2014College ANNUAL of Magic REPORT 2014 College of Magic Annual Report 1 ANNUAL REPORT for the year ended 31 December 2014 Country of Incorporation South Africa Nature of Organisation The Association is a non-profit organisation incorporated in terms of the Non-profit Organisations Act 1977, on 9 December 1999, Registration Number 007-517 NPO, PBO Number: 930 019 992 Nature of Operations The aim of this organisation is to see lives and communities transformed through the provision of education and development programmes with a specific emphasis on educational enrichment and supplementary tuition targeting the full diversity of the South African Youth. The organisation achieves this objective through the medium of the performing arts, with an emphasis on magic and the allied arts. Street Address 215 Imam Haron Rd (formerly Lansdowne Rd) Claremont 7700 Cape Town South Africa Postal Address PO Box 2479 Clareinch 7740 Cape Town South Africa Telephone +27 21 683 5480 Fax +27 21 683 1970 Website www.collegeofmagic.com Auditors Horwath Zeller Karro Chartered Accountants (S.A.) Registered Accountants and Auditors product, their pricing, where best to perform and how • To enrich the educational experience through to promote it. Many of our graduates have become nurturing confident, balanced, disciplined, professional entertainers and we want ensure that a organised, creative individuals and leaders with core element in our curriculum is to equip our students hope for the future. to be job-makers and to have a positive, transforming • To provide supplementary tuition in order to socio-economic impact throughout their adult lives develop skills in performance, design, teamwork using the skills that they have developed whilst and theatrical & video arts and provide access studying at the College. to employment opportunities through training, information, services and resources. In the past year our board has grappled with how to • To provide outreach programmes to previously position the organisation to ensure that we learn from disadvantaged youth that enables them and leverage all of our experience, continue to do to become accomplished entertainers and the activities that differentiate us and give rise to the contribute constructively to their community and Birthday Bash illusion show impact we have had, whilst enhancing and shaping audience development. the organisation to continue to meet the growing • To enhance the school curriculum using the needs of our society. Most of the re-stated objectives performing arts to enrich and supplement the have been part of our DNA for many years but we learning areas of science, mathematics, English College of Magic felt it was important to re-fresh these to assist us to language, problem solving, life orientation and 2014 CHAIRMAN’S REPORT articulate our activities and impact across a broad and arts & culture. diverse group of stakeholders. Part of this has been to • To research and preserve the history and he College of Magic is an organisation that breeds we chat about shows they have performed in, what more clearly articulate our aim in the form of a revised heritage of the theatrical art of magic. Thope and transformation whilst we work with they are learning, shows they are developing, new Mission Statement which is now: a diverse group of South Africa’s Youth. The rich magic they are working on and sometimes they These are exciting times for our country and for the ”The aim of this organisation is to see lives variety of courses and programmes that we offer are share aspects of their personal lives which I have College of Magic. There are so many opportunities yet and communities transformed through the carefully designed and positioned to provide education the privilege to speak into. I can see in their faces at the same time so much need to ensure that we provision of education and development and development that complements, enhances the joy and enthusiasm that the College environment prepare our young people to seize and maximise the programmes with a specific emphasis on and extends what our young people are learning in fosters and I always come away deeply encouraged impact that these opportunities promise. I would like educational enrichment and supplementary the school curriculum and we do this through the and proud. My experience is just one of many such to say a HUGE thank you to David (our Director), the tuition targeting the full diversity of the South performing arts. connections that our staff and students have - formal dedicated full time staff, our amazing and generous African Youth. The organisation achieves and informal, teaching, training and coaching – which part-time teaching staff as well as our sponsors, our 2014 has been another fantastic year in the life of this objective through the medium of the are the heartbeat of this College. dedicated management board, our parents, past the