatingpeoplesex tofeelitoutandseeifitstheircupof
fromTexas,U.S.,calledRodneyBrani SplashyFen:Thisisgoingtobeagreat structure on site. periencesonsiteinawaythattheywould tea,orsimplybecausetheycantmake
gan,andawonderfulsingersongwriter addition to our event. Farm Mainte Anotherelementofartwhichweare notbestimulatedintheirnormaldayto allfourdays,Ifthatsyourfeeling,please
fromNigeria,calledBlessingTangban. nanceServices(FMS)inPietermaritz developingisgraffitiart.Graffitidone dayexperiences,andthereinliestheex feel free to just join us for the day.
burg,whichsellsMasseyFergusonprod wellcanbesuchastimulatingformof pansion of this special festival. Regardingthecamping,wehaveafull
TheWitness:TheTemperTrap,wow.I ucts, approached us about something visualart.KevSevernandhisteamof tentedhotelonsite.Thetentcomeswith
remembertheirsongsonmyplaylistbe different.Theirideawastohaveatractor professionalstreetartistsfromDurban TheWitness:Astheoldestmusicfestival twobeds,linen,lights,electricalpoint
ingrepeatedeverydayinthecarabout andtrailer,fittinginwithourfarming willbedoingaseriesoflivegraffitiart inSA,itwasaneasybrandfitforusto andprivateshowersandbreakfastdaily.
twotothreeyearsago.Itsnotjustabout ethos,doingtheroundsasamobilestage duringthefestival.Itsanotherwayin aligntoasanewspaperandensurewe Itsanopportunitysimplytoarriveand
the internationals though, is it? inthecampsite.Itwasaneasydecision, whichwereallywanttodeveloptheno helpedinrejuvenatingthehistoricalgem haveyourcampreadyforyouwhichis
SplashyFen:Mostcertainlynot.Infact and so the tractor will be travelling tionofpeopleparticipatinginthefesti of a festival. How have you seen the hugelypopularonly20tentsareleft
forthefuture,ourvisionistodevelop around and stopping off at peoples val versus just attending the festival. changes over the past 18 months turn in fact.
aproudlySAonlyfest.Thisyearwillfea campsiteswithliveactsontheback.It into ticket sales?
turesomeofSAsbiggesttalentsinJer really is unique. The Witness: When you consider all SplashyFen:Itsnevereasyconvincing TheWitness:Well,itscleartomanythat
emyLoops(whorecentlysoldoutthe these things you have mentioned, it peoplethatperceptionsarewrong,but thisfestivalhasturneditselfaroundin
BotanicGardensinDurban),TheParlo TheWitness:Oneofyourkeynewdevel seemslikethisfestivalisquitedifferent ifyouyourselfbelieveinit,thenyoucan thepast18months,andwelookforward
tones,JackParow,DesmondandtheTu opmentsisnotassociatedwiththemu fromwhatithasbeeninthepastfew do it, and we really do believe that tocoveringalltheactionforourreaders.
tus, Rubber DUC, December Streets, sic, but rather with art? Tell us some years? Splashyisabrandthatcanlastanother Splashy Fen: It certainly has, but we
rocklegendsSpringbokNudeGirlsand more. SplashyFen:Differentseemstoimply 28years.Itneededtowakeupasabrand havealongwaytogointermsofwhere
Shortstraw,essentiallythecreamofthe Splashy Fen:Thisisoneoftheitems worsealotofthetime.Ithinkitcertainly andensureareviewofitsserviceoffering wewanttotakeit.Thisisthestart,and
crop of SA music at the moment. wearemostexcitedabout.KimGood isdifferent,butforthebetter.Splashy wascompleted.Wedidthat,rebranded itsencouragingtoseetheresponse.Our
Inadditiontothat,wehaveover62 win,alocalsculptorfromtheMidlands, hasaperceptionofbeingateenagers andhaveseenanincreaseinticketsales challengeistomaintainthatandensure
KZN artists featured on our lineups, got chatting to us about the develop party in the mountains. of 22% compared to 2016, which is a we deliver properly.
fromtheKickstands,toFreddyfromThe ment of visual art on site. Itmostcertainlyisntthatandbyen brilliantoutcomebearinginmindour
SubwayRunwhoisafinalistinTheVoice HehasawonderfulhistorywithAfrika suringweaddalltheseexperiences,we current economic climate.
SA,aswellasthemusicianyouseeat Burnandothergreatsculptureprojects aresimplyenhancingtheexperienceon Itsoneoffewfestivalsthatisgrowing Splashy Fen Music Festival takes
yourlocalpub.Itsaboutensuringmusic acrossSA,andforusitwasanobrainer. siteforallourticketholders.Wewant atthemoment,andthefactthatitis place outside Underberg in KZN from
from all over gets onto our stages. SoGoodwinhasstartedconstructionon everyonewhopurchasesaticket,wheth thecheapestmainstreamfestivalinSA April13 to April17. Festival and day
The Witness: We see that you have a ournewTreehouseStage(whichwillbe erafullfestivalticketoradaypass,to also adds huge value to that stat. tickets are available, all details at
Massey Ferguson tractor stage. That madefrom100%wattle),andwillbe leavenotevenquestioningthevaluethey As a company, were dedicated to www.splashyfen.co.za