Dinokeng Festival Launch Event Treatment 17 10 2013
Dinokeng Festival Launch Event Treatment 17 10 2013
12:00 – 12:30 Guest Arrival at parking area and Rovos Rail / Capital Park Station
Guests
arrive
at
Capital
Park
Station
/
Rovos
Rail
between
12pm
and
12:30pm,
from
where
they
will
receive
a
welcome
and
hospitality
pack
and
directed
to
board
the
Rockstar
Express
train.
Part
of
the
arrival
and
welcoming
will
see
Rockstar
Tribal
Warriors
/
Dancers
/
Drummers
positioned
alongside
the
station
entranve
and
platform,
with
massive
large
drum
setting
the
tone
during
arrivals.
The Rockstar Express depart and with a 2 hour journey arrive at Cullinan Train Station.
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On
arrival
at
the
train
station
guests
disembark
and
are
met
with
a
large
crowd
in
the
form
of
a
large
‘block
party’
staged
across
the
station
area
which
is
attended
by
exclusive
invite
to
the
town’s
residents
and
the
greater
City
of
Tshwane.
The
convoy
has
a
quick
stop
over
here
with
the
Executive
Mayor,
RS
and
SM
gets
on
stage,
for
a
short
welcome
message,
introduction
to
the
launch
and
with
the
Executive
Mayor
pulling
a
large
switch
or
pressing
a
big
button,
literally
switching
on
the
site.
As
this
is
switched
on
a
sequence
of
Rockstar
Tribal
dancers
sets
off
with
drummers
and
build
up
to
a
explosive
live
performances.
At
this
point
the
Exective
guests
depart
on
their
way
to
the
main
festival
sites.
The
block
party
then
continues
with
regular
announcements
sequenced
up
with
the
rest
of
the
reveals
and
announcents
and
continue
partying
until
late
at
night.
15:35
–
15:50
Executive
Mayor
/
ROCKSTAR4000
/
Sony
Music
Officially
Switch
On
Cullinan
with
BIG
switch
and
short
introdductory
speeches.
The
VIP
guests
boards
the
luxury
City
of
Tshwane
Busses
located
in
the
station
parking
area
and
set
of
for
a
short
tour
of
the
town
centre
and
key
hotspots
while
tour
guides
on
each
of
the
vehicles
guide
and
talk
guests
through
the
experience.
The
tour
guide
portion
will
be
interesting
facts
about
the
town
and
the
region
intrenched
with
key
messages
and
notes
about
the
festival
and
festival
setup.
Once
we
finished
the
tour
of
the
town
centre
we
head
down
the
road
to
the
site
which
will
host
the
3
main
stages
and
camping
village
for
the
festival.
Guests disembark the busses and enter the Rockstar Oasis Lounge
As
we
come
around
the
corner
and
hit
the
site
where
the
3
main
stages
will
be
based
an
Oasis
becomes
visible
and
3
large
downward
pointing
arrows
in
the
3
main
fields.
'DANCE
VILLAGE',
‘THUNDERVALLEY’,
‘DIAMONDFIELDS’.
The
massive
large
downwards
pointing
arrows
are
visible
(in
an
X
marks
the
spot
fashion)
and
to
the
bottom
of
this
a
small
stage
(stage
about
2m
in
height).
This
stage
is
surrounded
and
covered
by
'POST
APOCALYPTIC'
type
traditional
meets
contemporary
street
city
African
warriors
in
masks
carrying
large
blades
and
drums.
In
the
fields
large
letters
spelling
out
the
names
of
each
of
the
main
stages
are
visible,
placed
with
pegs
into
the
soil
and
scattered
between
then
are
some
of
our
Rockstar
Tribal
Warriors.
As
the
convoy
come
to
a
halt,
guests
get
off
at
the
Oasis
and
get
refreshments
served.
16:00
–
16:30
Executive
Mayor
/
ROCKSTAR4000
/
Sony
Music
Officially
Switch
on
Main
Festival
Site
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A
large
‘Switch’
or
‘Button’
is
visible
on
a
small
stage
next
to
the
Oasis
with
steps
leading
up
to
the
switch.
The
Mayor,
Rockstar
CEO
and
Sony
MD
walks
up
the
stairs
and
position
next
to
the
switch.
The
Mayor
pushes
/
pulls
the
switch
and
switches
on
the
Main
Festival
Dance
Village
reveal
(Entertainment;
Rockstar
Warrior
tribal
street
dancers,
drummers,
2
x
DJ’s
–
DJ
Fresh
or
Black
Coffee
and
ClassyMenace)
Suddenly
there
is
a
silence
for
a
few
minutes
and
then
suddenly
a
loud
african
Rockstar
tribal
chant
starts
followed
by
a
sequence
of
drumming
setting
of
smoke
on
the
‘Dance
Village’
stage
area
and
then
some
of
the
warriors
disperse
while
the
drumming
continues
and
a
high
impact
street
dance
sequence
starts
and
through
the
smoke
its
revealed
the
artists
‘Bittereinder’
and
2
DJ's
on
stage
(DJ
Fresh
or
Black
Coffee
and
Classymenace)…
each
playing
a
high
impact
DJ
set…
this
total
sequence
is
around
30
minutes
in
duration
all
in
all,
while
guests
are
being
presented
with
hospitality
as
they
witness
this
sequence.
