Kelp vuvuzelas???

Kelp vuvuzela raises £1 000 for charity


Renowned Stellenbosch winemaker Gary Jordan raised a staggering £25 000 (about R311 000) when he acted as auctioneer for a charity event at his London restaurant on September 21, 2009.
One of the lots, a kelp vuvuzela Gary brought from home, was sold for £800 on the night, with an extra £200 raised by charging the audience £25 each time they wanted to blow it.
Gary had originally brought the kelp vuvuzela to help keep the guests under control during the auction, but people were so taken with the beautiful design that he decided to add it to the auction lots.
“Let’s face it, vuvuzelas are pretty short on the ground in the city of London. It caused a stir!” says Gary. “I’m so pleased I brought a beautiful kelp vuvuzela with me – the plastic ones we take to the soccer matches make the same noise, but I’m not sure they would have caused the same reaction.”
Gary, his wife Kathy and their business partner, Neleen Strauss, opened their restaurant, High Timber, on the banks of the Thames early this year.
The restaurant was chosen by London charity Cosmic to host its annual auction, which raises funds for the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit of St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington, London.
Emma Kane, a trustee of Cosmic and CEO of Redleaf Communications, recently named Financial Public Relations Company of the Year at the UK’s Growth Company Awards, was bowled over by the vuvuzela.
“I was so upset not to win the bid on the evening,” says Emma. “Neleen [Strauss] very kindly brought me one back from South Africa. It sits on my desk and we blow it in the office every time we win a new client – I absolutely love it.”
News of the famed vuvuzela continues to grow. Strauss was invited to attend the ANC Progressive Business Forum celebrations hosted by party treasurer-general Dr Mathews Phosa at the Grosvenor House Hotel on October 29. At the event, she was asked to present a kelp vuvuzela to the new South African High Commissioner to London, Dr Zola Skweyiya, who looked amazed to hear that it had raised more than R12 000 for charity.
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interesting the panfish

I had never heard of a vuvuzela before your post
Steve