Sunday, June 17, 2012

A Sunday Afternoon Musical Spectacular at The PumpHouse Theatre 17th June 2012

What a great Concert! The North Shore Organ and Keyboard Club were proud to promote a concert at The PumpHouse Theatre, Takapuna, on a lovely crisp winter's Sunday afternoon. The first half of the Programme had our Club members entertaining the good-sized audience with a mixture of solo performances and full band. A lot of effort had gone into the Concert with the members donating their time freely and involving at least four practise sessions to aim for a thoroughly professional performance. Judging from the audience applause they achieved their mission!


In the second half of the Programme, our star guest artists from the South Island, Break Thru, entertained us with their superb and highly polished performance that got the feet tapping and hands clapping in the audience. They play a range of genres but with the main focus on Country Rock. Our member, Brian Gunson, was invited to play with the band with his  superb and brand new G & L electric guitar. A great performance - thanks Phyllis & Gavin Prentice (Break Thru) and Brian Gunson in support.

Phyllis and Gavin Prentice (Break Thru) in the Foyer to The PumpHouse Theatre prior to start of the Concert. Photo courtesy of Peter Littlejohn.


We hope to promote more concerts at The PumpHouse Theatre and in fact the next one is already scheduled for Sunday, 18th November 2012 when we are thrilled to present the Internationally acclaimed fiddle player from NZ, Marion Burns. Keep an eye on the PumpHouse web site (

http://www.pumphouse.co.nz/ ) to secure your booking nice and early as this is expected to be a sell-out concert! We will keep you informed on our web site also: http://nsaokc.blogspot.com/ .

A big thank you to our playing members and to the Committee members working in support in the foyer. A special thanks goes to Len Hancy for acting as our MC and Producer of the Concert – always a difficult task requiring meticulous planning and execution for the show to go off without (too many!) a hitch. Also, The PumpHouse Theatre staff did a great job as well assisting with the promotion and sound/lighting/video production.

And now for some of the photos from the Concert:

The North Shore Organ and Keyboard Club members playing for the first half the Concert at The PumpHouse Theatre 17th June 2012. Left to Right: Len Hancy; Barbara McNab; Brian Gunson; John Perkin; Ian Jackson; Peter Jackson; Denise Gunson.      The Team going through last minute checks before the Concert

 The PumpHouse Theatre               SAM_1065

Peter Jackson sang whilst using his Korg Pa1X for the background arrangement.  Ian Jackson on drums accompanying Peter Jackson on vocals

 The Concert MC/Producer, Len Hancy singing along with John Perkin on Korg Pa3x keyboard and Ian Jackson on drums and Brian Gunson adding electric guitar licks. Denise Gunson on grand piano, Ian Jackson on drums and Brian Gunson on guitar. Photo courtesy of Peter Littlejohn.

 Barbara McNab playing Zambesi on her brand new Yamaha Tyros 4 arranger/keyboard   John Perkin on his Korg Pa3X keyboard playing one of his solos with Ian Jackson adding drum accompaninment

Break Thru, our South Island main act, entertaining the audience for the second half of the programme. Brian Gunson (on the left) joined Gavin and Phyllis Prentice (Break Thru) for their performance which was generally in the genre of Country Rock.

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