The MC for the occasion was Marlene Forrest and the arrival music was played by Roy Steen on his Korg keyboard.
Our Program ...
Ros Bissett on keyboard with 'Misty' and 'You Can't Take That Away From Me'
Jimmy Puppyn on keyboard with 'Climb Every Mountain' and 'Out of Nowhere'
Audrey Henden (club debut) on clavinova with 'Star Dust' and 'Georgia'
Diane Lyons on keyboard with 'For All We Know' and 'Hello Dolly'
Roy Steen was back on his impressive looking korg combo with 'Singing In The Rain' and 'No Business Like Show Business'
Finally to end the first half we had Ian Jackson on clavinova with 'Autumn Leaves' and 'Memory'
Our guest artist was Chris Larking accompanied by his sons Alex (saxophone) and Josh (guitar and vocals). Chris brought a Yamaha S670 keyboard and commenced with 'Let's fall in Love', 'House of The Rising Sun' and 'Spanish Flea'. Josh was up next with his guitar and vocal rendition of 'Autumn Leaves' and 'Bourbon Street'. Chris with 'Stormy Weather' and some Chopin followed by 'Somewhere My Love' which morphed into 'Land of Hope & Glory' and 'Climb Every Mountain'. Alex (who is only in his first year of studying the sax) with the theme from the New World Symphony ('Going Home'). Chris continued on clavinova with 'Joseph & His Amazing Technicolour Dream Coat', 'Close Every Door' and the Elton John 'Your Song'. The trio then jammed which included the 'William Tell Overture', 'Song of Joy', 'Rule Britannia', 'Waltzing Matilda' and 'God Defend NZ' - an overall good selection from 'The Pops'. Well done boys, you both have great musical futures ahead of you following in your dad's footsteps.
Many Thanks to all our performers today.
More photos can be seen in the Photo Gallery
