Creative Keyboard Club December 2014 Meeting

Creative Keyboard Club December 2014 Meeting

Marlene Forrest was the MC for the occasion and the Christmas arrival music was played by Barbara McNab on keyboard.
Our Program ...
Denise Gunson on clavinova with 'The Christmas Song', 'Spanish Eyes', 'Misty', 'Isn't She Lovely' and 'I Don't Know Why'
Barbara McNab on keyboard with 'Bolero', 'Take 5', 'Mr Sandman' and the 'Downtown Strutter's Ball'
John Cornish and David Palmer (from Settlers) on harmonica's with 'Isa Lei', 'Whistle Down the Wind' and 'Moon River'. They were accompanied on keyboard by Barbara McNab
A sumptuous afternoon tea then followed and the Christmas raffles were drawn ... lots of lovely hampers!

Taka then started the second half on his Double deck Yamaha with 'Te Quila', 'East of Eden', 'Adieus Honana', 'More than a Woman to Me' and 'Princess' (a Japanese number).
Guest vocalist and musician Murray Hancox then entertained with an impromptu selection of songs assisted by Bennie Gunn ('Georgia') and Dave Hallam ('The More I See You', 'Mary's Boy Child', 'Because of Christmas Day', 'I'm Walking', 'Runaround Sue', 'Sweet Caroline', 'Unchained melody' 'Piano Man').  We were soon into overtime and the music just kept coming!

Thank You All - you did a wonderful job in all departments - talent and food sublime!

More photo's of the occasion can be found in the Gallery at the top of the page

A Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to Everyone

 and we will meet back in the New Year on the second Sunday in February

Creative Keyboard Club November 2014 Meeting

Creative Keyboard Club November 2014 Meeting

Marlene Forrest was the MC for the occasion and the arrival music was played on keyboard by John Beale.
Our program ...
Colin Crann commenced on keyboard with 'That Da-Da Strain' and the 'Original Dixieland One Step'
George Markwick on keyboard with 'Just a Song at Twilight' and 'And I Love You So'
Pam Rea on keyboard with 'Till' and 'Serenade'
Laurie Conder on his new Roland keyboard with 'Somewhere My Love' and 'Beautiful Sunday'
Mary Barrett on keyboard with the theme to 'Steptoe' and 'The Lonely Shepherd'
Barbara Powell on keyboard with 'Til Then' and 'Don't Cry for Me Argentina'
Barbara and husband Rob then dueted on keyboard and clavinova respectively with 'Crazy' and 'Quando Quando'.
A good variety for the first half. Thank you all.

Our guest artiste Chris Larking then entertained us on keyboard and clavinova assisted by Dave Hallam for the finale. Songs included 'Shelby' Coming 'Round the Mountain', 'You Are My Sunshine',
'The Lady is a Tramp', 'Black Coffee', 'Sway', 'Yesterday' on keyboard. After donning his new glasses Chris moved on to the clavinova with 'Love of My Life', 'New York City', a lesson in improvisation with 'Twinkle Twinkle', 'The First of May', 'Sailing', 'Le Roy Jones' and then with Dave 'Amazing Grace'. Great to see you back with us again Chris. Amazing as always!

More photos of the afternoon can be seen in our Photo Gallery



Creative Keyboard Club October 2014 Meeting

Creative Keyboard Club October 2014 Meeting

Our MC for the occasion was Marlene Forrest and the arrival music was played on keyboard by Peter Jackson.
Program ...
Roz Bissett on her keyboard with 'Tangerine' and a medley of  'Where is Your Heart' and 'Tenderly'
8 year old Hana Tani on clavinova with 'Line Dance of The Tulips'
Mother Yuko Tani also on clavinova with 'I Need to be In Love'
They then dueted with a Schubert waltz
Barbara McNab on her Tyros with 'Witchcraft' and 'Making Whoopie'
Rob Powell on clavinova with 'She' and 'More than Ever' (featured recently on Call the Midwife)
Roy Steen on his keyboard with 2 rousing marches 'Strike Up The Band' and a 'Stars and Stripes Forever' medley
Denise Gunson on clavinova with 'Moon River' and 'Just The Way You Are'
Ian Jackson finished up our first half with 'Somewhere Over The Rainbow' on clavinova
Thank You to all our players - you all did a wonderful job.

Our guest Lionel Reekie and daughter Alexandra then took to the stage with their piano accordions. Alexandra is currently fundraising for her trip to the World Accordion Championships in Austria where she will be competing. Lionel played some amazing tangos and Latin numbers including 'Quando, Quando, Quando', 'Jealousy' and 'Crazy'. They dueted and Alexandra then dazzled us with a polka and a couple of jazz numbers. Alexandra like her father, is a truly talented performer and showed us why at the age of 13 she has just won both the NZ and Australian Accordion Championships (in her age group). We wish her all the best with the Worlds! Lionel then ended a wonderful afternoon with the perennial 'Now Is The Hour'.

