Club Night 1st December 2009

The last Club Night of the year and what a great evening it turned-out to be.   The fun and frolics just kept on coming so the evening extended half-an-hour from 7.30 pm until 10.30 pm. A packed house was entertained in the first half by some great piano and keyboard playing courtesy of our Members and after a delightful supper and visit by Mrs. Claus, we were magnificently entertained by consummate professional keyboard player, John Bercich. John brought his Korg Pa1X arranger keyboard together with his Trixon Vibraphone and light show to give us a spectacular finale to what has been a wonderful year of musical indulgence. We are fortunate to have the likes of John Bercich as an enthusiastic Member of our Club as this gives us inspiration to continue pushing our musical boundaries. 
A big thank you to the Committee for making the evening (and the year for that matter!) go so well and a special thanks to George and Jean Watt for all their work on preparing the Xmas Hampers for the raffle - they looked splendid all nine of them! Thanks go to our Members also for their magnificent generosity in donating all the wonderful treats that packed the Hampers.

 

 

Alan Wilkins played the arrival music for us on his lovely Yamaha PSR S900 keyboard

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Dorothy Waddel played three lovely arrangements on our Clavinova

 

 

 

 

 

 Len Osbourne has found a new musical ‘lease of life’ with his brand new Korg Pa500 arranger keyboard

 

 

 

 

 

 Barbara McNab made good use of the foot pedal to give us some slick style and sound changes as she played her three very nice arrangements. It helps I guess to own one of these ‘babies’ for pre-practice!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Peter Jackson brought his Korg Pa1X keyboard which he had pre-prepared some Xmas songs that he then sang along with. What a wonderful smooth crooner-type voice Peter has and his jokes were pretty good too!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last, but not least, to finish the first-half of the programme, Club Secretary, Colleen Kerr played three very nice pieces in straight piano style including Chopin’s “Polonaise”.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mrs. Claus paid a visit in the interval (Santa was very busy making deliveries in the Northern Hemisphere) and lots of sweet treats were liberally handed-out. Thanks to Jeanette Beamish for her wonderful efforts in this regard. Jeanette advises that she has had the Santa outfit since she was 17 years of age – just a few years ago!

 

 

 

 

Former Club President, George Watt, showing-off some of the 9 Hampers that he and Jean had collected, stored, packed and presented for us. Thank you George and Jean for a wonderful job as always. A big thank you to our Club Members for their generosity in donating these wonderful gifts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 John Bercich, our guest artist, playing his favoured Korg Pa1X arranger keyboard

 

 

 

 

Above: John Bercich on his Trixon Vibraphone whilst Jan Johnston plays along with her Korg Pa1X. Jan has been a student of John’s for a couple of years and wow what a difference learning from a master!

Above: John Bercich and student Jan Johnston duetting. They used two different rhythms and played them in sync to great effect.

            

Club President, Gordon Sutherland, thanking John Bercich for his great Concert. Photo courtesy of Club Secretary, Colleen Kerr.