November
Our November meeting got under way with lovely arrival music played by John Beale on his Yamaha Keyboard. Many thanks for this John. It is not easy to do with everyone chatting and getting organized.
Laurie Conder was our first entertainer playing his Roland Keyboard. He played "Amazing Grace"and "Alley Cat"
Catrina Lin - who is one of Jessica Chen's pupils entertained us on her accordian next and was indeed very sweet and played beautifully.
Jimmy Puppyn came next with a very nice arrangment of "Pennies from Heaven"and " Come Fly with me"on her keyboard
Next we had a special treat in Tina and Cindy Yang who are Piano pupils and neighbours of Dorothy's. They each play two lovely pieces.
Robin Brown was next playing piano "Bach's Prelude"and "True Love" Repeating "True Love" and playing along with John Stent in his Jazzy style!
Allan Dadson gave us a lovely version on Piano of "If you love Me" and "Feelings"
Dorothy Waddell finished the afternoon with a great performance of "The Cloisters" The setup she had was amazing showing what can be done with our Clavinova Piano. At times one would think she was playing Organ! Great one Dorothy.
Afternoon tea was once again a very chatty affair, as everyone seems to look forward to a good chat before settling down to our Guest Artist Kane Steves.
Kane played first on the PA1X " Tears from Heaven" then moving to the PA 588 Portable Piano
He played a great range of tunes for us "Endless Love" "Hooked on a Feeling" Saving all My Love" "Cabaret" "All of me" ending with "Silent Night" and "Wishing you a Very Merry Xmas"
Nov 16, 2010
Oct 30, 2010
October 2010 Meeting
Barbara McNab played "Sailor" and "Bolero"
Peter Littlejohn then represented the Takapuna Keyboard Club playing "Suspicious Minds" and a Medley of "After the Loving" and "Can't Smile without You"
Vince Keene then representing the Organ Society of New ZealandPlayed on Piano "it isn't fair" " Again" and We've Only Just Begun"
Dave Hallam then concluded our first half of the afternoon with "Alexanders Ragtime Band""Harlem Nocturn" and "What a Wonderful World"
Sep 15, 2010
September 2010
Another successful afternoon was held on Sunday 12th September with Club members Playing the first half of the afternoon:
Arrival music was thanks to Allan Powell. Very nice to listen to thank you Allan
Colin Crann played " Love is Here to Stay" & " Sunday Kind of Love" on Piano
Jimmy Puppyn entertained us with I've Got the World on A String" & "Unexpected" on her Yamaha Keyboard
Marlene Forrest and Phil Briscoe then played a very nice Duet "Thunder and Lightening" Well done to both of them. This was on the Yamaha 407 Piano.
Des Rouse again on Yamaha Piano played " Sailing" and What Kind of Fool am I". Nice choice of songs Des!
Gordan Sutherland played on his Korg PA1X "Walk Away" by Matt Munroe and " Let Me Try" Very nice they both were Gordan.
Barbara and Rob Powell finished the afternoon with the following:
"Caromea" played by Barbara on her Tyros 2
"Seperate Tables" by Rob on the Piano
"Bathing Suit never got Wet"
and finally they played a duet of " Lets face the Music " and "Cheek to Cheek"
The Raffle for the afternoon was a lovely Pastel Painting done and donated by Jimmy Puppyn
Thank Jimmy. This was won by Ken Mahe
The Second half of our afternoon was a delight as we enjoyed the talents of Andy Cochrane on both the Piano and Tryros 3. There was no movement from the audience, from begining to end of his performance as everyone really enjoy his music. A selection of the songs enjoyed were: "Danny Boy" "Satin Doll" "Fly me to the Moon" "Selection from Swan Lake" " Pink Panther" and Piano Man".
Hope to see you back again next year sometime Andy.
Another successful afternoon was held on Sunday 12th September with Club members Playing the first half of the afternoon:
Arrival music was thanks to Allan Powell. Very nice to listen to thank you Allan
Colin Crann played " Love is Here to Stay" & " Sunday Kind of Love" on Piano
Jimmy Puppyn entertained us with I've Got the World on A String" & "Unexpected" on her Yamaha Keyboard
Marlene Forrest and Phil Briscoe then played a very nice Duet "Thunder and Lightening" Well done to both of them. This was on the Yamaha 407 Piano.
