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Madiba the Cape Leopard
2020… A time for reflection, gratitude and reverence for all life on this planet. I, Marilyn Pigott, am writing these words from Stanford, the small village outside Cape Town in South Africa. In the vicinity is the Cape Floral Kingdom, a global diversity asset and smallest of the world’s six floral kingdoms. There is also …
Stanford Festival of Lights and Arts 2019
The Amani Harmonic Foundation supported the Creative Skills Factory to organise a week long holiday programme for 150 children from the Stanford community, who would otherwise have spent their holiday on the streets. The programme, run by a team of facilitators from Na-Beat drumming, included workshops for music, drama, dance and drumming, as well as …
Exploring the Sound of Light with Judy Satori
The Amani Harmonic Foundation was thrilled to welcome Judy Satori and 55 participants from 20 countries all over the world to this exciting event from 6-9 June 2019 in Leysin, Switzerland. The symposium was held in the Alpine Classic Hotel over three days, with music programmes in the evenings: Thursday 6 June- Crystal bowls and …
Amani Peace Grove First Plantings
The Amani Harmonic Foundation is pleased to share that the first trees have been planted in the Amani Peace Grove in Platbos Forest. We received an email from Melissa Krige, custodian of the Platbos forest, on 6th of June with some photos: Yesterday the Platbos staff planted your trees, it was perfect tree planting weather …
Master Classes with Leysin American School
Amani Harmonic Foundation collaborator, the Ha! Man (Francois le Roux) from South Africa, conducted a series of Master Classes with students of the Leysin American School over the week 11 to 14 March 2019. The week concluded with an interactive performance with some of the students in the Belle Epoque Ballroom, which was well attended …
Sound & Colour Vibrations in Leysin
Commemoration – Ronald Dreyer, 10 years on
A group of friends gathered at Thonon-les-bains, France on Sunday 19 May 2019 to honour Ronald Dreyer, who died ten years ago. The magic and mystery of life came through in the music of Francois le Roux (Ha! Man from South Africa) and Marilyn, as together they allowed the music to flow through the cello …
Amani Peace Grove
The Amani Harmonic Foundation is cooperating with Platbos, an indigenous forest reserve located in South Africa’s Southernmost Forest, to create a memorial tree planting project to honour loved ones. An inaugural tree planting in the Amani Peace Grove will take place in May 2019 (36 trees in Phase I). It coincides with the commemorative concert …