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Shakespeare; “Beware of the ides of March!”
Shakespeare; “Beware of the ides of March!”

Shakespeare; “Beware of the ides of March!”

The March edition of Africa Night has come and gone. So many highlights and one lowlight. Whenever Africa Night falls in the middle of the month, we always knew that there would be fewer patrons than normal. So we were prepared for a quiet night. As it turned out, there were far more guests than we expected. A lot more than during the February edition.
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The music was different this time around. That was because the DJ (Le General) decided to be less predictable in his choice of music and be more daring and experimental. We think some of our patrons were caught off guard by this. It therefore took a little while to get the guests warmed up for the dance floor. However, once an Africa Night guest warms up, there is never a turning back! In the end, every one had a lot of fun on the dance floor and the DJ got lots of kudos and thumbs up from the Africa Night patrons.
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We have to make a special mention of Tine. Tine is a young lady from Belgium who came to Africa Night for the first time in February. We think she enjoyed herself and felt at home with us. She was also at the Africa Night this time and it felt special for one big reason; it was her birthday! She was there with three of her friends to celebrate this event at the Africa Night. We think her friends also had great fun in spite of their initial apprehension about Africa music and men!
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The low point was the guy, who the whole night, seemed bent on making a fool of himself. In the end he succeeded! He apparently thinks the women who came to Africa Night were some kind of objects he could just play with whenever and however he wanted. In the end, he went too far. And it was in many ways, his end. At the end of the evening he got into a fight with a guy who apparently was protecting the honour of his girlfriend. The ides of March! Well, that’s the end of him being welcome at the Africa Night. We told him in no uncertain terms that he is no longer welcome. If someone thinks he is going to just spoil the fun for the other guests, he should think twice. Our policy is simple; one strike and you are out. Period.
Africa Night
We have to end this particular blog on a positive and thankful note. This is in keeping with the spirit of this edition of Africa Night. There are four people who perform, unobtrusively, major tasks at every Africa Night. They are in fact the first faces of Africa Night the guest see when they come in. Those are the four people who welcome the guests, take their jackets, receive their fees and answer their questions. They are also the people who stay at the door at the service of the guests when it is freezing, when it is hot, when it is wet or when it is just windy. These are the people who wear a friendly face the whole night even if they can not join the rest of the guests on the dance floor. These people are sometimes first in the line of fire when some guests want to behave badly. We have almost never heard these people complain. They just discharge their duties in such a way that almost no one notices they are there! For us that is the biggest compliment one could give to these quiet smiling, helpful and selfless faces of Africa Night.
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Whenever, you are leaving Africa Night the next time, just spare a thought for Monique, Linda, Joep and lately Jane. They are the people who spend 3 to 5 hours waiting and watching so that you could be reunited with your jackets when you go home! To these people and to those who have helped in the past, we take my hats off for you.