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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.
The Fly Cloud Folk club will be celebrating their 25th anniversary at this year’s cloud fest which will be held on Saturday May 31st and Sunday June 1st.
In addition to the season’s end celebration the cloud will be presenting Quebecois folksters Genticorum on Sunday May 4th. On Sunday May 11th Mariposa and the Cloud present Debra Cowan and Ian Robb. You can get a sneak peek of the Mariposa line-up for this year and hear some of what they have in store on Sunday May 25th.
For more information on the Flying Cloud Folk Club and for more details on their upcoming events visit their website at, www.flyingcloudfolk.ca.
Lily Frost will grace the Tranzac’s Main Hall stage on Saturday May 15th.
A rare bird from Canada's musical woods, Lily Frost is inspired by spiritual exploration, human relationships, achieving the impossible, and long espressos. A serious musician who plays her own guitar and writes all her own songs, she's released 8 albums to date (including her work with seminal lounge group The Colorifics). Her work is cinematic, blending film noir, stark minimalism, cinematic images, and coruscating, soul-stabbing honesty.
Raised by born-again Christians, she drank too much and drove too fast and knew by age 16 all she ever wanted to do was sing. Restless as an artist and a person, she bounced from Montreal to Vancouver, looking for new styles, new ways of being, and new sounds. She joined the "lounge" scene—but hers is a talent that could never be bound by a single decade or style or schtick.
Her newest album, Cine-Magique, made with her husband, By Divine Right's Jose Contreras, is a masterpiece of moody melodies, soaring singing, and cinematic images.
Also performing that evening will be Paul Linklater and My Divine Light a lo-fi set from Contreras. Doors for the show are at 8 pm with music starting at 9.
For more information about Lily Frost visit her web site at http://www.lilyfrost.com/.
The Chris Langan weekend will be held at the Tranzac on the weekend of May 23-25. This event is dedicated to the memory of Chris Langan and his tireless promotion of the traditional arts of Ireland.
Chris Langan (1915-93) was an inspiration to a generation of younger Canadian musicians. Arriving in Canada in the mid-1950s, he brought with him rich connections to Irish music and language. An accomplished piper, in Ireland he was pipe-major of a well-known band based in Rush, Co. Dublin. As a teenager he was a competition step dancer and later he learned both whistle and uilleann pipes. One of his teachers was the now legendary Irish piper and pipe maker Leo Rowsome
The weekend begins with a Friday evening concert, and continues on Saturday with classes in all manner of instruments, including uilleann pipes, fiddle, tin whistle, flute, and accordion. A gala concert will be held on Saturday evening, followed by a ceili (dance) and music sessions at the Tranzac.
Tickets for each event can be purchased at the door, and weekend passes are available. Check the website at www.chrislangan.ca for full details.
The NAGs will be presenting their next production, a Victorian Style Music Hall on May 2nd, 3rd ,8th and 9th.
An evening of song, dance, stories and comedy sketches; come out and sing along to some of your favourite standards, and enjoy their unique brand of humour in a traditional Music Hall setting.
The show begins at 8 pm and tickets are $15 or $12 for students, seniors and Tranzac or NAGs members. For more information visit the NAGs website at www.nagsplayers.com.
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.
If you have been searching for the perfect spot for Sunday brunch, stop searching and stop by the Gourmet Sunday Brunch at the Tranzac.
Only $10 will get you eggs benedict or florentine with either champagne and orange juice or coffee with irish cream.
Sunday brunch runs from 11 am to 4 pm with live music at 2:30 pm
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