Spirit of Zimbabwe

Last supper, last posting

2010-04-01T22:25:00.000+01:00

There was one sculpture which from the beginning was marked as "Not for Sale". This is a stone and metal piece depicting the Last Supper, carved by Charles Fundisi who was born in 1969 and worked as a plumber before taking up sculpture. It's a unique piece and Christ Church decided before the exhibition opened that this was a piece which we would buy for the church where we will in due course have it on permanent display.

The pictures show Charles with his work, and the sculpture itself now in Marlow.

As I write this tonight it is Maundy Thursday, the eve of Good Friday. It is a date rich with associations, as the last supper which Jesus and his disciples ate together was the celebration of the Jewish Passover feast. So when Christ Church in Marlow met tonight to share a meal and to celebrate communion together, we were linked by 3,000 years of history, stretching from the slavery of the Jews in Egypt, through Jesus' last meal with his followers, to the present time. Just as we are linked over several thousand miles to our friends in Zimbabwe.

This is the last posting in this blog, and it is good to end it with the pictures of Charles' work and with these words from Corinthians that are the account of that Last Supper: "The Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took a loaf of bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, 'This is my body that is for you.'... In the same way he took the cup also, after supper, saying, 'This cup is the new covenant in my blood.' ... As often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes."

And so, with deep thanks to ArtPeace in Harare, Amen.

Wrapping up...

2010-03-28T22:27:00.001+01:00

This has been a "back to earth" week after all the excitement of the show itself. We've gradually been winding things up... A lot of clearing up had to be done and the church returned to its normal use. The shipping crate which had been a feature of the show itself has been broken up (we hope to reuse some of the wood). Almost all of the sold works have now been collected by or delivered to their new owners. The remarkably few unsold works have gone to Loughborough to join another sale there. And of course we've been trying to thank everyone who helped make this such a success.

The final count is that we have raised £20,000 for the artists, which is just a wonderful outcome and way in excess of our most optimistic targets. We have had such a fabulous experience along the way, we will be remembering this for a long time to come. And of course some of us have acquired our own sculptures from the show, which will continue to remind us of the Spirit of Zimbabwe!

I pasted up some pictures tonight of the volunteers into a kind of montage that we can send to the artists. They have sent us so much about themselves, I thought perhaps they'd like to see this in return! They are our family now, after all...

What a way to end!

2010-03-21T23:44:00.001Z

And yet another astonishing day. A pretty quiet afternoon on the sales front, no major last-minute rush and no buyer for the biggest work in the show, Nicodemus' "African Queen".

We closed as planned at 4pm and started packing the show up. A sad kind of moment... Various people came to collect their sculptures, as arranged. And then we had a visitation from a pair of angels! Well, maybe they wouldn't recognise themselves in that description but what else can I say when a couple who were picking up works bought earlier in the week took a brief look at the "African Queen" and decided to buy it. Wow! We were overwhelmed by this answer to our prayers. Many, many thanks to the buyers (and to those of all the pieces in the show) for their generosity.

We have passed £19,000 this week and still counting up the last knockings. Smiling faces in Harare, I hope, when they hear of this.

We then brought the exhibition to a proper close with a fine service led by the Revd David Winwood, attended by representatives of most the churches in Marlow. African drumming and all! Great stuff, thanks David...

That's all I can write tonight. More perhaps over the next couple of days.

Final weekend coming up!

2010-03-19T14:27:00.002Z

Just the final weekend to go, a lot of items now have red dots to indicate that they've been sold (including Lizeni's wonderful piece featured in the last posting) but we still have some great pieces available. There may be discounts on selected items over the weekend, you'll just have to come and see for yourself!

Helping hands

2010-03-17T22:45:00.004Z

This beautiful work is still for sale.

We call it "Helping Hands" so it could be said to symbolise what the whole show is about.

The "boulders", and the two figures helping one another climb up them, are all carved from a single piece of stone. It stands around three feet high.

Like many of the sculptures in the show, it's from hard volcanic springstone, so it should be entirely suitable for a garden setting. Somewhere by a waterfall, perhaps?

A lovely piece by Lizeni Nasho.

Sales update!

