I have to say, In January 2012 I bought myself a Cornetto Festival ticket, but I found out on Friday 24 February that i won DOUBLE tickets to the Cornetto Festival, so I was stuck with 2 more tickets Haha!
To begin with, I was busy waiting in the queue to get into the Cornetto Festival, when I heard the music on stage. The artists were busy with sound checks to see if everything was running smoothly. It felt like hours before we could enter the festival. When I entered the festival, I met a woman who worked for Cornetto at the Festival and she know who I was. That was totally cool! Just as I was going to give my ticket in, I realized I won 2 tickets, so I was left with two more tickets. Wow! I was really shocked.
Anyway, as I entered the festival with my friend and sister, there was a photographer walking toward us as he was taking a picture, so all of us stopped and posed for the camera. We all walked directly towards the stage and sat and chilled there for the time being. I looked up and saw DJ Fresh on stage. It was my first time I have ever seen him at a show, and I must say, he is so Cool! He was the Host for the day, which was so awesome! he is really and amazing person!
Suddenly after about half way through Ready D's performance, the power went out, but it stopped at a perfect time. It was Queen's "We will Rock You" and when the sound went off, everyone started singing, but we didn't know that the power went off. Everyone was screaming "Eskom" all the time. While the power was off, we all chatted and took more pictures of the Festival and I saw some people walking away from the stage.
When the sound was back on, I turned around and just saw people running back to the stage and we all started dancing to Ready D's Awesome Music! At the end of Ready D's performance, he went all DJ and rapped on his Record Cd. He rapped it with his foot, face and hands! It was Nicely Done Haha!
DJ Fresh came back on stage and handed out Cornetto Ice-Cream to random people in the crowd. He then called the four winners for the Cornetto "Love is in the Air" Message, one of the four winners was going to win the ultimate prize. We waited for about 7 minutes or so and then a plane was in the Sky with the Winner "Love is in the air" message: "There's No Sunlyt if I lose You".
DJ Fresh welcomed December streets on stage. Their performance was good. Honestly, I haven't really listened to any of December Streets songs, but I have heard their songs on 5FM. They started off by playing an Aristercats song. I looked around at the crowd of people and everyone was going crazy and were jumping up and down. When Tristan Coetzee took off his shirt and performed, ALL the girls went crazy and shouted and screamed! In between their songs, Tristan threw 2 of the December Streets and a few stickers saying "The December Streets" on it. One sticker landed on me, but a girl grabbed the sticker off me, I just ended up laughing!
After they performed, DJ Fresh came on stage and gave out Cornetto Ice-Cream and T-Shirts out to everybody. He then welcomed Jax Panik. the minute Jax Panik came on, I couldn't believe my eyes. Every Single person in the crowd all jumped up and run towards the stage and we all started dancing and I must say that Jax Panik was so Awesome! My sister and I really danced, it felt like we were all in a club, I got that club feeling, we all danced, screamed, shouted and even more screaming! Jax Panik really knows how to make a crowd of people dance! One time, Jax Panik came down from the stage and put hand out and ran to the left of the crowd and then to the right of the crowd and then went back on stage. Jax Panik jumped and they danced. They were also quite funny when they sang "Sex me Slowly", we all just laughed, it was really funny. Jax Panik moved their waists from side to side, and so did everyone in the crowd, even I did.
They started with the song "Kingdom Come" which just made everybody jump up and down and dance to the beat. Andrew and Brian performed very lively (As they always do). After a couple of Locnville's songs were sung, Andrew picked up Cornetto T-Shirts and tossed it to the crowd, which nearly made my sister and I collapse into the metal fence that was right in front of us. Luckily nobody got hurt. Locnville played "Head to the Sky" which is one of my personal favourites at the moment, I was very Happy when I heard this song play, it just put a HUGE SMILE on my face. When Locnville played "Sun in my Pocket", they asked if all of us (The crowd) can sing the song, so we sang, then Locnville sang as well. Their last song was "6 Second Poison", which is my Favourite song off their "Sun in my pocket" Album. I had a feeling they were going to play this song. Everyone jumped up and down started singing as well. I also remember Brian holding his bottle of water. He opened the water and sprinkled the water all of the crowd, which was very cool because it was very hot.
When the sound was back on, I turned around and just saw people running back to the stage and we all started dancing to Ready D's Awesome Music! At the end of Ready D's performance, he went all DJ and rapped on his Record Cd. He rapped it with his foot, face and hands! It was Nicely Done Haha!
