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The Tranzac is a non-profit member supported community organization with a
focus on promoting arts, music and theatre. The TRANZAC (an abbreviation of
Toronto Australia New Zealand Club) also works to
promote and support Australian and New Zealand culture in Toronto.
Out of this Spark will be celebrating its second anniversary this January with at the Tranzac on Saturday January 10th. Out of this Spark (OOTS) is an independent record label based out of Toronto.
The labels first release was the Friends in Bellwoods compilation in January of 2007, which was a benefit for the Daily Bread Food bank and has raised over $11,000 for the fight against hunger in Toronto. Out of this Spark also released The D’Urbervilles full length-debut We Are the Hunters in February 2008, Forest City Lovers’ Haunting MoonSinking in March of 2008 and Jenny Omnichord’s children album of duets, Charlotte or Otis : Duets for Children, Their Parents and Other People Too. 2009 will see OOTS release Timber Timbre’s self titled album on January 13th.
The label’s entire roster of the Forest City Lovers, The D’Urbervilles, Jenny Omnichord and Timber Timbre will be performing at the show. DJin throughout the evening will be Bahai Cassette.
Admission is $8 with a non-perishable food item or $10 without. Doors are at 8 PM. For more information about Out of this Spark visit their website at http://www.outofthisspark.com.
Toronto’s Andrew Vincent will be releasing his latest Rotten Pear at the Tranzac on Friday January 23rd.
Andrew Vincent has been converting the doubtful with his brand of frank, simple narratives and witty wordplay since he started laying songs to tape years back as a student at Waterloo. As enthusiasm grew for his songs, Vincent began playing out in local cafés and such, and before long, To Thine hit the streets on cassette. As popularity for the cassette grew, To Thine found its way to disc while Andrew Vincent made the move to the Ottawa and began preaching to the people with voice and five-string guitar.
With time, Vincent longed to rock and thus steered toward electric tendencies, enlisting various Ottawa ne’er-do-wells as his backing bands. The Pirates were soon formed, with the late Ian Tolton (now Bryan Curry) on bass and Scott Terry on the traps, breathing new life into the Ottawa rock scene. The Pirates dropped I Love the Modern Way in the summer of ‘04. Andrew moved to Toronto to work on his PhD and has been working on his new album ever since.
The album release show will take place in the Southern Cross Lounge at the Tranzac at 10 PM and admission is Pay What You Can.
Featuring songs of fruit, flowers, wood, and love by:
WAX MANNEQUIN
MANTLER
GRAVITY WAVE
HENRY A. SVEC (Canadian folklorist and song detective)
In celebration of our 4th and 5th wedding anniversaries, we bring you a night of musical entertainment, inspired by the customary gift-giving themes: fruit/flowers and wood.
For those of you who missed the other parties, here's a recap:
The Rock 'n Roll Wedding at the Gladstone's ballroom:
Elliott Brood, Castlemusic, Great Lake Swimmers, Lullabye Arkestra with Nick Taylor, The Quiet Revolution, Rich Burnett, Rock Plaza Central
Rock 'n Roll Anniversary (Paper) at the Tranzac:
Great Lake Swimmers, All-Slavic Pessimist Choir, Sandro Perri and Eric Chenaux, Charles Spearin (Do Make Say Think), Purple Hill, The Quiet Revolution, Castlemusic with Mark Sasso (Elliott Brood), Rock Plaza Central.
Rock 'n Roll Anniversary (Cotton) at the Rancho Relaxo:
The Soft Disaster, The Phonemes, Rock Plaza Central.
Rock 'n Roll Anniversary (Leather) at the Tranzac:
Jonasson, Deep Kisses/Lullabye Arkestra, Mantler, Rock Plaza Central.
The 4th anniversary (Fruit/Flowers) and 5th anniversary (Wood) are being celebrated this year as a double-whammy! Hope to see you there.
Dress is semi-formal. Do it up. Cover is $5
The TRANZAC is supported by the efforts of volunteers, and there are plenty
of opportunities for people who want to help out at the club. We have particular need
for people who can help with the maintenance of the clubhouse (electrical, plumbing,
carpentry, HVAC, etc), and our grounds (parking area and the front garden area).
Some other areas include membership development, fund raising, volunteer coordination, and the newsletter. If you are interested in volunteering to help out around the club in any way, please send an e-mail to info@tranzac.org, with the word "volunteer" in the subject line.
The TRANZAC board of directors has also been working to secure sources of funding with the goal of improving the state of the clubhouse facilities. We are currently preparing applications to various agencies that provide capital funding to community and cultural groups.
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