Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Club Night 1st November 2011

The evening may have been stormy outside, but what a great ray of sunshine inside! We were treated to some great Club member playing in the first half and then treated to a wonderful concert in the second half which lasted a full 1 hour and 5 minutes non-stop! Our guest artists were Murray Hancox and Darren Smith both with the Musicworks Group.

George Watt playing the arrival music on our Technics GA3 organ              Michael Bramley playing his Yamaha PSR-910 keyboard

Michael Bramley singing along with the rhythm                 Ian Jackson gave us a cameo covering a broad spectrum of genres on our Clavinova CVP-509 

Below Video Clip of Colleen Kerr giving a mini-recital on Club Night

Ken played us 5 great songs on his Korg Pa1X. Photo courtesy of Zhibin Zheng (Ben)               Club Secretary, Colleen Kerr, playing the Clavinova for us with great touch and feel

Guest artist, Murray Hancox, played and sang for us for about 35 minutes on our Yamaha Clavinova CVP-509. Murray certainly made the instrument talk as well - but then he sells them at Musicworks Atwaters in Auckland City! Great show (as always) thanks Murray.                   Darren Smith, National Retail Sales Manager for the Musicworks Group, was our second guest artist and played for about 35 minutes for us with a mixture of straight piano and arrangements. What a magic touch and great sensitivity and sound quality coming from this pedigree instrument. Thanks Darren. 

To wrap-up the show, Darren and Murray put together a few songs with Murray on vocals and Darren accompanying on the Clavinova. As an encore, they did a great rendition of Georgia. Thanks guys for taking the time out of your hectic business lives to come and spend an evenig with us and sharing your great music and playing abilities. Photo courtesy of Zhibin Zheng (Ben)          Club President, Gordon Sutherland (left), presenting Darren Smith (middle) and Murray Hancox (right) with a gift for their wonderful concert. Photo courtesy of Zhibin Zheng (Ben)

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Monday, October 17, 2011

Coffee Day 17th October 2011

What a lovely Coffee Day. The reception lounge annex at The Baptist Church, Birkdale was a super venue - plenty of space and facilities. We had Korg, Yamaha, Technics keyboards to play as well as a digital piano. Thank you Delyse for sharing your church premises with us for the day as well as all the great food you prepared for us.

Ken Mahy preparing to play Peter Brophy's Yamaha PSR-910 keyboard. L to R: Ken Mahy, Peter Brophy, Colin Crann, Yvonne Crann and Kathy (friend of Delyse Whorwood) Some of the keyboards available to play.

The banquet under preparation! George Watt sampling the Korg SP250 digital piano of Peter Brophy. Peter Littlejohn trying out Delyse Whorwood's Technics KN6500 keygboard with Ken Mahy and John Beales watching-on.

Action in the galley. SAM_0637 Colin Crann enjoying the Yamaha PSR-910

Jeanette Beamish, Val Alison and Peter Littlejohn deep in conversation over lunch. L to R: Delyse Whorwood, George Watt, Jean Watt, John Beales and Pauline Beales. George Watt playing along with John Beales whilst Peter Brophy looks on.

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Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Club Night 4th October 2011

Another absolutely wonderful Club Night with quality music and variety of styles in abundance. Our members played magnificently in the first half and then the evening was crowned by our guest artist and professional musician/music teacher, Dave Hallam, who played solidly for 1 hour 10 minutes including audience requests which he arranged and orchestrated on the fly with consummate ease. Wonderful - thank you Dave.

To celebrate the Club's 34th year of ongoing activity, we enjoyed a lovely 'Mud Cake' at the interval. The candle even played it's own "Happy Birthday" song before we devoured every tasty mourcel!

This was the Club's 34th Birthday celebration as well and so we enjoyed some lovely birthday cake in the interlude. Thanks as always to the Committee and helpers for making the evening go so smoothly. Definitely an evening to remember.

 

 

 

 

Our Treasurer, Jim Nicholson, played the arrival music for us on our Clavinova Tina Yang played two songs for us on our Clavinova. Well done Tina very nicely done. Cindy Yang played two songs wonderfully well on our Clavinova.

Kevin and Jan Johnston played some duets for us        Kevin and Jan Johnston played some duets for us. Kevin shown here accompanying Jan with his banjo.

Barbara McNab playing her Yamaha Tyros 3. Nice version of Bolero!          Last item for the first half saw Roy Keen play his lovely Korg Pa80 for us. Some great effects there Roy!

Our guest artist, Dave Hallam, thrilled us with his arrangements and selection of songs. Dave played 15 songs for us in his concert which lasted over one hour! In chronological order of play, Dave played the following songs for us:

  • Georgia on my Mind
  • It’s All Right With Me
  • Caravan
  • Summer Samba
  • Till There Was You
  • Excerpt from Swan Lake
  • As Time Goes By
  • Can We Be Friends?
  • A Swingin’ Safari
  • Tangerine
  • Night And Day
  • Old Folks
  • A Walk In The Black Forrest
  • La Vie En Rose
  • American Patrol

Here is a YouTube video link for you to sample Dave’s playing on the night. The clip is of Dave playing “Night and Day” last Tuesday on Club Night. Enjoy!

         http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcajT0C7cCY 

                

Our guest artist, Dave Hallam, played both the Clavinova CVP-509 and the Yamaha Tyros 3. Dave played for about 1 hour 10 minutes non-stop including some terrific arrangements 'on the fly' from member requests on the evening.   Our guest artist, Dave Hallam, played both the Clavinova CVP-509 and the Yamaha Tyros 3. Dave played for about 1 hour 10 minutes non-stop including some terrific arrangements 'on the fly' from member requests on the evening.

Our guest artist, Dave Hallam, playing the Clavinova CVP-509.

 

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