Creating
an
impression
of
WTF
is
this
in
middle
of
nowhere…
the
arrow
the
sequence
and
then
what
the
heck…
Its
DJ
Fresh
and
Classymenace
playing
in
middle
of
nowhere….
What's
this
about….??
RockPop
stage
reveal
(Entertainment;
Rockstar
Warrior
tribal
street
dancers,
drummers,
biker
sequence,
Gangs
of
Ballet
live
set)
A
convoy
of
motorcycles
with
a
lot
of
noise
come
down
the
dirt
road
from
both
sides
towards
the
Oasis.
They
suddenly
stop
when
they
are
close
enough
and
get
off
their
bikes
and
slowly
walk
towards
the
guests
and
the
Oasis
in
a
very
'Post
Apocalyptic
Mad
Max
type
manner
wearing
helmets,
goggles,
glasses,
masks,
etc
etc.
This
large
convoy
of
bikers
pause
for
a
few
seconds
as
if
in
a
major
standoff
with
the
guests
and
oasis
almost
creating
a
feeling
of
being
trapped
inbetween
the
two
sides.
As
the
two
Rockstar
Tribes
face
off
a
few
members
from
each
of
the
two
sides
step
forward.
As
they
meet
in
the
middle
a
high
energy
street
dance
battle
sets
off
and
within
this
reveals
Xtatic,
Xtatic
starts
performing
her
first
single,
as
she
comes
to
the
end
of
the
first
single
AKA
and
Priddy
Ugly
is
also
revealed
and
they
join
Xtatic
to
start
the
2nd
performance
collabo
of
‘Hit
em
Up.
Following
Hit
em
Up
AKA
continues
on
to
perform
a
further
2
of
his
biggest
hits.
Suddenly
as
per
the
first
Oasis
a
loud
tribal
type
war
chant
sounds
out
again
and
the
warriors
on
the
left
stage
come
alive,
follow
a
similar
sequence
to
the
first
stage
and
the
bikers
(about
100
to
120
of
them)
break
out
in
a
high
impact
street
dance
sequence
to
banging
music,
smoke
sets
off
on
stage
on
the
left
and
as
the
warrior
leave
the
stage
and
smoke
disperse
it
reveals
the
rock
band
with
full
back-‐line
'Gangs
of
Ballet'
on
stage
and
Gangs
starts
playing
a
live
set.
The
sequence
carry
on
a
again
for
about
30min
in
total
RnB
/
Hip
Hop
stage
reveal
(Entertainment;
Rockstar
Warrior
tribal
street
dancers,
drummers
bikers
and
either
D’banj
or
Fally
Ipupa
plus
Keko,
Liquideep,
Kwesta,
Rouge
live
performance)
Then
the
bikers
get
on
their
bikes
head
slightly
down
the
road
and
then
make
a
turn
onto
the
last
arrow
and
stage
on
right.
While
they
do
this
the
tribal
chant
sets
of
again,
warrior
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drummer
dancer
sequence
on
that
stage
starts,
and
the
bikes
pull
up
to
the
stage.
Some
of
the
bikers
get
onto
stage
and
suddenly
banging
music
kicks
in
a
again
and
reveals
Keko,
Liquideep,
Kwesta
and
Fally
Ipupa…!
Suddenly
loud
Tribal
chant
sounds.
Rockstar
Warrior
dance
crew,
drummers
introduce
young
Praise
Poet
Botlhale.
Young
Botlhale
tells
the
ancient
tale
of
the
tribes
of
the
world,
the
origins
of
music
and
its
mythical
birthplace,
the
Cradle
of
Music,
Dinokeng
and
the
City
of
Tshwane
and
drumming
sequence.
This
builds
into
a
surprise
performance
by
Zakes
Bantwini.
Botlhale
continues
the
story
and
ties
in
Tanzania
with
performance
from
Alikiba,
leads
into
a
performance
by
Shortstraw.
Botlhale
continues
and
introduces
with
a
bridge
by
the
drummers,
opening
short
speech
of
Jandre
Louw,
CEO,
ROCKSTAR4000.
Botlhale
continues
the
story,
intercut
with
live
performance
from
Naava
Grey
(link
Uganda),
Botlhale
continues
and
bridge
into
short
speech
by
Sean
Watson,
MD,
Sony
Music
Entertainment
Africa.
Botlhale
picks
up
and
bridge
into
Redsan
(link
Kenya),
Botlhale
picks
up
and
bridge
into
Fally
Ipupa
(link
DRC,
Senegal,
Gabon
and
French
Africa).
Botlhale
links
into
short
speech
from
Host
City,
Executive
Mayor
of
Tshwane.
Botlhale
picks
up
and
builds
into
reveal
of
logo,
name,
dates
together
with
all
dancers
and
drummers
ending
with
performance
from
Zonke.
Botlhale
closes
the
story
and
sets
the
tone
for
the
journey
starts
now
to
the
awakening
of
the
cradle
of
music.
Final
Dessert
/
Tea
/
Coffee
/
Bar
etc.
is
served
Guests
to
start
embarking
shuttles
Shuttles
to
start
leaving
to
take
guests
back
to
City
Centre
Train
Station
to
their
vehicles
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