Event Management at my Department: The Outcome of hard work is just amazing

Last weekend was one of the most interesting weekends of my life. Our department, SENA, had been working hard preparing for its spectacular annual event, the SAMRO Overseas Scholarship Competition. This included among other things, preparing music score sheets, attending the first stages of the competition (the Intermediate round), preparing the SAMRO/SENA brands banners, answering important phone calls, travelling to and from the University of Johannesburg's Arts Centre (where the event was going to take place), and doing occasional archiving between the preparations.

Saturday 23 August was the day of the final round of the scholarship competition. People came in large numbers to see their favorite candidates. The standard of competition was high and everybody looked stunning. Food and drink was plenty, and of course I enjoyed networking with new people. The competition ended with Cobus Vander Merwe (Classical Flautist) and Michael Bester (Jazz Guitarist) as winners. Congratulations guys. You staged some electrifying performances.

To Wowers, sorry I forgot to invite you, but I think you have seen the screening of some of the competition’s performances on SABC 2 and E-TV when the winners were interviewed. Next time, I will definitely invite you. It is an event not to be missed. SAMRO/SENA is doing a great job in uplifting the standard of music in South Africa and you (Wowers) surely would like to see what we do. You will be cordially invited next year. THAT’S A PROMISE.

Miss you Guys.