College and it is such a joy to be a part of this performing arts, with an emphasis on magic graduates and friends. It is this incredible stakeholder inspiring organisation. I love attending the shows The College has always provided our students with and the allied arts.” and watching students from such diverse backgrounds great skills in creativity and innovation which, together community that holds us together, keeps us going and overcome obstacles like fear, doubt and anxiety and with hope, are vital in developing entrepreneurial This exercise has also included re-stating our objectives who collectively provide the wind under our wings so replace these with hope, confidence, self-esteem and thinking and establishing an entrepreneurial mind- to more clearly describe what we are doing. Our that the College of Magic can fly. dreams for the future. I also enjoy just “hanging set. Over the past few years we have been more revised Objectives are: • To holistically educate young people from diverse Bruce Hutchison out” at the College on Saturday mornings, interacting purposeful in this space teaching our senior class CHAIRMAN with the students and staff (most of whom are also how to write a business plan as well as running backgrounds, especially marginalised youth. graduates). They are so confident, greet me by name entrepreneurship contests, which include a live • To develop employable skills and to foster an and shake hands always asking how I am and then performance to “demonstrate and test out” their entrepreneurial culture. 4 2014 College of Magic Annual Report 2014 College of Magic Annual Report 5 The 2014 Graduating Class, Staff and Senior Award Winners. College of Magic ABOVE LEFT Confident Sesona 2014 DIRECTOR’S REPORT ‘struts his stuff’ at the V&A Waterfront. ABOVE RIGHT he College of Magic continues to transform lives students training at the College of Magic. Arriving Sesona, proud to receive the Tand communities through the provision of education at the College of Magic on Saturday mornings he is Junior Juggling Trophy. LEFT & and development programmes to the full diversity of greeted by Isaac Gama, our own magical concierge. BELOW LEFT Young performers the South African youth. To describe and evaluate He then joins other Magic in the Community students mystify audiences at the the incredible ‘magic’ of 2014 succinctly in a short for a delicious sponsored breakfast prepared by Ann ‘Umlingo Festival of Excellence’. report is no easy feat. I like to describe our mission Pawley and her tuckshop team. Then it is off to the BELOW RIGHT Students of the as “transforming lives – one at a time!” and have various classes where Sesona and many other junior Kimberley College of Magic at decided to take you dear reader, on a journey through students enjoyed an active year of magic lessons and their Graduation Ceremony at the amazing 2014 year – ‘one life at a time’. the Kimberley City Hall. activities, including a lending library, internet access, the ‘5- Hour Club’, tutorials and various social events. Our social workers Ashleigh, Cleo, Katherine and Luzuko, interns from the University of Cape Town, played a valuable role in providing an extra level of care for our students’ needs. Sesona’s 2014 highlight was without a doubt, the “World of Magic Show” expertly directed by Chad Findlay. Sesona was able to demonstrate some of his new found juggling skills, Sesona was one of the youngest cast members work in a closely knit team and exude that amazing in “The World of Magic”. The show entertained trait of “self-esteem”. He managed to gain a level thousands of holiday makers at the V&A Waterfront 3 in the new juggling grades introduced by juggling during October. Sesona lives in Khayelitsha – he instructor, Mike Barta. In 2015 he plans to impress loves magic and juggling. He is one of more than 200 with pass juggling in a new stage juggling act. 6 2014 College of Magic Annual Report 2014 College of Magic Annual Report 7 effort to keep our training ‘alive and inspirational’. LEFT On top of the world – Zelda Amon enjoys the sights A further twelve graduates attended the 2014 Staff from Table Mountain – ‘Imagination is a powerful force!’ Development Course, making the prospects for BELOW Leader Edwin Tsiolo entertains the Northern Cape the 2015 voluntary teaching staff even brighter. Premier, Sylvia Lucas, with some sleight-of-hand at the Mawonga is also an intern at the College of Magic 2014 BRICS expo in Kimberley. and is intimately connected with preparing lessons, prop & costume management and mentoring our students. With expert medical help he was fortunate to regain full use of his hand and went on to compete in the 2014 Entrepreneurship contest with a new show entitled ‘Disappear’. Although he did not win the contest, (Bryan Miles & Andrew Klazinga took the honours) his show was a big success and many lessons, especially entrepreneurial, were learned.