2010-03-16T22:56:00.001Z

We've had great support from the many visitors to the exhibition. At the close of Tuesday, sales to date have reached £11,249 which is absolutely brilliant. We still have some beautiful work to sell, including a couple of really large pieces for someone who has the right setting for them. And I am delighted to report that "Victim" (see previous posting) has now been snapped up. Huge thanks to the lady who answered our prayers for Fortune Masiyiwa's work to find its new owner!

For some reason we are having less success in selling wooden pieces than stone ones. There are some lovely woodcarvings in the show, several of them made by Chenjerai, a nearly-blind artist and others from the Binga people of Northern Zimbabwe. Try this for a taster, just a part of a beautiful nativity set.

Victim or victor?

2010-03-14T23:22:00.002Z

One of the most moving sculptures in the show, and one which I do hope we will sell before the week is out, is the piece called "Victim" by Fortune Masiyiwa.

Fortune has had a very tough time, so tough that I hesitate to post all the details of his biography. Suffice it to say that he was brutalised in one of Mugabe's torture camps, had his legs smashed and was injected with HIV-positive blood before being chucked out. Here's a picture of him after this ordeal:

Now, you'd think that would be enough to break a man's spirit, but in Fortune's case nothing could be further from the truth. He made an arduous journey to the Binga area of Northern Zimbabwe to buy the wooden carvings which we have in our show, and the richness and variety of his own sculpture that we have on display is an eloquent testimony to his bravery and skill. But "Victim" is particularly special as it seems to come directly from his own terrible experience.

Henry Olonga for his encore on Friday gave us a fine performance of Nessun' Dorma. As you probably know, the last word in that is "Vinceró", or "I shall triumph". The photo below shows Fortune's work "The Victim" in the foreground, with Henry behind. It is our hope and prayer that Fortune too will be ultimately the victor... And, in the meantime, that someone will buy this wonderful and moving piece!

I love this guy!

2010-03-13T22:31:00.000Z

I probably already mentioned that Henry Olonga was magnificent... All I will add is: if you get the chance to hear this guy anywhere, jump at it!

Pictures of the Opening Gala

2010-03-13T22:16:00.009Z

Here are a few shots of the opening event last night.

Valerie Brownridge, until last year Deputy Ambassador to Zimbabwe, speaking about the recent history and politics of that country.

Councillor Roger Wilson, Deputy Mayor of Marlow, does the honours and declares the exhibition open by unveiling "Af-rican Queen" by Nicodemus Mamvura, one of the last works by this artist who died from cholera in 2009.

And Henry Olonga, former Zimbabwean test cricketer and our star guest, takes to the stage to delight the audience.

Fabulous opening night!

2010-03-13T00:29:00.004Z

Gone midnight and just got back from fab opening gala event, with Henry Olonga. What a star! The event was a sell-out and the audience loved every minute of Henry's talking and singing. He has a beautiful easy elegance in the way he does both those things and he seemed genuinely pleased with the effort that has gone into the show and the quality of the work that we have on display. Henry, it was a real pleasure meeting you; huge thanks from Christ Church!

Thanks too to Valerie Brownridge, until recently Deputy Ambassador to Harare, who started the evening by telling us some of the grim realities of what life is really like for millions of people in Zimbabawe. And to Roger Wilson, Deputy Mayor of our small town, who did his bit for us and declared the show well and truly open.

The sales desk was then kept VERY busy for an hour at least, with the queue about ten deep at one point. More thanks therefore, this time to our volunteers who were handling the sales. The great news is that we sold over £4200 of sculptures and other work on the night, the smaller pieces being particularly popular but there was also serious competition for some of the big ones.

Still loads of great work on display, so come and buy yours!

Photos of the display and the opening to follow when I have a chance to download them from my camera.

Marlow by Nite!

2010-03-11T22:41:00.001Z

One day to go... Just been training the volunteer stewards, we're all feeling suitably nervous about all the procedures we have to remember (how to take credit card payments... what to do if there's a fire alarm... what polite answer to give someone who wants a discount...!) but there's a great air of expectation. The show is now mainly arranged, thanks to some great volunteer work this morning, and it's looking BRILLIANT! Will post some indoor pics tomorrow.

And the sleepy hollow that we call Marlow is about to make it into the cultural bigtime!

Tell your friends!

2010-03-11T19:16:00.001Z

Posters and banners in Marlow.

Going, going, gone!

