Coffee Day at Knightsbridge Village

What a lovely day spent at the beautiful gated community of Knightsbridge Village near Mairangi Bay. We were the guests of our Committee Member and resident of Knightsbridge Village, Margaret Black. Lots of music, great conversation, superb cuisine and sumptuous surroundings - how better to spend an Autumn Day. A big thank you to Margaret Black for promoting Community Music Day at the Village and also to  Diane Lyons for organising the event as well. A great job was done by our members that manned the Information and Raffle Desk as well. For those that could stay on, it was nice that the bar was opened at 3.30 pm in order for us to continue with some informal playing whilst enjoying a refreshing drink. Some good photos also courtesy of the Club Photographer, Dennis Lyons.

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Club Night 7th April 2015

A Great Night of musical adventures - each artist with his/her own style of play and choice of music. After some great arrival music by Colin Crann played on his Korg Pa3X (76 note), we started the evening off with a 9 year old young lady on piano. Hana Tani has been playing for 3 years and played "Romanian Folk Dance" in 6 movements - magnificent! We wish Hana well for her upcoming talent competition.
We were then treated to four of our Members playing for us: Marlene Forrest on her Tyros 4; Yvonne Moller on her Korg Pa1X; Colin Crann on his Korg Pa3X (76); and last but not least, Claude Moffat on the Clavinova CVP-509. Good stuff guys/gals.
After a relaxing refreshments break, we were right royally entertained by Murray Hancox - the consummate professional entertainer. Murray is the Manager of the Piano and Keyboard Department of Atwaters in Hobson Street as well as being a professional musician. We were treated to a wide range of genres including some audience requests. All in all, a great night's entertainment!
Thanks as always to the Committee for organizing the event so well.

The Videos:

Hana Tani playing “Romanian Folk Dances” on the Club’s Yamaha Clavinova CVP-509 on Club Night.

Marlene Forrest playing her Yamaha Tyros 4 on Club Night.

Colin Crann playing his Korg Pa3X 76 note version on Club Night.

Claude Moffat playing the Club’s Yamaha Clavinova CVP-509 on Club Night.

Our Special Guest Artist, Murray Hancox, playing the Club’s Yamaha Clavinova CVP-509 on Club Night.

The Photos:

        

    

    

Coffee Day at Piha RSA 17th March 2015

What a great 'Big Day Out' Coffee Day at lovely West Coast Piha. The weather was great and the Piha RSA treated us wonderfully with providing on tap tea and biscuits and the chef taking charge of our food offerings. We were the guest of our Club Member, Val Alison, who is a member of the Piha RSA. The 17th March was, of course, St Patrick's Day and so there was plenty of green on display and a variety of Irish melodies played. We had a good selection of keyboards to play and lots of participation. Quite a few of our Members stayed on after 3.30 pm to continue playing in a relaxed atmosphere and then were spoilt with an a-la-carte menu by the chef. We eventually packed-up and headed back to Auckland in convoy about 7.45 pm with wonderful memories of a very special day.

A big thank you to the Piha RSA and our Club Member host, Val Alison, for setting-up the day so well. Also, thanks to Val's sister and Club Member, Dagmar Tennant, who assisted with the preparations.
A big thanks also to Committee Members: Diane and Dennis Lyons; Laurie Conder; and Margaret Black for keeping the day flowing so well.

The Photos: