Greyton 16th Annual Rose Fair
26 – 28 October 2007
Rose Fair and Greyton photographs supplied by Mr Sakkie Buys
PROGRAMME
FRIDAY 26 OCTOBER
12h00 – 16h00
Staging of the Rose Exhibition in the Anglican Church Hall. The theme of the exhibition this year is “A Greyton Garden”.
17h00
Judging of the Rose Exhibition
17h00 Art Exhibition at the Greyton Gallery (Inside Story premises), art by Carol Gibbs and Michelle Holloway
17h00 – 19h00
Music at the Greyton Lodge - local talent
17h00
Art Exhibition at the Lintern Gallery, with local artists Chiv Lintern, Gail Polwarth, Ken and Annie Law. Come and enjoy a glass of wine and view local talent. Oak Street, off Main Rdopposite Osmans.
18h00
Art Exhibition at the Marina Aguiar Art Studio, 21 Queen Street, called "A Rose by Any Other Name".
19h00
Presentation of Rose Exhibition Prizes at The Oak & Vigne
Cafe
19h00
Art Exhibition at Scarlett Gallery
19h00
Pre-viewing of Art to be auctioned at the Greyton House Art
and Wine Auction on Saturday night at David Kuijers Gallery
(Oak & Vigne Café)
19h00 – 22h00
Live performance by Cape Town Tango Ensemble at The Oak
& Vigne Café, also Food, Drinks and Dancing (more info below)
19h00
Visit participating open galleries and shops.
Enjoy a meal at one of the restaurants – book early to avoid disappointment
SATURDAY 27 OCTOBER
09h00 – 16h00
Viewing of Rose Exhibition and flower arrangements in the
Anglican Church Hall and Church
09h30 – 10h00
Opening Procession – arrival of Miss Rose and Entourage in
step with Brass Band
10h00
Official opening of the Rose Fair by Mayor Clr Chris Punt
10h00 – 15h00
Rose Fair Market. More than 100 arts, crafts and food stalls, such as hand-spun yarn by the “Genadendal Spinning and Weaving Ladies”, Duncan’s roses, the Red Cross Book Stall, jewellery, cheeses from Concordia, Lappiesland Honey, etc.
10h00 – 15h00
Wine Tasting, presented by Greyton House, with a large number
of wine estates participating, live music, etc. in marquee on
tennis court (more information below)
10h00 – 15h00
Spaider and horse cart rides, around village and to view open
gardens
11h00 – 15h00
Live music at The Oak & Vigne Cafe with Overberg legend
“Piano Ben” (more info below)
10h00 - 15h00
Kids activities at the Market Square - Greyton House invites children of all ages to test their limits on special fun survival course - Certificates of Merit will be awarded to each worthy survivor! Also buskers, music and otherfun events.
12H00
High Hopes Concert series - sopranos Kathy Neuland and Lente Louw will be singing an ode to nature in the beautiful High Hopes garden. (more info below)
15h30 "Relax and Smell the Roses", a programmme of Classical Music at the Dutch Reformed Church. Mark Spence on Organ and Paul Williams on Clarinet (more information below)
17h00 Greyton House Art & Wine Auction: Viewing and
Registration.
18h30
Greyton House Art and Wine Auction, with entertainment by
Three Tons of Fun, Michelle Thomas, Bulelwa Cosa and Sthe Mfuphi.
20h30
Greyton Lodge Theatre, David Alder and Sindi Harrison in “We Remember Them Well – a Tribute to Late Great Performers of our Time”. (more info below)
Enjoy a meal at one of the participating restaurants – book early to avoid disappointment.
SUNDAY 28 OCTOBER
10h00
View Rose Exhibition in Anglican Church Hall. Interdenominational Thanksgiving Church Service
11h30
Live Music at The Oak & Vigne Café - cellist Tobias Kotze (more info below)
The Greyton Rose Fair is staged by the Greyton Senior’s Centre as their main fundraiser to enable them to provide free meals for the needy.
