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The Club's Christmas Party

 A great way to finish a wonderful year of music organized by the Club. Our Christmas Party was held at Fairview Lifestyle Village, Fairview Heights, Albany, Auckland. We had a good turnout of members and residents to enjoy the musical entertainment pre-dinner. Photos below show some of our members who played the grand piano or their own keyboards. The Village catering staff put on a very nice roast dinner and pudding. A big thank you to Warren Levick and Patrick McMillan for manning the Entry Desk and organizing the raffles prizes and collection of monies for the dinner. It was appreciated that Fairview residents voluntarily manned the bar for happy hour pre-dinner.

The Photos:

Warren Levick manning the Entry Desk

Some of our members enjoying the music and chatter

Patrick McMillan entertaining our members and
residents on the grand piano

Mary Barrett playing her
Korg Pa1000 arranger keyboard

Diane Lyons playing her
Korg Pa700 arranger keyboard

Graeme Webber entertaining our members and
residents on the grand piano

Len Hancy gave us a sing-along

Club Night 2nd December 2025

 A great Night's entertainment at our new Club Rooms at the Chelsea Room, Knightsbridge Village, Windsor Park, North Shore, Auckland, NZ. The meeting had a Christmas atmosphere with seasonal decorations and a wonderful supper provided by our Catering Manager, Jan Ellin. We had a good turn-out of members and potential new members. To start the evening, we played a video for the arrival's music from our Club Night in December 2020 whence we had the world class pianist, Carl Doy, play for us in concert - magnificent!

In the first set, John Mercer gave us three classical pieces on the Clavinova. This was John's debut at Club Night and gave us a nice variation of style from our usual light entertainment music. Well done, John! Next up, Warren Levick played four pieces including three modern Christmas songs from the likes of Wam and Elton John/Ed Sheeran very nice Warren and making good use of the sounds and rhythms on our Yamaha Clavinova CVP-809 ensemble piano. To finish the first set, Patrick McMillan gave us a mini concert including a great Christmas song medley and then some popular period pieces.

We had six prizes for our Raffle to celebrate the festive season and followed by a splendid supper. For the second set, Yvonne Moller played her Korg Pa3X arranger keyboard with some great jazz standards. To finish the second set, Denise Gunson gave us a mini concert for about 30 minutes with some great songs of various styles. Thanks for your wonderful music, Denise.

The Photos:

The Entry Desk with Patrick McMillan manning the table

The set up prior to attendees' arrival

John Mercer on debut on our Yamaha Clavinova CVP-809

Warren Levick playing our Yamaha Clavinova CVP-809

Patrick McMillan gave us a mini concert on our
Yamaha Clavinova CVP-809

A wonderful supper enjoyed by all in the break

Yvonne Moller playing her Korg Pa3X arranger keyboard

Denise Gunson gave us a mini concert on our
Yamaha Clavinova CVP-809