NEWS
Mean Ronnie Woodman
and Punk Yodel Anarchy
at Neue Liebe Cabaret
On March 30th 2008 Vroni and Band played the Neue Liebe cabaret night at the Voodoo Rooms.
Mean Ronnie Woodman, as famous for his Blues and Boogie Woogie piano talents as for his grumpy attitude, was accompanied on electric guitar by Tall Andy Anaconda (of Sara and the Snakes), and the Mystery Rhythm Man who turned out to be Cammy the Man of Orkestra Del Sol ...
The big Bluesman was followed by Punk Yodel Anarchy entertaining the crowd with Bavarian Pigsong and Yodelkunst.
[Punk Yodel Anarchy - photo: Eric Swanepoel]
pictures of the night
Nikolaus visits Tollcross
On the 6th of December 2007 a very special visitor came to Tollcross. Nikolaus and his helper Krampus arrived to give presents to the children. He brought a Golden Book in which was noted how well the children had behaved over the year. Even though Krampus was a bit scary for some children, it was a happy evening, thank you Nikolaus and Krampus for visiting!
[Dec 6/07 - photo: Erin Maguire]
more information about Nikolaus and Krampus
more photos
Outstanding Amateur Competition
in September 2007 Yamaha and The Pianist Magazine chose Vroni as one of the Semi-Finalists at their bi-annual competition to find the best amateur pianist in the country. The categories are classical and jazz, and the prizes are £10.000 towards a Yamaha piano. Vroni had entered under Jazz, and made the journey to the Milton Keynes Yamaha headquarters to play the semi-finals.
[Berlin Neukoellner Dom - photo: Christine Mueller]
Scottish Parliament Photo Competition
Two of Vroni's images were chosen to be exhibited in an exhibition at the Scottish Parliament. The exhibtion features winners of a competition to cover the Opening Ceremonies of the Third Session of the Parliament on 30th of June 2007. The greatest feat was to persuade Sophie to pose with nine axe-wielding Vikings from Shetland.
read article on Parliament Website
[Sophie and the Vikings - photo: Vroni Holzmann]
Neue Liebe in Leith
Bavarian Tradition Songs were performed as part of the Leith Festival at the Neue liebe Night in Leith, Queen Charlotte Rooms 7/6/07. When calling for volunteers it was Vroni's lucky night : there was a Bavarian maiden in the audience...!
Neue Liebe is a cabaret night with diverse performances ranging from poetry and music to the burlesque dancing of the Gipsy Charms.
[Sepplhut - photo:
Peter Merridew]
Publication of Double Take Booklet
A Booklet with photography and statements from 'What is my future?', the Double Take exhibition, is now available at Word Power Books.
buy the booklet
read booklet review
What is my future? - a booklet published by BabyPhotographie
[Eve - photo: Vroni Holzmann]
online exhibition coming soon
What is my future?
Double Take exhibition opens
What is my future ? The Double Take exhibtion has now opened at the Ocean Terminal. Photographs and statements of the participants are showing for the next five weeks on the 2nd floor of the Ocean Terminal in Leith.
The exhibition will run from the 28th of January until the 4th of March 2007.
The exhibition has been mentioned in a column by Vicky Allan for the Sunday Herald Seven Days Magazine on 11/2/07.
[Sue and Danny - photo: Vroni Holzmann]
read Vicky Allan's take on impending motherhood here
Tour of Europe 2006
The Tour of Europe was a street piano adventure. In 5 and a half weeks 16 cities were covered and the piano loaded and unloaded until no-one wanted to load no more. Vroni has recovered but is still playing Susi's Diner in West Nicholson Street, the Veggie place that has the best food in town.
Her little piano is soon gonna go into winter hiding, hopefully to a charming French restaurant where she will play no french music, but yet more ragtime, once a week. Read about this tour in an article by the Sunday Herald published 29/10/06.
[Linz/Austria at the Danube - photo: Guenter Touschek]
Tour of Europe News
Tour of Europe 2006 in pictures
Double Take
A big thank you to all participators of Double Take! You and your babies were great. Vroni is now preparing the exhibition and looking into more funding to hopefully turn this project into a support programme.
Double Take is a project supporting mothers and their babies. For those who feel vulnerable after having a baby Double Take offers the opportunity to meet other mums, learn about photography and take away a portrait of their baby for free.
At the moment
there are no more spaces available on this programme but hopefully it will be possible to set it up as an on-going support to new mothers.
[Mia and her mum - photo: Vroni Holzmann]
Wood Scapes
all photographs are taken around Edinburgh, at Newbattle Abbey Grounds, the Innocent Railway and the Meadows. They are meant to have a calming and relaxing effect, the way trees naturally would. The photographs have been printed onto linen in order to give them texture and allow the material its own individual structure.
The hard wood framed photographs combine photographs of maple
tree bark framed by maple wood and cherry tree branches framed by
cherry wood, the frames made by Vroni especially for this purpose.
[Wood Scapes3 - photo: Vroni Holzmann]
Lady Veronique
Lady Veronique made her first appearance at this year's Victorian festival in Portobello, Edinburgh. She is a keen pianist although in her day it is not very proper to work in this profession. Lady Veronique has been hoping to find a rich bachelor at one of the parties she is invited to, but has not gotten lucky yet. So she will have to keep playing her ragtime piano in order to suppport little Miss Sophie who is very dependent on her mother's fortunes. Lady Veronique can be the life and soul of a party but in her heart she has the sadness of a bygone era gone forever.
[Lady Veronique and Miss Sophie - photo: Erin Maguire]