Creative Keyboard Club June 2013 Meeting

Creative Keyboard Club June 2013

Our arrival music was played by Peter Jackson on his new Yamaha PSR S950 and our MC for the occassion was Dave Hallam.

Our program commenced with Marlene Forrest playing 'Spartacus' and 'Bolero' ... loved the styles and enjoyed by all. Thank you Marlene.



Next up was new member Yuko Tani making her club debut on Clavinova. Yuko played 'Love Story' and 'The Plough of God'.
Well played and looking forward to hearing more from you Yuko.


Shirley Smale then entertained us on the Tyros with 'With All My Heart and Soul' and 'Snowbird'. Well done Shirley.

Our mentor and sound technician David Hallam also played on Tyros the very patriotic 'I Vow To Thee My Country' and then on Clavinova 'The Way You Look Tonight'. Great as usual Thank You Dave.

Roy Steene on the Korg keyboard played 'Taking A Chance On Love' and a medley containing 'Clouds of Daffodils' and 'Volare'. He rendered these very well!

Takashi Iida then performed on his unique Yamaha Electone D Deck 'Londonderry' and 'Show Time' (and 'Sincerely'). Is he really nicknamed 'Ivan The Terrible'? Very nice Taka.

After the intermission our guest pianist Vladimir Shilov entertained on Clavinova. A great variety ranging from Gershwin's 'The Man I Love' (my personal favourite), 'Fidler on the Roof', Sambas, some Jazz and to the show stopper 'Putting On The Ritz'. With a little interlude from the Modern School of Music archives (it's amazing what you can find in Op Shops). Thank You Vladimir ... you are always a popular and versatile performer and we look forward to hearing from you again.

                          Sorry the photo doesn't do you justice Vladimir

Creative Keyboard Club May 2013 Meeting

Creative Keyboard Club May Meeting

Our arrival music was played by Peter Littlejohn on Clavinova. Peter stepped in for Peter Jackson who will be playing our arrival music next month.
Thank You Peter.

Len Osbourne began with 'Whispering' and a jazzy 'Summertime' on keyboard. Thank You Len.

Jimmy Puppyn was next on her keyboard with 'Oh My Beloved Father' and 'Moonglow'. The style was superb Jimmy.

Michael Branley on his new Yamaha PSR-S950 played 'Pie Jesu' and 'Crusing Down the River' with vocal harmony.  A great keyboard feature and done very well Michael. We all enjoyed your performance.

Diana Drineen played at short notice with a bouncy and true to the original 'Delilah' and 'Save Your Kisses for Me'. Very nice Diana.

Pam Rea was next with 'From a Distance' and 'My Friend' on keyboard very nicely. Thank You Pam.

Our guest artists duo Allan and Lynne Powell then took over with Alan playing his Yamaha and both providing vocals until our special Mother's Day afternoon tea - Thank You helpers. They resumed thereafter. Over a dozen popular tunes including some great old and new Country and a mix of old favourites from the likes of Don Williams and Harry Belafonte. Amazing vocals guys and good to see the audience participation. We hope your speaker survives! Thank You both and we hope to see you again soon.

Denise Gunson rushed along from a previous venue and played 'Charmaine' and 'All I Ask of You' on Clavinova in her distinctive Gunson style. Thank You very much Denise - we always enjoy your playing.

(Sorry, no pics this time as Mother's Day threw us girls off our stride and we forgot cameras :(

Creative Keyboard Club April 2013 Meeting

Creative Keyboard Club April Meeting

The arrival music was played by Diane Lyons. We Thank You Diane. This was followed by the AGM and if you wish a copy of the Minutes please contact Philippa Zink.

First of our players was Sylvia Joseph with 'Rambling Rose' and 'Only Dreams will Do'. You swung those along very nicely Sylvia.

Next was Colin Crann on Clavinova with movie themes 'At Last' and 'Pennies from Heaven'. Thank You Colin.

Diane Lyons treated us again with a Medley of Broadway Songs and even gave us some vocals: 'Give My Regards to Broadway', 'Diamonds Are A Girls Best Friend', 'If My Friends Could See Me Now.'  She then sang along with her  accompanimment 'I'll See You Again' (whenever Springtime breaks through again).

Barbara McNab played on the Clavinova 'Solitaire' and 'Chatanooga Shoe Shine Boy' which was a new one to a lot of us. Thank You Barbara.

After our tea break our guests The North Shore Music Makers Accordian Orchestra entertained us under the baton of Christine Johnston. It was lovely to see all those young faces having fun and several soloists took the floor. Among them were Catrina Lin, Craig Jeffries, Jessie Chen, Adam Perry, Annabel Ding, Corey Jeffries, Ben Drury and Alexandra Reekie.

Lionel Reekie and Maurice Jones then dueted on accordian with some vocals from Lionel. They played a Blues, and a Latin American bracket which included  'Por Una Cabeza' (the tango from Scent of A Woman). These were videoed for World Accordian Day and ended with a jazzy rendition of 'Pokarekare Ana' .... very appropriate for the New Zealand componment of World Accordian Day 2013.  If you scroll down to the NZ segment of the page link Lionel and Maurice are around the 14min mark of the video. Thank you all you gave us some worldclass entertainment and we look forward to seeing Lionel back in November.