Des Rouse again on Yamaha Piano played " Sailing" and What Kind of Fool am I". Nice choice of songs Des!
Gordan Sutherland played on his Korg PA1X "Walk Away" by Matt Munroe and " Let Me Try" Very nice they both were Gordan.
Barbara and Rob Powell finished the afternoon with the following:
"Caromea" played by Barbara on her Tyros 2
"Seperate Tables" by Rob on the Piano
"Bathing Suit never got Wet"
and finally they played a duet of " Lets face the Music " and "Cheek to Cheek"
The Raffle for the afternoon was a lovely Pastel Painting done and donated by Jimmy Puppyn
Thank Jimmy. This was won by Ken Mahe
Hope to see you back again next year sometime Andy.
Aug 20, 2010
August Club Day 2010
Our mid winter Club day on August 8th was very successful even on a very chilly afternoon.
Our club entertainers were Allan Dadson with a lovely version of Candle in the Wind played on our new Piano.
Marlene played next on Piano followed by Taka who played his new Yamaha keyboard fitted with a full pedal board.
Laurie Conder finished off the first half with a request session taking requests from the floor.
Afternoon tea was served and then Dave Hallam was our Guest Artist for the second half of the afternoon.
Dave choice of Music as always was enjoyed by us all. He started with "Puttn on the Ritz" followed by "In My Life" by the Beatles. Lots more followed including " Into the West" from Lord of the Rings, "Meditation" which he played on the 407 Clavinova.
"When your Smiling, "Harlem Nocturn", " Just in Time" and many more .
Our club entertainers were Allan Dadson with a lovely version of Candle in the Wind played on our new Piano.
Marlene played next on Piano followed by Taka who played his new Yamaha keyboard fitted with a full pedal board.
Laurie Conder finished off the first half with a request session taking requests from the floor.Afternoon tea was served and then Dave Hallam was our Guest Artist for the second half of the afternoon.
"When your Smiling, "Harlem Nocturn", " Just in Time" and many more .
Jul 12, 2010
July Meeting
Our July afternoon commenced with some very nice easy listening arrival music played by John Beales on his
Korg Keyboard.
On this cold but sunny afternoon it was great to see a good number of members and some Guests at the Club.
Our own club members played for the first half of the afternoon. First up was Skip Eade who played on his Korg PA1X "If" and "Maggie". Next came Marlene Forrest who played for us on our New Yamaha Clavinova CPV 407. Marlene played "Air on a G String" and " Puppet on a String".
Jimmy Puppyn on her Yamaha Keyboard was next with "The Good the Bad and the Ugly" and " I Wish You Love".
Barbara McNab followed with "Mood Indigone" and "Send in the Clowns".
We then listened to Peter Littlejohn playing his PA1X Korg Keyboard, singing along to his own music. His choice of songs were "Stumbling In " and "Angels".
Colin Crane wound up the first half, again on Piano with "When I wish Upon a Star", " What Kind of Fool am I" and "You Need Me"
After a welcomed Hot cup of tea or coffee we continued our afternoon with our Guest Artist Chris Larking, who of course is well known to us all and a very popular Guest at the club at any time.
Chris also bought along a lovely friend Aria who sang some very lovely songs finishing with "Stormy Weather". Hopefully we will hear more of Aria in Months to come.
Chris continue in his usual wonderful style on our new Piano, commenting that he thought it a great asset to the club as he thought the quality of the sounds was a least twice as good as our CVP 303 which we have had for a few years and was well up with the lastest technology when we purchased it.
Technology is cerainly moving along and the Pianos are getting better and better.
It was a fun afternoon enjoyed very much by all
Korg Keyboard.
On this cold but sunny afternoon it was great to see a good number of members and some Guests at the Club.
Our own club members played for the first half of the afternoon. First up was Skip Eade who played on his Korg PA1X "If" and "Maggie". Next came Marlene Forrest who played for us on our New Yamaha Clavinova CPV 407. Marlene played "Air on a G String" and " Puppet on a String".
