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lani groves at irene mall in september 2011 bloemfontein , south africa lani groves lani hair , wearing glasses and playing a cello . groves , a caucasian female with dark brown matthew groves 2012 lani_groves . jpg lani groves
 university of pretoria lani van der merwe teacher , musician , actress
lani groves

lani groves was born in bloemfontein in 1980 .
a musician by trade , she began playing the cello and singing at five years old .
lani performs regularly at musical events across the gauteng region in south africa .
in 2004 , lani played a bar-lady in `` the res '' by franz marx , after which she played various characters for south african television programmes such as `` society '' , `` 7de laan '' and `` kompleks '' for the kyknet channel .
from 2006 to 2011 , lani formed one quarter of the band `` electro muse '' - now known as `` the muses '' ; an electric string quartet .
lani also previously played as part of band `` ménage à trois '' as well as performing regularly as a backing artist to a number of other musicians .
in 2009 she starred in a locally produced film `` the dykumentary '' for the out of africa film festival .
in 2011 , lani featured as a cellist and backing singer on laurie levine 's third album `` six winters '' and contributed to a band called `` tango loca '' specialising in argentinian tango and french cafe style music .
in 2012 lani became a semi-permanent partner to laurie levine at live events , shows and gigs .
in 2012 , alongside actor and musician tiaan rautenbach , lani formed a new band called soozie and the cheesewagon , specialising in acoustic blues .