Creative Keyboard Club March 2013 Meeting

Creative Keyboard Club Meeting March 10 2013

Our arrival music was played by Colin Crann and we love what you do to that Clavinova Colin



1st up was Mrs President Marlene Forrest with 'Hear the People Sing' (Les Mis) and the ever popular 'Twlight Time'. Most enjoyable Marlene

Quite by chance it was music from The Phantom this month. Barbara McNab was next with 'Music of The Night' and 'No Matter What'. Barbara is always a popular player

Diana Drineen then played 'Phantom of the Opera' and 'Side by Side' and she is becoming quite the accomplished player

The husband and wife team of Rob and Barbara Powell dueted on Keyboard and Clavinova with 'Manhattan' and 'The Entertainer'. Thank-you both

John Perkins jazzed things up with 'The Things You Do To Me' and the fast and furious 'Tico Tico'. John is always a colourful performer

Alan Dadson played 'Feelings' and 'I Dreamed a Dream'
Thank-you Alan (and Sorry no photo)

Our Guest Artiste was Vince Keene from the Hibiscus Coast Organ

and Keyboard Club on his Yamaha 910. Vince played several popular songs and the lesser known 'Always'  which is a personal favourite. Thank-you Vince your arrangements are always well played and much appreciated.

Creative Keyboard Club February 2013 Meeting

Creative Keyboard Club Meeting February 2013

Our Thanks to Jimmy Puppyn for providing the arrival music on her PSR3000. Once again enjoyed by all Jimmy

Colin Crann started us off by playing 'Ancima e Core' (in Spanish!) and 'Memory' on Clavinova. Well Done Colin

John Beales was next playing 'On The Sunny Side of The Street' and 'I Want to Wake up with You'. Always appreciated John

Next was Dennis Lyons (club debut) playing 'April in Paris'/'I Love Paris' (Medley) and 'Catachurian Melody' A good start Dennis

Mary Barrett (also club debut) was next on her Korg PA800. Mary played 'Chatanooga Choo Choo' (Jive style) and 'September Morn' managing to survive the slippery sustain pedal and low sound levels

Laurie Conder played requests on his Roland by throwing a dart! The recipent was then able to request any song that was written on that dart. Makes decision making easy! Thanks Laurie

Happy Peter Littlejohn then finished the first half of our program on keyboard and Clavinova showing off his fine keyboard skills

Our Guest Artiste Murray Hancox brought on a pleasant surprise for us by way of a lady vocalist Gail Ludlow. Gail is a presenter on Coast Radio and has a very fine singing voice. Between the 2 of them doing song duets and also goading each other with amusing quips (from their long musical association), we had a thoroughly enjoyable 45 minutes entertainment out of the pair of them.

Thanks Murray, as always, for sharing your cool playing and perfect vocals

with us again.

Creative Keyboard Club December 2012 Meeting

Creative Keyboard Club 2012 Christmas Party

Our final meeting for the year was on 9th December. The committee had done a wonderful job setting up the tables and providing the finger food, soft drinks and special afternoon tea for this occassion.

The arrival music was very ably played by our Barbara McNab and we were treated to the talent of Lionel Reekie on Piano Accordian for the first half of the program.  Lionel is a one of a kind accordian player and has a beautiful singing voice. No microphone was required. 

Thank-you so very much Lionel. We look forward to seeing and hearing from you again soon. You can read more about Lionel Here

The Christmas Raffles were then drawn over afternoon tea, the prizes being multiple hampers kindly donated by the club members. Thank-you All.

The second half entertainment was provided by Darren Smith (Clavinova), our Dave Hallem (Hammond Organ), and Damien Sharfoon (drums) who provided a variety of styles for our enjoyment.

(Sorry no pics of this wonderful afternoon)

We now recess until February 2013.

Creative Keyboard Club November 2012

Our November Meeting got away to a lovely start with Len Osbourne playing on our EL 90 Yamaha Organ. This was really enjoyed by those waiting for the afternoon's entertainment to start. Thank you so much Len. Lovely to see the Organ in use.

Our first guest was Ken Mahey who played his keyboard and gave us "On the Street Where You Live"

Next came Gwynneth Beck with "Moonlight Serenade" and "Jean"  Good on you Gwynneth, not often now we have someone playing the Organ that we have all loved so much over the years.

Sylvia Joseph then entertained on her own keyboard with "April Showers" and "Spanish Eyes"
Good one Sylvia.
                                                           

Colin Crann as always gave us a great performance on Our Piano with "Have You Met Miss Jones"
and "Perhaps Perhaps"

Gordon France then played his Banjo and Sang "Bye Bye Love" and "Oh Lonesome Me". Well Done Gordon.

Gordon Sutherland  came up trumps with his Korg keyboard playing " Tuxedo Junction" and "A Nightingale Sang in Berkley Square" .Very nice thanks Gordon. You play that Korg keyboard as well as anyone we have heard. Your choice of Sounds and Styles are always well produced!
(Sorry Gordon missed taking your photo!)

Peter Littljohn finished the afternoon with "Shilo" and "Longfellow Serenade"  Well done Peter.

The second half of the afternoon we were lucky to have Chris Larking playing both his Korg keyboard and our Clavinova Piano.

As always Chris was wonderful. His son Joshua  also gave us a couple of numbers on his Guitar. Well done Joshua. We will watch you do wonderful things with that Guitar over the next few years.
Do come and play for us again sooon.

Remember next Club day is our Christmas Function with our great Hampers to be won! Come along you won't be disappointed.

See you there!