Attendance 32:
Steve Crozet, Phil Raath, Concord Nkabinde, Kerry Hiles, Doggit, Glenn Haggis, Kai Horsthemke, Basil Byrne, Dave Askes, Sylvester Majola, Martin Simpson, Trevor Muller, Nippy Cripwell, Gerhard Kok, Gerrie Lubbe, Coleen, Jason Green (and girlfriend), Dawie Beukes, Andre van Zyl, Dylan van Zyl, Dewald Alplumb, Ken Byrne, Mike Meiring, Michael Brown, Gabriel Olusegun, Vernon Hodgetts, David Jenkins, Judy Foxcroft, Kathy van Rensberg (and friend) & Mario De Camillis

This was a first joint meeting with the South African Guitar Players Association (SAGPA), for 2005. This was also the first recital evening of a series of recitals planned for the year.

Gerrie welcomed everybody on behalf of SAGPA & SABPC. He spoke a bit about how great it is that we have a broad representation in terms of musical styles & backgrounds. How beautiful it is to share and learn from each other in this way.

Gerrie then introduced the first Performer, Kerry Hiles. Kerry is a Bassist/Singer/Songwriter who has been involved in many musical productions around the country. She is great with singing whilst playing intricate bass lines. Kerry has a beautiful & unique singing voice. She performed material from her debut solo CD which she has just released, independently. CDs are available directly from Kerry.

Gerrie then introduced the next performers, Philip Raath & Dawie Beukes. From the word go. you
could tell they were going to have fun, and fun is what they gave. The material they chose was from the “boeremusiek” genre of music. Philip played mainly melodies and Dawie held down the rhythmic and harmonic structures. The music went through serious & funny moments.

The final performance that Gerrie introduced was Kai Horsthemke & Mike Meiring, with guest appearance by Kathy van Rensburg. These are quite experienced musicians, who have played all sorts of different styles. That also came through in their selection of material and the execution thereof, which went from Blues to Jazz to Folk and anything in between. The pieces were all original and involved a lot of improvisation. They experimented a lot with dynamics and moods.

This was the first of many more recital evenings to come.