Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Coffee Day at Delyse Whorwood’s home

What a splendid Coffee Day! The weather was good, the company was good, the music was great, and the food was bountiful and tasty. What more could you ask for? About 18 members came along and played Delyse's Clavinova and Korg Pa1X keyboard. It was a warm welcome to Coffee Days for our relatively new member, John Holster.A very big thank you to Delyse for all the trouble she went to make the day memorable and also to Diane and Dennis Lyons for supporting Delyse. As usual our members got stuck in to kitchen duties to share the work. Gordon Sutherland could not be present due to sailing commitments.

The Photos:

Our gracious host for the day, Club Secretary, Delyse Whorwood. Photo courtesy of Dennis Lyons.

Dagmar Tennant and Audrey Henden in the foreground. Photo courtesy of Dennis Lyons. George Watt, John Belaes and Roy Steen. John Holster in background at the Clavinova. Photo courtesy of Dennis Lyons.

Michael and Annabelle Bramley enjoying the occasion. Photo courtesy of Dennis Lyons. John Holster on Coffee Day debut and playing Delyse's Clavinova. Photo courtesy of Dennis Lyons.

A view from the upper lounge area. Photo courtesy of Dennis Lyons. Audrey Henden, Dagmar Tennant and Yvonne Moller enjoying lunch. Photo courtesy of Dennis Lyons.

Yvonne Moller enjoying the music. Photo courtesy of Dennis Lyons. Diane Lyons and Dagmar Tennant deep in conversation. Photo courtesy of Dennis Lyons.

Michael Bramley giving the Korg Pa1X a whirl. Photo courtesy of Dennis Lyons. Val Alison and Dagmar Tennant - they are sisters. Photo courtesy of Dennis Lyons.

Star of the show (next to our gracious host Delyse of course) is Poppy a Shih Tzu - and a master in the art of begging! Photo courtesy of Dennis Lyons.

George Watt entertaining the membes on the Clavinova. Photo courtesy of Dennis Lyons. Roy Steen tickling the ivories with Edith Fyfe observing. Photo courtesy of Dennis Lyons.

Roy's tempo is irresistible not to dance to! Photo courtesy of Dennis Lyons. Convivial conversation. Photo courtesy of Dennis Lyons.

Audrey Henden playing the Clavinova. Photo courtesy of Dennis Lyons. Delyses Day 16 26

Pauline Belaes, Karen Steen, Diane Lyons and Dagmar Tennant relaxing to the music. Photo courtesy of Dennis Lyons. 

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Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Club Night 4th October 2016

What a great Club Night! To start the evening Arthur Reid brought along his Korg Pa3X and played the arrivals music for us. This was Arthur's debut for the Club and he played just great! Then, Jim Nicholson played for us on the Clavinova and followed by Kay Boyes. This was Kay's Club Night debut for us and she played the Clavinova wonderfully well! Colin Crann then played the Clavinova for us with some great styles to compliment his solo playing. The first-half finished with Linus Treefoot giving us a musical quiz which certainly was a challenge to our musical prowess but went down very well. The winner was Audrey Henden who was presented with a bottle of wine again provided by Linus.
After a great refreshments break, we were ready for our guest artist, Sandy Lynch. Sandy is a professional pianist, composer and teacher. Sandy brought along her Yamaha Tyros 2 to compliment her wonderful piano playing on the Clavinova. For the second-part of her Concert she took song requests which was very well received. What a wonderful lady and wow what a great musician!
A big thank you to the Committee for organizing Club Night so well.

The Videos:

Our Guest Artist, Sandy Lynch, playing the Club’s Clavinova CVP-509 and her Yamaha Tyros 2 keyboard.

Jim Nicholson playing the Club’s Yamaha Clavinova CVP-509 on Club Night.

Kay Boyes playing the Club’s Yamaha Clavinova CVP-509 on Club Night. This was Kay’s debut on Club Night!

Colin Crann playing the Club’s Yamaha Clavinova CVP-509 on Club Night.

The Photos:

Arthur Reid brought his Korg Pa3X 76 and played the arrival music for us. Photo courtesy of Dennis Lyons. Kay Boyes played the Yamaha Clavinova CVP-509 for us. This was Kay's debut on Club Night and she played wonderfully well! Photo courtesy of Dennis Lyons.

Jim Nicholson played the Yamaha Clavinova CVP-509 for us. Photo courtesy of Dennis Lyons. Colin Crann played the Yamaha Clavinova CVP-509 for us. Photo courtesy of Dennis Lyons.

Linus Treefoot brought his Casio WK-3800 76 and gave us a musical quiz. The winner, Audrey Henden, was a lovely bottle of wine courtesy of Linus. Photo courtesy of Dennis Lyons.

Our guest artist was Sandy Lynch who played our Yamaha Clavinova CVP-509 and also her own Yamaha Tyros 2 keyboard. Inspirational stuff! Sandy played requests for the second-half of her Concert and this was also really well received. Photo courtesy of Dennis Lyons.

 

Our guest artist was Sandy Lynch who played our Yamaha Clavinova CVP-509 and also her own Yamaha Tyros 2 keyboard. Inspirational stuff! Sandy played requests for the second-half of her Concert and this was also really well received.

Committee Member, Ken Mahy, presented Sandy with a bouquet of flowers as a thank you for her magnificent Concert and also for helping him to write-out the score to a favourite song of Ken's. As well as being a professional pianist, Sandy also composes music and teaches as well. Photo courtesy of Dennis Lyons.

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