Creative 5 Eclectic is Stephen Vogler’s baby. And a proud papa he is, as he should be, with his latest performance series bringing down the house during TELUS. A diverse crowd packed the upper lounge at The Players Chophouse in Creekside. Away from the crowds and chaos of the Village, we settled in for an evening of poetry, beat-boxing and god knows what else. “All hell could, and probably will, break loose at any moment” Vogler promises, before leading the audience to howl at the moon for this Full Moon Edition of Creative 5 Eclectic.
Mr. Vogler led the performances with his entertaining and humorous prose. “Poetry is NOT fun” he insists with a comical beat. I beg to differ, Stephen. Accompanied by Rajan Das on the stand up bass, they have my complete attention. This. Is. Cool.
Garnet Clare of Animal Nation brought his musical stylings to the stage and entertained the group with a heartfelt and hilarious rendition of his song ‘Bacon and Eggs’. Any guy that can sing that passionately about breakfast food is good in my books.
I ran into the Whistler ‘Twitterati’ (accurately self dubbed, these guy ARE the Twitter scene in Whistler) and we all agreed that it was great to see a new and different kind of creative gathering at TWSSF, outside of the Village. And C.R. Avery had us all riveted from the first beat-box. Sex, drugs and the spoken word might have gotten this artist in ‘trouble’ in the past, but we were all more than happy to sit and give him our complete attention, like children in a daycare sitting on the floor with our chins in our hands and naughty grins on our faces. A mixture of Spoken Word, Blues, Hip-Hop and Rock N Roll, Avery’s unique performance had us laughing, cheering and singing along. ‘My life is based on a true story’ we all sing, while his signature beat-box harmonica, twanging banjo and belting poetic verse blows our minds.
Fingers crossed that C.R Avery pays us a visit again, because he put this baby to bed.
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