Steve Newman - All in one concert

Errol Dyers, Hilton Schilder and Steve Newman - All in One

Live music concert at the Greyton Lodge Theatre

Saturday 24th October 5pm. Tickets sold at the door.

These 3 cosmic travelers have been collaborating on a new album which will be released internationally in 3 weeks. This CD will take you on a journey from the slopes of Table Mountain to the heart of the Kalahari, to the plains of Argentina…and more

ALL IN ONE featuring Errol, Steve and Hilton was recorded at Swette Shoppe Studios, Muizenberg. 150 Certified Limited Edition Studio Copies, containing additional studio takes are available, besides the international public launch edition.
Contact Jai for further info 082 442 7922 or jairajreddy@gmail.com

Steve Newman is an accomplished South African acoustic guitarist, and was a founder member of the popular African group Tananas. For over two decades Newman has been collaborating with fellow South African guitarist, Tony Cox. Steve Newman has written a history for himself that very few can equal. A consummate instrumentalist who can uncannily pick out any tune you can name, he has traversed the length and breadth of the world plying his magic.
Acoustic guitarist Steve Newman whose work with Tananas, the Aquarian Quartet (with Tony Cox, Syd Kitchen & Greg Georgiades) Mondetta (with Gito Baloi & Wendy Oldfield), the duo with Tony Cox & as a soloist, makes him a widely travelled muzo. Tananas has played festivals & concerts in Oz, Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, France, Sweden, UK, Spain, Canary Islands, USA, Mozambique, Namibia & Zim. As a soloist he has played UK, Holland, Belgium & India . With Tony UK, Norway, Moz & Namibia. Currently touring solo. Steve plays guitar like no other, from years of experience with only the best in the field. If you’d like to know what a guitar can really do, you have to see this gig!

Errol Dyers (Cape Town, South Africa), the acclaimed guitar maestro, is highly respected as a pioneer of what has today become known as Cape Jazz / Ghoema. During his illustrious career, Dyers has performed, recorded and toured locally and internationally with many great artists such as, the late Basil Coetzee, Winston Mankunku, Abdullah Ibrahim, Robbie Jansen & Mccoy Mrubata to name but a few. Dyers music is inspired and influenced by the rhythms & melodies of Cape Town where he was born as well as the people who live there. Dyers has a unique guitar style which maintains an acoustic and reminiscent ancestral sound that captures the guitar strumming of the century-old Cape traditional and folk music.

Hilton Schilder Hilton Schilder was born in 1959 in Lotus River, Cape Town. Born as he was into the musical families of the Schilder’s and Africa’s, Hilton soon found his own sound and developed a musical career of his own. Hilton’s career took of in the 1980’s in partnership with Mac Mckenzie as The Genuines, launching an international reputation that has on numerous occasions over the years made Hilton part of the international jazz scene. As the initiator and driving force behind the band Iconoclast and as a composer and regular member of the band Robbie Jansen’s Sons of Table Mountain, Hilton Schilder has been part of both the international and national South African music scene for decades. Hilton appears on more than 23 cd’s apart from three of his own. His debut album No Turning Back (2003) was nominated for the SAMA Award as best jazz Contemporary album. Although Hilton has gained much respect for his skills as a pianist and composer, he actually plays several instruments. This becomes apparent on his and Alex Van Heerden’s album Future Cape (2006). On this album Hilton’s musical skills shows in his use of as diverse instruments as Khoi mouth-bow, guitar, canter, piano, Navaho flute etc. Hilton Schilder’s last album Elements of Surprise (2007) is a solo piano album where Hilton plays his own compositions, both present and past ones. Currently Hilton is working on two different concepts. Hilton is working on a cd based on his own compositions played by his quartet, The Hilton Schilder Group. This group that was officially formed in 2006, has rapidly gained great popularity, as mirrored by their participation of the Cape Town International Jazz Festival in Cape Town 2007 and the Indian Ocean Jazz Festival in Reunion. Artist in residence at the Bird’s Eye Jazz Club in Basel, Switzerland in 2008.

