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The Witness Hilton Arts Festival is entering
its 18th year. It is the premier arts festival of KZN and one of the
leading festivals in South Africa. Throughout its existence it has
had generous business partners. We salute The Witness, Hilton
College, Spar KZN, Nedbank, SA Breweries, Budget Car Rental and a host of companies giving us
support. Being a proudly KZN festival we are very grateful for the
ongoing support of the KZN Department of Arts & Culture who regard
us as their provincial platform. In the past, the festival has
received significant funding from the National Lotteries Board and
hopes to do so again. However, the difficultly in dealing with such
bodies and extricating promised money from them is well documented
in the national media. Such vagaries cause problems in the budgeting
and planning of an annual festival.
The fact remains that the arts have, since
time began, relied on the generosity of patrons. We have the de
Medici family to thank for Michelangelo’s David, the Hapsburg
emperors for Mozart’s music and Standard Bank for the National Arts
Festival in Grahamstown.
We wish to invite you to become a patron of
the arts, in this time honoured tradition, thus ensuring that the
festival remains a high quality, enjoyable event for everyone and
that the arts continue to flourish in KZN.
By becoming a Festival Friend at an annual cost of R5,000 (plus Vat)
you will receive the following benefits:
- an advance format programme, by email
only, before the official programme is released publically,
enabling you to book in advance of the general public;
- 10% discount on 2 tickets per Main
festival production booked, as specifically indicated in your
advance format programme;
- a Festival Friend parking disc, to be
displayed in your car so that you can be whisked through to a
designated parking area;
- access to a brand new Festival Friends
reception area throughout the course of the weekend, where there
will be tea and coffee, comfortable seating, an escape from the
madding crowd and the opportunity, at specified times, to meet
some of the performers and directors. Leave all your craft
market shopping here, instead of lugging it around with you!
You and/or your company will be listed in
the programme and on the festival website as generous patron/s of
the arts.
Please complete the attached membership form
to join the prestigious ranks of the world’s art patrons!
Kind regards
Sue Clarence
Festival Director
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