Coffee Day at Okura Country Estate 21st February 2023

 Our first Coffee Day for 2023. Coffee Day in February is a tradition of holding it at the lovely Okura Country Estate and courtesy of resident, Dave Winslade.

Not a large turn-out unfortunately, but a very nice day was had by all attending on a beautiful sunny day.

We had a debut member Rafi playing for us on his Fender electric guitar with added vocals. Well done Rafi very enjoyable.

Some lovely eats as well for lunch. Thanks to Kay Boyes for organizing the event and acting as our catering manager for the day.

The Photos:

Kay Boyes plays the Korg EX20 ensemble digital piano.
Lent to us courtesy of Music Planet Takapuna

Warren Levick plays the Korg EX20 ensemble digital piano.
Lent to us courtesy of Music Planet Takapuna

Mary Barrett plays her Korg Pa1000 arranger keyboard

Claude Moffat plays the Korg EX20 ensemble digital piano.
Lent to us courtesy of Music Planet Takapuna

Yvonne Moller plays her Korg Pa3X arranger keyboard

Rafi made his debut playing his Fender electric guitar with vocals.
Well done, Rafi

Gordon Sutherland plays his Korg Pa5X arranger keyboard

Club Night 7th February 2023

 Our first event for the New Year, and what a great start! A good attendance of visitors and members were entertained in the first half by our members: Ian Jackson (arrival music and performance on the Clavinova CVP-809); Yvonne Moller (playing her Korg Pa3X arranger keyboard); and Graeme Webber (Clavinova CVP-809 piano with vocals).

After a refreshments break (a good opportunity to catch-up with all the 'Goss' from the holiday recess), we were entertained by Jeanette Harding on her Korg Pa4X arranger keyboard. Jeanette gave us a variety of genres including vocals on some numbers. Jeanette explained how she overlayed sounds to give realistic big band sounds from the Glen Miller era and very nice too!

The Video:

Jeanette Harding, our guest artist for the month, playing her Korg Pa4X arranger keyboard

The Photos:

Our guest artist, Jeanette Harding, playing her Korg Pa4X arranger keyboard

Graeme Webber playing the Club's Yamaha Clavinova CVP-809

Yvonne Moller playing her Korg Pa3X arranger keyboard

Ian Jackson playing the Club's Yamaha Clavinova CVP-809

Club Night 6th December 2022

 What a wonderful way to finish the North Shore Music and Keyboard Club's calendar for the year. We had a great turn-out of members and guests for our Christmas Club Night. Great music, great Christmas Hamper Raffle, and a lovely Christmassy supper in the interval.

In the first set, we were entertained by Roy Steen on his Korg Pa300 arranger keyboard for the arrival music and followed by Graeme Webber, Denise Gunson, and Marion Robertson all playing on the Yamaha Clavinova CVP-809. The general theme was centered around Christmas carols of course and what a lovely variety played. After the big Christmas Hamper Raffle (eleven buckets full of lovely eats and drinks kindly donated by our members), we had our supper which our Catering Manager, Karen Steen, layed-on for us with lots of lovely Christmassy things to eat.

For the second set, our guest artists for the evening were The Loris Zigon Trio who thrilled us with their renditions of jazz standards. What an excellent selection of songs and superb musicianship.

A wonderful way to finish a busy year of musical activities for the Club. A big thank you to the Committee for making the Christmas Year End Club Night and all previous events during the year such an enormous success.

The Video:

The Loris Zigon Trio were our guest artists for our December 2022 Club Night.

L to R: Daniel Waterson - Drums, Djordje Nikolic - Double Bass,

Loris Zigon - Keyboard 

The Photos:

Roy Steen played the arrival music on his Korg Pa300 arranger keyboard

Graeme Webber played the Club's Yamaha Clavinova CVP-809

Denise Gunson played the Club's Yamaha Clavinova CVP-809

Marion Robertson played the Club's Yamaha Clavinova CVP-809

Our Guest Artists: The Loris Zigon Trio. L to R: Daniel Waterson;
Djordje Nikolic; Loris Zigon

Our Guest Artists: The Loris Zigon Trio.

L to R: Daniel Waterson; Djordje Nikolic; Loris Zigon

Our Guest Artists: The Loris Zigon Trio.
L to R: Daniel Waterson; Djordje Nikolic; Loris Zigon

The Eleven Christmas Hampers for the Raffle