MORE INFORMATION
OAK & VIGNE CAFé - Cape Town Tango Ensemble, on Friday night 26 October 19h00 – 22h00
Get in the Mood for the Greyton Rose Fair with the sounds of the Cape Town Tango Ensemble, on Friday night 26 October.
So put on your dancing shoes, come do the Tango, the real one, or your own interpretation, be it “sakkie-sakkie” or “lang-arm”, or come and sit back “on the Vigne side” and listen to the unbelievable rhythms of one of the best Tango Ensembles in the country.
The Cape Town Tango Ensemble, started by Stanislav Anguelov, specialize in Argentinean Tango ranging from the old fashioned Classical Tango style from the first half of the 20th century up to the present day Tango “Nuevo”. They released their CD “El Tango en Africa” a few years ago and have become very popular on the South African Tango dance scene. The Trio consists of Stanislav Anguelov (accordion & bandoneon), Jacek Domagala (violin) and Albert Combrik (piano)
The Oak & Vigne Courtyard will be transformed into a carnival-like venue with food and drinks for sale, and the restaurant will also host the presentation of the Rose Exhibition prizes.
Scarlett Gallery will be participating in this carnival and the artworks that will be auctioned at the Greyton House Art and Wine Auction the following night can be viewed at the David Kuijers Gallery in the Oak & Vigne courtyard.
MUSIC AT THE OAK & VIGNE - PIANO BEN FROM 11:00 TO 15:00 ON SATURDAY
Overberg legend “Piano Ben” will be performing at the Oak & Vigne Café between 11 am and 15h00 on Saturday, providing “cool” background music for diners. Ben specialises in sophisticated, classic swing, music that could be classified as “light jazz, easy listening”, in the style of Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole, Tony Bennett etc. Also expect to hear music of Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Noel Coward and the show tunes from the Broadway and West End musicals.
HIGH HOPES GARDEN CONCERT - SOPRANOS KATHY NEULAND AND LENTE LOUW ON SATURDAY AT 12H00
Dont miss this very special concert! Compiled as an ode to nature by Greyton's favourite opera divas, Kathy Neuland and Lente Louw. This soprano and mezzo duo will perform a concert of opera arias, duets and Lieder, "scented" around roses, flowers and springtime.
Lyric soprano Lente Louw a former student of Werner Nel and Emma Renzi, established herself in Potchefstroom as a Lieder interpreter and also in a variety of opera roles. Mezzo soprano Kathy Neuland studied at Stellenbosch University and the Julliard School of music in New York and has performed as a soloist with the Stellenbosch University Orchestra and the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra.
Book your seats now and feast your senses on these glorious voices, a tasting of rose wine and an exhibition of exquisite jewellery. Tickets are R60-00 for students, pensioners, children and R80-00 for everyone else.
CLASSICAL MUSIC AT THE DRC HALL, SATURDAY 15h30
"Relax and Smell the Roses", a programmme of Classical Music at the Dutch Reformed Church. Mark Spence on Organ and Paul Williams on Clarinet
Mark Spence is 19 years old and began studying the piano at the age of 7. At 12 he won a music scholarship to Bishops College and is now at UCT studying Piano under Prof. Fitch and is also studying for a BSc in Engineering.
He has played piano with the Cape Town Philharmonic and had a recent debut at the Baxter Concert Hall.
Paul Williams has been playing the Clarinet since a teenager in London and in the fifties he studied under the principal clarinet player of the Royal Philharmonic, Basil Tchaikov. He served his national service in the Band of the Greenjackets among who’s duties was the occasional Banquet and Garden Party for the Queen and Queen Mother. In the nineteen sixties he moved to South Africa and played second clarinet in the Natal Philharmonic and the (then) Salisbury Philharmonic in Rhodesia. He has played many types of music part time since then including four years with the Jonny Cooper Big Band.
There is a fifty year age difference between these two musicians which will illustrate that music is a great leveller.
