NEWS

TIM RICE IN DURBAN



World-famous lyricist/songwriter Sir Tim Rice visits South Africa this month to help raise funds for well-known South African cricketer, Andrew Hudson.

As guest speaker, and later as entertainer with his brother Jonathan, Rice appears at a benefit banquet sponsored by NBS on February 10.

Knighted in 1994, Sir Tim Rice is renowned for his work with Andrew Lloyd Webber on the musicals Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita. More recently he worked on Aladdin with music by Alan Menken and with Elton John on the highly popular Lion King.

CRICKET

A lover of cricket Tim Rice was a regu-lar captain of the BBC's Radio 4 pro-gramme Trivia Test Match and in 1987, joined the test match special commentary team on Radio 3 for two England matches during the World Cup in India.

Rice is a member of the MCC (Maryle-bone Cricket Club) committee and has written a book on the Lord's Art Collection titled The Treasure of Lord's. Every year he publishes his own Heart- aches Cricketer's Alamanack recounting the activities of his team, Heartaches C.C. He also writes a regular column on cricket for the London Daily Telegraph and articles for many other English publications.

Tickets for the banquet can be booked through Chris Hewitson on 262-9191.

TEACHERS' FUNCTION

The Playhouse Company invites all education directors, subject advisors, principals, teachers and cultural officers to attend its annual teachers' function on March 20.

After the success of last year's event, which was attended by over 900 teachers, the Playhouse Company's pro-ducing departments are available to tour to all schools in the region. This pro-gramme aims to inform scholars about all aspects of the performing arts as well as supporting the teaching curriculum. In addition, special drama-in-education programmes have been designed to assist students in various subjects.

The teachers' function will take place in the Opera where short excerpts from all available educational productions will be previewed. These range from dramatisa-tions of set works to vibrant and ener-getic dance works, orchestral demons-trations and interactive workshops.

For information on the teachers' function contact Gerard Samuel on 369-9436.

CROWNING GLORY

Don't simply dismiss this picture as another elegant and rather way-out Durban July outfit. Take another look. It's all made of human hair - 22 pieces of it, in fact!

With Emile's in Durban (who make Tina Turner's wigs), Anita Poll Jonker and her daughter Sandy of Amanzimtoti are the only two people in South Africa that make hand-made European(*) hairpieces.

(As opposed to Asian hair, mainly from Japan, which is much coarser)

When Sandy was training to be a hairdresser, Anita felt that the most exciting way to train her in making hairpieces was to make an outfit. Weaving hair, to make up the base of hairpieces, is a laborious and time-



consuming business and the outfit took about nine months but the result was worth it!

G-STRING

Apart from a small piece of material in the front for the bolero and a G-string, the entire outfit is made of hair.

Millinery hair mesh forms the base of the hat and with colours sponsored by Redken the hair changes from blonde to silver to red to green. Under the brim is darker hair.

The top was woven short hair that was sewn onto the bolero. The skirt is made up of two heads of blonde hair - the one on the outside of a very fine silky texture and the one underneath of a more coarser texture just to make the skirt fuller.

"It was all hair that has been collected over the years," explains Sandy. "At the back there was a long hairpiece like a ponytail which is about 90 years old. A lady gave it to my mother and it belonged to her grandmother."

STYLIST

Sandy, who works for top hair stylist Terry Scott, enjoys competition and show work and is always looking for items that put a new dimension into creative hair-styling.

Sandy and her mum spend many hours watching television, experimenting with hairpieces or thinking up new ideas - like an exquisite rose almost too fine and delicate to touch.

So, if you're around Musgrave Centre and a tall attractive young lady accosts you and asks if you want to have your hair cut, it could be Sandy! Her hair, we might add, reaches almost to her waist!

Sandy or Anita's number is 94-2023.

TEACHERS WANTED

Studio 849, an art centre in the Durban North/Red Hill area, has vacancies for creative and talented teachers of music, art, craft, dance, drama and the martial arts, particularly those with an innovative and energetic style of teaching as the Centre deals with people from different communities, with outreach programmes often extending to the informal settle-ments in the Umgeni North area.

Own transport is essential and remunera-tion varies according to experience and qualification.

Fax a CV to 84-0041 or phone 84-1142.

LECTURES

On February 25, the Education Officer of the Natal Museum in Pietermaritz-burg, Iris Bornman, will deliver a lecture on the District Six Museum in the Tatham Art Gallery at 13h10. Cost R8.