Janine Gregoir watercolour art exhibition

Greyton Lodge is proud to open the exhition of Janine Gregoir water colours. Official opening Friday 16th October at 4pm. All welcome to the opening and to meet the artist. Drinks and snacks will be on offer.

Janine Gregoir from Belgium, was born and raised in Antwerp where she lived most of her life. After the birth of her four children, Janine fulfilled her lifelong desire to paint and attended classes in oil painting with the well known artist Jack Godderis and J. Van Steenweghe both teaching at the art school "Vrij Atelier" in Antwerp.

Originally an accountant, Janine spent some thirty years teaching the art of antique furniture restoration and has previously exhibited oil paintings on three occasions. Later on in the nineties, she discovered her passion for water colours.

She moved to Greyton, Western Cape in 2007 and attended art classes with Gail Polwarth where she participated in a group exhibition. She enjoys creating an atmosphere in her work and loves warm colours. This is her first solo exhibiton of watercolours showing here wide repertoire, here at the Greyton Lodge.

To contact Janine Gregoir; Phone 028 254 9864.

GREYTON’s GOOD FOR CHALLENGES

GREYTON’s GOOD FOR CHALLENGES

The scenic town of Greyton is the setting the scene for some iconic trail running events in October and November this year. Spectacular routes of 32km, 20.5km, 11km and 5km will cater for all distance runners.

The 32km “Bushman Blitz” is run on the legendary Boesmanskloof Trail from Greyton to McGregor, returning the same day and includes the Reserve route. It is rated a technical trail run with steep ascents and descents, loose rocks and narrow single-track paths. The trail is strenuous and is only recommended for fit and experienced trail runners. Cape Nature is restricting the number of entrants to protect the environment so don’t take too long to think about it. Entries are closed for the 17 October run.

There are 5km and 11km off-road mountain trail run options available on the 17th October Theses trails are set in the mountains surrounding the picturesque village, where the terrain is varied and the routes include cool water crossings and breathtaking views. With lots of singletrack paths through fynbos, the 11 km and 5km routes are rated as mildly technical and is open to anyone over the age of 12 years.

The 20.5km trail has a minimum age of 18 years and has some steep climbs and descents and requires trail running fitness.

All entries are strictly limited and only pre entries are accepted. For further information and entry forms, log onto http://www.targetevents.co.za/. No entries will be accepted on the day.

The races all start and finish at the Greyton Lodge Hotel, situated in the heart of the village and offers superb country accommodation for your weekend stay.

Medals will be given to all finishing runners and thanks to our sponsors, fantastic prizes are up for grabs from Sportsmans Warehouse, First Ascent, von Geusau Chocolates, Falke, USN, Salomon, Montrail, Buff Headwear, Revite and Island Tribe
For further information contact info@targetevents.co.za

Greyton Lodge celebrates 25 years anniversary

Greyton Lodge celebrates 25 years anniversary and 5 years with Bói and Villi. Come celebrate with us Friday, October 2nd at 5pm. and enjoy the local runaways performing unplugged acoustic music; classical, blues and everything in-between.
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Dinner after the concert with some classic dishes that was on the menu 1984 when the lodge was founded. Reservation essential.

Tertius Meintjes Photo exhibition

This photographic project is an exploration and the celebration of the breaking down of boundaries and the positive dynamic this creates. UNITED PEOPLE is a humble attempt at reflecting the beauty in diversity and the perfect potential in all of us. Hopefully making a small contribution to encourage understanding and tolerance. This project attempts to reflect the perfect beauty in all, compassion through honouring each other in the knowledge that our destiny is one and he same

He went back to Berlin, and thus started a journey through Germany and most parts of Europe during 2003/2004 and part of 2005. Tertius travelled to other parts of the world during this period but regularly returned to Germany to continue his work on the project.

ACTOR & WRITER
Tertius has 25 years experience in theatre, film and television.
He studied BA Drama and Literature at the University of Pretoria and started working professionally in his second year.

