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Title: Choir performs at the Cape Malay Choir Board's competition at the Green Point Stadium during Nautical Week, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Malay, Musicians, Performing arts, ,
Description: [Me]mbers of the Rosebuds choir team singing [en]thusiastically in the finals of [th]e Cape Malay Choir Board's horal competition at the Green Point Stadium last night, organised as part of the programme for Nautical Week this year.
Identifier: islandora:15172

Title: Young dancers pose in Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Tribes, Traditions, Performing Arts, Music, Economic development
Description: Members of a traditional dance troupe pose against a backdrop of central Cape Town and the Cape Flats
Identifier: islandora:15857

Title: Former YMCA and home of the Space Theatre, corner of Long and Hout Streets, Cape Town, 1976
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Historic buildings, Theatre, Performing arts, Youth
Description: The YMCA building on the corner of Hout and Long Streets, Cape Town, built in 1883 and occupied by the Space Theatre in the 1970s.
Identifier: islandora:17514

Title: Man performs a solo piece while choir sing in background, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Malay, Musicians, Performing arts, ,
Description: Man performs a solo piece while choir sing in background, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:15175

Title: The Sentrale Singkoor, developers of the folk song, perform in Cape Town, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Malay, Musicians, Performing arts, Folk singers, ,
Description: An early picture of the Sentrale Singkoor which was largely responsible for the development of the folk song in Cape Town. Choir leader Rasdien Cornelis, born in 1867, is third from the left in the middle row, with assistant Suleiman on his right.
Identifier: islandora:15176

Title: People sit and listen to a musical performance, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Western Cape (South Africa), Politics, Performance
Description: Taking a musical break: Speakers at the launch listen to the songs. From the right are veteran anti-apartheid activist Mrs Helen Joseph, Father Smangaliso Mkhatshwa of the Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference, Dr F. Van Zyl Slabbert of the Institute for a Democratic Alternative for South Africa (Idasa), Mrs Angeline Biddie of the George Civic Association, Mrs Amy Thornton, chairman of the Cape Democrats, and Mr John Greene, the vice-chairman.
Identifier: islandora:15966

Title: Man plays on his guitar while choir performs in background, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Malay, Musicians, Performing arts, ,
Description: Man plays on his guitar while choir performs in background, Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:15177

Title: Coon Carnival
Subject: performers, instrumentsEntertainers--South Africa--Cape Town, Musical instruments
Description: Coon Carnival players.
Identifier: islandora:8351

Title: Coon Carnival players
Subject: performers, instrumentsEntertainers--South Africa--Cape Town, Musical instruments
Description: Coon Carnival players, after an all-night street parade.
Identifier: islandora:8338

Title: Men playing musical instruments to songs sung by Caledonian Roses Choir, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Malay, Musicians, Performing arts, ,
Description: Right: Members of the band give musical support to the songs by the Caledonian Roses Choir.
Identifier: islandora:15174

Title: The old Opera House, Cape Town
Subject: Cape Town (South Africa), Architecture, Performing arts, Demolition, Urban development
Description: The old Opera House: many of Cape Town's senior citizens will remember the old Opera House which was opened in 1893 and demolished in 1937. It stood at the corner of Darling and Parliament Streets on the site presently occupied by the General Post Office and was built before the present Standard Bank Building was extended from Adderley Street through to Parliament Street (or Grave Street as it was then known). The Opera House Restaurant on the first floor was for many years one of the most popular eating-out establishments in Cape Town.
Identifier: islandora:17182

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