2010-03-09T23:09:00.001Z

Heard tonight that we are now officially "sold out" for the opening gala night. I'm anticipating that we may yet squeeze one or two more in but we have hit our original target of 80 tickets sold and there is a real limit on how many we can accommodate, given that we have a small matter of the sculptures themselves to have on display too! But it's great news... Word really does seem to have got round the town, the banner across the high street looks good (after an iffy start when it nearly fell down on the first day) and the Bucks Free Press is promising to write about the show both this coming Friday and the week after. All we need now is someone to send a BBC camera crew down...!

Peter Kananji

2010-03-07T21:13:00.003Z

"Sisters", of which I posted a picture a couple of days ago, is instantly recognisable as the work of Peter Kananji, as is the image which we have used on our poster for the show. Here he is: I love this picture of him, surrounded by his carvings as if they were little children! The way he uses the natural stone is very beautiful.

Here's his "CV". It reads as any artist's might: local recognition followed by a developing reputation internationally. But the sting is in the tail, summing up the experience of so many of the artists, breadwinners for extended families in this country ravaged by AIDS and cholera:

Peter was born in Rusape and went to Gunda Primary School followed by Tsindi Secondary School. He started sculpting in 1990 at Chapungu Sculpture Park in Harare under the guidance of well-known artist Joe Mutasa. When Peter was still a young boy his interest in art was apparent. He used to enjoy making human figures, animals and pots out of clay. When he started learning how to carve stones, he was a very eager student, who thrived on carving.

In 1998 Peter moved to Ambassador Sculpture Gallery with Gerald Takawira as resident artist and was also guided by internationally known Jim Sephani and the late Amos Supini.

His work has been exhibited in the U.S.A., Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands, South Africa, Australia, and at many galleries in Zimbabwe, including the National Gallery and Chapungu Sculpture Park. He is regarded as an up and coming young artist and he is a member of the Artpeace co operative although he works from home. He is married with one child and supports 17 people.

Pothole? Now THAT's what I call a pothole!

2010-03-06T21:20:00.002Z

I stumbled on this picture today. Couldn't resist posting it, I hope the originators don't mind... It just made me chuckle that while in Marlow we have every "outraged of Acacia Avenue" writing to the local press complaining because the roads are in a poor way after the recent snow, in Bulawayo they are having to contend with the kind of pothole you can lose a truck in...

Acknowledgements and thanks to http://www.morningmirror.africanherd.com/

Oh yes, and from the same source, a "classic" that I know I have seen before : apparently a genuine sign from the South African side of the Beitbridge border crossing. To borrow a phrase, a picture speaks louder than all my words!

Time for another beautiful picture

2010-03-05T23:09:00.003Z

Among all the other stuff, I haven't actually posted any pictures recently of the artworks themselves. So here's just one more beautiful example from what we will be showing in LESS THAN A WEEK from now! This is called "Sisters":

Toller leads the way!

2010-03-04T23:08:00.003Z

Along with our crate of sculptures, another was brought in for a couple of churches in the East Midlands and we have kept in touch with their preparations. First to open the doors for its exhibition was Toller URC in Kettering. They've had a great week, the amount raised there is now £6500 and there are still two selling days to go. Hope loads of people rush in for their last chance on Saturday!

The really good bit is that the first of the money from Toller is already on its way back to Zimbabwe. One great message we can give visitors to our show is that every penny that we receive for the sculptures will go straight to the artists and their families. The church is paying the costs of putting the show on, none of that will be deducted from the proceeds, and John Simpson's friends get it to Harare without anyone taking a percentage on the way.

On the subject of money, I showed a few hundred million Zim dollars in yesterday's post and I believe we may even have a few such banknotes for sale at our exhibition, simply as souvenirs... We can laugh about this but living in a failed economy isn't much fun. Apparently most things can be bought in Zimbabwe, but only for hard currency, not devalued paper. I'm trying to keep off politics in these postings but the constant refrain in all I read about the country is how terrible it is to see a land that was formerly so prosperous brought so low. Like Toller, we will do what we can to help.

Thanks where they're due

2010-03-03T17:26:00.004Z

This week is all about trying to get the word round to as many people as possible.

Many thanks then to Marlow Operatic Society, who are allowing us to promote the exhibition at their current show, "All Shook Up", which is running this week at Court Garden theatre. A pleasure to give them a plug in return! I've heard snatches of their show in rehearsal, they have a young and enthusiastic cast who sound great, and I'm going to see it tonight...

