Tumult in the Tent - Hajraa 2010
My guess is, this year’s tournament theme “Herrie in de tent” - or in English “Tumult in the tent” - was at least partially inspired by the World Cup soccer match of the Netherlands against Japan on Saturday afternoon. As I mentioned in my last post: usually quite a spectacular happening with all 5000 tournament visitors watching the match in a big tent. Unfortunately, if the match isn’t that exciting, the supporters aren’t excited either. Good thing at least we won. But I didn’t quite get (action) the shots I was hoping for, unfortunately.
Well, luckily the Hajraa Tournament isn’t just about watching soccer. Actually, it’s a volleyball tournament on grass with two great parties - more tumult in the tent! 
Friday night I shot pictures of the band Dexter, a good local coverband with a decent performance and a playlist that got the crowd wanting more… Opening party: check! 
On Saturday night it was Bag on Wheels‘ turn to help us celebrate we made it to the 8th finals in South Africa and to forget it was actually a terrible match to see. 
Happy to say that, as far as I’m concerned, they definitely did the job! Although seemingly less experienced than their Friday predecessors (founded 2005 versus 2001) I felt their stage performance was actually even a bit more energetic than Dexter’s.
Head to this album here to see my ‘party report’ of the tournament with in chronological order Dexter at Friday Night, watching the World Cup and Bag on Wheels at Saturday night.
“Hey, wasn’t this a volleyball tournament?” - well, uh, yes it is! Then where are the sports pics?? Eh, well, it appears I do better at night with a beer than during the day after. 
And aside: I had to play some volleyball myself. I did in fact shoot some volleyball pictures on Saturday, but these will only be published on the tournament’s website.
Just to proof that this is actually a volleyball tournament instead of a festival, here’s a shot from the playing fields:
