This is an ideal show for those who don’t normally attend classical music concerts.

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Three bands in a Volkswagen sprinter, the Afrikaans first timers in the cramped front row seats, a dodgy driver called Silas and some very long hours was enough to get some high-five’s all around after such a long time (it’s a musician thing).

A half-empty afternoon show doesn’t exactly scream ‘intimate atmosphere’, but Shannon Hope manages to command the audience’s attention from the moment she sits behind her piano.

“A friend of mine Swarovsky crystalled my ‘precious lady’, and it shined like a disco ball.”