{"id":24263,"date":"2013-10-11T21:38:34","date_gmt":"2013-10-11T19:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/2013\/10\/and-a-sea-of-collegiate-blue-descended-on-hobie-beach\/"},"modified":"2013-10-11T21:38:34","modified_gmt":"2013-10-11T19:38:34","slug":"and-a-sea-of-collegiate-blue-descended-on-hobie-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/and-a-sea-of-collegiate-blue-descended-on-hobie-beach\/","title":{"rendered":"And a Sea of Collegiate Blue descended on Hobie Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"wpsr_floatbts_anchor\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>One of the traditions of the Collegiate High School is that after the Matric final assembly and valedictory service they all descend on Hobie Beach for a swim in their school uniforms.<\/p>\n<p>This year the Apprentice Longhair, our daughter Brittany, was part of the happy throng that indulged in this traditional \u2018cleansing\u2019 ceremony \u2013 it seems just like yesterday that she and her friends were entering pre-primary up the road.<\/p>\n<p>Exams start on Monday for some and we would like to get all maudlin and thank her school and friends for being such a great support \u2013 between the Longhair, the Kangaroo, the Apprentice Longhair and I we did shed a tear or two at this passing rite this morning.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mype.co.za\/cgi-bin\/search.cgi?keywords=Collegiate\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29938\" alt=\"Collegiate Valedictory Hobie Beach\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/d35e1_Collegiate_Valedictory_2013_Hobie_2.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"364\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anne and Catherine Fulton (the Amawele), Winona Pautz (the Russian in training), Shani de Lange (the Happy One) and Brittany Straton (the Queen, we call her Your Highness!).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mype.co.za\/cgi-bin\/search.cgi?keywords=Collegiate\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29939\" alt=\"Collegiate Valedictory Hobie Beach\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/13e19_Collegiate_Valedictory_2013_Hobie_1.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"385\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Collegiate girls celebrate their last Assembly and Valedictory on Hobie Beach<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>These businesses support <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mype.co.za\/new\/2011\/07\/more-ad-choices-on-mype\/\">MyPE<\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/mype.co.za\/new\/2011\/07\/more-ad-choices-on-mype\/\">MyPE<\/a> supports PE business:<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the traditions of the Collegiate High School is that after the Matric final assembly and valedictory service they all descend on Hobie Beach for a swim in their school uniforms. 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