His theatrical highlights include Alan Strang in Equus for which he won a VITA Award for Best New-Comer and Dis Seker Die Honde which he wrote, directed and produced for the Grahmstown Festival. This production played to critical acclaim in Johannesburg.
Tertius won a VITA Award for Best Actor in Jobman, a feature film directed by Oscar Nominated director Darryll James Roodt and Best Supporting Actor for his role opposite Whoopi Goldberg in Serafina, also directed by Darryll James Roodt.
Other highlights in his career include playing opposite Martin Sheen in the Floating Outfit, opposite Kerry Fox in Friends and opposite Sydney Poitier and Michael Caine in Madela and De Klerk.
Tertius won the Best Script Award for M-NET’s New Directions (The Pink Leather Chair)

PHOTOGRAPHER
Because time is out there, eaten by light.
-Norma Cole, “Spinoza in her Youth”
After three years in a leading role in “Isidingo” (The number one daily drama in South Africa) and becoming a popular household name, Tertius decided it was time for a major change. Seeking a new challenge he returned to his first passion.
A man’s work is little more than a journey through his life, in order to rediscover (through the detours of art), those two or three great but simple images that first found access to his heart.
-Albert Camus

Photography and the nature of light was something that fascinated him from an early age. Growing up on a farm in a remote part of South Africa Tertius got his hands on a faded Basic Photography manual and a primitive box camera while rummaging through a pile of rubbish that his father was about to burn. He build his first primitive darkroom at the age of twelve and continued to explore the intriguing relationship between time and light, seeking to capture that single ‘magical moment’ as reflected by the human condition, ever since.

Chris Tokalon Live at the GL Theatre

Don’t Tune Me – I’ll Tune You
One man music comedy show

“If music be the food of love, play on”
“Laughter is the best medicine”

At Greyton Lodge, Friday 7th August 20:00pm Tickets R70 sold at Greyton Lodge

A Wacky one-man show, where you get to see Chris abilities to imitate instruments, people and himself, using a multi-tracking pedal which creates a backing band – all played by him! Music and Comedy by a one-man beat box orchestra who also plays real sax, flute and a spaceship.

Christopher Tokalon is a musician, composer, performer, sound therapist and recording artist. He has played sax and flute since 1979 in a wide variety of jazz ensembles, musicals and cabarets, as well as being constantly involved in and performing local original music with bands and artists such as Peto, the Jazz Hounds, Steve Newman, Tony Cox, Drum Cafe and his own world music project, Soulbird.

Also with the nickname the Marvelous Mouth he presents a one man comedy show entitled “Don’t Tune Me, I’ll Tune You”, in which he is known for his astonishing ability to mimic musical instruments, birds, animals and people in performance.

He has developed a natural ability for overtone singing and creating evocations of natural sounds as part of a Sound therapy process. About ten years ago Christopher started specializing in Sound Journeys, a process where “passengers” lie down and receive a wonderfully calming, energizing sound bath. The effect of this cellular massage is to shake loose stress and trauma and create a balance between body, mind and spirit. Journeys can be done for groups or individuals and Chris has taken literally thousands of people on transformational Sound Journeys.

Christopher is also an expert in facilitating interactive music sessions and performing inspirational music and comedy for teambuilding in corporations, on holistic retreats, children's playshops and as a supplement to other workshops. He has produced two CDs of specially composed music for relaxation and upliftment. His work has received acclaim from therapists, health journals and basically everyone who has been on a magical sound experience with him.CHRIS “THE MARVELLOUS MOUTH” TOKALON presents “DON’T TUNE ME – I’LL TUNE YOU”

You might have seen him in recent years alongside Steve Newman and Tony Cox as a saxophonist, flautist and funny front man in the musical comedy "Don't Tune Us - We'll Tune You"; imitating instruments and impersonating a couple of well-loved public figures with hilarious results. He returns to the stage with a solo show, quite aptly titled "Don't Tune Me - I'll Tune You!" This is where he gets to show off and combine all his talents as a comedian, musician, composer, sound therapist and whacky, walking windbag – in this highly entertaining show he calls himself ‘the Marvellous Mouth’ because of his astonishing abilities to mimic musical instruments, people, birds and animals. All these skills are put to good use in a dazzling array of musical events and ‘tunes’.

