Yasuo Shinozaki @ Medindi Manor

We are honoured to have Yasuo Shinozaki staying at Medindi Manor in January and February. Yasuo lives in London with his beautiful wife and children. We enjoy having Yasuo stay with us and enjoy listening to so many interesting stories and things happening behind the scenes of a conductor and the concerts. If you want to know more about Yasuo and his concerts, you can visit his website www.yasuoshinozaki.com.

He will be conducting a few more times with other famous musicians. His next performance will be on the 9th of February at City Hall 20h00, to book tickets go to www.cpo.org.za.

Some questions I asked Yasuo:

1. What do you like most about being a conductor?

Firstly, I love the orchestra sound and I’m happy to make music with the orchestra musician. This is a big pleasure and exciting for me to create something with many people. And it’s always memorable and impressive for me to meet many countries’ people.

2. Is there any thing you don't like of being a conductor?

I tried to find it but I could not find anything. Oh, I found one thing. I hate an airplane. It’s just boring for me to stay on the aircraft for a long time.

3. How many times have you been to South Africa, and how many of those times was it to Cape Town?

I’m coming to SA about every half year and staying two or three weeks each. This is my third visiting to Cape Town. I’ve been in Johannesburg four times and Durban five times. SA is a wonderful country because of nature and good people!!

4. How many hours to put in everyday for training?

The conductor can not practice at home. Can you imagine that the conductor is practice at the front of mirror ?? Strange, isn’t it ? But I’m studying the score (music note for conductor) every morning and often continue it in the afternoon at home. If I have a rehearsal, I study the score in the early morning. This is not too easy since I have to stand at the front of 80-100 professional musicians without any practice.

5. Why do you keep coming back to Medindi Manor? "his answer was...

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*Cape Argus Pick n Pay Cycle Race Special*

The Pick n Pay Cape Argus 2012 is around the corner and we are just as excited to be apart of this race as all 35 000 cyclists are.

Being minutes away from the airport and City Centre, our accommodation is ideal for that well rested night and early morning wake up.

For this special event we are delighting our guests with a pre-loading-pasta-dinner night and making breakfast available earlier than normal for the race day.

We want to make your race a memorable one, so gear up and book with us, so you can be ready!

For more information contact us on        021 686 3563 or email us on reservations@medindimanor.com

      

Come and see our Natural Wonder!

TABLE MOUNTAIN has made all South Africans very proud, when recently it was awarded one of the Top7 Natural Wonders of the World.

This flat-topped mountain in the heart of Cape Town has so much to offer to the tourist and locals. From the cable car taking you up to the top, showing you breathe taking views and priceless memories to hiking up the steep mountain trails and walking through the unique fauna and flora it has to show.

The Cable car is a great and easy way to go to the top, going up in a car that turns 360 degrees so one can see from every angle. On top of the mountain there is a restaurant where you can grab a bite to eat or just freshen up. Well paved paths lead you on a tour all around the top where you can see up close all the unique and endangered Cape fynbos, growing wild. Animals common on the mountain are "dassies" a rock hyrax and also some porcupines, mongooses, snakes and tortoises.

Hiking on the mountain is a lot fun for those feeling energetic. Some trails are fairly easy and there are some tough trails for the more experienced hiker. The trails are well laid out and easy to read and follow. Seeing all the beautiful plants and rock formations up close and feeling that satisfaction after reaching the top is priceless.

When faceing the mountain from the waterfront's side you will see Devil's peak on the left and Loins head together with signal hill on the right. You will be in for a treat when reading about the stories on Wikipedia or other sites of how these mountains got their names.

If you haven’t been to see Table Mountain or experienced what the mountain has to offer, you are missing out! So get traveling, get down to Cape Town and come and see this Natural Wonder for yourself.

The Gwagwa Family from Umzinkulu, KZN

We were once again deligthed to have the Gwagwa family staying with us. It's great to see big families like them going on holiday together and having so much fun as a family. Great example for everybody to take and make the best of family time.

( Gwagwa family: Babalo, Cleta, Thembeka, Balongile, Sive, Vuvu, Sithobile, Bhobho, Mava and Zondi with Medindi staff: Mamalema, Blessings, Kedebone,Zyanda and Vincent)

Thank you Gwagwa family for staying with us and brining your friendly and fun sperit with. We look forward to seeing you next time. Safe travels and let us know how its going!

                                                                                                                               

                                                                                                             Regards,  Medindi Staff