Billy de la Querra - Revision history

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 In 1977 the was made stage manager for the national tour of ''[[Faan se Stasie]]'' (Fourie) going to Johannesburg, Pretoria, Bloemfontein and Mosselbay.
-He is also credited as the lighting designer on the [[CAPAB]] production of ''[[Geleende Vere]]''.
+He is also credited as the lighting designer on the [[CAPAB]] production of ''[[Geleende Vere]]'' (1979).
 == Sources ==

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 By late 1975 he had become part of  [[John Birch]]'s  technical team for the [[CAPAB]] touring company of ''[[Faan se Trein]]'' (Fourie).
-In January 1976 he obtained a permanent appointment with [[CAPAB]], becoming an assistant stage manager, working under [[Martin Crous]] and  [[Pieter de Swart]]. In his first year he toured with 9 different productions, the first being ''[[Die Belofte]]'' ("The Promise"), which toured the Western and Eastern Cape region for three months.
+In January 1976 he obtained a permanent appointment with [[CAPAB]], becoming an assistant stage manager, working under [[Martin Crous]] and  [[Pieter de Swardt]]. In his first year he toured with 9 different productions, the first being ''[[Die Belofte]]'' ("The Promise"), which toured the Western and Eastern Cape region for three months.
 In 1977 the was made stage manager for the national tour of ''[[Faan se Stasie]]'' (Fourie) going to Johannesburg, Pretoria, Bloemfontein and Mosselbay.

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	== Biography ==		== Biography ==

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 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
-He has had no formal training, but learnt theatre skills from a young age while working as an assistant to his father.
+Though he had no formal training, he learnt theatre skills from a young age while working as an assistant to his father, building and painting sets and so on.
-As a youth he was also cast as a page in a production of ''[[Antigone]]'' by [[Fred Engelen]].
+In those years he was also cast as a page in a production of ''[[Antigone]]'' by [[Fred Engelen]].
-By 1975 he was part of  [[John Birch]]'s  technical team for the touring company of ''[[Faan se Trein]]'' (Fourie). In January 1976 he obtained a permanent appointment with [[CAPAB]], becoming an assistant stage manager, working under [[Martin Crous]] and  [[Pieter de Swart]]. In his first year he toured with 9 different productions, the first being ''[[Die Belofte]]'' ("The Promise"), which toured the Western and Eastern Cape region for three months.
+By late 1975 he had become part of  [[John Birch]]'s  technical team for the [[CAPAB]] touring company of ''[[Faan se Trein]]'' (Fourie).
 In 1977 the was made stage manager for the national tour of ''[[Faan se Stasie]]'' (Fourie) going to Johannesburg, Pretoria, Bloemfontein and Mosselbay.
 He is also credited as the lighting designer on the [[CAPAB]] production of ''[[Geleende Vere]]''.
 == Sources ==

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 The son of [[Willem de la Querra]] and Catharina Gezina de la Querra, he was born  on 6de February 1955, in Durbanville , one of five children, including [[Carin de la Querra]].
-He started out in theatre, working for [[CAPAB]] in the mid-1970s, but by 1980 he had entered the carpet business and become a professional photographer with his own company, jwcproductions.
+He started out in theatre, working for [[CAPAB]] in the mid-1970s, but by 1980 he had entered the carpet business and become a professional photographer with his own company, JWC Productions.
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-[[Billy de la Querra]](1955-) is a stage technician and professional photographer.
+[[Billy de la Querra]](1955-) is a technician and stage manager, carpet salesman and professional photographer.
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 The son of [[Willem de la Querra]] and Catharina Gezina de la Querra, he was born  on 6de February 1955, in Durbanville , one of five children, including [[Carin de la Querra]].
-He started out in theatre, working for [[CAPAB]], but by 1980 he had entered the carpet business and become a professional photographer.
+He started out in theatre, working for [[CAPAB]] in the mid-1970s, but by 1980 he had entered the carpet business and become a professional photographer with his own company, jwcproductions.
 ==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==

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 As a youth he was also cast as a page in a production of ''[[Antigone]]'' by [[Fred Engelen]].
-By 1975 he was part of  [[John Birch]]'s  technical team for the touring company of ''[[Faan se Trein]]''. In January 1976 he obtained a permanent appointment with [[CAPAB]], becoming an assistant stage manager, working under [[Martin Crous]] and  [[Pieter de Swart]]. In his first year he toured with 9 different productions, the first being ''[[Die Belofte]]'' ("The Promise"), which toured the Western and Eastern Cape region for three months. Hy was nie almal se gunsteling nie, maar vir ons jong klomp was hy soos goud.
+By 1975 he was part of  [[John Birch]]'s  technical team for the touring company of ''[[Faan se Trein]]'' (Fourie). In January 1976 he obtained a permanent appointment with [[CAPAB]], becoming an assistant stage manager, working under [[Martin Crous]] and  [[Pieter de Swart]]. In his first year he toured with 9 different productions, the first being ''[[Die Belofte]]'' ("The Promise"), which toured the Western and Eastern Cape region for three months.
-Ons het die hele Kaap Provinsie & Oos Kaap vir amper 3 maande ge-toer.
-Elke dorp met sy unieke stel aanpassings. Wonderlik!
+In 1977 the was made stage manager for the national tour of ''[[Faan se Stasie]]'' (Fourie) going to Johannesburg, Pretoria, Bloemfontein and Mosselbay.
-Die volgende jaar as ons weer op toer met John Birch se, Faan se Stasie, na Jhb, Pretoria, Bloemfontein, & Mosselbaai.
-Op 21 jaar oud was ek die 'Verhoog Direkteur'. Soe, in die begin was dit n uitdaaging, maar die tegniese span was gou op dreef.
+He is also credited as the lighting designer on the [[CAPAB]] production of ''[[Geleende Vere]]''.
-Maar, dit was tyd vir groter dinge.
 Wat net n tydelike werk in die mat bedryf sou wees, is nou al 35 yaar my beroep!
 Ek is bly dat  ek is darem genoem is, as die beligting ontwerper, in: