Coffee Day at Northbridge Village

 A very enjoyable Coffee Day spent at Northbridge Village, Akoranga Drive, Northcote, Auckland. Wet and cold outside but warm and cozy inside. The Village has a lovely Yamaha Clavinova CVP-609 for the pianists to use and it was certainly popular with our piano players. Gordon Sutherland and Yvonne Moller brought along their Korg Keyboards to add variety and orchestration to the musical content. As always, the food from the kitchen was excellent as was the atmosphere from the residents and our members who attended. It was nice to see Paul Brennan and Desiree Barrows bring along our long-time member Errol Storey. Errol recently suffered a severe stroke but still enjoys music. In fact he even managed a few simple tunes just using his left hand on the Clavinova!

The Photos:

Kay Boyes playing the Yamaha Clavinova CVP-609

Claudette Wheeler playing the Yamaha Clavinova CVP-609

Beverley Henderson playing the Yamaha Clavinova CVP-609

Denise Gunson playing the Yamaha Clavinova CVP-609

Yvonne Moller playing her Korg Pa3X

Ian Jackson playing the Yamaha Clavinova CVP-609

Mary Elvin playing the Yamaha Clavinova CVP-609

Club Night 1st June 2021

 What a great night! A wide selection of instruments and genres presented for our pleasure. Roy Steen played both the arrival music and a mini-performance. Roy brought along his Korg Pa300 to play. Linus Treefoot treated us to three original songs including a visual PowerPoint display for one hilarious song. Linus brought along his Korg Havian 30 ensemble piano to play. Denise Gunson finished the first half for us on our Yamaha Clavinova CVP-809 with her inimitable smooth style and great arrangements.

On the 16th June 2021, this will mark Roy Steen's 89th Birthday and Karen and Roy's 60th Wedding Anniversary. Wonderful achievement and hearty congratulations to both! Roy certainly has not lost his touch on the keys playing almost flawlessly with a lovely selection of songs.

After the raffle and a great refreshments break, our guest artists "Reflections" played for us. Reflections is a duo consisting of Paul McIsaac on keys and Lloyd Thumbadoo on vocals. Paul brought along his own PA system and his Korg Pa3X arranger keyboard together with his Kurzweil PC5-8 workstation. What great music - light jazz orientated as well as some Latin American music. Paul sure works his keyboards hard - never seen two keyboards worked so intensively but the effort was worth it with the great sound!

The Videos:

Reflections playing at the Club on 1st June 2021. Reflections are made-up of Paul McIsaac on keys and Lloyd Thumbadoo on vocals

Roy Steen playing his Korg Pa300 arranger keyboard on Club Night

Linus Treefoot playing and singing using his Korg Havian digital ensemble piano

The Photos:

Roy Steen played both the arrival music and gave a mini-performance on his Korg Pa300. Roy will celebrate his 89th birthday on the 16th June 2021 and also his 60 Wedding Anniversary to Karen. Hearty congratulations to both of you on both counts! By the way, great touch on the keys as well!

Linus Treefoot played three original songs for us including one using pictorials with PowerPoint. Linus brought along his Korg Havian 30.  Well done Linus!

Denise Gunson played our Yamaha Clavinova CVP-809 entertaining us with her magical touch.

Our guest artists for the evening: Lloyd Thumbadoo (vocals) and Paul McIsaac playing his Korg Pa3X and Kurzweil PC5-8. The duo go under the name of Reflections. Great light jazz thoroughly enjoyed by one and all. Paul sure knows how to work his keyboards hard - amazing!