September 2011 - Accordion Lover`s Society

SEPTEMBER 2011
MONTHLY
NEWSLETTER
Harold J. Estok Founder
ALSI and REED BLOCK
President:
Gordon Kohl
619-427-4344
Presidents Emeriti:
(Founder) Harold Estok
Ron Griffin
Kjell Holmes
Gloria Ensign
Vice President:
Mary Lou Erwin
619-448-9588
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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
formance was fantastic,
phenomenal and out of
this world. The tremendously talented, Mr.
Peter Robuffo truly expresses feelings in his
music.
The constant
movement of bass solos
filling in around a melodic keyboard run kept
me enthralled with his
accordion artistry.
Meeting Coordinator:
Bill Barr
619-337-1111
Editor/Secretary:
Helen Estok Schoell
619-584-4970
Treasurer &
Ensemble Director:
Vicki Eriqat
619-563-5586
Recording Secretary:
Sharon Marotte
619-286-3948
Newsletter/Webmaster:
Bob Page
760-487-1747
Inside this issue:
President’s
Message
1&
10
General Info.
2
Happiness at ALSI 3
Heritage Day
Flyer
4
Coming ThisMonth
5
Festival Review
6&
10
Accordion Events 7
Showcase Review 8-9
Credits
9
Calendar
11
Playing Around
11
September 2011
by Gordon Kohl
Hello to ALSI Friends!
Our ALSI meeting
was spectacular this August. Several members
played beautifully their
music selections. Club
members are practicing
new and interesting
songs to share at our
monthly time together,
thanks to all of you. It is
very nice to hear expressive songs played with a
musical flair! Keep practicing and adding those
musical tricks to your
solos.
The Showcase Per-
His skills and artistic
talent as an accordionist
places him in a group of
perhaps fifty (50) superb
concert style accordionists left in America. Let
us keep these “rare”
music geniuses in our
midst and doing wonderful public performances.
On we go to the
upcoming fall entertainment scheduled here at
ALSI. A great, local and
very talented accordionist, dancer and singer,
Ms. Linda Hibbert, will
share her keyboard wizardry at ALSI on September 11th. Linda
plays both an acoustic
reed accordion and a
“Concerto” digital/reed
instrument. She has improved her skills here at
ALSI and through diligent study. We are definitely going to hear
some great music.
Some of you players
can bring your talent out
in the open by dusting
off some of your repertoire and performing for
us. It’s your time to
shine here at ALSI!
It is also time to sign
up for Octoberfest Day
in Balboa Park and our
yearly Heritage Festival
with great ethnic music
from many countries.
Contact Bill Barr regarding sign up for Octoberfest and look for a
sign up sheet for Heritage Day Performers at
the September meeting.
Best Wishes
to Everyone!
Gordon —
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MONTHLY NEWSLETTER
ALSI MEMBERSHIP AND NEWSLETTER GENERAL INFORMATION
MEMBERSHIPS: current member renewal for twelve month term; the fee is $25.00 U.S.A., $26 Canada,
$27.00 for International delivery. For new members; partial year memberships can be purchased. Use
this calculation as follows: Subtract $2 for each month that has elapsed for the calendar year. Therefore, if
you are joining with a USA club membership in July, six months have elapsed, so 6 times $2 would be $12
to deduct and the formula would be: $25 - $12 = $13, thus the payment would be $13.
Make check or
money order payable to ALSI and send to: Helen Estok Schoell, at P.O. Box 151357 San Diego, CA
92175. The REED BLOCK is published once each month for delivery to members prior to the next meeting. (Meetings are the second Sunday of each month). Your input to the REED BLOCK is invited and should
be submitted to Helen Estok Schoell or email to Bob Page at webmaster@accordion -club-sandiego.org or
Mary Lou Erwin at [email protected].
DISCLAIMER: Unless otherwise indicated, all articles were written by the Editor. Unless so stated, no
article is to be construed as an endorsement. Articles not written by the Editor may contain comments
that do not necessarily reflect the views of the Editor or ALSI. If you disagree with anything in The REED
BLOCK or to post corrections, please let us know in writing.
