Pretoria open mic/get together possibly on cards for tues 31st July

Keira-WitherKay · 2012-06-29T12:39:01+00:00

last night myself and my better half were out for dinner and chatted to the owner of Lucit restaurant in soutpansburg rd rietondale and he is keen to allow the use of his restaurant at NO COST on Tues 31st july so a whole month away .............. there will be NO COUVERT as neither myself nor the restaurant are charging for the venue or organisation , however obviously the restaurant will be supplying food and drinks, they have a room with a stage and wait for it ....a grand piano ........ so a perfect venue just outside Pta city centre ......... with safe secure private parking right so i was proposing a while back to organise a pta open mic so this is me coming good on that promise.......... 1st off the times will be from 7 ish onwards and the restaurant is Lucit restaurant in soutpansberg rd ,rietfontein pta ...... the restaurant is an upmarket one , and will be open for public trade that evening, but there are separate rooms , right lets talk open mic............ obviously being a restaurant and not a club/bar this will need to be a low volume effort ...... so if you ever been to TJ's think that volume............. we will have a stage and a grand piano (for any pianists) and i will supply some mic's and some PA gear , there must unfortunately be rules here , and like with TJ's there will be a time limit per act ............ and i'm afraid volume will be strictly controlled, it does NOT have to be a fully acoustic affair ...electric guitars are welcome , BUT NO OVERDRIVE be it pedals or amp drive will be tolerated .....see this as an 'unplugged" evening yet still amplified ..... ? so doing rock songs acoustically or even with clean electric guitars is cool ........... but because of the upmarket restaurant it isn't appropriate to use distortion/overdrive....... again think what TJ's allows ....... but electric guitars played clean are fine anyone interested in performing please pm me cos it would be cool to set up a list of players ahead of time ...and obviously people can just arrive on the night an sign up too..... and i will post the restaurant phone number closer to the date to allow for table reservations........ if you know this restaurant , it used to be an exclusive set menu restaurant, but has in last 3 months changed to a cheaper tapas style menu , which is amazing and the chef/ownersaid he would put some special items on the menu for that evening so there you have it .......... i have found a venue......... i will supply prob most of the gear, .the date is set (cos the restaurant organises events and this will be one of them..... no couvert charge.......... no one is making money out of this (except for the food and drinks but the venue is available free for the event) so it's good to go now we need you to sign up......... ? all styles are welcome, pop/rock/indie/flamenco /classical/nu folk/country /jazz ........ JUST THE NO DISTORTION/OVERDIVE RULE APPLIES, and 'NO BACKTRACKS WILL BE ALLOWED' IT'S ALL 100% LIVE MUSIC you needn't be a pro or a regular gigging muso to perform it's open to all , so a great way to try gigging in front of a live audience.......even for a 1st time , of course it is a social event as well so if you just wanna come have a light meal and a few drinks and support the muso's and socialise it's all good........ percussionists will be allowed but again no full drum sets unless you contact me and we can be sure you set up before the time and the level your drummer plays at is soft ...... again afraid the one rule is keep it soft ....... or at a moderate level for a upmarket restaurant , and there are residential houses nearby so volume will be strictly controlled . right peeps in and close enough to pta to make the trip............. lets make this happen ,

Keira-WitherKay

time wise ....we hoping to get started by 7-30 latest hopefull before that at 7 ..we will set up this afternoon

PeteM

Have a good gig Keira... would love to be with you guys tonight.

Squonk

Just some pics of the Lucit Open Mic

Ian Brady, all round musician - playing his right handed guitar left handed

Nitebob and Eclectic Duo - What a big voice this little lady had!

Andre Steyn - what a character!

Squonk - Any tips on how to stop sticking out my tongue

Keira and Ian

String Symetry

NorioDS

Nice pics! Glad you were there to take them ? Thanks!

Keira-WitherKay

hey just a huge thanks to everyone who supported the event and then to the performers ian / squonk/nitebob and letitia /conrad and letitia (yes 2 letitia's performed) and andre steyn and norio the MC .......

and to TI distribution for that gorgeous PA system ....wow it was awesome..........

for the 1st event it was in my books a great success, and a good time was had by all ............

now for round 2 in a month or 6 weeks ?

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