Fest in numbers
We at CueBlog can express ourselves in all kinds of multimedia and text but what about numbers? Let’s try.
38.97
The average ticket price in 2009 is 38.97 Rand. In 2008 it was 38.61 Rand
2010
The name of next year’s Fest is National Arts Festival 2010.
15
Next year’s National Arts Fest will last 15 days instead of 10 days. That’s because of the 2010 Fifa World Cup that takes place at the same time.
413.000
On the first Saturday of this year’s Fest 413.000 Rand worth of tickets were sold. The most in a single day ever.
1
There was one big move. The vendors who had to stay in Fiddler’s Green were unhappy and moved to Hill Street. Fiddler’s Green is unlikely to be a trading place next year.
5 and a half
Tony Lankester, Arts Fest’s CEO, said it would take 5 and a half months to see every show that was on this year’s programme.
50
This is the 50st post on CueBlog 2009. Hooray!
8
No less than 8 people were responsible for CueBlog 2009. Six reporters (Myrna, Bram, Pauline, Peter, Pim and Paul) and two controllers (Elvira and Peter).
3
The number of vuvuzela’s the CueBlog team spotted at the festival.
216
This blogpost contains 216 words. Thanks for reading!
