Club day November 13^th 2011

Arrival Music was played by Colin Crann on Clavinova Piano  Thank you Colin

Diana Drinean play for us first “Always Something there to remind Me” and “ Our Day will Come”

Colin Crann  came back to play a further two pieces “ Loves Roundabout” and “ Pennies from Heaven”

Ken Mahy on his Korg keyboard then played “ All of Me “ and “ Zing went the Strings of My Heart”

Peter Jackson then change the theme and sang two numbers while his keyboard played along with him. These were “ Till You come Again” and “ My Xmas List”

Gordon Sutherland came next playing “ Fernando “ and “ You’re My World”

Peter Littlejohn ended the first half with “ All Creatures Great and Small” and “ Medley from  Dirty Dancing”

Guest Artist was Chris Larking from Music Planet playing in his wonderful way on the latest Korg keyboard, he played a mix of well known favourites including My Heart will Go On, Satin Doll, Something, Girl from Ipanema, Superstition (his own arrangement), a medley of National Anthems, The Lady is a Tramp and Circle of Life.
Great to see you back Chris and our thanks to you for sharing today with us at Creative.

A great variety for the afternoon, Thanks to everyone.

Afternoon tea followed with a lovely spread provided by Shirley Smales family on the occasion of Shirleys birthday.  Happy Birthday Shirley.

October 2011 Meeting

The arrival music was played by Ian Jackson and enjoyed by all as he just  progressed from song to song and appeared to be in a world of his own that he was also enjoying.  

Our first on the program for the afternoon was:

Colin Crann Playing the Clavinova Piano. Colin played “ Wonderful” and “ Acorda Amor”. As always very enjoyable.

Noni Walker came next playing for us for the first time. Noni played “ Unforgettable” and “ The Last Waltz” Those nerves didn’t come across very much at all. Well done Noni, we look forward to more!Shirley Smale played on her Tyros 4 two lovely pieces “Love is Many a Splendid Thing” and “ Born Free”. Well done Shirley.

 

Allan Dadson came next with his lovely Piano style playing “ The Floral Dance” and “Musetta Waltz”

Barbara McNab Played also Piano “Singing in the Rain” and I’m Sitting on Top of the World”

Too end the first half of our afternoon Dave Hallam Played “Here there and Everywhere”, “ Singin Safari “ and Caravan” all on Piano.

Well done everyone lovely first half.

Our Guest Artists for the afternoon were Janice Lam and Stephanie Lai from Albany Senior High School. Both Girls played the Piano. Very classical and well played. More in the next newletter about these two talented  young ladies.

September 2011 Meeting

Arrival Music was played by Peter Littlejohn on Piano and a job very well done thanks Peter.

Diana Dreaneen played for the first time at the club and did just so well with no show of nerves she claimed to have! Diana played ' 76 Trombones"and " Pretty Woman"

Alexandra Reekie then played two tunes on her Accordian. Alexandra is practicing for the World Champs coming up soon.

Des Rouse was next up and played a very nice rendition of " Theres a Kind ofHush " and " Only You"

Patrick Liu aged 14 another Accordian player and World Champs competitor was next with "Schon Rosmann" and " Night Express" Good luck to both these Accordianists.

Tina Yang a pupil of Dorothy Waddel came next on Piano playing "Apple Blossom" and "In the Church"

Cindy Yang Tina's sister then played " Autumn Splendour" and " Dance in the Firelight" Both these girls are a credit to Dorothy and she must be so proud of them.

Laurie Conder on his Roland keyboard then gave us " My Happiness" and "Wonderland by Night"

Peter Littlejohn finished the first half with " Lady in Red"

Our Guests for the afternoon were numerous. Dorothy had organised this

special second half. Cassandra McC owan showed us her beautiful voice by

singing "Over the Rainbow" and " On My Own"

Sam Ducker sang " Mister Cellophane" and ' The Colours of my Life" Both

were accompanied by Dorothy on Piano. This was so enjoyed by everyone.

Next Cassandra and Sam did a duet " All I Ask of You" and from My Fair Lady

" Wouldn't it be Loverly and Get Me to the Church on Time"

Dorothy then had Vladimir Shapkin Playing his Violin -- " Hungarian Dance No 6 (Brahms)

and Czardas (Monit)

Too top off the afternoon a special guest arrived at 3:45. This was none other than Will Martin. He was just wonderful and such a nice chap. Not minding Requests for photos and was happy to sign autographes. He sang three songs unaccompanied and told a tale or two. Thanks Will.