Others have been really helpful too. Thanks to "Along the Thames" and "Community Times", both of whom kindly agreed to feature us in their pages.

But a booby prize to another so-called community publication (I will do them the favour of not naming and shaming) who managed to put in an entry that muddled up the opening gala with the exhibition and failed entirely to include a few basic things like dates, times and the phone number for tickets. Thanks a million (Zim dollars!)

We're flying!

2010-03-02T17:43:00.002Z

Loads and loads of publicity going out. Here's a picture of our poster / flyer which we seem to be printing in ever-increasing quantities ! And many thanks to the excellent James Wood for his artwork on this. If you're impressed and want to check out his services as designer, website builder and photographer then visit him at http://www.jameswoodcreative.com/

What do they want??

2010-03-01T22:48:00.003Z

A recurring theme in the messages from Zimbabwe is the anxiety to be able to afford school fees for their children. We take education as a "right", but in Africa that is far from the case. This poem came to us from a 15 year old girl called Mercy:

Education, education, I am nothing without it.

I need light to see and education to understand.
I need proper education
not one sided information.

You say things are okay
when we stay at home without
getting proper education.
You want us to live in the dark
while your children live abroad.
You do not want me to be educated like you.

Education is my last hope
Give it back to me because I need light
like your children so I can rise and shine!

Less than two weeks to go!

2010-02-28T16:11:00.006Z

Simply haven't had time to add to this blog for a while, we've been up to our eyebrows getting publicity ready and out, planning the show, finalising the pricing and 101 other details. We're in good shape (I hope) and heading into the home straight now.

I posted some details a while ago about Lizeni. Here's some information about another of the sculptors, Mike Masedza, in his own words:

'I was born in a family of eight, six boys and 2 girls. We all grew up to adulthood until AIDS scourge started to knock on our door. Four boys and a girls are now deceased and they all left their children behind. My father died in 1992, my wife died 2001 leaving me with two young children to take care of. Daniella was 12yrs and Tatenda 8.

Operation Murambatsvina ("restore order") took its toll again, leaving me with the sole responsibility of taking care of 10 orphans, my ageing mother and my own family of four.

Daniella is repeating her O'levels, Tatenda is in form 1 and i also pay school fees for my brother's 4 children. So i would say every dollar i earn will go a long way in helping more than 15 people, which is very difficult task for me considering our economic climate.'

It may not make sense to call Mike's experience "typical", but certainly one feature is a recurring theme: many of the artists are supporting numerous family members, mostly orphaned children, because AIDS and other diseases have wreaked havoc with families in Zim. As well as Mike and Lizeni (see below), Peter Kananji supports 17 people, Godfrey William 30+, and so the list goes on.

Links to photos of all the sculptures

2010-01-02T18:17:00.004Z

Slide shows of all the sculptures can now be viewed by following the three links below:

Part 1: http://www.slide.com/r/8FVuKKeL3D_T4XFXQEAqi5mv1E4hCPqt?emt=1067381811229489416

Part 2: http://www.slide.com/r/Vv8g5BI03T_dNMC0gosnv38Oc4e2fMnh?emt=1067381811229489416

Part 3: http://www.slide.com/r/dMZoicbP5T-bEjJOKoo_tjPrrQ1mUXs5?emt=1067381811229489416

All will be in the exhibition in March!

Just like Christmas!

2009-12-29T21:18:00.018Z

Today was the great unwrapping day!

Half a dozen of us spent several hours opening all the parcels, finding out exactly what we had, photographing and cataloguing it and then putting it safely away again until we are ready to display it.

Most of the sculptures were padded with masses of shredded paper and then well wrapped up in heavy black plastic. A few were just packaged in layers of newspaper. Either way, unwrapping produced a huge amount of waste paper which we bagged up for recycling.

Once all the wraps were off, what we had was an amazing range of art, from tiny carved birds up to three-foot high statues which two of us struggled to carry.

Animals, fish and human figures of every kind, some realistic, others stylised.

And all of them unique and beautiful. As each in turn passed through our makeshift photographic studio (thanks Robyn!) we were struck once again by the talent of the artists back in Zimbabwe who have sent us their work.

Better than Christmas!

