Funny thing happened last Saturday at the end of Africa Night Tilburg. Every time an Africa Night finishes and the last of our guests has left, we always sit, have a drink and do a post-mortem of how the night went. ” We” comprise of the Africa Night crew and the crew of the hosting hall. This time around we just had a seemingly successful double themed (Carnival & Valentine) Africa Night Tilburg. We were mildly surprised when the owner of the hall said it was one the least lucrative Africa Nights ever for him. He thought this was due to the lower attendance. Lower attendance? We think like us, he has been spoilt in the last months! Of course the attendance was a bit lower this time. We had the carnival in Brabant to compete with. It is like pitting the Lilliput against the Goliath. That was a battle Africa Night Tilburg was never going to win.
It is funny because when we got home, we were able to compare the figures of this February 2012 with all the previous Februaries. February has traditionally being the worst month in terms of attendance for Africa Night since it began nearly 14 years ago. But with an attendance of just above 250 people, it was the best February by far ever! It is a figure that is 100 more than in 2011 which was also the highest at the time. So if this February is going to be the worst in terms of figures in 2012, we are in for another special year indeed.
Only a couple of people came in their carnival costumes but there were a couple who came in red, the Valentine colour. Maybe it was because of the torrential rain. However, the show passed on as we planned and towards the end, we added a touch of romance to the night by ditching out red tulips to the party goers. In all it was another Africa Night to be proud of and the smile on the faces of our guests at the end of the night was proof that we could go home satisfied. The next show is Africa Night Nijmegen on the 3rd of March. We invite you all to come and party with us.
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