Megan's Great African Adventure: Johnny Clegg Concert

On Sunday April 7th, a group of us from SIT went to the Johnny Clegg concert at Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens. I had never heard of Johnny Clegg before, but my homestay coordinator Tabisa is a huge fan and SIT was willing to pay for our tickets if at least ten of us went so decided to go with my best friend Lara. The concert venue is incredible! The long slopping hill surrounded by Table Mountain on its left side creates a natural arena. Everyone sits on folding chairs or blankets and brings a picnic to eat while enjoying the show. Lara and I had originally planned to bring crackers, dip, and wine, but as we found out when we arrived at the grocery store, alcohol isn't sold on Sunday's. So we trooped off to our favorite restaurant Cocoa Wah Wah, for chocolate vodkas and an Irish coffee, before grabbing a cab to the venue.
When we arrived at the show the grounds we completely packed! Instead of hanging out at the top of the hill behind a tree with the rest of the group we decided to go up and stand in the front with Tabisa. This was the closest I'd ever been to the stage at a concert and it was so much fun! Even though we didn't know any of the songs, Lara and I swayed and danced to the music with the rest of the crowd and pretended to sing along.
Being close to the stage also had other perks. Lara and I spotted a cute guy on stage who was in-charge of tuning Johnny's guitars and taking pictures for the band, and decided to stay behind after the show to try and get a picture with him! Raeven was very flattered that we found him attractive and exchanged contact information with Lara so the three of us could hang out later. Unfortunately we never got our picture or a chance to meet up as Raven had to fly to Qatar with Johnny and the band the next day, but it was cool to make a new South African friend.