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Jan Viljoen


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Pretoria, South Africa
Post  Posted 31 Oct 2021 10:53 pm    
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Hi folks, You know by now I am from South Africa.

On Saturday a bunch of musicians had a music festival with about 80 musicians and more than 200 attendees.
We had 3 stages to accomodate them all.

8 Banjo players decided to get together and play a song, led by Andre Stander and a backing band.
Now please note we all play plectrum banjo, none can play the five string.

Actually there were 6 full scale banjos, a 3/4 and I played the banjolin.

I hope all can get the link and watch this nice get together.


https://www.facebook.com/100005246385503/videos/185376757093897/
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Jan Viljoen


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Pretoria, South Africa
Post  Posted 31 Oct 2021 11:51 pm    
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Here is another song we did at the festival.

https://www.facebook.com/100005246385503/videos/3240972749482083/
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Jan Viljoen


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Pretoria, South Africa
Post  Posted 31 Oct 2021 11:55 pm     Banjos in South Africa
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More of the banjo squad.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/562173460618362/permalink/2059718617530498/
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Andrew Roblin

 

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Post  Posted 1 Nov 2021 4:49 am    
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Nice!
I've never seen a Framus plectrum before. Great to see and hear two of them, along with the other banjos.
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Jan Viljoen


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Pretoria, South Africa
Post  Posted 1 Nov 2021 8:12 am    
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Thanks Andrew, most are Framus banjos as they are relative cheap.
The Rand/dollar exchange rate is very bad for us, so we have to take what we can.

My banjolin and the 3/4 banjo are Gallo models from England.

Our culture is slightly different from the US players.
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Alan Brookes


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Brummy living in Southern California
Post  Posted 1 Nov 2021 10:25 am    
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It must have been a lot of fun. I wish I could have been there.
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