 AUGUST 2011 MEETING

Many thanks to Alan Powell for providing the arrival music. The meeting then proceeded with the following players:
Colin Crann: What I did for Love and Just the Way You Are (Clavinova)
Jimmy Puppyn : I Got Rhythm and Love Me and the World is Mine Yamaha PSR3000
Peter Jackson: singing Lullaby of Birdland, As Time Goes By and Let There Be You
Ian Jackson: Unforgettable, A Time for Us and Misty (Clavinova)
Alan Powell: The Chance you Took and Isle of Innisfree (Yamaha PSR910)
Alan Dadson: The Red Sarafan and Gymnopedie No.1 (Clavinova)
After tea we welcomed the North Shore Accordion Orchestra as our Guest Players for the day. We were treated to a variety of different players of all ages from tiny tots in the
junior section to seasoned performers in the senior section. Also featured was Jessica Chen and George Xu who played 2 duets together. Altogether a very impressive
performance and we extend our thanks to everyone who played.
Just in passing I felt that the standard of the entire presentation today, inclusive of our own Club performers in the first half, was of a very high level. May this continue in the future!

July 2011 Meeting

 JULY 2011 MEETING

Arrival Music was Played by Shirley Smale on her Tyros 4

 

John Beales  Played " I Know Why"  and " Fly me to the Moon"

Kunni Zang Played for the first time in public "Jeopardy Theme Song" and a Duet with Dave "G Roucrl"

 

Len Osborne came next with "Besame Mucho" and "Amore"

Marlene Forrest then entertained with "New York New York" 

 and "Pink Panther"

Laurie Conder  gave us " Memories Are Made Of This" 

and "Lady of Spain"

Last in the first half of the afternoon came Barbara McNab with" Georgia on My Mind" and Harlem Nocturn"

After a cup of tea and a chat or two our Guest Artist for the afternoon was

 

our own Dave Hallam.

Dave also introduced Joanna Jones who is new to Auckland and she sang some lovely Jazz and Blues numbers.

June 12th 2011 Meeting

Arrival Music was played by Allan Dadson on our Clavinova CVP 305 Piano.

Dave Hallam started the started the afternoon off on Piano

Followed by Rob, Barbara and Dorothy (Silver Swingers) with a program me of Songs from Around the World.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Taka Lido was the final for the first half on his Yamaha D/Deck Electone 2 manual Key board.

The first half was really enjoyed by everyone. Thank you to those

entertainers.

 

Our Second half was the very Popular Vladimir Shilov who plays the Piano in a wonderful style.

We hope Vladimir will be back again in the not to distant future!

 

 

May Meeting

Thanks to Colin Crann for providing the arrival music . We got off to a good start with the program as follows:


Catrina Lin -
Bride and Groom and Oh Susanna (Accordion)


Jimmy Puppyn -
Somewhere out There and Welcome to my World (Korg)


Annabelle Guthrie -
Meditation Thais by Massenet(Clavinova)


Des Rouse -
What Kind of Fool am I and You make me feel so Young (Yamaha PSR3000)


Gordon Sutherland -
Sweet Lorraine and I won’t Dance(Korg)


Peter Littlejohn -
Root Beer Rag and Ballad for Adeline


Dave Hallam -
Nevertheless, Taking a Chance and You’ll Never Know (Tyros 3)


Following teatime Carol Littlejohn (Clavinova), Ian Jackson (drums) and singer Len took the floor presenting a delightful selection of favourites including You made me love you, My Mother’s Eyes, April Showers, He’ll have to Go, St Louis Blues, 12th Street Rag, Dinah, To each his Own, Is it True what they say about Dixie, Mammy and Dark Town Strutters Ball
Our thanks to all three of you for keeping us well entertained today.
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April 2011 Club Day

The afternoon got under way with Barbara McNab playing the Arrival Music on her Tyros 3.

The first 20 minutes was taken up with the AGM which raised no problems and the committee remained for another year.

As is normal on an AGM day we did not have a guest artist, and club members entertained for the afternoon. And a very good afternoon’s entertainment it was!

First up was Colin Crann with “ Ain’t Misbehaving’ and “ For All We Know”

Next came Desire Barrows playing “Prelude” and “ Red Roses for a Blue Lady’

 Jimmy Puppyn on Keyboard gave us “ I Talk to the Trees “ and “Wondering Star”

Robin Brown on Piano gave us “ Endless Love’ and “ Are You Lonesome Tonight”

Dave Hallam then played an arrangement by Robin Brown called “Gifts of Hope” this was really enjoyed. Thanks Robin and Dave.

