Santa Paws Charity Fundraiser

admin — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 20:22:20 +0000

Cardigan Buzz played at the Santa Paws Charity Fundraiser on 7 November 2010 at the Conservatory in Franschhoek. The event was to raise funds for the Uitsig Animal Rescue Center. We had a grand afternoon and it felt good to do something for our furry friends.

“On behalf of the Santa Paws Lunch Fundraiser team we would like to extend a sincere and heartfelt thank you to everyone who attended the event on the 7th November!

I am sure you will all agree that it was a huge success and hopefully a good time was had by all. We are delighted to report that we raised in excess of R37,000 for this most worthwhile cause! In addition to this, you will remember we asked you to bring along a gift of food or blankets for the animals. These gifts filled the Uitsig Animal Rescue bakkie to the brim – thank you to all who gave so generously.

Please don’t forget the animals over the next few months – this is of course traditionally the busiest period for animal shelters, when so many unfortunate pets are abandonded or discsarded by heartless owners who have lost all conception of the true meaning of the season.

Once again thank you all and may we wish you “Happy Holidays”.

The Santa Paws Team”

Flipside Records Songwriting Competition

admin — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 19:34:21 +0000

THE Sound Studio in Milnerton was abuzz recently when southern suburbs band, Cardigan Buzz, won the Flipside Music song writing competition. 6 Days Later took second place while My Simple Superhero came in third. Cardigan Buzz is made up of Alex Benning (keyboards/vocals/accordion), Pete Woodbridge (cajon, hang, guitar, percussion), Callan Wolff (bass), Andrew Hoare (nylon guitar), Bruce Fereday (saxophone) and Caely Jo Levy (vocals).

The six are all part-time musicians and the band was started in 2006. Benning and Woodbridge have been friends since their school days when they played together in a marching band. Hoare joined them at a later stage, bringing the element of classical guitar to colourise the sound.Wolff joined in 2007 and Cardigan Buzz started performing gigs. At first they occupied a regular Sunday slot at Roots in Observatory, and then Bertha’s in Simon’s Town. They soon realised their brand of swing was marketable to young and old people alike and started doing a mixed bag of corporate events and functions. Fereday and Levy got on board and the band did a road trip up to Knysna for the Gastronomic Festival, and a Raw Food event.

They are currently working on new material and plan to release a demo including all six members of the band this year. Cardigan Buzz describe their style as swing, folk, jazz and blues with room left open for improvisation. The song they won the competition with was titled “Mr Zoo”. Wolff explains that the music and lyrics for songs are usually written individually
but the intricate musical qualities are contributed collectively by the band.