Local musician and Kingswood teacher, Johan Pretorius, will be performing at the last concert of the Grahamstown Music Society series for 2011. Here Grocott's Mail puts the trumpeter under quickfire.
Local musician and Kingswood teacher, Johan Pretorius, will be performing at the last concert of the Grahamstown Music Society series for 2011. Here Grocott's Mail puts the trumpeter under quickfire.
What’s your greatest ambition in life?
To be a great husband and dad.
How does Grahamstown rock for you?
Grahamstown rocks? No seriously – Grahamstown rocks in whichever way you want it to rock.
If there was one thing that you could change about Grahamstown, what would it be?
The unpredictable weather.
If you could be mayor for a day what would you do?
Buy a huge generator.
Tell us something about you that nobody else knows?
Not a chance!
What’s your most embarrassing moment?
Trying to jump over the tennis net after a match in high school to impress the girls – my foot got stuck!
What are you reading at the moment?
“Deception Point” by Dan Brown.
Who are your top three dinner guests?
My 3 boys.
What is your favourite recipe?
Lamb knuckle “Potjiekos”. I was born in the Free State.
What is your favourite CD?
Bach Cello Suites played by Yo-yo Ma.
If you were stranded on a desert island what three things would you take with you?
A bottle of good brandy, a pocket knife and my trumpet.
If you could come back as a cartoon character who would you be?
The “Tramp” in “Lady and the Tramp”
