Club Night 7th October 2008 (our 31st Birthday!)

Hey, what a great evening! No formal guests this evening but what a display of talent our members demonstrated with some magnificent music making on the Club's: Technics GA3 organ; the Club's Clavinova CVP-305; the brought along Yamaha PSR-S500 and Yamaha Tyros2 keyboards. We had two debut performances this evening, always a nerve-racking occasion for the players, with Dorothy Waddel and new member Colin Crann giving magnificent individual performances on the Clavinova - rhythms/styles/orchestrations the works - well done! A special thanks to Rob and Barbara Powell who were the feature members that finished the evening for us - some great solos and duets - their version of "Picnic" from the movie of the same name was masterly with "Moonglow" acting as a counter melody to the theme music (or was it the other way round?) - very enjoyable. Rob and Barbara bring a lot of gear to make sure the performance is very professional and so the sound was superb as was the playing.                                                                                                                          

As always a big thanks to all the players on the evening and the support staff for making the evening such a raging success on our 31st Birthday meeting - 1977 seems a long time ago now. Also, a big thank you to one of our senior members, Ngaire Lonergan, for doing the honours blowing-out the birthday cake candles with gusto!

 

Above Photos:
Dorothy Waddel - solo debut at our Club - lovely touch and gorgeous style arrangements
Colin Crann - Colin Crann on his debut at our Club. His style arrangement for "Memory" from the musical "Cats" was brilliant with pussy-cat meows thrown-in to boot! This was an impromptu  performance also to cover for a scheduled player that couldn't make the evening. Well done!

John Beales syncopating very nicely on his Yamaha PSR-S500

Tony Vinton showing his great touch and
style of play on his Yamaha PSR 9000. Tony played a lovely
arrangement of the Mamas and Papas number "Dream A Little Dream"

John Stent entertained us with his fractious fingers - some nice medleys.

Phyl Briscoe played two lovely semi-classical pieces - very enjoyable.

Colin Crann on his debut at our Club. His style arrangement
for "Memory" from the musical "Cats" was brilliant with
pussy-cat meows thrown-in to boot! This was an impromptu
performance also to cover for a scheduled player that couldn't
make the evening. Well done!

Rob and Barbara Powell duetting - great music as usual.
Yes, that is Barbara buried beneath the array
of music books!

Barbara soloing on her magnificent Yamaha Tyros2

Rob showing his versality by playing Theatre Style
on the Club's Technics GA3 for an appropriate solo piece