SPECIAL NOTICE TO RECORDING ARTISTS: If you have an audio/video tape cassette you would
like reviewed and written up in The REED BLOCK, please send us a professional copy and a short biography
of the artist; include names, date and places to the ALSI address above. Please include the price of the item
including shipping and handling. If you want the package returned after the review please include return
postage with the package.
CUT-OFF DATE: All contributors to The REED BLOCK please note: For next month all material is due
fourteen days before the next meeting, accordingly the due date for the October 2011 issue is: September 26, 2011. This includes all items such as articles, upcoming events, playing around, accordion workshops, advertisements and ensemble schedules. Please make sure your material is received, in writing or
email, no later than that date. Please submit your input to Helen Estok Schoell (at above ALSI address) or
email to Bob Page at webmaster@accordion -club-sandiego.org or Mary Lou Erwin at [email protected]. Thank you for your cooperation.
ADVERTISEMENTS: Members may place one small ad per year at no charge, business cards are $6/per
issue or $60/per year, quarter-page is $15/per issue, half -page is $25/per issue, full -page is $50/per issue,
one -page event flyer is $25/per issue. Cost is doubled for ads placed by non -members.
(All ads must be accordion related).
MEETINGS: The club normally meets at 1:00 - 4:00 P.M. on the second Sunday of each month at the Mt
Miguel Covenant Village, 325 Kempton Ave, Spring Valley, CA
Next Meeting will be on Sunday, September 11, from 1:00 to 4:00 pm at Bailey Hall in Mt. Miguel Covenant Village, 325 Kempton Ave., Spring Valley. —
— ALSI Steering Committee —
The ALSI Steering Committee Meetings are usually held the Monday after the monthly ALSI meeting. Anyone is welcome to attend, to share ideas for our club, and have lunch and get acquainted
with the workings of ALSI. Please contact Helen Schoell at 619-584-4970 or Mary Lou Erwin at
619-448-9588 for a reservation. Our next meeting will be September 12th, Monday at
10:00 am in the Spice House Cafe at 9035 Clairemont Mesa Blvd. S.D.
Note: Day & Time Change!
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HAPPINESS AT ALSI
C’est si bon. Another great performance by Al. Thanks, Al
by Sharon Marotte
Our August 14th ALSI meeting was
fun – again!! Our players around the
Village were: Cafeteria – Jerry Odling,
Brandel – Vicki Eriqat, Crider 1 –
Marty Weinstein, Crider 2 – Bill Barr.
Our Mystery player for the day was
Marian Sowell. Marian ended her song
list with God Bless America, which is a
beautiful patriotic song. Good job, Marian!! Bill Barr was the MC.
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Ted Hill was our first player for the
day. He explained different things
about the Paso Dobles that he played.
His songs were: Senorita Rosita, La
Cigoula, Alhambra and a French
waltz entitled, On Danse A la Villette.
Great to have Ted with us and play
his accordion.
Ron Griffin was up next. Ron is not
always available to play at ALSI because of his traveling schedule so it
was good to hear him play. His songs
had a Russian style to them:
Ozidanie – Russian waltz, Ha Mackapaae (on Maskarah) – a Russian tango, and Betty, which was a song that
Stas Venglevski wrote for Ron.
Good job, Ron!! See you next time
you are in town.
Our next performer was Al Jacobs.
His songs were: Domino and a
French medley – Pigalle, and other
popular French tunes. He ended with
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Sharon Marotte & Erika Baier
played two duets pieces: La reine de
Paris and Polish Polka (Krakoujak).
Their pieces were very enjoyable and
they did a good job!!
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The ALSI Ensemble played next.
Their songs were: Finn Polka, Life in
the Finnish Woods and Beer Barrel
Polka.
Vicki Eriqat directed the
group, Bob Page played the bass on
his amped accordion, which is a great
sound to keep us together.
We all took our cake/coffee break and
listened to me, Sharon Marotte, play on
the patio, I was a busy gal on this day.
Several folks sang along with my songs
which was lots of fun. We were all very
excited to enjoy the Showcase by Peter
Robuffo, a really great accordionist from
the LA area. —
Sharon Marotte
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MONTHLY NEWSLETTER
HERITAGE DAY FESTIVAL FLYER
ACCORDION LOVERS SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL (ALSI) PROUDLY PRESENTS
A NEW TIME AND LOCATION FOR OUR ANNUAL HERITAGE DAY.
