PRESS RELEASE
Mutha FM 7th Birthday Celebration

19th November 2011

MUTHA’S BIRTHDAY BASH  EVENT
 ((( BROADCASTING LIVE )))


It has been seven years since Cape Town’s underground radio station burst into our lives giving us a welcomed choice of music to suit our lifestyles.

Mutha is now coming of age, she started out on the wrong side of the tracks as a pirate radio station leading others a stray with dirty bump n grid beats, then she went away and came back reformed as the Mutha we know and love today!

This event honors the freedom of choice to listen to quality music and showcases over 35 artists performing over 16 hours, entertaining throughout the day with the finest DJ’s and Producers on offer, from Extreme Sports, Live Bands and Magicians,  performers with a solid Sound System and stunning lights the Daytona Palms open-air venue.

Everything you need for the entire day, food, drinks, Bars inside and outside, cocktail bar and water games.

Competitions will be running all day and you can win fantastic prizes from our wonderful sponsors, join us for this monumental day with the Mutha DJ’s as they showcasing their talents…

The celebrations will start at 12pm midday catering for a crossover of underground beats right through the day and evening into the early hours…

Entertainment from the “Mutha-EXtreme” Team Gen – X skateboarders, live performances flowing in the daytime into the evening… then music will step up a notch and the Mutha DJ’s will take the celebrations into the next level.

The whole day with be transmitted on MuthaFM.com and will run into the evening.

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Time schedule:  (DJ’s set times)

 

  - MC’s Matt B & Gizelle

So as you all know i am a stuntwoman, and recently went on a trip to Springbok to shoot the last few weeks of the movie...  Lets just say... Springbok aint exaclty a very large town, nor is it in any way close to Cape town, so lemme tell you all about what we got up to up there...  

So its the day to leave, and we were given instructions to meet at the production office at 11am... to leave by bus with the WHOLE crew .....   Well I had no idea that this little road trip that I was so excited for was gonna take 8 1/2 hours!!!  
I mean can you imagine sitting in a little box like position for 8 1/2 hours with only 2 breaks...  Shoo.. it was a nightmare to say the least, but when we arrived it was all worth it...  they organized 4 star accommodation for us, and I had a suite fit for a princess...  pity the temperature outside was like -5 degrees....  brrrrr....


Now you must understand the film industry is very much hurry up and wait.... so each morning... I had to wake up at 4am... get to set by 5:30am into hair, make-up and wardrobe by 6:30am and then only used at 3pm.... hahahaha....  but man did I have fun whilst I was waiting.... being a little trigger happy photo freak...  I love taking crazy pics... and to feed my crazy addiction, there just happened to be an armor truck full of fun props for me to play with.... hehehe...  

I Took pics with AK47's , 50 cals , grenades and armor belts... it was soooo much fun...  lol.. it even got me suspended from facebook ...  hehe...  but that's a whole other story....  anyhow...  It was loads of fun and games...  Part of our stunts included car flips driving thru explosions, and lots and lots of gunfire...  

But of course what is all that work without any play… so each and every night , we hit the small town of Springbok to eat  the finest meat, and drink them out of Tequila….. lol… which did not take long..

Some days on set were pretty intense…  with lots of action happening, and non stop running around, and others, we spent the whole day in our combi, playing games… especially when the heavens decided to open, and we lost a whole day of shooting… 

So……. On one of my ‘not so busy days’ I was walking around looking for diamonds (hehehe) , and discovered a rather mean looking ant, one who seemed to have it in for me… as he seemed to be jumping and chasing me…  before running  with hand in air and screaming… I managed to take a quick pic.. as only a trigger happy picture addict could do under such intense circumstances…  (see below)   This Monstrous creature is called a BAL BYTER  which in English means  BALL BITER!!!!  It creeps into warm places and BITES  and does not let go! They apparently use them to stitch up wounds or something…  anyhow… lemme tell ya… they did not like me very much as each and every day up there I came face to face with one or more.. and it was not pretty….  

After a long few days of shooting in very cold and tiring conditions they gave the WHOLE crew the day off….  BAD IDEA!!!   Cause that night We went crazy!  Lets just say…  What happened in Springbok …… stays in Springbok……….  Especially cause I cant really remember what happened that night anyway…. 
Damn homemade caramel tequila!  It should have a warning on the label :  Too much consumption of this beverage could lead to TOTAL Memory loss…..  

