We want to feature you in the Future Guide 2013

Every year we spend months on end compiling the Future Guide. We spend hours upon hours upon hours feeding your likes and dislikes into a computer that tells us what people your age want to read about. Unfortunately this computer was struck by lightning and there is an estimated repair time of about 9 months.
Now, we could wait 9 months to start writing the Future Guide but that would leave us with about 3 minutes to write and compile the articles the Matrics of 2013 will read. So instead of waiting we have decided to do something new, something different and something unheard of.
We want you to write for us.
Yes that’s write (see what we did there) we want you to write an article to be featured in the Future Guide 2013.
If you can string together a sentence that puts Shakespeare to shame or if you think you deserve a Pulitzer then we want you!
You can write anything your heart desires. Whether it be a problem you or a friend has overcome, a how-to section, an article on a subject you have researched even your personal plans for world domination it doesn’t matter, we want to read it!
Entries close at midnight on the 30th September 2012. That gives you 5 months to draft and submit your original writing to us.

Please take a moment to read the applicable Terms & Conditions of this competition below.
All entries must be emailed in Microsoft Office Word .doc or .docx format to
brendyn@threeringcircus.co.za on or before competition closing date.
Good luck!

Terms & Conditions
1. By submitting your written work to The Rocking Future Roadshow a subsidiary of Three Ring Circus cc you agree to the Terms and Conditions outlined below.
2. All submissions must be the author’s original work. Plagiarism will result in immediate disqualification.
3. All submissions will be edited by our editorial team. Every effort will be made to preserve the original message of the submission.
4. Please refrain from using text speak i.e abbreviations, acronyms and the deliberate misspelling of words for example, “I wnt 2 c my bstie 2nyt 4 a partie”. We all have different meanings for abbreviations and using these may result in us interpreting ROFL as “Rocking Our Future Lives”.
5. Written pieces submitted in any format other than Microsoft Office Word .doc or .docx will be disqualified immediately.
6. If you make use of statistics/facts/figures/extracts please be sure to reference your source at the end of your document using the Harvard referencing method. If you are unsure about how to use the Harvard referencing method you can use a free reference generator such as this one http://www.harvardgenerator.com/
7. Authors selected to appear in the Future Guide 2013 will be notified via email.
8. The editor’s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.

Hello Pretoria, we hope you don't mind but we want to make a mark?

Ahhh the capital city, home to a vibrant student life, Loftus, the Union Buildings and for 3 weeks the Rocking Future Roadshow 2012!

This year we brought a bumper edition of the Rocking Future Roadshow to Pretoria. That means more shows, and more time with the tertiary institutions so that YOU can really understand what you need to do to make your mark!

You know about the show right? YOU DON’T! Well then best you read on and let us acquaint you with the in’s and out’s of the Rocking Future Roadshow 2012.

Meet The Crew

We scoured  the globe to find the two of the hippest, most energetic and sometimes funniest guys we could find, and lo and behold we found them. Please meet Chris and Pilane!

They look tough, but they aren't...

Trained to overcome pretty much anything that stands in the way of inspiring and preparing the Matric Class of 2012 for their future, we sent Chris and Pilane (or Mr. P as he likes to call himself) on their way. Of course we didn’t send them empty handed. We gave them a ton of free stuff to give away. From Tekkie Town vouchers to CD’s and DVD’s from Sony BMG, books and even magazines like SA Career Focus,  ZA Difference and Popular Mechanics for those budding engineers out there.

The Shows

When we said Bumper Edition we really meant it! This year we will visit 48 high schools in and around the greater Pretoria area. During January and February we saw 30 high schools and we asked 17 of South Africa’s top tertiary institutions to join us, including The Capital Hotel School, Regenesys Business School, The International Hotel School, The Academy of Sound Engineering, Oakfields College and even CTI.

Ntseband Phaahla (left) and Relebogile Makgabo (right) holding the stylish Future Guide 2012

Of course we brought along a brand new edition of the Future Guide packed with information about all the institutions that we brought with us and even a few that weren’t able to make it to the actual show. As always there are interesting articles to read, interviews with bands, DJ’s and people with super rad job’s (like ours).

This year we also decided to include something that would keep our memory at the schools long after we had left. It’s shiny, round and no, it isn’t money.

Shield your eyes! It's the hottest thing to hit the Rocking Future Roadshow

The Future Fact’s DVD is given to every single school we visit and can be used as another resource to educate, enthuse and inform learners from Grade 9, 10, 11 and 12.