More photos can be found in the Photo Gallery

Creative Keyboard Club September 2014 Meeting

Creative Keyboard Club September 2014 Meeting

The MC for the occasion was Marlene Forrest and the arrival music was played by Allan Powell on keyboard.
Program ...
John Beale a great regular performer on keyboard with 'Pasadina' and 'I Get A Kick Out of You'.
Gweneth Beck on our Yamaha Electone with 'Somewhere Out There' and 'Your's'. Lovely registrations Gweneth.
Noni Walker on our Clavinova with some nice easy listening, 'Feelings' and 'Nobody Does it Better'.
Jimmy Puppyn on her keyboard with 'Music Music Music' and 'Blue Velvet'. Great as always.
Peter Jackson on keyboard with 'I Dreamed A Dream' and 'Lady' in which he showed off his fine singing voice.
Allan Powell returned on keyboard with 'Ob La Di Ob La Da' and 'Memories Are Made of This'
John Perkin on keyboard with 'Bluesette' (French Jazz Waltz) and 'You Are The Sunshine of My Life' with his usual finesse.
A BIG Thank you to all our performers and helpers!

Our guest artiste for the second half was renowned pianist Vladimir Shilov on the club Clavinova. Vladimir gave us some excellent tips on playing the Electric piano and a good variety ranging from Latin American, Boogie Woogie, Blues, Russian Soul and Classical. We also heard some of his fascinating life history. Tunes included 'The Shadow of Your Smile', 'The Man I Love', 'Since I fell For You', 'Summertime' and 'You Are So Beautiful to Me'. Always a pleasure to have you perform at the club Vladimir and we look forward to seeing you back again soon.

More photos of the afternoon can be found in the Photo Gallery

Creative Keyboard Club August 2014 Meeting

Creative Keyboard Club August 2014 Meeting

Marlene Forrest was the MC for the occasion and Colin Crann played the arrival music on keyboard.

Program ...
Marlene Forrest on keyboard with 'Up Where We Belong', 'The Way You Look Tonight' and 'Someday'
Ian Jackson on Clavinova with 'Blowing In The Wind' and 'Unchained Melody'
Dave Hallam (keyboard) and Cameron Livingston (Clavinova) duets with 'In Dreams' and 'Lord of the Rings'
Barbara Powell played 'An Affair to Remember'. Barbara and husband Rob played 'Stranger In Paradise' and 'Quando Quando' together.
Rob played 'She'
Colin Crann concluded the first half with 'Muskrat Ramble' and Stealing Apples'
A BIG Thank You to our club members who played today.

Our guests today were the North Shore Music Makers Accordion Orchestra under the baton of Christine Johnstone and assisted by her daughter Renee Jeffries.
This Orchestra has just won the NZ Junior Accordion Orchestra Championship 2014!
They started off with 'The Birdie Dance' and we were also treated with this again as an encore!
Several soloists took the stage .. Veronica Eric, Craig, Jessie, Carl, Anna and the cutest and possibly youngest drummer in NZ (aged 8). Thank you for spending time with us today - you are all amazing.

More photos of our club afternoon are in the photo gallery at the top of the page

Creative Keyboard Club July 2014 Meeting

Creative Keyboard Club July 2014 Meeting

Marlene Forrest was the MC for the occasion and the arrival music was played by Mary Barrett on clavinova. There was a record attendance at our meeting today.

Program ...
George Markwick on his Korg pa800 played 'Ebb Tide' and 'Make The World Go Away'
Hannah Tani (8 yrs) on clavinova with 'Blue Sky Blues' and 'Singing Song'
Hannah's mum Yuko Tani also on clavinova with 'Bridge Over Troubled Waters' and a Japanese number 'Sunflower'
Pam Rea on her new Korg pa900 keyboard played 'O My Beloved Father' and 'Volare'
John Perkin also on his Korg pa900 with 'Change Partners' and 'Tico Tico'
Denise Gunston on clavinova with 'Unchained Melody' and 'Glory of Love'
Roy Steen on keyboard with 'Hello Dolly' and 'Just One Of Those Things'
Thus ended the first half ... thank you to all our players today.

Our guest artist was Dave Hallam accompanied by Damien Shalfoon on drums and Guy Halpe on double bass and bass guitar. The trio thoroughly entertained us with many jazz renditions. They commenced with 'Day's Of Wine and Roses' and included lots of favourites, 'Angel Eyes', 'One Note Samba', 'Wave',  'Beyond The Sea', 'I Can't Give You Anything But Love', 'till There Was You' to name a few and ended with a medley of sing-a-longs 'White Cliffs Of Dover', 'I'll Be Seeing You' and 'We'll Meet Again'. I hope we do all meet again guys! You all gave us a very polished performance, very enjoyable and we look forward to hearing you again at the club.

