Ngomhla ziyi-18 kuNhlangulana, umphakathi wase-Leeu-Gamka wawuchwaza yinjabulo ngesikhathi i-Karoo Kokers, ithimba lentsha enekhono eliqeqeshwe yi-Prince Albert Community Trust (PACT), libambe ikhonsathi emnandi eHholo Lomphakathi lase-Leeu-Gamka.
Ihholo laligcwele phama, futhi umcimbi wawuchichima umfutho njengoba ukucula, ukudansa nokudlalwa kwasesiteji kwathinta inhliziyo nokushaya kwegumbi. IMeya yeTheku uLinda Jaquet ubephakathi kwezithameli, ethokozele ukuchichima kwethalente leqembu.
I-Karoo Kokers yaphuma ohlelweni lokuqeqeshwa lwezinyanga eziyisithupha lwe-PACT oluholwa u-Executive Trustee u-Ingrid Wolfaardt. Ukulungiselela i-2025 Journey to Jazz Festival, leli qembu liqeqeshe amakhono alo ekuphatheni izihambi, ukuphatha imicimbi, namakhono okuphila.
U-Ingrid uthi: “Sagxila ekuziphatheni okuhle emsebenzini, ukugcina isikhathi nokuba amanxusa edolobhana lasePrince Albert, iLeeu-Gamka nelaseKlaarstroom. “Kumayelana nokuphila uphawu lwakho—lezo zindinganiso owabelana ngazo nabanye.”
E-Leeu-Gamka, i-PACT isebenza ekamelweni ehostela Lesikole Samabanga Aphansi, inikeza amakilasi antambama njalo phakathi nesonto, ahlanganisa umdanso, ukusekelwa komsebenzi wesikole wasekhaya, namakilasi obuciko no-Elcado Blom.
Okwenza leli qembu ligqame ukuthi lenze ngempela lolu hlelo futhi i-Journey yabo ye-Jazz beziqeqesha. Bayayishayela, bayiphathe, futhi babonakale nsuku zonke. “Ukuzinikela kwabo kuyakhuthaza,” kusho u-Ingrid.
Le khonsathi yema njengobufakazi bokukhula nokuqalisa kwabo. Imidlalo ibisukela ekuculeni okujabulisayo kuye kumidanso eguquguqukayo, eveza ukuzethemba kuyo yonke indawo. Lo mcimbi awugcinanga ngokuveza ithalente labo kuphela kodwa ubuye wakhombisa umgomo we-PACT wokuthuthukisa intsha nokukhuthaza ukuzigqaja komphakathi.
“Le khonsathi ibiwubufakazi balokho le ntsha engakuzuza,” kusho iMeya uJaquet. “Akubona abaculi kuphela—bangabaholi abakha ikusasa likaLeeu-Gamka.”