Come dressed up in your ethnic costume, bring a friend, and enjoy an afternoon of fantastic music , special guests, and delicious hors d’oeuvres for just $10. 00 per person with advance reservations and tickets. Otherwise, $12 at the door. There’s a prize for best costume too. RSVP as
soon as possible to join us at Liberty Hall Theater.
Highlights
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Music from around the world
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Dancers
Delicious hors d’oeuvres
Date: 11/13/2011 Time: 2:00—5:30 PM
LIBERTY HALL THEATER, IN THE PARADISE VILLAGE PLAZA
2700 East 4th Street, National City, CA 91950
Contact person: Mary Lou Erwin
Phone: 619.847.0577
Fax: 619.448.9588
E-mail: [email protected]
— Heritage Day Festival Registration Form —
November 13 at Liberty Hall Theater in Paradise Village Plaza, National City.
Advance Tickets $10, at the door $12
Names in party:_________________________________________________________
Number attending:__________
Amount Enclosed: $_________________
please forward this form and payment to Helen Schoell at P.O. Box 151257 San Diego, CA 92175
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COMING THIS MONTH
First of all I really love the accordion,
I love the reeds and the vibrations of them
against your chest , it makes the accordion
a part of you. I do not feel this with a piano. I am thankful to have been a part of
ALSI
since
about
1988.
I first became acquainted with the accordion when I was about nine year's old. A lady
came to our house in Allied Gardens, with
a twelve week lesson program and a rental
twelve bass accordion at Ozzie's Music
Studio on El Cajon Blvd. in San Diego. Because my father loved the accordion and
wanted me to play, he bought me a small
pearl blue 120 -bass Petosa accordion. I
thought it was the most beautiful thing, I even
liked the new leather smell.
I played
pretty well but after a year or so was not
able to read music. My teacher would
play my lesson for me and I was playing by
ear only. My father took me to Bertolino's Accordion Studio. Mr. Bertolino knew I
could not read music and set about to make sure I could read music. He was a great teacher, and would not play my
lesson. He made me learn to read and would dazzle me with his playing skills. I really liked the way Mr. Bertalino
sounded with his professional accordion. I had hopes of playing like him someday. Also, I remember hearing Lou Fanucchi play in the studio and recitals, he was the child prodigy and he inspired me to practice more. Thanks ALSI for
all of the years of great accordion music experience and fellowship that I've enjoyed because of this great club. "Viva la
Accordion"! —
Plan to join the ALSI members for this special Showcase Presentation
CUSTOMCRAFTED —
(206) 632-2700 phone
(206) 632-2733 fax
www.petosa.com
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MONTHLY NEWSLETTER
FESTIVAL REVIEW
The A.T.G. Orlando Florida Accordion Festival and Competition
by Gordon Kohl
The A.T.G., Accordion Teachers Guild, is
an accordion music organization which was
founded seventy-one (71) years ago by the
late Maestro Galla-Rini. The yearly affair has a
variety of events always scheduled.
One of the events featured at the festival
was the Roland competition. The competition
determines the U.S. champion in a senior and
(left) Junior Winner: Daniel Pavlotsky
(right) Senior Winner: Danielle Renzi
junior division. The above Senior Winner of
the competition will represent the United
States in the world Roland Accordion Competition. The event will be held this October in
Rome, Italy.
The competition consisted of each contestant having to perform three selections uti-
lizing an array of both solo and orchestral digital
sound’s using the Roland reed less accordion.
The selections were fantastic, very musical
and represented excellent use of a digital instrument. The expressiveness of the digital accordion was unbelievable. As an accordionist, I was
amazed at the authenticity of the digital accordion sounds featured in the Roland V accordion.
Now a little about this year’s winner, Danielle
Renzi, she is a nineteen year old from Rhode Island. She has great potential as an accordion artist. It is interesting that one of her other passions is biology, which she will be studying in college. As for many musicians, music and science
go together both being analytical and challenging.
