Es Tea Double Eye

I’m not exactly the most cultured person you’ll meet. Amongst a lot of things, I’ve never been to a ballet before. All I can remember as a little boy was how my parents used to tease me: “Oh, you should do ballet! You can wear those tight pants and dance with girls!” and “But look how strong those men in tights are” to recall a few. At that point of my life, it was a BIG no-no. Dancing with GIRLS?! Are you crazy?!

Somehow that was what stuck and I never had any interest in ballet. Whatsoever. To this day, I’ve never experienced it.

One thing I’ll never forget though was what my grandmother told me. She told me how badly my mom wanted to ballerina. She told me how my mom made herself tutus from Crimplene and how she dreamed of being a ballerina. She never followed that dream, but I do know how much she loves ballet. Thats where the importance of ballet lies for me. In other people.

So, here is the deal. Cape Town City Ballet is in a bit of a financial pickle and need our help. They would very much appreciate your donations. So how about it? I might even muster up a bit of courage and take my mother to a ballet in the future.

You can donate by either making out a cheque to CAPE TOWN CITY BALLET and posting it to:

PO Box 94
RONDEBOSCH
7701

or you could do an EFT into the following bank account:

Bank: NEDBANK
Account name: CAPE TOWN CITY BALLET
Branch code: 123 209
Account no: 123 200 8842
Reference: Your Name + SP1 (for example: Joe Soap SP1)