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Coffee Day at Fairview Lifestyle Village

 It is always a pleasure to hold Coffee Days at Fairview Lifestyle Village in Albany, North Shore, Auckland, NZ. A great day was had by our members and residents alike. We had 11 members play for us using the lovely Kohler and Campbell grand piano as well as a couple of arranger keyboards. Fairview has an excellent kitchen and we certainly enjoyed partaking! A big thank you to member and resident, Diane Lyons, for arranging the booking in conjunction with Warren Levick our Events Manager. It is great to have an excellent PA System to plug the keyboards into as well as the microphones rather than using our portable systems. Thanks to our member and resident, Len Hancy, for setting-up the PA System for us.

The Photos:

Dave Yang playing the Kohler and Campbell grand piano

Denise Gunson playing the Kohler and Campbell grand piano

Diane Lyons playing her
Korg Pa700 arranger keyboard

Dorothy Waddel playing the Kohler and Campbell grand piano

Gordon Sutherland playing his
Korg Pa5X arranger keyboard

 John Holster playing the Kohler and Campbell grand piano

John Mercer playing the Kohler and Campbell grand piano

Patrick McMillan playing the Kohler and Campbell grand piano

 Trish Wilson playing the Kohler and Campbell grand piano

Warren Levick playing the Kohler and Campbell grand piano

Yuko Tani playing the Kohler and Campbell grand piano

Club Night 7th July 2026

The evening went well with Warren Levick and Patrick McMillan's inputs to a very appreciative audience. The musicians were all enjoyable in their own way. Linus Treefoot was very entertaining, giving us an overview of his younger days as a student in USA before playing "La Bamba" on his guitar with gusto, including all the trills and necessary embellishments, with a great accompaniment on the Clavinova from his friend Heather Dickson. Heather gave us a treat with her lovely soft-jazz voice singing quietly while she played a beautiful piece of music. Patrick McMillan finished the first set entertainment with a lovely selection of melodies. Warren Levick provided some pre-start entry music on the Clavinova.

Our guest artist, Paul McIssac, held the audience captive, as usual, with his wonderful ability to change great songs we all know, like "Singing in the Rain", "Girl from Ipanema", "Let it Be" and "Danny Boy" to something extraordinary. Paul uses a combination of a KorgPa3X arranger keyboard (to drive the rhythm) with a Kurzweil workstation and additional sounds from software on his laptop played real time through his Kurzweil - particularly attack instruments like guitar and piano.

As the author of his Web Site and MC/President of the Club, I was unable to attend Club Night and so I extend thanks to the additional efforts of the Committee to cover the logistics of set-up etc. A special thanks to member, Diane Lyons, for providing me with a synopsis of the evening activities.

The Photos: 

Our Guest Artist, Paul McIsaac,
played his Korg Pa3X arranger keyboard
simultaneously with his Kurzweil workstation

Graeme Webber played the Clavinova

Linus Treefoot played his
acoustic guitar

Heather Dickson sang and
played the Clavinova

Patrick McMillan played the Clavinova