Allan Powell then entertained with “ Grandfathers Clock” and “ Traveling Light”

Barbara McNab on Keyboard followed Allan playing “ Makin Whoopee” and “ Don’t Get Around Much Anymore”

A change now back to Piano with Allan Dadson playing “ By the Time I get to Phoenix” and “ You Don’t Send me Flowers any More”

To wind up the afternoon Dave Hallam and Rob Powell played a Duet of “ Streets of London”

Creative Keyboard Club March 2011

  March 2011 Club Day

The weather today was rather pleasant for our club day with a nice little breeze coming through the hall.

Our arrival Music was played by Len Osbourne on Keyboard. 

Well done Len, not easy to do with a lot of chatting going on.

Our first player for the afternoon was Katrina Lin on her accordion. She is a pupil of Jessica Chen’s. She is just so sweet and plays so well. We do look forward to seeing her progress.

Next came John Beales with “Can’t take that Away from Me” and “Wait till the Sun Shines Nellie” also on keyboard. Very nice and very much enjoyed thank you John.

Our own Marlene stepped up to the Piano and did a great job entertaining us all with “ Caravan” and “Can you feel the Love Tonight” from of course the Lion King.

Laurie Conder on his Roland Keyboard was next playing 

“ My Happiness” and “ Distant Drums” . The latter came with a story of what the music was about. Most interesting and well played thank you Laurie.

Dorothy Waddell and Friends Julia and Bob Bissett entertained us with piano and songs. “Call Me” , Miss Jones” and another tune 

“ Old Folks”

Last but not least, Dave and his latest Pupil Kate did a duet of 

“ Saturday Night”. Hope we will see a lot more of you Kate! 

 

John Bercich was our Guest Artist for the second half of the Afternoon, and his music was really enjoyed by all. He presented a very varied programme consisting of songs from Jazz, Rock and Roll to Polka and Swing. Thank you so much John . Look forward to a return performance next year!

February 2011 Meeting

 February 2011Meeting

Our first Club of the Year go off to a great start with Jimmy Puppyn playing for the first time the arrival music. Good one Jimmy and a big  thank you.

The program got away with Colin Crann playing “ Come Fly with Me” and “Fooling Myself” .

Colin also came back a little later to play a nice rendition of “ Ain’t Necessarily So”

Len Osborne entertained next on his Keyboard with “ Maggie” and “ Whispering”

Ken Mahy was third with “ The Way We Were” and “ What a Wonderful World”

Gordon Sutherland play two of my favorite pieces that he plays “ Besame Mueso” and “ Morning In Cornwall”

And last but definitely very enjoyable came Allan Dadson with “ Scene D’Amour” and “ Michelle”.

Afternoon tea follow which seemed to create a lot of noise with all the friendly chatter!

Murray Hancox then set up the Yamaha Tyros 4 that he had bought with him and the second half got underway. Though it was a very very hot afternoon, no one minded at all as Murray was in fine form!

He started with “ Cavatina” and wonderful tunes followed:

Whiter Shade of Pale,         Call Me,     Cherish,  Unchain My Heart

 Darktown Strutters Ball (lot of fun with this one)

Californa  Dreaming,          Georgia (with a little help from Dave)

Have I told you lately that I love you,      Winchester Cathedral, and  Day Dream Believer  

 We look forward to Murray gracing our door again soon!

December 2010 Meeting

Well, what a great day we had for our final one for 2010.

The afternoon got away to a great start with Laurie Conder playing some very nice Arrival Music. Thank you so much Laurie.
The Programe then started with:

Barbara McNab playing the first 15 minute slot with "Imagine" "Wonderland by Night"on Tryos 3 and then on the CVP 409 she played "The Swinging Shepherd Blues"and "Oaklahoma Medley'"

Chris Larking then entertained us with the help of Aria (singing) and Ros (on Viola) with a selection on Carols : "Jingle Bells" "Xmas Song" "Silent Night"and "O Holy Night" Thank you to all three of you.

Barbara, Rob and Dorothy then played for us on Organ, Piano and Tryros 3 the following tunes.
1. Beautiful Sunday , 2  Happy Wanderer,  3 Theme from the Titanic  and lastly Spagetti Rag.

Dave  Hallam then finished our first half with his version of "Jingle Bell Rock" "Its Alright with Me" "When Xmas Comes to Town" and  There will never be another You"

After tea, the many Xmas Hamper raffles were drawn making a lot of people very pleased with their wins.

Taka Lida started our second segment on his D-Deck machine  playing great numbers. "Raiders of the Lost Ark" "Theme from Star Wars"and Time to say Goodbye"

Too finish the afternoon a rousing few numbers from Carol Littlejohn on Piano, Ian Jackson on Drums and their friend Len singing. "I'm Dreaming of a White Xmas " "I saw Mummy Kissing Santa Claus" "Rock a Bye My Baby", "My Blue Heaven"and Winter Wonderland"

I'm sure everyone enjoyed this happy afternoon.