Friday, November 24, 2017

Club Year End Party on 24th November 2017

The Club's Year End Party was held in the lush surroundings of Fairview Lifestyle Village's main lounge. We started at 2.30 pm and members played for two hours on the grand piano and on their keyboards. After the Fairview Happy Hour when their raffle was drawn Len Hancy (vocals) and Bennie Gunn (keyboard) gave us a mini-concert of jazz standards - very nice guys!

After a delicious dinner of Fish and Chips (it was Friday night!) with salmon and a side-salad we were set-up for our evening dance band - Jan and Kevin Johnston. Jan and Kevin were joined for some of the numbers impromptu by Len Hancy on vocals. Great stuff guys!

All in all, a wonderful Year End function to cap-off a great year of events and music put on by the Club.

We still have our Club Night on 5th December 2017 with some great artists lined-up as well as the famous year end Christmas Hamper Raffle.

A big thank you to Diane Lyons for organizing the Year End Party in conjunction with the Management of Fairview Lifestyle Village. Thanks also to our Secretary, Delyse Whorwood, and Margaret Black for manning our Raffle and Information Desk - a very selfless task all afternoon  whilst everybody else were enjoying themselves so thank you so much - very much appreciated.

The Photos:

Kay Boyes playing the Kohler and Campbell grand piano. Claude Moffat playing the Kohler and Campbell grand piano.

Julia and Bob Bissett singing for us with Dorothy Waddel accompanying on grand pinao. Dorothy also played a lovely solo piece for us. Jim Nicholson playing the Kohler and Campbell grand piano.

Our Events Manager, Diane Lyons, playing her Yamaha PSR3000. Our intrepid Desk Crew, Margaret Black (L) and Club Secretary, Delyse Whorwood (R).

Audrey Henden sang Christmas songs for us and accompanied herself on guitar. Len Hancey (vocals) and Bennie Gunn (keyboard) played a half-hour mini-concert of jazz standards.

Our evening band music was provided by Jan and Kevin Johnston. They certainly know how to get the residents and Club members on their feet and dancing!. Our evening band music was provided by Jan and Kevin Johnston. They certainly know how to get the residents and Club members on their feet and dancing!.

Residents and members of the Club dancing to the great music of Jan and Kevin Johnston.

Len Hancy joined Kevin and Jan Johnston with vocals for some of the numbers played.

Tuesday, November 7, 2017

Club Night 7th November 2017

One of our best evenings if the audience's reaction was anything to go by! We had great music in the first half of the evening and played by our members: arrival music Rod Moffat and Claude Moffat; Gordon Sutherland Korg Pa4X; Colin Crann on Clavinova CVP-509; Diane Lyons on Yamaha PSR300; and Rod and Nelleke Moffat (Rod on Korg Pa4X and Nelleke on vocals).

After a refreshments break the Club Rooms were transformed for a band with all the drums, percussion, amplifiers, speakers, mixers and microphones set-up in record time! We were privileged to have as our guest artists, Conundrum, who played a variety of styles across many ethnicities. They had the audience enthralled with the choice of songs and the great bouncy beat they used. The range of instruments they played was amazing also with such instruments as: violin, mandolin, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, South American flutes, penny whistle, mouth organ and drums and various percussion instruments! A big thank you to our member, Julia Withers, who is one of the band members, for arranging for Conundrum to come along and play for us.


A splendid night to be remembered.

The Videos:

Our guest artists for November 2017 Club Night: Conundrum.

Gordon Sutherland playing his Korg Pa4X on Club Night.

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

Diane Lyons playing her Yamaha PSR3000 on Club Night.

The Photos:

Rod Moffat played part of the arrival music and then gave a solo performance on his Korg Pa4X (76 note version). Photo courtesy of Dennis Lyons. Claude Moffat played part of the arrival music on the Club's Yamaha Clavinovva CVP-509. Photo courtesy of Dennis Lyons.

Club President, Gordon Sutherland, playing his Korg Pa4X. Photo courtesy of Dennis Lyons. Colin Crann played the Club's Yamaha Clavinova CVP-509. Photo courtesy of Dennis Lyons.

 Rod and Nelleke Moffat played for us. Rod on his Pa4X and Nelleke on vocals. Photo courtesy of Dennis Lyons.

Our guest artists, Conundrum, were our guest artists. Playing a wide range of ethnic styles and genres and demonstrated a great diversity of instruments. Photo courtesy of Dennis Lyons.