It has become tradition at the Cape Town International Jazz Festival for a high school band to open up proceedings. The youngsters are the first to perform on the outdoor Mannenbergs Stage, setting the tone for two days of some of the greatest jazz you'll ever hear.
The current line-up for the jazz band consists of band members who have been promoted from junior band to senior band under the leadership of Lenrick Boesak, band musical director. Boesak also got the band branching into a new direction when he taught them his own composition, African Dream. Some of the band members have over the years auditioned for and been selected to play in the National Schools Big Band and this year’s current line-up all want to audition as well.
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