This was the fourth concert in the series "A Sunday Afternoon Musical Spectacular at the PumpHouse Theatre" and what a concert it was! A good sized audience were entertained right royally in the first half by Takashi Iida on his superb state-of-the-art Yamaha Electone Stagea organ. Taka played nine pieces from the classics 'Wagner' to the show ballads like "I Dreamed a Dream" to some contemporary jazz with "A Taste of Honey". Superb orchestrations, masterful musicianship and wonderful, balanced selection of songs that simply dazzled the audience.
In the second-half we were delighted to have as our special guest artists, The Ben Fernandez Trio, with added sax player and two female vocalists. The photos below give the names of the players when you move your mouse over the appropriate photos. What a polished performance - you would not find better anywhere and it was an honour to have such talented musicians perform for the North Shore Organ and Keyboard Club's PumpHouse Concert Spectacular.
A big thank you to members of the NSOKC Committee for the logistics and namely: Jim Nicholson; Delyse Whorwood; Peter Brophy; and Peter Littlejohn. Also a special thank you to Sylvia Riddell for handling pre-bookings ticket distribution at the door and to Len Hancy for being our MC for the show and doing such a great job as always.
All in all, a concert for the archives of the memory and for those that did not share this very special occasion there will be some video clips posted on this Web Page in the next few days so keep posted.
The Video Clips:
Click on the start icon below to watch a YouTube embedded video of Takashi Iida playing his Yamaha Electone Stagea organ at the PumpHouse Theatre at the Concert:
Click on the start icon below to watch a YouTube embedded video of The Ben Fernandez Trio and Guest Artists playing A Concert for the Club at the PumpHouse Theatre (Part One of Two Videos):
Click on the start icon below to watch a YouTube embedded video of The Ben Fernandez Trio and Guest Artists playing A Concert for the Club at the PumpHouse Theatre (Part Two of Two Videos):
The Photos:
![Our June 2024 Guest Artist, 'Pablo' [Paul Brown]](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhoc5rGmT3pLORfp28x1NBmfsHYBuV8anSL0oeT43eE--eBg4Et3HfRX9iLmV9i5_ZEfrm_8GyPAuL0Hj8Ink8q0cKOuxkRX0DCDk-m7nO889Mw0cTSQMse473vqc6hj3foqtRjjXLCG5MBsCDPViWQfJ-I-s44DZolTRcipb-Bvo96MEQ7P-RSYYJV2Sg=s383)
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