A rewarding element of this gathering of accordionists and teachers is to play as a part of an
energized orchestra under the direction of wonderful conductors.
This year, as in past years, Ms Joan Cochran
Sommers has been a favorite conductor bringing
a song to life with beautiful melodic expression
and impulsive rhythm by accordionists playing
from several countries of origin.
This year the ATG Orchestra comprised of
some eighty (80) members; sixty (60) from Scotland, and twenty (20) from the U.S.A.
The highlight of the festival was concert night.
The concert featured accordion soloists from the
U.S.A., Italy and Russia.
The orchestra played four selections. The
first selection was an original composition of the
late Maestro Galla-Rini titled “The Paragon
March”. The second piece was full of energy and
was from the musical Fame called “Flash dance”.
The third song was a jazzy tune, “Racuerdo” an
original orchestration from the talented Ms. Amy
Jo Sawyer. The orchestra’s final selection was an
instant favorite with the orchestra titled “Rock n
Roll Trilogy” a Randy Martin arrangement from
Los Angeles, California.
(continued on page ten)
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ACCORDION EVENTS
THE “BIG SQUEEZE” ACCORDION
FESTIVAL October 9, at 10 am to 4 pm.
This 3rd Annual Orange County Accordion Festival returns to the Orange County Market Place in
Costa Mesa on Sunday, October 9, 2011. The
event will run from 10 am to 4 pm and in conjunction with all of the swap meet activities at the
O.C. Fair & Event Center. Bands and other entertainment will soon be announced. Call 714977-5360 for more information about the latest
details of this accordion event.
Atherton Auditorium, San Joaquin Delta College.
The Commission Sponsor and Guest Artist Sponsor: Thomas & Virginia Chen. "Meet the Maestro”
pre-concert talks begin 45 minutes prior to each
performance.
INTERNATIONAL ACCORDION
CONVENTION Oct. 31 - Nov. 3, 2011.
Las Vegas, Nevada at the Gold Coast Hotel & Casino. Featuring: Angelo Di Pippo with the Accordion Kings, Frank Marocco, Alex Sevastian, Mario
Tacca & Mary Mancini, Mary Tokarski and featuring Frank Toscano & Manny Corallo of the Accordion Kings, Peter & Mady Soave, the Soundscape
Trio, Bruce Gassman, Gina Brannelli, Gordon
Kohl, and the fourth annual Accordion Orchestra
led by Joan Cochran Sommers. This year there
will be a “Masquerade Party” on Halloween night.
There will be varied workshops each day with a
luncheon and dinner concerts as well. Hotel
rooms are only $34 per night, a special rate for
convention attendees. Contact 800-472-1695 or
email to [email protected] for more information.
ALSI CONCERT— MARIO PEDONE
January 8, 2012.
Concert will be held in Liberty Hall in Paradise
Village Plaza at approximately 2:00 pm. Mario has
performed professionally in many Countries including Colombia, Venezuela, Sweden, Italy, and
Canada. Mario has
his own recording
studio in Sugar
Land, were he has
arranged and recorded hundreds of
tunes
including
many of his own
compositions. His
musical range includes, but is not limited to Classical, Latin, European, American Standards. He also produce CDs,
background music for other musicians and singers.
In 2002 and 2003 Mario was invited to perform in
the famous Accordion Festival celebrated in Ransäter, Sweden having a big success, one of Mario’s
composition Bergen’s polka is well known in the
Scandinavian Countries. Other performances include numerous appearances at accordion clubs
and festivals across the United States.
NEW ACCORDION CONCERTO
PREMIERE
November 10th & 12th 2011.
Accordionist Peter Soave
will present the World
Premiere of a new accordion concerto by Max Simoncic with the Stockton
Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Peter
Jaffe on Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 8:00 PM
and Saturday, November
12, 2011 at 6:00 PM at the
FRANK MAROCCO ACCORDION EVENT
Thursday, February 16, through Monday,
February 20, 2012.
This very popular annual accordion workshop
event will be held at the beautiful Arizona Golf
Resort in Mesa, Arizona. Special guest artist
scheduled is Misha Litvin on Mandolin who is a
duet partner with Stas Venglevski. If interested
you can contact the address below to be placed
on the waiting list.