Photos of this occasion can be found in our Photo Gallery at the top of the page

STOP PRESS: The Dave Hallam Trio are indeed giving us another chance to hear them. They will be playing at Settlers Lifestyle Village, 550 Albany Highway, Albany on Sunday September 7th at 2.30pm. There will be a gold coin donation to defray expenses. See You There!

Creative Keyboard Club June 2014 Meeting

Creative Keyboard Club June 2014 Meeting

Marlene Forrest was the MC for the day and the arrival music was played by Jimmy Puppyn on keyboard.

Our program consisted of...
Colin Crann on keyboard with 'At Last' and 'Someone To Watch Over Me'
Shirley Smale on keyboard with 'More' and 'Born Free'
Sylvia Joseph on keyboard with 'Are You Lonesome Tonight' and 'Whispering'
Dorothy Waddall on Clavinova with 'I Dreamed A Dream' and 'I Don't Know How To Love Him'
Jimmy Puppyn returned on keyboard with 'I Wish You Love'
Laurie Conder on keyboard with 'Bridge Over Troubled Waters' and 'Welcome To My World'
Barbara McNab (keyboard) and Dave Palmer (harmonica) with 'Sentimental Journey' and the very enjoyable 'White Cliffs of Dover'.
Thank You to all our wonderful performers.

Our guest artist for the second half was Rob Powell on the Tyros 4 and our Clavinova. Rob's selection included 'Coffee in Brazil', 'Her bathing Suit Never Got Wet', 'Route 66', 'The Gypsy', 'South of the Border', 'At The Hop' and 'You Belong To Me. Thank You Rob, always a welcome performer at the Club.
Photo's of the occasion can be found in the Photo Gallery at the top of the page.

Creative Keyboard Club May 2014 Meeting

Creative Keyboard Club May 2014 Meeting

Marlene Forrest was our MC for the occasion and the arrival music was played by Diane Lyons on keyboard. This was a 'Do It Yourself' day with our members playing the entire program.

First up was John Beale on his Korg PA500 playing 'Another Somebody' and 'Anema E Core'. Robin Brown on Clavinova with 'Edelweiss' and 'Polish Dance' (unfortunately nerves do get to the best of us Robin and we hope you can play again for us). Michael Bramley played 'Cavatina' and 'Singing In The Rain' on his new Korg PA X. George Markwick was next with 'Your Cheating Heart' and 'Three Coins in a Fountain' on his Korg PA800. Noni Walker and Marlene Forrest dueted on Clavinova and keyboard with 'Unforgetable' and 'Moonlight Serenade'. The very talented Eve Chen sang 'You Raise Me Up' accompanied by equally talented daughter Jessica on piano accordion. Peter Littlejohn finished our first half with 'All Creatures Great and Small' and 'Titanic' on Clavinova.

Our second half started with Mary Barrett on George's Korg playing 'Canadian Sunset' and the toe tapper 'Tipperary'. Peter Jackson on his Yamaha keyboard played 'Do You Know The way To San Hose' and 'My Favourite Things'. Diane Lyons joined us again with 'Lazy Hazy Crazy Days of Summer', 'Goodie Goodie' and 'Danny Boy'. Rob and Barbara Powell dueted on piano and keyboard with 'Play A Simple Melody' and 'Birth of The Blues'. Barbara McNab concluded with 'Blame It On The Bossanova' and 'Down Town Strutters Ball' on Tyros.

We Thank all our performers for sharing with us and making it such a fun afternoon

Photos of the occasion can be viewed in our Photo Gallery at the top of the page

Creative Keyboard Club April 2014 Meeting

Creative Keyboard Club April 2014 Meeting

MC was once again Marlene Forrest (she makes a wonderful MC) and the arrival music was played by Sue Bain on Clavinova. It was Sue's first time playing at the club and she did very well. The AGM then followed with all officers re-elected.

First up for the afternoons entertainment was Roy Steen on keyboard with 'Hava Nagila' and the 'Stars and Stripes Forever' march. Ian Jackson on clavinova with 'Night and Day' and 'September Song'. Roz Biset played 'Misty' and 'Autumn Leaves' on keyboard and Dave Hallam followed with 'I'm Confessing' and 'Try a Little Tenderness' on clavinova. Well played and Thank You to everyone.

Club member, pianist Denise Gunson was our guest artiste. It was lovely to get some background to her artistry and life story with songs that had a special meaning to her. Well played Denise, something a little different and much appreciated, thank you.

