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Download the free app for Joox and type in ‘LaurikaRauch’ to get VIP free access for one month to all the music on Joox. Laurika Rauch’s music – the comprehensive catalogue – can be downloaded overseas from Itunes/Apple music and in South Africa from Itunes and streamed from Joox. Chris and Laurika have two children, Simon and Nina and a first grandchild! In 2011 Chris’s musical, Stuur groete aan Mannetjies Roux, was performed in four main centres to more than 50 standing ovations and sold out shows. Laurika is married to Christopher Torr, writer and composer of many of her greatest hits, such as Stuur Groete aan Mannetjies Roux, Op Blouberg se Strand, Kyk hoe glinster die maan, Hot gates, Die Gang, Die mense op die bus, My ou Tante Koba and Stille waters. Some of her personal highlights are: Productions directed by Deon Opperman and Ilse van Hemert, Ons kruis paaie with Stef Bos, David Kramer, Taliep Petersen, Ray Phiri and others Samekoms/Kopano with Vusi Mahlasela a 2010 performance at the opening of parliament, held at the Cape Town Stadium singing Stuur groete aan Mannetjies Roux at Loftus before a crowd of 60,000 people Hart en See with Elvis Blue more recently the production Blou with Loki Rothman, Afrikaans is Groot and many more. Several documentaries have been made of her and her work. Laurika can be seen regularly on television in musical productions and videos of her songs. Some of her most recent awards include a Ghoema award with Loki Rothman for ‘Ringtone of the year’ for Blou, a Ghoema award for Die Reis (both in 2017), and a 2017 Bokkie lifetime achievement award, from Bok radio. Her most recent CD is Gunstelinge, which includes the new version of Kyk hoe glinster die maan. She has notched up 25 solo CD’s of which many have achieved gold status or double platinum status. She has performed overseas on numerous occasions in, amongst other places, Prague, London, Belgium, The Netherlands, Frankfurt, New Zealand and Australia. Laurika has had the opportunity to sing with several South African Symphony orchestras and in Europe she has performed with the well-known Metropole orchestra. As a singer/actress she was, amongst others, a member of PACT Playwork performed in the first Afrikaans cabaret, Met permissie gesê was in Taubie Kushlick’s Brel-productions in ‘Van Berlyn tot Bapsfontein’ with Jannie du Toit – and many more. She matriculated from the Hoërskool Jan van Riebeeck in Cape Town and obtained her drama degree from the University of Stellenbosch in 1972. She was one of the few prominent singers involved in the resurgence of the ‘new Afrikaans song’ in the late 70’s and early 80’s. Laurika Rauch became a household name in 1979 with her first hit, Kinders van die Wind. (A more extended biography is available here)