Coffee Day at Northbridge Village

A goodly number of our members turned-up to enjoy this wonderful day at the lovely Northbridge Village. This was our second visit to this Village this year - returning by popular demand! What a great day it turned-out to be with lots of playing members enjoying the Yamaha Clavinova CVP-609 and the Korg Pa4X arranger keyboard. As always, we were well supported  by a large number of residents who seemed to thoroughly enjoy the music of all types and genres. This Village has an excellent kitchen and so the cafeteria was very popular for lunch.

A highlight of the Coffee Day was the improptu arrival of professional musician, Ben Fernandez, who gave us a 30 minute mini-concert. Ben played the Clavinova and wow can he make it sing! Ben focussed on a medley of Beatles songs taking us down memory lane but with Ben's own inimitable touch and unique arrangements. All-in-all an absolutely lovely day of music, convivial company and great surroundings. Thanks to all the Committee members who contributed to making the Day go so smoothly and making it so special. A special thanks to our member and host from Northbridge Village, Jim Nicholson, together with the Village's entertainments chairperson, Pat White.

The Photos:

Kay Boyes playing the Yamaha Clavinova CVP-609

Russell Boyes controlling the Raffle/Information Desk with Kay Boyes playing in the background

Gordon Sutherland playing the Korg Pa4X

Claudette Wheeler playing the Yamaha Clavinova CVP-609

Diane Lyons playing the Yamaha Clavinova CVP-609

Michael Bramley playing the Yamaha Clavinova CVP-609

Audrey Henden playing the Yamaha Clavinova CVP-609

Ian Jackson playing the Yamaha Clavinova CVP-609

Impromptu guest artist, Ben Fernandez, playing the Yamaha Clavinova CVP-609

Patrick McMillan playing the Yamaha Clavinova CVP-609. Patrick played after Ben Fernandez - a hard act to follow but Patrick played beautifully. Thank you Patrick.

Club Night 1st October 2019

What a fabulous evening of musical variety. A good-sized attendance of members and visitors were entertained firstly by our guest band, Conundrum, who played for the first hour of the programme. Conundrum are based in the Warkworth/Wellsford area of North Auckland. They have played for us twice before and their name is very appopriate as it is hard to batten-down their genre of music! What a great conert they gave us - thank you so much guys. After a refreshments breakm, three of our members played for us. Firstly, Kay Boyes played piano for us using her semi-classical style but great numbers we enjoy. Next up, Brian McMurray played piano for us is a nice easy light jazz style. Well done guys - great music.

The Videos:

Our guest band on Club Night, Conundrum



Brian McMurray playing the Yamaha Clavinova CVP-509 on Club  Night



The Photos:

Conundrum

Conundrum - Cathy Busbridge

Conundrum - Julia Withers and Jeff Hobbs

Conundrum - Peter Thomas

Club Member - Brian McMurray

Club member - Kay Boyes