DJ Fresh came back on stage and handed out Cornetto Ice-Cream to random people in the crowd. He then called the four winners for the Cornetto "Love is in the Air" Message, one of the four winners was going to win the ultimate prize. We waited for about 7 minutes or so and then a plane was in the Sky with the Winner "Love is in the air" message: "There's No Sunlyt if I lose You".
They even played the song "Internet Friends" which totally Cool! They also played Dub step music, which was Incredible! Music everyone can really dance to. i turned to the side and saw a couple of girls flicking their hair back and fourth. I remember Jax Panik sprinkled water from his water bottle and it went all over the crowd, which was pretty cool, because we didn't mind. After he finished his water, he threw the bottle to the crowd and I just saw hands in the air trying to grab the bottle.
After Jax Panik performed, DJ Fresh came on stage and asked for four girls to come up and sing. They all sang, their voices were amazing! they chose a winner, then DJ Fresh welcomed Locnville on stage. I had to block my ears because ALL the girls SCREAMED so LOUDLY!
After Locnville's performance, most of the people went to meet DJ Fresh and some went home. I was busy waiting at the merchandise table, along with other people for Locnville to sign the merch. I saw their Manager, Sarah-Jane Nicholson and I must say that she is really a very kind person and very down-to-earth.
Locnville came and signed everyone's merchandise. After that, you were allowed to take a snap with them. After that, I went home.
There was also a merchandise table, which was called "The Greek Merchant". When I was by the stage at the beginning of the Festival, my friend and I went over to the merchandise table and we met the person who is in charge of "The Greek Merchant". His name is Yiorgos Spanoudis. He is a very nice person, very kind and funny as well. It was cool that he knew who we (My friend and I) were. As the day went on, my sister and I went back to the merchandise table, we bought a cap each and my sister got a Jax Panik CD and T-Shirt. I must tell you that the people who worked at "The Greek Merchant" were all very kind and there was not the slightest of mean in them. They are very helpful people, they helped out my sister and I when we chose a Villey Cap. None of them were miserable or unkind, they were happy and smiling and they chatted to us. Their service was very good, I rate that if you want to buy any South African artist's merchandise, buy it from "The Greek Merchant". Their merchandise ranges from T-shirts to posters to CD's and a whole lot more. Haha! I still remember telling Yiorgos that there will be a Cornetto Festival in Cape Town, Jo'berg and Durban. It was really great to meet him.
There was also a merchandise table, which was called "The Greek Merchant". When I was by the stage at the beginning of the Festival, my friend and I went over to the merchandise table and we met the person who is in charge of "The Greek Merchant". His name is Yiorgos Spanoudis. He is a very nice person, very kind and funny as well. It was cool that he knew who we (My friend and I) were. As the day went on, my sister and I went back to the merchandise table, we bought a cap each and my sister got a Jax Panik CD and T-Shirt. I must tell you that the people who worked at "The Greek Merchant" were all very kind and there was not the slightest of mean in them. They are very helpful people, they helped out my sister and I when we chose a Villey Cap. None of them were miserable or unkind, they were happy and smiling and they chatted to us. Their service was very good, I rate that if you want to buy any South African artist's merchandise, buy it from "The Greek Merchant". Their merchandise ranges from T-shirts to posters to CD's and a whole lot more. Haha! I still remember telling Yiorgos that there will be a Cornetto Festival in Cape Town, Jo'berg and Durban. It was really great to meet him.
I must admit, I had so much fun at the Cornetto Festival! There was a competition where if you buy a Cornetto Ice-Cream, you scratch a card and see if you win a Cornetto Love is in the Air T-Shirt. I won 3 and gave 1 to my sister. I had Strawberry and Chocolate flavor Cornetto Ice-Cream. Wow! It felt like I was in heaven, Cornetto really IS the BEST Ice-Cream in the world!
Again, Big Ups to "The Greek Merchant", their service was more than helpful!
Here is their website if you'd like to purchase any merchandise: http://www.thegreekmerchant.com/
Again, Big Ups to "The Greek Merchant", their service was more than helpful!
Here is their website if you'd like to purchase any merchandise: http://www.thegreekmerchant.com/
The security at the Cornetto Festival were a bit rude, but I guess that's their job. They were nice to everyone, but I felt sorry for them that they had to wear long-sleeve tops as it was so hot on this day, but I must admit that everything ran smoothly at the Cornetto Festival. It seemed to me that everyone had a lot of Fun! I know I did! I give my compliments to all the people who were working at the Festival. The photographers, security, the Cornetto people working there and everyone else who was working at the Festival!
Thanks for a Wonderful Day Out Cornetto! I hope that the other Cornetto Festival's will be as Awesome as this one!
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