Here's some more of what we will be exhibiting in March

2009-12-07T16:03:00.029Z

Due to a communications problem I have only recently received a list showing many of the sculptures which were in our consignment. Pending the major unwrapping day (which we will be holding at the end of December) this is the best guide to what we will be putting on show in March.

I've selected a few photos that show the amazing range of the sculptures.

This is
"Dancing Sisters" by Colleen Madamombe.

"Resting Stock" by Loveman James

(a stock being a local bird, not a speeling eror!).

"Tonga Queen" by Lloyd Chikede

"Lonely" by Shingi Masedza

And a very characterful hippo by Godfrey William

That's still only a tiny fraction of what we will be showing, but you'll have to come to the exhibition if you want to see more! March 12th to 21st 2010, in Marlow UK. I love the way these artists range from naturalistic work through much more stylised creations to near abstracts. The same artist may work in various different styles too, as well as using different stones each with its own characteristics.

To finish this post, here's

"Spirit Owl" by Fortune Masiyiwa:

Lizeni Nasho

2009-11-29T15:09:00.000Z

It's been a few days since I was able to add to this blog, but in the meantime lots of information has come from John about some of the artists whose work we have received.

In the previous post, I showed the marvellous "Tonga Head" which I unwrapped by chance. This was carved in verdite (a very hard stone) by woman called Lizeni Nasho.

The pictures with this posting show Lizeni at work, and where she lives. She is a widow and supports around twenty people including her two daughters, Grace and Sandra, through her carving. It involves her in walking a round trip of twelve miles to work each day. Maybe that's not such an unusual thing in Zimbabwe, but on top of that she was very ill some months ago with the cholera.

Lizeni recovered, but others were not so lucky, including Nicodemus, another of the sculptors, who sadly died. We have been sent some of his last pieces, I believe, and the proceeds from selling these will go to his widow Sekai and his family.

Another sculptor is Lezeni's twin brother Godwin, who lost his only child last year at the age of two.

John Simpson in one of his messages to me said "In a way the artists and their extended families will become Marlow’s extended family and [you will] at times share their pain". This is very true. What started out as a project to put on a sculpture show from some anonymous carvers has taken on a much more personal dimension.

I may never get to meet Lizeni Nasho but it is amazing and very humbling that people living in such basic conditions can be producing such wonderful work... and then sending it on trust to us, hoping that we can find the right people to buy it. For Lizeni and the others we have to make this show a huge success.

A thing of beauty

2009-11-18T18:01:00.000Z

I said in the last posting that we left all the sculptures wrapped up. Not quite true... I couldn't resist the temptation to have a sneak preview.

The first I opened was a lovely wooden carving. An African farmer... with a sheep on his shoulders. The penny dropped: the good shepherd. I mentioned before that Stephen is in hospital and this felt like a message to me, so I sent the shepherd to "visit" Stephen at the John Radcliffe as we continue to pray for his recovery.

After that... well, I had to take a look at a stone one too, didn't I? So I chose a second parcel, entirely at random. You can see below what I found. Words fail me to describe how beautiful this is. And to think it has been made by someone living in desperately poor conditions (John Simpson has sent me more about the artists and their lives and I will post some more of this another time; but believe me when I say people are having a very tough time in Zimbabwe).

Getting involved with this project is proving very exhilarating and also very humbling. It's certainly turning for me into something that goes well beyond just putting on an exhibition. Let's say "Praise the Lord" and leave it at that for now because the beauty of this carving speaks much louder than any words of mine.

What a morning!

2009-11-18T17:36:00.000Z

There I was, sitting by the phone waiting for the haulier to call to say he was about to arrive with the sculptures.

By 10.30 I was getting worried. Surely he should have called by now?

At 10.45 I was - momentarily - cheered by the news that the truck was half an hour away. Then came the bombshell... "You do have a forklift truck to take the crate off, don't you?" Erm, well no, actually. We'd been told the truck would have its own or a tail-lift. Panic!

Called my team of volunteers and met the driver when he arrived. Right, let's see: one large crate on one large truck (now parked across our gateway)... Nothing for it but to get up on the wagon, break open the crate and start handing the pieces down individually. Which is what we did, with the assistance of a REALLY helpful driver to whom I am eternally grateful.

