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Opening dance

This year's conference is being held at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University which opened in 2005 upon the merger of several institutions. The opening reception in the school's arena was crowded and fun. Introductory speeches were alternated with performances from a high school girl's choir and an energetic dance troupe which showed off African dance stylings including 1940s jive. The proceedings were marred, though, but a continual basso continuo of chit chat from the back of the room. Don't people know that those free drink tickets are a kind of payment for attentive silence during the unavoidable preliminary speeches? Hold up your end of the bargain, people.

Posted by Emma Marris on July 2, 2007 06:43 AM |

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Which dance group did the jive performance?

Posted by: thomas | October 10, 2007 02:44 AM

Hello. We don't have that information, but are sure you can get the name from the conference organizers. See http://www.nmmu.ac.za/scb/contact.htm

Posted by: Emma Marris | October 12, 2007 02:16 PM

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