We showcase three of the top private tertiary institutions in South Africa and what they offer as well as one of South Africa’s employers of choice, The Shoprite Group of companies. We scratch the surface of what Shoprite actually does and the numerous career opportunities that they offer. We were amazed and have no doubt that you will be as well.

That’s All… For Now

So that wraps up the first leg of the Rocking Future Roadshow 2012 in Pretoria. We will be back in the Capital City on 10 May 2012 and if we haven’t booked your school you should check out our parent company, Three Ring Circus’, website for contact details on how to get your school in on the most rocking career guidance show you have yet to experience.

If you have seen us and you just want to continue being inspired, have a laugh and learn the check out these links:

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RFR2012 OUT! (for now)

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Have you made your mark yet?

What a year it’s been so far! We kicked off 2012 by visiting the friendliest city in South Africa, Port Elizabeth! After a long drive and our eagerness to see the ocean we arrived in Port Elizabeth ready to help the Matric Class of 2012 make their mark!

Armed with a brand new edition of the Future Guide, giveaways like CD’s from Sony BMG, vouchers from Tekkie Town, Career Focus, ZA Difference, and even seventeen magazines we were ready to rock, but who was going to run the show?

Meet The Crew

Victor (left) and John (right) our Rocking Crew on the coast

We tried to find the liveliest, most happening (is this slang still relevant?) guys we could for 2012 and we think we did quite well. Hailing from Johannesburg, Victor is no stranger to getting people motivated and encouraging them to push themselves to heights they themselves never thought possible. John, who calls Cape Town home, is so nice they haven’t actually even created a word to describe how nice he really is. This comes in handy when you have a burning question to ask him about which college/varsity offers what courses or when we throw those freebies out at the start of the show.

The Shows

So we have the Future Guides, the giveaways, the MC’s… I’m sure we’re forgetting something. Oh of course, the Matrics!

We visited 10 schools in our week in P.E and as I’m sure you know the heat was incredible, but that just gave John and Victor a reason to rock harder and amp up the Matrics even more!

This year we brought along 14 tertiary institutions to the schools in P.E and they included Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU), Total Concept Academy, Damelin, Varsity College, Capsicum Culinary Studio and the list goes on.

Remember there is info about all the tertiary institutions you saw and more in your Future Guide

This year we included short video clips from the different institutions into the Future Facts DVD just to spice the show up a little bit more, you’ll be able to see these clips on our youtube page in the forthcoming weeks. For now you can get a small sample of what the Matric’s saw from Exercise Teachers Academy watch this now.

The Matrics

As anybody who was in Port Elizabeth in January can tell you it was hot, and not just hot, HOT HOT! We must confess that we were worried about whether the Matrics would be up for our extreme need to rock their worlds in the heat, our worries were unfounded.

Day after day, school after school we were thoroughly impressed with the thirst for knowledge the Matrics in P.E have. They listened intently and asked every question they could ask in the 20 minutes they had to meet the representatives of the various tertiary institutions at their school.

Don’t be fooled though, just because they want to know it all doesn’t mean they don’t know how to party! At some schools they even made John and Victor dance! All in all the Matrics rocked us and we made our mark on Port Elizabeth.

Remember the fun doesn’t stop at the show check us out at the following places for the latest news, photo’s, competitions and cool stuff:

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In closing we just want to thank all the tertiary institutions, the teachers involved, the schools for giving us this oppurtunity, the people of Port Elizabeth for being so friendly and of course you the Matric’s of 2012. Let’s hope we don’t see you next year!

Rocking Future out!

RFR 2012 P.E Edition signing out!

Nhlakanipho Ngubane does the splits!

What a way to wrap up the final leg of the Roadshow! This is the important part of the journey, where the youth take to the stage and to the next level. Check out the photo of the VERY impressive dance move from Nhlakanipho Ngubane  from Pietermaritzburg… Doing the splits,  he actually tore his pants! Well done for the dance and thanks for making us laugh – ha ha ha!  Never seen such a move… From the coastal team, goodbye until next year!

Party time peeps! It’s the weekend! And for those who missed it, happy St. Paddys day for Wednesday… which is also now known as Coffee-day as you can see in Taryn’s blog why!

What a day this past week has been, with the arrival of a new college on the roadshow, the Hydro International College. We have seen all sorts of weird things, from broken fingers to black eyes to slit wrists… all inflicted by Sonya with some very handy make up skills, problem was that they look so real that at one school we had a teacher nearly kill us for what we did to her pupil, but once we told her it was make up, she in fact wanted a chopped off finger too!