MUSIC AT GREYTON LODGE - Saturday, 27 October at 20h30
Sindi Harrison and David Alder at Greyton Lodge
The Greyton Lodge presents David Alder and Sindi Harrison in “We Remember Them Well - a Tribute to Late Great Performers of our Time”. This highly recommended performance takes place in the New GL Theatre on Saturday, 27 October at 20h30. The entrance fee is R95 per person including snacks, and tickets can be bought from the Greyton Lodge, tel 028 254 9800/9876. Sindi Harrison is a delightful entertainer and actress with years of experience in front of the cameras, on stage and even beside the piano. She has performed as the lead vocalist for a number of top Cape cover bands, had major roles in stage productions such as Grease (Sandy), the Rocky Horror Show
(Janet) and has been the lead image for a number of major national products.
GREYTON HOUSE WINE TASTING
SATURDAY 27 OCTOBER, 10H00 – 15H00
MARKET SQUARE - tennis court
More than 30 exceptional wine cellars, some of them generous contributors of wine for the Greyton House Wine and Art Auction, will be presenting their best for your tasting pleasure and as a bonus, sell their wines at estate prices!
The mood in the marquee tent will be festive - Greyton’s very own musicians, such as Natasha Carter, Christian Strycznsky, Mike and Rosie Taylor and others, will be entertaining you with their Jazzy repertoire and there will be fine Belgian chocolate and local cheeses to tempt you. And of course, there will be roses…to view, to judge and to buy, all against a backdrop of a country village in Spring!
Entrance R30 per person, including a Greyton House wine tasting glass
GREYTON HOUSE WINE AND ART AUCTION
SATURDAY 27 OCTOBER, DRC HALL
Viewing and Registration from 17h30
Auction starts at 18h30
The Greyton House Wine & Art Auction promises to be an evening of fine wine, excellent food and spectacular entertainment. Dynamic auctioneer Joey Burke will be in action, joined by wine expert Mark Howell of Anthill Wines. Wines from no less than 24 wine estates and art by artists such as Frans Groenewald, Derric van Rensburg, Piet Grobler, Frank van Reenen and others will be auctioned, all for a worthy cause.
The hugely popular South African entertainers, Three Tons of Fun will provide entertainment to round off a perfect evening.
Tickets for the event, at R160 per person, 
include a 3-course dinner catered by Greyton’s 254 Restaurant and ample drinking wine sponsored by Majors Hill Wine Estate and The Oak & Vigne Café.
Contact Loretta Tunnicliffe at 083 294 6004.
Beneficiaries of the Wine and Art Auction -
Greyton House Bursary & Capital Expenditure Funds
Feeding Scheme motivated by the Greyton Seniors Club
Included in the formidable auction line-up are:
Wine Cellars
Andy Mitchell Wines
Anthill Wine Estate
Arendsig Hand Crafted Wines
Ataraxia Wines
Bein Wines
Bellevue Wine Estate
Excelsior Wine Estate
Fredine Fine Wines
Jean Daneel Wines
Juno Wines
Lismore Estate Vineyards
Luddite Wine Estate
Milla Wines – Skuinshuis Cellars
Newton Johnson Wine Estate
Oewerzicht Wines
Post House Wine Estate
Rupert & Rothschild Vignerons
Rustenberg Wines
Scali Wine Estate
Sumaridge Wines
Waterford Wine Estate and Von Geusau Chocolate
Wildekrans Wines
Wine Concepts
Artists
Alastair Barnes
Piet Grobler
Frans Groenewald
Theo Kleynhans
David Kuijers
Tracy Lee Lynch
Gert Naude
John Newdigate
Jenny Parsons (above right)
Catherine Paynter
Frank van Reenen
Derric van Rensburg (above left)
Mary Visser (right)
Judy Woodbourne
MUSIC AT THE OAK & VIGNE - TOBIAS KOTZE ON CELLO ON SUNDAY AT 11:30
17 year old Overberg musician Tobias Kotze will be performing at the Oak & Vigne Café on Sunday. Tobias, a member of the University of Stellenbosch Symphony Orchestra, attended master classes in Austria in 2005 and 2006, and has performed as a soloist at various concerts locally and internationally.
Rose Fair and Greyton photographs by Sakkie Buys