Sweet Music and Loud Soccer

Jim and I spent Sunday, February 18, outside.  (Eat your hearts out, Minnesotans!)  At 10 a.m., we went to music in the park.   Spreading our blanket on the grass, we sat and listened to the East Cape orchestra.  They played an eclectic mix of music - from Queen to a Disney medley.  My favorite part was their featured vocalist.  Her name was Zolani, and she had a wonderful voice.  She sang some original music that set the crowd to hopping.   The song I smiled at the most had these lyrics, "Fat thighs, flabby arms, and a potbelly make for sweet loving."

  

After the music, we had brunch with friends - again, outside.  We finished just in time to get to my first soccer game here.  (Jim went last Wednesday night, too.)  As one of the principals we work with observed, "South Africans love their sports."  Almost every conversation you have with someone gets around to sports at some point.  On Sunday, we watched the Orlando Pirates, a South African team, take on a team from Angola.  The crowd really got into the game; unfortunately, the Pirates didn't.  They lost 3-1.  But, it was really fun to be part of a crowd that exuded so much energy - from their horns to their hats.