CREATIVE KEYBOARD CLUB AUGUST 2013 MEETING
Marlene Forrest was our MC for the occasion and the arrival music was played by Carol Littlejohn who just happened to be in the vicinity after a long absence. Lovely to hear you again Carol. Our Birthday girl was Diana Drineen and Thank You Diana for the lovely cakes at afternoon tea!John Beales started us off on keyboard with 'Just One More Chance' and 'What a Wonderful World'. Very nicely played John
Following on was the dynamic duo of Phyl Briscoe (piano) and Marlene Forrest (keyboard) who played 'I Don't Know How To Love Him'. A long absence Phyl but you haven't lost your touch. Phyl then played the stirring 'God On The Mountain' on keyboard. Thank you both
Diane Lyons then played some toe tappers on keyboard including 'Hey Look me Over', 'Put On A Happy Face', 'Mr Sandman', 'You Belong To Me', 'Sweet Georgia Brown' and then sung along to her 'Thoroughly Modern Millie'. Thank you Diane
Shirley Smale played 'Stranger In Paradise' and 'Perfidia' on Tyros. A lovely choir effect there on the first one Shirley ... Thank You
Mary Barrett then gave the club organ a rare airing with 'I Do Love To Be Beside The Seaside' and a medley of 'Lazy River', 'Bare Necessity' and 'Diamonds Are A Girls Best Friend'. Mary hopes to be back to give the organ an airing every so often.
This was followed by Carol Littlejohn on the Tyros 4 with an Elvis and Rock 'n Roll selection of popular songs ... amongst them 'Can't help Falling..', 'Rockin' Robin', 'Rock Around The Clock' and 'Green Door'. We thank you again Carol ... you know you are always welcome at the CKC!
Afternoon tea was followed by our Guest Artiste professional Jazz pianist Ben Fernandez. An assortment of songs including 'Blue Moon', 'Autumn Leaves', 'Yesterday', 'The Sound of Silence', some Frank Sinatra standards and as it just started to rain ... 'Singing in the Rain', 'Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head' and 'Summertime'. Finishing this bracket with 'Tico Tico' and 'We'll Meet Again' and showing off his amazing talent. Ben's son looks to be following in his footsteps before too much longer
Ben sharing his talent and we hope to see you back at the club in the near future
