February 2011 Meeting

 February 2011Meeting

Our first Club of the Year go off to a great start with Jimmy Puppyn playing for the first time the arrival music. Good one Jimmy and a big  thank you.

The program got away with Colin Crann playing “ Come Fly with Me” and “Fooling Myself” .

Colin also came back a little later to play a nice rendition of “ Ain’t Necessarily So”

Len Osborne entertained next on his Keyboard with “ Maggie” and “ Whispering”

Ken Mahy was third with “ The Way We Were” and “ What a Wonderful World”

Gordon Sutherland play two of my favorite pieces that he plays “ Besame Mueso” and “ Morning In Cornwall”

And last but definitely very enjoyable came Allan Dadson with “ Scene D’Amour” and “ Michelle”.

Afternoon tea follow which seemed to create a lot of noise with all the friendly chatter!

Murray Hancox then set up the Yamaha Tyros 4 that he had bought with him and the second half got underway. Though it was a very very hot afternoon, no one minded at all as Murray was in fine form!

He started with “ Cavatina” and wonderful tunes followed:

Whiter Shade of Pale,         Call Me,     Cherish,  Unchain My Heart

 Darktown Strutters Ball (lot of fun with this one)

Californa  Dreaming,          Georgia (with a little help from Dave)

Have I told you lately that I love you,      Winchester Cathedral, and  Day Dream Believer  

 We look forward to Murray gracing our door again soon!

December 2010 Meeting

Well, what a great day we had for our final one for 2010.

The afternoon got away to a great start with Laurie Conder playing some very nice Arrival Music. Thank you so much Laurie.
The Programe then started with:

Barbara McNab playing the first 15 minute slot with "Imagine" "Wonderland by Night"on Tryos 3 and then on the CVP 409 she played "The Swinging Shepherd Blues"and "Oaklahoma Medley'"

Chris Larking then entertained us with the help of Aria (singing) and Ros (on Viola) with a selection on Carols : "Jingle Bells" "Xmas Song" "Silent Night"and "O Holy Night" Thank you to all three of you.

Barbara, Rob and Dorothy then played for us on Organ, Piano and Tryros 3 the following tunes.
1. Beautiful Sunday , 2  Happy Wanderer,  3 Theme from the Titanic  and lastly Spagetti Rag.

Dave  Hallam then finished our first half with his version of "Jingle Bell Rock" "Its Alright with Me" "When Xmas Comes to Town" and  There will never be another You"

After tea, the many Xmas Hamper raffles were drawn making a lot of people very pleased with their wins.

Taka Lida started our second segment on his D-Deck machine  playing great numbers. "Raiders of the Lost Ark" "Theme from Star Wars"and Time to say Goodbye"

Too finish the afternoon a rousing few numbers from Carol Littlejohn on Piano, Ian Jackson on Drums and their friend Len singing. "I'm Dreaming of a White Xmas " "I saw Mummy Kissing Santa Claus" "Rock a Bye My Baby", "My Blue Heaven"and Winter Wonderland"

I'm sure everyone enjoyed this happy afternoon.

Creative Keyboard Club November Meeting

November

Our November meeting got under way with lovely arrival music played by John Beale on his Yamaha Keyboard. Many thanks for this John. It is not easy to do with everyone chatting and getting organized.

Laurie Conder was our first entertainer playing his Roland Keyboard. He played "Amazing Grace"and "Alley Cat"
Catrina Lin - who is one of Jessica Chen's pupils entertained us on her accordian next and was indeed very sweet and played beautifully.
Jimmy Puppyn came next with a very nice arrangment of "Pennies from Heaven"and " Come Fly with me"on her keyboard
Next we had a special treat in Tina and Cindy Yang who are Piano pupils and neighbours of Dorothy's. They each play two lovely pieces.
Robin Brown was next playing piano "Bach's Prelude"and "True Love" Repeating  "True Love" and playing along with John Stent in his Jazzy style!
Allan Dadson gave us a lovely version on Piano of "If you love Me" and "Feelings"
Dorothy Waddell finished the afternoon with a great performance of "The Cloisters" The setup she had was amazing showing what can be done with our Clavinova Piano. At times one would think she was playing Organ! Great one Dorothy.

Afternoon tea was once again a very chatty affair, as everyone seems to look forward to a good chat before settling down to our Guest Artist Kane Steves.
Kane played first on the PA1X  " Tears from Heaven" then moving to the PA 588 Portable Piano
He played a great range of tunes for us "Endless Love"  "Hooked on a Feeling"   Saving all My Love" "Cabaret" "All of me" ending with "Silent Night" and "Wishing you a Very Merry Xmas"

October 2010 Meeting

Our October meeting got away to a great start with Ian Jackson entertaining us with great arrival music. Thanks Ian.