Jimmy Puppyn on her Yamaha Keyboard was next with "The Good the Bad and the Ugly" and " I Wish You Love".
Barbara McNab followed with "Mood Indigone" and "Send in the Clowns".
We then listened to Peter Littlejohn playing his PA1X Korg Keyboard, singing along to his own music. His choice of songs were "Stumbling In " and "Angels".
Colin Crane wound up the first half, again on Piano with "When I wish Upon a Star", " What Kind of Fool am I" and "You Need Me"
After a welcomed Hot cup of tea or coffee we continued our afternoon with our Guest Artist Chris Larking, who of course is well known to us all and a very popular Guest at the club at any time.
Chris also bought along a lovely friend Aria who sang some very lovely songs finishing with "Stormy Weather". Hopefully we will hear more of Aria in Months to come.
Chris continue in his usual wonderful style on our new Piano, commenting that he thought it a great asset to the club as he thought the quality of the sounds was a least twice as good as our CVP 303 which we have had for a few years and was well up with the lastest technology when we purchased it.
Technology is cerainly moving along and the Pianos are getting better and better.
It was a fun afternoon enjoyed very much by all
Jul 5, 2010
Volume 19 Issue 6
June/July 2010
May Meeting
Thanks to Ken Wootton for playing the arrival music on our brand new Clavinova CVP407. This meeting marked a very special occasion for our oldest member Marjory Allison who turned 100 years old on 19 June. We have now made her an Honorary Member– she joins ranks with Peter Torckler (not that he is 100 yet, mind you).
Then the program ran as follows:
Chelsea Lumb - My Immortal (Clavinova)
Alan Dadson - A Nightingale Sang in Berkley Sq and Plaisir de Amor (Clavinova)
Rob & Barbara Powell - Just Another Polka (Clavinova/Tyros 3 duet)
Lonely Shepherd (Barbara– Tyros 3) That’s All (Rob– Clavinova)and Simple Melody (Clavinova/Tyros 3 duet)
Dave Hallam - Pieu Jesu, All of Me and Moonlight Serenade on our new Yamaha Clavinova CVP407. The instrument plays and feels wonderful!
After tea we welcomed Guest Artist Marian Burns. Well– what a show. This lady is a genius on her violin and provided us with an absolute smorgasbord of melodies which were accompanied by excellent backing tracks. I feel certain in saying that Marian held everyone’s attention for every single minute that she played. Our thanks to her for providing a superb 45 minutes of entertainment enjoyed by all.
Future Programme for 2010
AUGUST Dave Hallam
SEPTEMBER Andy Keys
OCTOBER Sheryl Clarke
NOVEMBER Kane Steves
June/July 2010
May Meeting
Thanks to Ken Wootton for playing the arrival music on our brand new Clavinova CVP407. This meeting marked a very special occasion for our oldest member Marjory Allison who turned 100 years old on 19 June. We have now made her an Honorary Member– she joins ranks with Peter Torckler (not that he is 100 yet, mind you).
Then the program ran as follows:
Chelsea Lumb - My Immortal (Clavinova)
Alan Dadson - A Nightingale Sang in Berkley Sq and Plaisir de Amor (Clavinova)
Rob & Barbara Powell - Just Another Polka (Clavinova/Tyros 3 duet)
Lonely Shepherd (Barbara– Tyros 3) That’s All (Rob– Clavinova)and Simple Melody (Clavinova/Tyros 3 duet)
Dave Hallam - Pieu Jesu, All of Me and Moonlight Serenade on our new Yamaha Clavinova CVP407. The instrument plays and feels wonderful!
After tea we welcomed Guest Artist Marian Burns. Well– what a show. This lady is a genius on her violin and provided us with an absolute smorgasbord of melodies which were accompanied by excellent backing tracks. I feel certain in saying that Marian held everyone’s attention for every single minute that she played. Our thanks to her for providing a superb 45 minutes of entertainment enjoyed by all.
Future Programme for 2010
AUGUST Dave Hallam
SEPTEMBER Andy Keys
OCTOBER Sheryl Clarke
NOVEMBER Kane Steves
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