The show consists of snappy and witty comedy, in various accents and characters, which are accompanied by his ‘tunes’, that display an unbelievable range of vocal gymnastics. This is all woven together with a nifty technical device called the DD20 Loop Sampler; a foot pedal which enables Christopher to record or loop his voice live in front of his audience. He adds layer after layer of bass, drums, guitar, trumpet etc., etc. and all the sounds are produced from his big fat marvelous mouth.

Basically he multi-tracks himself to create his own backing band and then adds on vocals and lyrics which contain silly and /or inspiring messages which are funny and potentially life changing to the listener. Some tunes have no silly lyrics in them, instead they have melodic and haunting interwoven melodies from vocals, sax and flute. Sax and flute are his real life instruments which he mastered when he was a more ‘serious’ musician. His show is suitable entertainment for any celebration or event, private or corporate and it appeals to all age groups. It is child friendly as well! Two popular sayings will endorse this show; “If music be the food of love, play on” and “Laughter is the best medicine”. So as he says, “Don’t tune me – I’ll tune you!”

christopher@wam.co.za

072 220 3736

Intntnl : +27 72 220 3736

http://www.soundman.co.za/

Blues evening concert

THE GREYTON LODGE PRESENTS

GREYTON GOT THE

BLUES

WOKE UP THIS MORNING?
GOT THE BLUES FIXIN' TO DIE?
WANNA LAY YOUR HEAD ON THAT LONESOME RAILROAD LINE?
OR WORSE- FEEL LIKE JUMPING INTO A GREYTON POTHOLE?

RATHER HITCH A RIDE TO THE GL BARRELHOUSE FOR
REAL MISSISSISSISSISSIPPI AND CHICAGO BLUES

WHEN? SATURDAY 5 SEPTEMBER, 7 PM

EACH PAIR OF TICKETS COMES WITH A FREE BLUES CD, RECORDED RIGHT HERE! PROCEEDS TO GREYTON RED CROSS

TICKETS: R80

Special parole granted for the evening, to:

Jane 'Muddy Feet' Gaisford, Steamin' Michelle Holloway, Malcolm 'Leaky Pipes' Devine, Flash 'Tash Carter, the Tinker Taylors, Deaf Dave, Geoff 'Gimme a Double' Palmer, Paul 'Licorice Stick' Williams, Alex 'Head Butt' Carswell, Mitch 'Coolstix' Tunnicliffe and The Blue Dawes...top

METHS, PAINT REMOVER AND GUTWASH ON SALE

TICKETS FROM RED CROSS OR PAY 'AVALANCHE' BÓI OR 'ICEPICK' VILLI AT THE DOOR

Enquiries: Dave 'I got a real bad feeling about this' Jackson 082 853 4771

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THE BLUES PRIMER (with a little help from my friends)

EVERYTHING YOU'VE EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE BLUES

(to prepare you for the BLUES JAM on Saturday, 5 September at the Greyton Lodge)

LESSONS 1 TO 3

1. WOKE UP THIS MORNIN' (THE OPENING LINE OF MOST BLUES SONGS)

You have to wake up this morning in order to sing the blues tonight. If you didn't, you're a little bit of er, history. Your epitaph will read: HERE LIES (see lesson 3)- DIDN'T WAKE UP THIS MORNING'

2. QUALIFICATIONS TO SING THE BLUES

You may sing the blues if :

You shot a man in Memphis

You're blind
You can't be satisfied
You're down to your last buck

Not if:

The man in Memphis lived
Your woman came back (especially with assets)
You were once blind, but now can see
You marry and become contented and watch TV

You have a trust fund

3. BLUES NAMES

Good Blues names:

Joe, Big Mama, Blind Lemon Bessie, Little Willie, Rosie, Lightnin' Etta

If your name is Cecil, Coenie, Chalmers, Paul, Malcolm, Boi, Kazik, Abdul, Natasha, Pamela, Gay, or Leonè, you can't sing the blues, no matter how many men you've killed in Memphis.