This afternoon was a gathering of local clubs who we knew would enjoy the lovely Music of Sheryl Clark our Guest for the afternoon. We were so very right about this as Sheryl was a delight to watch and listen too. Do come again soon Sheryl!

The afternoon started with a representive from each club playing in the first half.
Barbara McNab played "Sailor" and "Bolero"

Roy Steen from Hibiscus Organ Club was next and he choose to play a selection on Tunes on the Clavinova.
Peter Littlejohn then represented the Takapuna Keyboard Club playing "Suspicious Minds" and a Medley of "After the Loving" and "Can't Smile without You"

Vince Keene  then representing the Organ Society of New Zealand
Played on Piano "it isn't fair" " Again" and We've Only Just Begun"

Dave Hallam then concluded our first half of the afternoon with "Alexanders Ragtime Band"
"Harlem Nocturn"  and "What a Wonderful World"

September 2010

Another successful afternoon was held on Sunday 12th September with Club members Playing the first half of the afternoon:
Arrival music was thanks to Allan Powell. Very nice to listen to thank you Allan
Colin Crann played " Love is Here to Stay" & " Sunday Kind of Love" on Piano
Jimmy Puppyn entertained us with I've Got the World on A String" & "Unexpected" on her Yamaha Keyboard
Marlene Forrest and Phil Briscoe then played a very nice Duet "Thunder and Lightening" Well done to both of them. This was on the Yamaha 407 Piano.
Des Rouse again on Yamaha Piano played " Sailing" and What Kind of Fool am I". Nice choice of  songs Des!
Gordan Sutherland played on his Korg PA1X "Walk Away" by Matt Munroe and " Let Me Try" Very nice they both were Gordan.
Barbara and Rob Powell finished the afternoon with the following:
"Caromea" played by Barbara on her Tyros 2
"Seperate Tables" by Rob on the Piano
"Bathing Suit never got Wet"
and finally they played a duet of " Lets face the Music " and "Cheek to Cheek"

The Raffle for the afternoon was a lovely Pastel Painting done and donated by Jimmy Puppyn
Thank Jimmy. This was won by Ken Mahe

The Second half of our afternoon was a delight as we enjoyed the talents of Andy Cochrane on both the Piano and Tryros 3. There was no movement from the audience, from begining to end of his performance as everyone really enjoy his music. A selection of the songs enjoyed were: "Danny Boy"  "Satin Doll" "Fly me to the Moon" "Selection from Swan Lake" " Pink Panther" and Piano Man".
Hope to see you back again next year sometime Andy.

August Club Day 2010

Our mid winter Club day on August 8th  was very successful even on a very chilly afternoon.

Our club entertainers were Allan Dadson with a lovely version of Candle in the Wind played on our new Piano.
Marlene played next  on Piano followed by Taka who played his new Yamaha keyboard fitted with a full pedal board.
Laurie Conder finished off the first half with a request session taking requests from the floor.

Afternoon tea was served and then Dave Hallam was our Guest Artist for the second half of the afternoon.

Dave choice of Music as always was enjoyed by us all. He started with "Puttn on the Ritz" followed by "In My Life" by the Beatles. Lots more followed including " Into the West" from Lord of the Rings, "Meditation" which he played on the 407 Clavinova.
"When your Smiling, "Harlem Nocturn", " Just in Time" and many more .

July Meeting

Our July afternoon commenced with some very nice easy listening arrival music played by John Beales on his
Korg Keyboard.
On this cold but sunny afternoon it was great to see a good number of members and  some Guests at the  Club.
Our own club members played for the first half of the afternoon. First up was Skip Eade who played on his Korg PA1X  "If"  and  "Maggie". Next came Marlene Forrest who played for us on our New Yamaha Clavinova CPV 407. Marlene played "Air on a G String"  and " Puppet on a String".
Jimmy Puppyn on her Yamaha Keyboard was next with "The Good the Bad and the Ugly" and " I Wish You Love".
Barbara McNab followed with "Mood Indigone" and "Send in the Clowns".

We then listened to Peter Littlejohn playing his PA1X Korg Keyboard, singing along to his own music. His choice of songs were "Stumbling In " and "Angels".
Colin Crane wound up the first half, again on Piano with "When I wish Upon a Star", " What Kind of Fool am I" and "You Need Me"

After a welcomed Hot cup of tea or coffee we continued our afternoon with our Guest Artist Chris Larking, who of course is well known to us all and a very popular Guest at the club at any time.

Chris also bought along a lovely friend Aria who sang some very lovely songs finishing with "Stormy Weather". Hopefully we will hear more of Aria in Months to come.

Chris continue in his usual wonderful style on our new Piano, commenting that he thought it a great asset to the club as he thought the quality of the sounds was a least twice as good as our CVP 303 which we have had for a few years and was well up with the lastest technology when we purchased it.
Technology is cerainly moving along and the Pianos are getting better and better.

It was a fun afternoon enjoyed very much by all