Parents see red over strippers
2007-03-18 23:19
Marida Fitzpatrick
Middelburg - A father who hired strippers for his son's 16th birthday bash has got the town foaming at the mouth.
Frikkie Lutzkie is alleged to have hired three strippers to dance for the group of 15 to 20 boys at the party.
At one stage of the show, the girls were completely naked.
When the parents of some of the boys at the party heard about what had happened, they phoned Middelburg High School's headmaster to complain.
At first, headmaster Johan Stronkhorst thought they were joking.
"I thought it was someone pulling my leg. When I realised how serious it was, I was upset."
"I think it's unheard of."
Stronkhorst said five parents phoned him in connection with the party, which was held recently at Lutzkie's house.
'Belly-dancing show'
"Some of the parents were livid. They had had no idea (of what was going to happen at the party)."
Some of the boys apparently also drank alcohol at the party.
The boys apparently had agreed not to talk about the event to outsiders, and to refer to the strippers as a "belly-dancing show".
Stronkhorst said peer pressure seemed to have played a role.
"It's very difficult for a boy in such a situation, with 15 or 20 friends, to get up and walk out. A few were obviously ashamed to tell their parents."
The school could not do much about the situation, because it was a private event, said Stronkorst.
"We decided to speak to the pupils to make it clear that this (strippers at a teen party) was not the norm."
Lutzkie could not be reached for comment and did not answer his cellphone.
- Beeld