>Nanette Scriba is a true local heroine around here.

She was born here, her Dad was organist at the Johanniskirche and she lives bang in the middle of the Old Town.

Can’t get much more authentic than that.

She’s best known for her interpretation of French chansons and also for her own compositions.
Seen her frequently at concerts at the Rheingau Music Festival over the years and she combines a youthful freshness with a biting sense of satire. And a writes a good melody.

But I didn’t know that she paints, too.
Until we got the invitation to the vernissage yesterday in the Frankfurter Hof, that is. (Second time there this week – Paul Carrack last Wednesday).

So off we toddled – normally free nibbles and bubbly, which is always useful – to join significant chunks of what passes for high society in Mainz (which excludes us, I hasten to note) who turn out when there’s free nibbles and bubbly on hand.

And a good evening was had by all. My mate Peter Krawietz was on hand to read the laudatio, Nanette sang a few ditties, free bubbly and pretzels from Peter Ditsch, (how did I know..?) and some very good watercolours of the Cap Verde islands.

Pretty impressive stuff.

But crikey, I wish she’d put on some weight.

Talk about skinny!

She”ll need to watch out when she goes swimming – boaties are going to mistake her for a channel marker….

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