VPHS
Music Department
We were going to get a music auditorium, which
would alleviate all the problems that especially
the Wind band had experienced by having to use
the Blake Hall as a rehearsal and instrument storage venue. With the building of an auditorium, the
choir, who had also used the Blake Hall to rehearse,
the wind band and also the jazz band would have
ample space to all be housed under one roof. Most
important of all, the expensive instruments, amplification systems, etc would be secure and safe. The
2014 has been an exciting and rewarding year for
the department. Towards the end of the second
term, we heard loud banging noises throughout the
day, saw walls come tumbling down, lockers being
removed and girls’ bathroom facilities disappear.
The remaining open hole was supporting the whole
Music Department and we were nervous that we
were going to go down next as our rooms were only
being held by a few supporting pillars! Finally the
long awaited news came.
auditorium is almost ready to be officially opened
and named and for this the whole department would
like to offer our most sincere thanks to everyone
who had a role to play in allowing this to become
a reality.
In the third term, Mr W. Jansen Van Rensburg decided to teach only three days a week, allowing him to
spend more time on marketing himself and rehearsing for his own one-man band. This is when a decision was made to employ Miss Liske Potgieter, who
has very close ties with the school as she was one of
our top music learners in her Matric year. She completed her Bachelor of Music degree at N.M.M.U.
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