Amazingly it only took us half an hour or so to unload the whole consignment this way, the crate itself being the last item off. The items ranged from tiny parcels that fit in the palm of your hand through to one that took three of us to lift! All still wrapped up so the actual contents remain a bit mysterious. For the moment we have put everything into safe storage, the unwrapping will come in a few weeks when we catalogue everything.

So thanks to all the offloaders: Janet, Iain, Alistair, Jim, John x 2, Valerie, Allan, Pauline and Hilary. And to a very kind truck driver. What a morning, indeed! And there was more to come, which I will post next.

Here's what's coming

2009-11-17T22:40:00.000Z

The photos show "our crate" when it was packed in Harare.

This is the box that is now expected in Marlow and - rather to everyone's surprise - it will be arriving tomorrow! Customs have passed the shipment through more quickly than expected, we have a few volunteers ready to pitch in once it is here and my crowbar is ready for action.

Along with the inspiration of John Simpson (see earlier posting) the fact that we are putting on the exhibition owes much to the leadership of Stephen Smith, one of our local Elders. Unfortunately, Stephen won't be there tomorrow to see the crate arrive as he is laid up in hospital recovering from a nasty operation.

Get well soon, Stephen, and we hope you will be back with us before long to see the results.

The sculptures are nearly here!

2009-11-15T08:01:00.000Z

The "big day" is getting closer...

Our sculptures have been on their way from Zimbabwe in a big crate, on board a containership of the MSC line. As I write I believe they are in Antwerp, soon to be forwarded on to the UK.

We don't have a definite delivery date yet but it looks like it could be one day this coming week. Then there are a few small matters to attend to like:

opening the crate... (maybe not as easy as it sounds! Anyone got a crowbar?)

moving the sculptures somewhere safe

opening the wrappings and seeing what we have actually got

photographing them ready for the exhibition catalogue...

And probably a few more we haven't even thought of yet.

Are we excited? You bet!

Johnston Simpson and the artists of Harare

2009-11-14T22:29:00.001Z

The Spirit of Zimbabwe exhibition would never have been conceived without the work and support of Johnston Simpson. An Elder at Walton on Thames URC, Johnston was on holiday in Zimbabwe in 1999 and visited Silveira House, a Catholic development centre working against poverty by providing training in practical skills. He started to help in a private capacity, shipping practical items over to them. And, as a return gift, he was sent a springstone sculpture called "Inner Peace".

By this time, a co-operative of sculptors was working in the grounds of Silveira House, where they remain. Mugabe's government had made 700,000 people homeless and the economy was in a state of collapse. As a part of this, the lack of tourists had removed the ability of the sculptors to sell their works. Johnston brought over a few pieces, then more, and eventually arranged for a crate of them to be imported. Others have followed, with various churches receiving the works and putting them on sale.

The extended family system means that approximately 200 people in Zimbabwe are benefiting from the sale of these sculptures in the UK. It may be a drop in an ocean of need, but it is a vital lifeline for this community in Harare. The outbreak of cholera in late 2008 was another blow to the group; some have died, others have lost family members. But by the start of this year some £40,000 had been raised and sent back to Zimbabwe and the total must now be far higher. And, through Silveira House, John can make sure that every penny finds its way back to the artists who create these works.

When things are as desperate as they have been in Zimbabwe, can one person make a difference? Johnston Simpson's example gives an emphatic "yes" to that question!

What is Spirit of Zimbabwe?

2009-11-05T21:45:00.000Z

Welcome to the Spirit of Zimbabwe blog!

What's it about? Well, very simply: we are putting on an exhibition of art and sculpture from Zimbabwe, in the town of Marlow in the UK.

Who are "we"? Christ Church United Reformed Church, a small congregation with a big heart, hoping through this to reach out to some artists living and working in very difficult conditions in Zimbabwe.

So far we have started the ball rolling by ordering a crate of sculptures which is now on its way to Marlow. And, somehow, we have to be ready to receive them, catalogue them, put them on show and sell them, in order to send the money back to Zimbabwe. It's a big challenge and I will post progress reports and pictures on this site.

Just to give a flavour of it, I have posted a few photos of sculptures brought in for some other places last year. I will add pictures of the sculptures coming to Marlow, as soon as I have them.

And, finally, the most important thing. The DATES for Spirit of Zimbabwe in Marlow will be: Friday 12th to Sunday 21st March, 2010. Come and see us!