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  <heading>Danie is bowing out</heading>
  <info><![CDATA[Violinist and founder member Danie is leaving DNA Strings. Read the official press release <a href="DanieLeaving.xml"><strong><u>here</strong></u></a>.]]></info>
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  <heading>Video on the web</heading>
  <info><![CDATA[We have discovered YouTube!!! Please, go crazy, watch every clip a thousand times, and help us get noticed, like the true fans you are! Most of these videos are absolutely hilarious comedy clips, to give you an idea of how crazy a band can get on tour. Obviously edited for family viewing, these promise to entertain. Our music videos are also on there, and you will soon see the latest, Bedouin, in all its compressed glory as well! <a href="http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=dna+strings" target="_blank"><u><strong>Click Here</u></strong></a> to view.]]></info>
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  <heading>Live DVD</heading>
  <info><![CDATA[The DVD is almost finished...<a href="pollDetails.xml" target="_blank"><u><strong> Read more</u></strong></a>]]></info>
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  <heading>We're Back!!</heading>
  <info><![CDATA[DNA Strings just returned to South Africa from the Edinburgh Festival, and are back in full force, on tour for the rest of the year. To check out where and when they are performing, go to the <a href= "gigFiles.xml"><u><strong>GIG GUIDE</u></strong></a>.]]></info>
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  <heading>MONTHLY COMPETITION</heading>
  <info><![CDATA[All you have to do to win with DNA Strings and Goue Vallei Wyne is to subscribe to our monthly newsletter. Winning with DNA Strings and Goue Vallei Wyne is that easy. </p><p>To find out more about this month's competition, <a href="JuneCompDetails.xml" target="_blank"><u><strong>Click Here</u><strong></a>.
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  <heading>DNA Strings rythm section gets a boost</heading>
  <info><![CDATA[<p>It has been recently announced that Flip and Iwan will become official Meinl Percussion endorsers. Talks began at the Thomas Lang workshop in Cape Town when Iwan met Bernie Amon from Meinl Germany's EMEA Division. Bernie expressed interest in forming a partnership to build Meinl's brand in the ever growing South African market, and the guys were more than keen to team up with on of the world's biggest and best known percussion brands.</p><p>
 
Some of the toys will be seen on stage at the band's DVD recording on the 13th of May 2006.]]></info>
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  <heading>KANNA!!!</heading>
  <info><![CDATA[DNA Strings won the Kanna for Best Performance at the HUISGENOOT Musiekplaas, the open-air venue at the recent KKNK in Oudtshoorn. Thanks to all the fans for their excellent support over the last five years! Photo's taken at the KKNK will be on the site shortly...]]></info>
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  <heading>COMPETITION</heading>
  <info><![CDATA[Congratulations to Gisela Schwella who have won our monthly website give away! She has won a weekend for four at Wolfkop Reserve in Citrusdal, Wine courtesy of <a href="http://www.gouevallei.co.za" target="_blank"><u><strong>Goue Vallei Wines</u></strong></a>, signed copies of Nomad and El Nino, a DNA Strings baseball cap and t-shirt and a Damelin bursary worth R 2 500 - 00. </p>
<p>If you'd like to be next, make sure you are signed up to our <a href="http://www.dnastrings.com/subscribe.php" target="_blank"><u><strong>monthly newsletter</u></strong></a>.]]></info>
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  <heading>DNA RENAMED LORDS OF THE STRINGS</heading>
  <info><![CDATA[Derek Wilson wrote a very positive review on the show at On Broadway in Cape Town, which is set to continue till 18 Feb. Be sure not to miss it! <a href="http://www.tonight.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=3098752&fSectionId=378&fSetId=204" target="_blank"><u><strong>Click Here</strong></u></a> to read the review. </p>Daar is ook 'n Afrikaanse resensie in Die Burger, lees dit <a href="http://www.news24.com/Die_Burger/KunsEnVermaak/0,,4-1556_1876276,00.html" target="_blank"><u><strong>Hier</u></strong></a></p><p>Danie also made headlines, filling a whole story in Tonight. <a href="http://www.tonight.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=358&fArticleId=3111244" target="_blank"><u><strong>Read here</strong></u></a> about the "king of strings".]]></info>
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  <heading>NEWEST SPONSOR</heading>
  <info><![CDATA[Since December 2005 our official main sponsor is Goue Vallei Wine Cellars, from the Citrusdal area. More info on our <a href="friends.php" target="_blank"><u><strong>Friends Of DNA Page</strong></u></a>...]]></info>
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  <heading>COMPETITION</heading>
  <info><![CDATA[The first web-based competition from DNA Strings in association with Damelin, Levi Strauss and Co., Rooi Rose magazine, Simonsvlei Wines and Chandelier Game & Ostrich Show Farm, has come to a close. <a href="CompDetails.xml" target="_self"><u><strong>Here are the winners...</strong></u></a>]]></info>
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  <heading>DNA WEN 2 Tempo toekennings!!!</heading>
  <info><![CDATA[Die Huisgenoot het sopas hul eie Musiektoekennings, die Tempo toekennings, bekendgestel, wat by Skouspel 2005 vir die eerste keer uitgedeel is. DNA Strings is genomineer vir <a href="tempo.xml" target="_self"><u><strong>twee toekennings...</strong></u></a>]]></info>
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  <heading>GET THE LATEST GIG GUIDE VIA SMS!!!</heading>
  <info><![CDATA[DNA Strings in association with <a href="http:\\www.samusic.co.za" target="_self"><u><strong>SA Music</strong></u></a> brings you this quick and convenient way to stay in touch with our latest gigs. All you have to do is SMS <strong>SAM DNA</strong> to <strong>35010</strong> and you will receive our gig guide on your cellphone.
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  <heading>Only Newest News Entries on Front Page</heading>
  <info><![CDATA[If you're a regular visitor to our site, you will notice the absence of older News Entries. They did not disappear, but our site only shows the latest on the homepage. To see the rest, click on the [View All News] link at the top.]]></info>

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  <heading>New additions to photo gallery</heading>
  <info><![CDATA[Please visit our photo gallery regularly, every now and then a new set of photos        appear...]]></info>
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  <heading>Third CD Nomad going for TV</heading>
  <info><![CDATA[The success of the previous two albums, especially that of El Nino, has inspired the band to go one step further with their marketing campaign... <a href="TVad.xml" target="_self"><u><strong>Read more...</strong></u></a> ]]></info>
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   <heading>Fooling around at the KKNK</heading>
   <info><![CDATA[At the 2005 KKNK in Oudtshoorn, we once again had a huge success. This year, for the first time, we were sold out for all of our four performances in the Klip-Innie-Bos venue. We had wonderful responce as well, and sold a huge number of CD's.</p>
Maar 'n gier het ons beetgepak... <a href="Aprilfool.xml" target="_self"><u><strong>Read more...</strong></u></a> ]]></info>
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   <heading>The Lupus Foundation</heading>
   <info><![CDATA[We have adopted our own little wolf cub... <a href="Wolf.xml" target="_self"><u><strong>Read more...</strong></u></a>
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