The last day on set was rather sad, as I really enjoyed my time up in Springbok, and luckily was so tired after all the work and partying that I slept for every last second of the 8/12 hour trip home…  Bliss......

Well... it has been a while since i have written...  It has just been such a crazy rollercoaster ride, but what an exciting one... It is amazing how life can do a full 180 right before your eyes...

At the beginning of this year, I was selling jewellery online and stunt doubling on various feature films..... now i have my own Radio show, dealing in extreme sports and have been introduced to a world that I would never have dreamed of entering... but for the first time in my life, I feel complete... I feel like I have found the industry which suits me down to a tee...

I am loving the on air experience, as well as the incredible camaraderie of working with my new family at Mutha Fm...   Mutha Fm is an underground radio station, that has exploded over the past few months and I am very fortunate to have been given the opportunity to be part of this Incredible journey...

I never in my life thought I would be a radio Dj, but its almost as though it was my calling all along, I trace back the steps that lead me here and its bizarre how I have come full circle to land up here.... 

I remember spending my weekends Dancing my night away to the most incredible music and incredible dj's,   Namely Nick E Louder was normally the one up on the decks making the crowd go crazy with his choice of Magical Beats that just made our night feel like a fairytale come true... Now I am working for Nick, and playing thise same Tracks 15 years later, and evoking the same emotion and Nostalgia with my listeners.... Its Incredible........

I have found true friends in Helene, Nick and the incredible Dj's at Mutha Fm, With a Team this strong, you can make the impossible a reality......

I had Reached a point in my life where I was feeling a little clouded, and did not know exactly which direction to go in, and then It all just fell to perfectly into place, I could now be my own stunt woman, and could experience all these wonderful activities and best of all document the experience for the puclic to see... 

This is just the beginning of my journey , and I get to grow to the best of my ability under the Mutha Umbrella, and for the first time in my life, I am proud and happy of everything that my life has to offer....  it is a wonderful feeling...


xoxoxox

Time to tell you a little more about me....... 

Well, as a child I grew up with a wonderful family life, my father owned Loots Family Health Centres, a string of massive gyms in Cape Town.  I spent most of my afternoons finishing my homework at the gym.   I had a granny who took care of me whilst my parents were working, and she being the business woman that she was, took slight advantage of that.... 
I was a bit of a, lets say,  Chubby child.... no... I was Just fat!  I weighed 68 kg in standard 3 and I remember I had a few really mean nicknames in junior school!  My Gran used to make all sorts of sweet treats, Toffee apples, coconut ice etc...  and sell it at the school.  Really not good for me, as I ate all the leftovers!  hehe......   On top of all of that, we recieved R10 pocket money a week, and my gran had a sweet drawer, she used to sell us the treats at a 500% markup, She was making a killing...... and I was just getting fatter....   I even faked my parents signature to sign sick notes to stop them from making me do PT!

Anyhow, it was not long before my dad, being the fittest man alive, put a stop to this, and forced me to wake up at 5am and made me run! I was in tears practically every morning!   For a 11year old, this was not my idea of fun! Plus he paid my brother to weigh me each week and spy on me to make sure I was not eating sweets! 
I Thank him today for what he did, because by the time I hit high school I was down to a good weight, and i had suddenly found my fire and my passion, and that was the endorphine rush of exercise!  It was the childrens fairtale of the little duckling turning into a swan........  
I proceeded to take up Ice skating, Ice hockey, Roller blading, Roller hockey, Running competitively, Waterpolo first team, volley ball, you name it, I did it...   I was even Rollerblade speed champ at 15 for the open category.... which was a huge achievement...  

After finishing high school, I went straight into personal training and did that for about 9 years on and off.   I became a Stunt woman in 2001 working in my first movie, Home Alone 4, then King Solomons mines with Patrick Swayze, then Flight of the Phoenix with Dennis Quaid, Poseidon, Blast, Consequence, Last House on the Left, The Runaway, the Natalie Holloway Story, Mission Crane, Judge Dredd, Safehouse, Strike Back 2 and a few more.....

I am a social Media Mogul for What is fiction, I Run a twitter Management business and I am a Radio Dj on Mutha Fm, I also run my own Fitness camp ..... things are looking great........ 

Thats just a little bit about my background....  

xoxo