Next Week: Blues drinks, where to have the blues, how to write a blues song.

REMEMBER-GREYTON GOT THE BLUES-GL ON 5 SEPTEMBER AT 7PM

Free Greyton Blues cd with every two tickets purchased

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THE BLUES PRIMER (with a little help...)

EVERYTHING YOU'VE EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE BLUES, Part 2

(to prepare you for the BLUES JAM on Saturday, 5 September at the Lodge)
Lessons 4-6

4. BLUES DRINKS

If your mama gives you petrol to drink, that's the blues. Here are some other blues drinks:
Bourbon, Sourmash, Whiskey, Muddy water, Embalming fluid, Greyton water (but then you gotta be fixin' to die)

These are NOT the kind of things you drink when you're fixin' to die:

Perrier, Johnnie Walker Blue Label, Blended wheatgrass, Chamomile tea, Lismore wines, von Geusau Hotshots

5. WHERE TO SING THE BLUES.

You may sing the blues in a barrelhouse, dodging a bullet from your girl's husband, walking on the highway, in the jailhouse or on the back of a horse with a noose around your neck.

NOT here: In an Ashram, the Cape Grace, the opening of any Greyton art exhibition, over a health breakfast at Via's, .

6. HOW TO WRITE A BLUES SONG.

Start with 'Woke up this Mornin'.
Add a trouble statement, eg 'Greyton got no lights'.

Repeat these two lines in case you're singing to 'Deaf Lemon Johnson'.

Start to resolve: 'Got a real bad feelin'
and then clinch with, 'Somebody gonna start some fights'

Warning: You may not get away with: You stole my wife,
You horse thief, you...

REMEMBER-GREYTON GOT THE BLUES at the GL ON 5 SEPTEMBER AT 7PM

Free Greyton Blues cd with every two tickets purchased
Proceeds to Greyton Red Cross

CueCumber Jazz Concert Live in the GL Theatre

Saturday 6th June 2009, 7:30pm

Hailing from the foot of Table Mountain, Cape Town, CueCumber Jazz is deeply rooted in the Rhythm and Harmony synonymous with Jazz. The band's repertoire moves from Swing, to Latin, to Modern Jazz and Funk, encompassing improvisation as a key factor in their music. With a diverse group of talented musicians, CueCumber Jazz blends music styles with unmatched finesse. With Gemayel on drums, Zanelle on trumpet, Merrilou on piano, Deon on Electric Bass/Double Bass and Craig on guitars, this Jazz quintet is guaranteed to get you swinging' at your corporate/private function!

They have played mainly corporate functions but have extended their performance to a more public scene. With a huge successful run of a Show called “all about love” hosted in Pinelands. They were the featured band at the Overberg Wine Route Book launce. Playing songs from George Benson and Ernie Smith to Latin standards. The band were one of the Top bands at the German October Fest this year.

