Fellowship of Rock & Roll

The first screening of the FORR 2009 DVD will be tonight (5 Nov) at Steak & Ale in Pretoria. This will be your first change to see and buy the DVD. Besides the screening of the DVD it will also be an awesome night of acoustic music with Laurie Levine (JHB), Joshua Grierson (CPT), Rambling Bones (JHB) and The Allen Wood Project (PTA) performing.

The DVD will be screened again on Thursday 12 November at Tings & Times in Pretoria and on Friday 13 November at Belavista Lounge in Johannesburg. More details about these events to follow shortly.

The DVD was produced by Dinokeng Productions. They are also the distributors of the DVD. If you can’t get to one of the screenings and you are interested in buying one, please contact Beatrix Symington on 082 824 1592  or info@dinokengproductions.com. The DVDs are sold for R150 each.

You can download the FORR guide to Malongane by clicking here. The FORR guide to Malongane contains useful information to plan your Trip to the FORR festival. You might also find the following map userfull. Click on the picture to enlarge.

Roadmap to Malongane

Want to know how much to budget for drinks at the festival? A 2M or Laurentina beer will cost you R15 while a double R&R with local rum will cost you R24. Detailed bar prices can be downloaded from http://www.forr.co.za/Barprices.pdf

If you did not go for the food options you can always buy takeaways. The following will be available:
Boerewors Roll: R25
Kerrie en Rys: R30
Chicken Burger: R30
Prego Roll: R35.

If you are travelling from Gauteng to Malongane please remember that there are a lot of stop and go’s between Piet Retief and Pongola. We are receiving reports that some people took between 2 and 3 hours to travel that portion of the road that normally takes only 1 hour.

Please plan for the extra travelling time especially if you are taking a border pickup to Malongane and remember the border closes at 17h00.

Looking for a lift to Malongane?
Can you offer someone a lift?

Go to http://www.forr.co.za/?p=456 and leave a comment with your name, telephone number, email address, location and dates you plan to travel on.

If you can help with the transportation of books and clothes for the charity project from Gauteng to Malongane please contact Ronell on 082-331-9620 or RonellL@discovery.co.za.

The FORR crew will be leaving for Malongane on Saturday 29 August. During the festival you can contact us on the following numbers:

Frans: +258-82-7444-296
Jaco: +258-82-7444-293

We will also have occasional access to e-mail.

The best way to get into the mood for the FORR festival is to join 2 of our best party bands for a night of good old rock & roll at Steak & Ale. Join Akkedis and Black Cat Bone on Friday 28 August for the official FORR pre-party. Guaranteed to get you in the mood for a party in Moçambique.

Nudidivers will be running refresher courses on Saturday 22 August at De Jong swimming pool in Pretoria and at Miracle Waters near Brits. They will also be running Try Scuba Diving courses which will allow non divers go on a scuba dive during FORR. For more information please contact them on 083-434-6650 or annie@nudidivers.co.za

Wondering what food will be served at FORR 2009? You can download the menu at http://www.forr.co.za/Bookings/foodoptions.pdf. Food options can be book through the online booking system at http://www.forr.co.za/Bookings.

Our charity initiatives are fast gaining momentum with more and more people joining the “Pay it FORRward” committee. So far 3 projects have been identified:

The library project aims to collect English and Portuguese children books for the children of the Malongane primary school. You can contribute by donating books to this project.

The eye testing project will carry out eye test in the village of Malongane and will provide those in need with reading or prescription glasses. Part of the eye testing is to provide continuous care by training 5 community members to do basic screening tests – not only during the festival but also after the festival.

A music workshop will also be held to contribute towards a musical culture in Malongane. Who knows, just maybe someone will pick up a guitar, a jembe or flute and find the beautiful notes that captures the soul and beauty of  Moçambique.

We still need more people to get involved with these projects to make sure that we achieve the maximum effect.  You can help by offering your skills and time or by making donations towards these projects. To find out more about these projects and how you can help please visit http://www.forr.co.za/?page_id=61