Some photos of this occasion are in the Gallery

Creative Keyboard Club March 2014 Meeting

Creative Keyboard Club March 2014 Meeting

Another enjoyable afternoon with MC Marlene Forrest and our club members in the first half followed by our guest artiste Peter Torckler. Yuko Tani played our arrival music on Clavinova.

Players in the first half were Laurie Condor ('You Win Again', 'Leah') on keyboard; Hannah Tani (Yuko's daughter, 'Clock Work Doll' and 'Rondo') on Clavinova; Jimmy Puppyn ('Red Sails in The Sunset', 'Accordion Man') on keyboard; Pam Rea ('Waves of The Danube', 'Georgia On My Mind') on keyboard; Allan Powell ('La Paloma', 'Beer Barrel Polka') on keyboard; Barbara McNabb ('Jar of Hearts', 'Satin Doll') on Clavinova; and Taka Iida ('Copacabana', 'Elan') on his magnificent 3 deck Yamaha. All in all a quality performance from everyone. Thank you all.

Peter Torckler one of our original club members entertained in the 2nd half on Clavinova and his Yamaha keyboard. Peter played a varied selection from the rousing 'Hawaii 5 O', Latin American numbers, and ended up fantastically on Clavinova with the 'Flight of The Bumblebee', a 'Walk in The Black Forest' and 'All of Me'. Thank you Peter, you have not lost any of your magic!

Photo's of the afternoon can be viewed in our Photo Gallery at the top of the page.

Creative Keyboard Club February 2014 Meeting

Creative Keyboard Club February 2014 Meeting

Marlene Forrest was the MC for the afternoon and Ian Jackson played the arrival music.
Peter Jackson started on keyboard with 'Cavatina' providing the lesser known vocals. He also played and sang 'Juke Box On Saturday Night'.
Barbara Powell followed with 2 Orchestral pieces on Tyros, 'Serenade' from The Student Prince and 'To Each His Own'. It is not often we hear the orchestra on the keyboard.
5 year old Chloe Baughan then entertained us with her song and dance routine 'On The Good Ship Lollipop'. This was followed by soloist mum Jan Marie Baughan singing 'No One Like You' (from the movie Powder) and 'My Prayer'. Jan Marie was accompanied by Dorothy Waddell on Clavinova.
Rob Powell was next up with 'You Make Me Feel So Young' and 'Island In The Sun' on keyboard. Rob is eagerly awaiting his Tyros 5!
Ian Jackson was back again with 'Over The Rainbow' and 'September Song'.
Carole Littlejohn, who was passing through again, finished off our first half with 'Only You' and 'Fernandos Hideaway'.
Thank you to all our first halfers - you all did a wonderful job!

After our tea break guest artist jazz pianist Mike Walker (President of the Auckland Jazz & Blues Club), entertained with some classic jazz pieces on clavinova. These included tunes from the likes of Fats Waller and even the Beatles ('Eleanor Rigby'). 'Tangerine', 'Monk's Dream', 'McArthur Park' to name a few and ended with Sweet Georgia Brown. Mike's own composition 'Smile' written for his daughter was also enjoyed. Many Thanks again Mike - and I think your jokes were age appropriate!

All our photos are once again above in our Photo Gallery.

Creative Keyboard Club December 2013 Meeting

CREATIVE KEYBOARD CLUB DEC 2013 MEETING

Our MC for the occasion was Marlene Forrest. The arrival music was played by Barbara McNab and this put us all in the mood for our Christmas Party festivities.

Bob Powell played for us 'South of the Border', 'Ï Know Why and So Do You', 'That's Amore', and 'Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas'. Denise Gunson followed with 'It Had to be You', 'The Shadow of Your Smile', 'Bring Me Home', 'I'll be Home for Christmas' and by special request (Thank you Marlene) 'Silent Night'. Roy Steen was next with 'Stars and Stripes Forever', 'Sleigh Ride', 'That Old Feeling', and 'Just Öne of those Things'. Thank you all.

Our Christmas Raffles were drawn and a sumptuous afternoon tea followed. Our thanks go to Barbara McNab for the party food and to all our members for their donations to the many hampers.

Guest artiste Chris Larking (Clavinova) was then joined by Dave Hallam (keyboard) for the second half of our program.  Lots of fine Christmas music including 'Santa Claus Is Coming to Town' (duet), 'Te Harinui' (DH), 'Let It Snow' (duet), 'Í Love the Piano' (DH), 'Silver Bells' (CL), 'Ó Holy Night' (duet)'. Barbara McNab (keyboard) and Dave (Clavinova) also dueted 'Í Have a Dream' an encore from last month. The grand finale 'Sweet Georgia Brown' featured our spoon man Len Osbourne who was in fine form. Thank you all for a very enjoyable afternoon.

 

You can access photos from this occasion by going to our Photo Gallery at the top of the page.

We now recess until February 2014.

Happy New Year All!