Well now its time for some good old R&R and a new beginning to next week and after that… Holidays! So all the matrics have extra time to study hahaha .So I leave you with Wise Words from Watkins (WWW if you will)… If you can’t get coffee today… try again on Wednesday! Hope  you all have a great weekend!

Welcome to the East Rand!

Well, our first day in the East Rand got off to an interesting start. We arrived at Dinwiddie High an entire hour before our set-up time so we decided to get some coffee. “GPS, take us to the nearest petrol station…We need caffeine NOW!”. Less  than a minute later, we found ourselves at a very desolate spot. We saw a lady outside the shop with what looked like a cup of coffee so we asked.” Do you serve coffee here?” She relied…”Do you serve coffee?” “No, No ma’am, do you sell coffee here?” She replied again…”Oh you sell coffee here?” Huh? What planet is this woman from?! We all laughed and decided to look for another petrol station. Yippy! At last! A real petrol station will actual attendants and a shop. We asked the attendant if the shop was open and if they served coffee and he said…..WAIT FOR IT, WAIT FOR IT…ONLY ON WEDNESDAYS! I thought I was dreaming or something or maybe having a hallucination from lack of sleep. Was I in another country? Then I remembered, I’m in the EAST RAND!

Luckily there was a Wimpy nearby (I still don’t understand why we had to go through a tollgate to find it.) and they did serve coffee on Mondays and no we we were not the ones selling or serving the coffee, the staff of Wimpy were.

Despite my “frog like” voice from this silly throat infection, the first few shows in the East Rand have been awesome. The energy and enthusiasm of the learners really makes my job so much easier. Where do you get that energy from if you can only have coffee on Wednesday?;) Thank you for all the lovely comments on our feedback forms and Facebook page.

Here’s to approximately one more week of school before the holiday!

CAN I GET A HELL …hElL….HeLl…cough….cough….arghhh…yeah?! (Sorry, my voice did it’s disappearing act again. Let’s try this again)

CAN I GET A HELL YEAH?!!!!

Today turned out to be one of the best days ever.We went to the ETA Gymnasium and met a boy who is currently studying at ETA. The boy recognised Pascal from last year’s RFR show and admitted to us that he made his career choice after we visited his school (Hill Crest High) last year. It felt good knowing that we do make a difference in people’s lives. LIVE THE LIFE YOU LOVE AND LOVE THE LIFE YOU LIVE!

I can’t believe the last leg of the Gauteng tour is about to begin. What a week!

It’s never easy saying goodbye to friends and this week was no
exception. Unfortunately, a few of the colleges who joined the tour in
Johannesburg won’t be doing the last leg of the tour in the East Rand.
No more jokes, lollipops and easter eggs from ACCA, no more skits from
City Varsity, no more pranks and a big, strong helping hand from FLB
and no more radiant smiles from the ladies of CPMD. Every one of you
will sorely be missed.

It’s fun doing the show at girls’ schools especially when they’re
warming up for a play rehearsal and doing some interesting stretches.
Ahhh…Chris that lovely shade of red on your cheeks really brings out
the colour of those blue eyes! However, I think the real highlights of
the week were some of the sick dance moves from Jason and Maoi from
Krugersdorp High, Tasha from Metropolitan Raucall and the breakdancers
of Trinity House. You guys rocked! What a great way to end off our
time in Jozi.

Aah…those were the days.

Chris and I had a week of nostalgia as he returned to his old high
school Allen Glen and I returned to my first school Holy Family
College.

Chris seemed to be quite the celebrity until a girl in Grade 11
remarked that he was a real “dweeb” at school. Poor guy! No worries
Chris, everyone else still loves you and thinks you’re way cool.

Unfortunately, I didn’t know anyone at HFC because I left the school
at the end of Grade 4. (I can’t possibly tell you the year because I’d
be giving my age away.) It was weird being back at my old school, it
doesn’t even seem that long ago. The best part of that experience was
being back on the stage where i performed one of my first plays.

Durban rocks and rules! Just an awesome way to start our week, with an early start and with welcome drinks to ease the temperature at Brachet High school –  and with a light lunch  when leaving the school. Thanks to Mr MR Williams and the rest of the school! It was an awesome pleasure being at their school.  Apparently, they wish we could come more often. And a big thanks to our team –  Pascal and Mzi – that’s the spirit of team work. If each and every day was like this day, I would do shows for the rest of my life! Lastly, the rugby first team ended the show with dance and left the crowd laughing at Port Natal school.  At last… it shows that rugby boys can dance!