Hi,
Just a reminder that the online bookings for FORR 2010 closes on Friday 27 Aug @ 17h00. There are still general camping (R650) and 3 pre-pitched tents (R800) available. To book visit http://www.forr.co.za/Bookings.
General camping tickets will be available at the gate at R700 a ticket.
And remember, Saturday at FORR is fun dress day.
See you in Malongane
A lot of the potholes between Jozini and Kozibay have been fixed which makes the route an option to take again. There are however still some pothole on the road. Our special agents Andries & Hanna send us this report on where to lookout for potholes.
From Jozini dam wall to T-junction:
23.8km – potholes
25.4 – 29 km – potholes
31.4 – 32.2 km – potholes
35 – potholes
From T-junction to circle
21.6 – 22.5km – gravel road
30.3 – 31.9km – potholes
38km to circle (+/- 3 km) – lots of potholes
From the circle to the border the road is fine.
Friday 20 August will be the last day that you will be able to book and pay for your food options for this year’s festival. A limited amount of food will be sold for cash at the resort but there are no guarantees that you will get your portion. If you want eat at the restaurant during FORR, please book your meals on the bookings system (http://www.forr.co.za/Bookings) now.
The rest of the bookings and payments will close on Friday 27 August at 17h00.
Over 3 nights’ 11 bands competed for 3 spots at FORR 2010 festival. At the end it was not easy to pick the winners as not only their performance but also how their style of music will fit into the available slots had to be taken into consideration. A big thank you to all the bands that took time out to competed in FORRTunes evenings. At the end the bands selected for FORR 2010 are:
Nonaseye
ODE
Demento Phobia
The full line-up is available from http://www.forr.co.za/?page_id=718
Do you have something in your closet that you always wanted to wear but just could not find the right occasion for it? Do you fancy yourself us a super hero? Or maybe you want to be your favourite character from a movie or cartoon? On the Saturday of FORR we are going all out with a fun dress day. Dress up, dress down, dress funny, dress weird but just don’t dress normal.
12 bands will be battling it out over 3 different nights at Steak & Ale to earn their spot at this year’s FORR festival which will take place from 2 to 6 September at Malongane, Moçambique. At least 3 bands will be selected for the festival from al the FORRTunes evenings.
Most important criteria for selection will be crowd entertainment so if you want your favourite band to be selected come and show us how much you enjoy their music. Cover is only R30 and all proceeds will go towards the PayItFORRward charity initiative.
The following bands will be performing on the following nights:
Wednesday 14 July:
Paint
The Friendly Lemons
Nonaseye
DE dors
Wednesday 28 July :
Ode
Electro Velocity
7 Stukke Silver
Radikaal
Thursday 12 August:
Candiblack
Dime shift
Smoking Mojos
Frylink
Bands selected for the festival will be announced on Monday 16 August.
Some of South Africa’s top bands will be gathering at Malongane from 2 to 6 September for the second FORR festival. The focus has definitely been on quality rather than quantity with crowd entertainment being the main criteria. More bands will be added to the line-up soon including at least 3 up and coming bands selected from the FORRTunes evenings. Bands wishing to partake in the FORRTunes evenings can contact Albert (albert@forr.co.za/083-399-3066).
So far the following artists (in alphabetical order) have been confirmed:
Chiba Fly
Cortina Whiplash
Dan Patlansky
Die Kaalkop Waarheid
Laurie Levine
Margaret’s Daughter
Mrs B
Nibs van der Spuy
Radio Kalahari Orkes
Scicoustic
Svengali Project – Rian Malan & Lani Pieters
Valiant Swart
More bands will be annouced soon. For more information on these bands please visit http://www.forr.co.za/?page_id=638
To book for the festival please visit http://www.forr.co.za/Bookings
Once again Nudidivers will be presenting scuba diving courses before this year’s FORR festival with final qualifying dives taking place during the festival. If you always wanted to learn how to scuba dive, there will be no better opportunity than this one and they are actually presenting the courses at last year’s prices.
Open water courses start from R2 500, includes 2 ocean dives during the festival and you don’t need to own any scuba equipment, it will all be provided.
Advance diving course cost R 2 000 and includes 3 ocean dives during the festival.
You can book your course for the festival through our online booking system: http://www.forr.co.za/Bookings. More information can be downloaded from http://forr.co.za/Bookings/Scuba.pdf
Credit cards payments are now available on the FORR booking systems. Follow these steps to pay by credit card:
We have already signed a few of the old favourites for this year’s festival but are still looking for some fresh sounds to come and entertain us at Malongane. Bands wishing to apply for this year’s festival can download more information on how things work from this document (Band_Proposal_request_FORR_2010)
Once again this year we will host a few FORRTunes evenings where bands can come and show us why they should be included in the line-up. The first evening will be held on 14 July. For more information or if you wish to play at the FORRTunes evening please contact Albert ( 083-399-3066 / albert@forr.co.za ).