FMAE (US)
P.O. Box 25
Walkersville, MD 21793-0025
Email:[email protected]
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MONTHLY NEWSLETTER
SHOWCASE REVIEW
PETER ROBUFFO SHOWCASE
AUGUST 14, 2011
by Bob Warner
If you were not here this great Sunday afternoon you really missed it. Peter Robuffo
was here, a superb, fantastic, outstanding, impressive, world class accordionist. I could stop
here because there are not many other adjectives that can adequately describe the skills of
this master musician. I first heard Peter play
about 10 years ago at an AFNA event in Long
Beach. All
he
has
done is get
better – if
that’s possible.
He
has reached
extraordinary levels
of competence in his
musical life.
Peter plays
a
great
sounding,
amplified
Excelsiola accordion. There was nothing else,
just a fine sounding acoustic accordion played
with an exquisite skill that most of us just
dream about. I dare to say that Peter is one of
the most underrated accordionists around.
Not enough people have heard about him and
they should have. He has an extensive classical
and novelty repertoire but he is equally at
home with swing and jazz as we soon found
out. This was an awesome program today,
performed completely from memory and with
all of the nuances the accordion is capable of.
As he launched into Gus Durand’s “WALTZ
IN E FLAT” I’m sure that everyone was immediately struck by his crisp, clean, fluent keyboard
technique in a piece that seemed to be designed
to exhibit the virtues of the accordion. This is
playing with authority and confidence. His
presentation of this high energy waltz was impressive, especially for being the first number.
He followed this with “A GAY RANCHERO”
played at a pace slightly slower than most accordionists have in the past. The melodic and rhythmic ‘EL RELICARIO” by Joseph Padilla was a dazzling arrangement full of melody and rhythm
played at a paso doble tempo. A program would
not ever be complete without a polka, but in this
case, Peter showed us a new one called
“LOUIE’S POLKA”. This was a bouncy, infectious piece full of runs and arpeggios composed
by one of his former teachers, John Caruso. It
was refreshing to hear a new polka.
“CARNIVALE”, a novelty composition by
Charles Magnante, displayed that curious combination of melody and technical fireworks that
the old timers of the Golden Age of the Accordion were so good at. Peter added his own special embellishments as usual, triple bellows shake
being one of them.
Jazz has been a part of Peter’s music for a
long time. He gave us two pieces, “THE SHADOW OF YOUR SMILE” by Johnny Mandel and
“SATIN DOLL” by Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington and Johnny Mercer. These sophisticated, elegant arrangements of Peter’s were a pleasure to
listen to. It was all there, big chords, embellishments with runs and arpeggios slipped in where
they belonged to make a cohesive presentation. I
believe I heard a little bit of Art Van Damme
here and there, too. “HOLIDAY FOR
CHORDS”, a Magnante composition, showed us
another side of the accordion. The left hand
parts were played only on the chord buttons
with no fundamental base being used. The result
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CREDITS
by Helen Estok Schoell
Our sincere appreciation to Russell Camp
for coming in early and seeing to it that tables
were set up for the day’s event. To Jack and
Sharon Marotte for setting things up on stage
for our players for the day. Jack Marotte runs
the sound system and Bob Page and Sharon
Marotte are our photographers for the day.
Thank you Mary Lou Erwin for coming in
early to take care of members and guest at the
door and sign in sheets plus the players sign in
sheet for the day.
Thank you Jane Ford for providing a large
tray of sweet rolls for our snack time. ALSI club
provided a variety of cookies also.
Yours truly made coffee, set the table, and arranged cookies on serving trays with the help of
Ardith Birdsell.
Thank you Ron Schoell for serving coffee and
Maria Ljubic for chipping right in to help serve
lemonade and ice tea.
Yours truly cleaned up and put things away.
God bless you all for your help and support.
[WE NEED MORE VOLUNTEERS FOR REFRESHMENT TIME. PLEASE SIGN UP AT
THE WELCOME TABLE. EXTRA HANDS
MAKE THE BREAK TIME EASIER AND IS
ALWAYS APPRECIATED.]
