Shine 4
Shine 4
 
So where does an idea for the first Afrikaans Girl Group, or "girlband"  come from? Didi Kriel, of course! He's the big boss and brains behind Eden , South Africa 's first and only Afrikaans "boyband".
 
The idea arose while I (Desirée) and Didi were driving back from the Aardklop 2000 festival. Didi and I have come a long way together, and have worked on productions together since 1996. The last was "Antjie Somers" in 2000. And that was where the idea for Shine 4 came from!
 
Shine 4 is made up of two parts. I already knew Crissy Azevedo from "Antjie Somers", and Jill Middlekop from previous productions that we had worked together in. And so we had three girls, and started with auditions to find the fourth member! Eventually, we managed to find Desire Hennings, and from there we began work with getting songs together, and working on choreography.
 
That was the start of Shine 4, January 2001. As with most of the groups I have read about, there were "teething problems", and we lost two of our members! Jill and I had to start all over again with auditions. It was extremely difficult and traumatic for all of us, because things had just begun to come together. But you pick yourself up and start over.
 
Finally, after a long search, Marlese Kapp joined us (September 2001), and after a long wait, Liesl Kriel too (October 2001), because she had to do well in her Matric exams! By the time Aardklop 2001 arrived, we were together and are still standing now. We have done extremely well, and we are now bigger and stronger than ever before. Everything happens for a reason, and we had to come through the hard times to enjoy the good times. That's how life is: "the good and the bad".
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