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!

Creative Keyboard Club November 2013 Meeting

CREATIVE KEYBOARD CLUB NOV 2013 MEETING

Our MC for the occasion was Dave Hallam and our arrival music was played by Carol Littlejohn. Photos of the occasion have been uploaded to our Photo Gallery.

Our first player for the afternoon was Laurie Conder on his Roland G-70. Laurie played 'Help Me Make It through The Night' and 'Love Changes Everything'.

Next was Sylvia Joseph on keyboard with 'When I Fall In Love' and 'That's Amore'.

Shirley Smale followed playing 'Perfidia' and 'More' on keyboard.

Barbara McNab debuted as a solo pianist on Clavinova with 'Over The Rainbow'.
Barbara (Tyros 4) and Dave Hallam (Clavinova) then dueted with 'I Have A Dream'. Very nice arrangement Dave.

Kuniko Nakatani enthralled us with 'Jupitor from The Planets' and 'Fantaisie Impromptu Tango' on Clavinova. It was her last performance for us before returning to Japan and she will be missed by her many fans. We wish you well Kuniko.

Last but not least was Carol Littlejohn playing 'I Will Always Love You' and 'Blue Tango' on Clavinova.

Our Guest Artiste was Lionel Reekie with his accordion and some powerful vocals from the Shows. What a set of lungs he has and it's lovely to be kept informed of his performances throughout the year. We hope to see you again next year Lionel.

 

Thank you All for another wonderful afternoon's entertainment!

Creative Keyboard Club October 2013 Meeting

CREATIVE KEYBOARD CLUB OCT 2013 MEETING

Our MC for the occasion was Dave Hallam and our arrival music was played by John Beales. We were honored with a visit by Peter Torckler one of the founding members and past President.

Gwyneth Beck started off the afternoon on our club organ with 'Scarlet Ribbons' and 'Sailing'. Nice to see the organ in use once again and well played.

Next up was Hannah Tani (8yrs), maybe our youngest ever performer, making her club debut on Clavinova with 'Entry of the Gladiators' and 'Storm at Midnight'. What a fantastic effort Hannah and at such a young age!

Cameron Livingstone was also making his club debut on Clavinova with 'Moonlight Sonata' and 'One Final Effort'. Very well executed and no music shows how professional and dedicated you really are.

Another debut performance from George Markwick on his Korg PA800 with 'My Way' and 'Your Cheating Heart'. Well done George.

Noni Walker was back with us again after an absence playing 'Return To Me' and 'Tea For Two' on Clavinova. Very easy listening style Noni.

Colin Crann on his Korg keyboard with 'Watch What Happens' and 'Flamingo'. Great as usual Colin.

Allan Powell was next on his Yamaha PSR 910 with 'South Of The Border' and 'When The Rain Tumbles Down In July' including vocals. Nice to hear some Tex Morton vocals Allan.

Peter Torckler then ended our first half with 'A Certain Smile' and 'My Way' on Clavinova. Thank you for the impromptu concert as you were passing through.

Our guest artist Chris Larking brought along the latest Yamaha CVP 605 and wowed us with a great selection including the Magnificent 7 theme featuring pan flute, some Jazz, Gospel, Gershwin, a Moon segment (Fly Me To The Moon, Blue Moon,), Flamingo and Steel Guitars, demonstrating the different Styles of the CVP 605. He was then joined by Dave Hallam on our club Clavinova for the last segment (Satin Doll, March of the Troubadours, Twinkle Twinkle, Waltzing Matilda). This was an impromptu slapstick of comedy and great music as only Chris and Dave can do! Thank You both and to Chris for a great introduction to the latest CVP.

Due to technical difficulties all our day's photos can be found in the Photo Gallery ... just click on the link at the top of the page.