Coffee Day at Greenwich Gardens Metlifecare Village 18th May 2021

 What a wonderful day we had at Greenwich Gardens Metlifecare Village of Unsworth Heights, North Shore, Auckland. This was our first visit to this new and very resplendent Village. The residents were enthusiastic to listen to the music and our members enjoyed the lush surroundings of the lounge/dining room. The Village have a very nice Boston grand piano. These pianos are made by The Steinway Company and the piano was a pleasure to play. Gordon Sutherland, our President, brought along his Korg Pa4X arranger keyboard to add some orchestral music to the piano players. Gordon also played the Village's Korg Havian 30 which the residents appreciated and enjoyed also. The cuisine was first rate also and our thanks to Carol and Barbara from the Village's Social Committee as well as Kay Boyes are Events Manager for organizing for us.

The Village seemed keen for us to return again next year and given the excellent visitor parking, I am sure we shall enjoy our next visit also.

The Photos:

Claude Moffat playing the Boston grand piano (made by the Steinway Company)

Denise Gunson playing the Boston grand piano (made by the Steinway Company)

Ron Clingin playing the Village's Korg Havian 30 ensemble digital piano, with Noeline Clingin watching on

Roy Steen playing the Boston grand piano (made by the Steinway Company)

Beverley Henderson playing the Boston grand piano (made by the Steinway Company)

Kay Boyes playing the Boston grand piano (made by the Steinway Company)

Club Night 4th May 2021

 A splendid evening of musical enjoyment. In the first set we were entertained by Yvonne Moller on her Korg Pa3X arranger/keyboard. Next, Claudette Wheeler played the Clavinova in classical piano style. To finish the first set, Rob Powell played some lovely jazz standards from the 1920 - 1950's with composers such as: Harry Warren; Cole Porter;  Gerschwin; and Richard Rogers among others. Rob is an expert on the Yamaha Clavinova and arranger keyboards and so he was able to demonstrate the lovely rhythms and orchestrations of our new Yamaha Clavinova CVP-809.

After the raffle and a refreshments break, we were entertained firstly by a 13 year old card magician called Jacob Rawbone who is a neighbour of our guest artist. Some astounding sleight of hand was shown by Jacob - well done!

The guest artist for the evening was Darren Smith. Darren works for Music Works and was instrumental in facilitating our purchase of our state of the art Yamaha Clavinova CVP-809 late last year as he is the Retail General Manager for Music Works as well as an accomplished professional jazz pianist. A wonderful concert of varied light jazz music of the kind our members really enjoy.

All in all, a very satisfying evening of music spanning various genres and styles of play.

The Videos:

Our guest artist, Darren Smith, playing the Club's Yamaha Clavinova CVP-809 on Club Night 

Jacob Rawbone, 13 years of age, a budding card magician, demonstrating sleight of hand!

The Photos:

Yvonne Moller played her Korg Pa3X arranger/keyboard

Claudette Wheeler gave us a mini-concert on the Yamaha Clavinova CVP-809 playing classical piano music.

Rob Powell played the arrival music and gave a mini-concert on the Yanaha Clavinova CVP-809

Our guest artist for the evening was, Darren Smith the Retail General Manager for Music Works and a professional musician specializing in light jazz genre

Our guest artist for the evening was, Darren Smith the Retail General Manager for Music Works and a professional musician specializing in light jazz genre