Creative Keyboard Club August 2013 Meeting

CREATIVE KEYBOARD CLUB AUGUST 2013 MEETING

Marlene Forrest was our MC for the occasion and the arrival music was played by Carol Littlejohn who just happened to be in the vicinity after a long absence. Lovely to hear you again Carol.  Our Birthday girl was Diana Drineen and Thank You Diana for the lovely cakes at afternoon tea!

John Beales started us off on keyboard with 'Just One More Chance' and 'What a Wonderful World'. Very nicely played John

Following on was the dynamic duo of Phyl Briscoe (piano) and Marlene Forrest (keyboard) who played 'I Don't Know How To Love Him'. A long absence Phyl but you haven't lost your touch. Phyl then played the stirring 'God On The Mountain' on keyboard. Thank you both

Diane Lyons then played some toe tappers on keyboard including 'Hey Look me Over', 'Put On A Happy Face', 'Mr Sandman', 'You Belong To Me', 'Sweet Georgia Brown' and then sung along to her 'Thoroughly Modern Millie'. Thank you Diane

 Shirley Smale played 'Stranger In Paradise' and 'Perfidia' on Tyros. A lovely choir effect there on the first one Shirley ... Thank You

Mary Barrett then gave the club organ a rare airing with 'I Do Love To Be Beside The Seaside' and a medley of  'Lazy River', 'Bare Necessity' and 'Diamonds Are A Girls Best Friend'. Mary hopes to be back to give the organ an airing every so often.

 

This was followed by Carol Littlejohn on the Tyros 4 with an Elvis and Rock 'n Roll selection of popular songs ... amongst them 'Can't help Falling..', 'Rockin' Robin', 'Rock Around The Clock' and 'Green Door'. We thank you again Carol ... you know you are always welcome at the CKC!

 

Afternoon tea was followed by our Guest Artiste professional Jazz pianist Ben Fernandez. An assortment of songs including 'Blue Moon', 'Autumn Leaves', 'Yesterday', 'The Sound of Silence', some Frank Sinatra standards and as it just started to rain ... 'Singing in the Rain', 'Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head' and 'Summertime'. Finishing this bracket with 'Tico Tico' and 'We'll Meet Again' and showing off his amazing talent. Ben's son looks to be following in his footsteps before too much longer

                         Ben sharing his talent and we hope to see you back at the club in the near future



Creative Keyboard Club July 2013 Meeting

Creative Keyboard Club July 2013 Meeting

Marlene Forrest was our MC for the occasion and our arrival music was played by Joy Eade on Clavinova (sorry it wasn't a Grand). It has been a long while since we have heard from Joy and it was much appreciated. Welcome back Joy!

First up was our octogenarian birthday boy Colin Crann on his new Korg PA588 (I wonder if it was a birthday present). Colin played 'Lover Come Back To Me' and 'Softly as In A Morning Sunrise'. Thankyou Colin and it's interesting what you can do with that Intro in the middle of a tune.

New member Kuniko Nakatani then played very professionally on the Clavinova, 'Piano Man' and 'Rainy Days and Mondays'. Thankyou Kuniko and we would be delighted to hear more from you before you leave us in November.

Laurie Conder played around with time signatures and gave us the Beatles 'Let It Be' and 'Hey Jude' showing us just how versatile he can be.

New member Errol Storey made his club debut on Clavinova 'I Only Want To Be With You' and very nicely played. Thankyou for standing in at such short notice Errol.

Diana Drineen was next on her Yamaha playing a lovely Orchestral rendition of  'Don't Cry for Me Argentina' and then 'Return To Sender' country style. Well done once again Diana

Peter Littlejohn finished up our first half on Clavinova with 'Spanish Flea' and 'Tijuana Brass' in his own colourful fashion. Thankyou Peter.

Our guest artists duo Jan and Kevin Johnston then entertained for the rest of the afternoon. Jan on her Korg PAX keyboard and Kevin guitaring. Many great dance hits including 'The Best Things in Life are Free', 'Cheek to Cheek', 'Bye Bye Blues', featuring swing, samba, rhumba, django and finishing with a sing-a-long Pokarekare Ana

                           Thankyou both .... you are always enjoyed!

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.