Come fly with us

After two successful years, the Flight of Dreams  is growing into an exciting annual event. We would like to invite you to participate in our  2016 programme.

Flight of Dreams is a collaboration between Princess Vlei Forum, Jungle Theatre Company, eMzantsi Carnival and the Frank Joubert Art Centre.  It involves a series of events, leading up to a carnival parade through Grassy Park to Princess Vlei on 24th September, 2016. Events this year have included a teachers' workshop, drama workshops, music workshops and workshops on birds at various schools.

The programme aims to:

• Raise awareness about environmental issues, in particular about the importance of conserving and rehabilitating Princess Vlei.
• Celebrate the natural systems and flora and fauna in our city, in particular the birds.
• Create awareness about our KhoiKhoi and San heritage.
•  Enable children to express their appreciation of nature through creative projects.

We would like to invite all to join us on 24 September. Children participating will:

• Meet at LOFOB at 10 pm to decorate giant bird puppets and create head dresses
• Parade from LOFOB down First Ave to Princess Vlei
• Perform a Khoisan legend at Princess Vlei
• Parade around Princess Vlei
• Create an installation of the bird puppets, and the birds that they have created in class by the water at Princess Vlei

The event will be followed by an exhibition at Grassy Park Library to showcase the children's work.

Please email us at  imagine@princessvlei.org or fill in the form on the right if you want to know more.

• Register participants for the workshop and parade.
  

• Read about the background to the Flight of Dreams.
• Read about Flight of Dreams 2013.
• Read about Flight of Dreams 2014.
• Read about Flight of Dreams 2015.

"It was an awesome opportunity for the children to express themselves through art, and use art to show that they care about birds, their environment and Earth itself. They enjoyed the day so much that they insisted on follow up projects." - Ebrahim Abrahams, teacher at John Graham Primary