Tickets R50, sold at Greyton Lodge



Here’s a short biography on the extremely talented musicians that make up Cuecumber Jazz.
Craig Victor – Lead Guitar Craig has started to play the Guitar under the tuition and mentorship of Alan Yon at the age of 16 in 2006. Since then, he has ventured into the vast depths of music. Having being poisoned by his Father's love for Jazz as a kid, Craig has developed a taste for fine music - and now he bleeds these untold stories of black slavery, from which Jazz was born. In 2007 Craig initiated the first ever Jazz band at Bellville Technical High School, named Legacy. The name is self-explanatory, and thus they've made history. One year later, and he's half way through the Certificate Programme at The University of Stellenbosch, studying Classical music. Craig has also been elected to be the Jazz Guitarist for The Stellenbosch Youth Jazz Band and has represented the university at the Standard Bank National Youth Jazz Festival held in Grahamstown annually. That's right, only one year later, and he has performed alongside an endless list of Cape Town's young Jazz musicians, as well as legends such as Robbie Jansen. Craig continues to study music and the Guitar, and aspires to experiment with different genres, art forms and artists: teaming up with Joshua Prinsloo and the gang of Green Room Collective to explore Fine Art as a genre of music. With that said, one cannot deny one's roots and Craig wishes to thank Cuecumber Jazz for granting him the opportunity to once again, delve into the vast depths of Jazz from which he, as a Guitarist, was born.
Gemayel Kroukamp – Drums / Manager
Gemayel started his music studies at the age of 4 playing classical guitar and piano. At age 12 he discovered the drums, which he fell in love with.
At the age of sixteen he played drums for major stage productions such as FAME and Grease. During this period he also played for numerous Gospel bands in and around the Overberg region.
During 2005 he started playing Jazz with a number of Big Bands in Cape Town, developing a new love for Jazz. Some of the Jazz performances were with the Austrian Jazz quartet Six Tension on their Cape Town tour. He also performed with various Cape Town musicians such as Jeff Weiner, Mike Laatz and Ed Kirkwood. It was always his dream to play in his own band, This dream was realized with the creation of a hot and exciting new band called Cuecumber Jazz.
Zanelle Stipp –Trumpet / Synth
Zanelle started having music lessons at the age of 5 and over the years tried and tested many different instruments. She eventually found “the one” and fell in love with the trumpet.
In 1998 she pursued her studies at the South African College of Music (UCT). While studying, she became a member of the UCT Big Band under the direction of Prof Mike Campbell, became a member of the National Youth Jazz Band in 2000 and performed at many festivals in and around Cape Town, such as the Grahamstown Jazz Festival and Joy of Jazz Festival. She also performed with the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra on many occasions. She completed her BMus and BMus Honours Degrees in trumpet performance at UCT in 2003.
She has developed a great love for Jazz which grows more and more as each second ticks by…and is loving her hot new band!
Deon Kallis - Bass

Deon started the electric bass in 1994 and spent a few months at the Jazz Workshop under the tuition of Spencer Mbadu. He studied clarinet at the Battswood Arts Centre in 1997 and switched to the soprano and tenor saxophones soon after. After a few years playing tenor saxophone in the Athlone Academy of Music’s Big Band, he currently plays bass guitar for the Connelly Big Band and the Fascinationz Band.

For a sneak preview of the band please visit :
http://www.facebook.com/pages/CueCumber-Jazz/30072052212

http://www.cuecumberjazz.com/

Friday afternoon with Jane Gaisford

Jane Gaisford performs live music at Greyton Lodge, Friday 20th May, 5:00pm

Our local Jane Gaisford plays a bit of classical guitar, but mostly her own compositions, many of them acoustic guitar instrumental pieces and there are a few of her own songs thrown in. She has produced one CD which will be on sale at the show. She has played at music festivals and venues all around SA over the years.

Boby Dylan evening in the GL Theatre

Bob Dylan songs and poetry performed by Dave Jackson and the usual bunch of suspects. Dress up as one of Bob Dylan characters and win a prize. Saturday 11th April 7:30 pm. Tickets R40 sold at the door.

Live at Greyton Lodge - Daniele Pascal - Amour

International award winner and popular French chanteuse Daniele Pascal performs at Greyton Lodge on Saturday 18 April 2009 with her new show AMOUR. This evocative production is a celebration of romantic love songs. Fans will enjoy new interpretation of a repertoire ranging from American standards such as the man I love, somewhere over the rainbow to French Café music. Songs of Gilbert Becaud, Eartha Kitt, Patricia Kaas, Charles Trenet and Marlene Dietrich and many more will feature. Daniele is accompanied on piano by Pieter du Plessis. Tickets R100 Show at 4pm. Bookings: Tel 028 254 9800 info@greytonlodge.co.za