A Very Happy Anniversary
Wish In September To:
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SHOWCASE REVIEW—cont.
is a novel, softer musical tone that technically
would make you think about what you are doing with the left hand. The piece itself was
more or less like a lilting tone poem but with a
rhythmic jazz beat in 6/8 time part way
through. This piece was no pushover; there
was a lot to it.
Peter’s performance of the rousing overture to the opera “MARRIAGE OF FIGARO”
was pure classical virtuoso. I have always said
this piece transcribes perfectly for the accordion. I’m sure Mozart would have been pleased
to hear it. It takes technique at the highest level
to play it right. Peter’s skills with dance music
are replete with numbers like ‘WAVE”,
“BESAME MUCHO” and “JALOUSIE”. These
were all virtuoso arrangements of his, especially “JALOUSIE”. To finish his program, Peter
played his show stopper arrangement of
George Gershwin’s “RHAPSODY IN BLUE”. It
was a most remarkable virtuoso performance replete with technical skills and artistry.
I’m sure we were all mesmerized with this
performance today. If you ever hear of a Peter
Robuffo venue it’s worth at least a days drive
to hear him. We will surely have him back next
year! —
Best Wishes for a very Happy
Birthday for those born in
the month of September!
May your lives always be happy and
9/5 Charlotte Thompson
filled with precious times To remember.
9/6 Janet Martini
For those
of you married in the month
9/16
Phil Rizzo
of December:
9/10 Neil Morefield
9/29 Daniel Synkowski
Sami and Tiina Zein, 21st
9/30 Lenitta Barrett
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FESTIVAL REVIEW—continued
The audience enjoyed all of the selections.
However, when the orchestra performed the
Rock Trilogy, conducted by Mr. Bruce Gassman,
everyone played with a super intensity and passion. The orchestra received a standing ovation.
They also had a great experience practicing
and playing to a wonderful audience which appreciated the accordion as an orchestral instrument.
Prior to the final evening of the festival,
there were many accordion workshops, demonstrations by teachers, exhibition performances
by wonderful Chinese musicians and Scottish,
young teens.
Guest artist performed wonderfully, playing
classical music from Russian composers on the
unique Bayon Accordion.
There were several music workshops and
music clinics which were inspiring. Topics covered were: playing better left hand fills, playing
the Blues scales in and around a melody, adding
the technique necessary to enhance classical
melodies, and how attention should be given to
the bellows, rhythm and fingering.
All in all the ATG as an organization offers
opportunities to accordion teachers and performers to share and fine tune their skills once
a year. There is always something to learn and
improve upon in one’s musicianship and teaching knowledge.
Come be a part of a fun and rewarding music organization. I am glad that I joined.
The yearly convention is in a new city almost every year. In past years the conventions
have been held in Nashville, Tennessee; Dallas,
Texas; Washington D.C.; Santa Clara, California; and Orlando, Florida.
Guess what, next year we will be having the
convention in Chicago, Illinois. This is a city
with many heritages featuring music with the
Accordion. Hope I see you in Chicago in July
2012. —
ATTENTION CLUB MEMBERS:
PLAYERS NEEDED FOR OCTOBER FEST IN BALBOA PARK.
— OctoberFest Player Registration Form —
October 9th in Balboa Park.
Song Titles: _____________________________ __________________________
_____________________________ __________________________
_____________________________ __________________________
Name:_______________________________________
Please forward this information to Bill Barr who can be reached at 619-337-1111
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CALENDAR
September 11th — Showcase
With Linda Hibbert
October 9th — October Fest
In Balboa Park
This coming September, we will be entertained with a
special Showcase presented by Linda Hibbert. She is a
long-time member of ALSI and
has been active in the Polka
Dots accordion ensemble. She
has entertained at club meetings on numerous occasions
and demonstrated her accordion skills. Plan to join us for
this special concert. —
We invite you to Join ALSI club members for an afternoon in Balboa Park where accordion music from all over the
world will be presented to the
visitors who pass by. This is
always a well attended event
and is a great opportunity to
show off the accordion especially to young people. —
November 13 — Heritage Day
Festival
At Liberty Hall Theater, In Paradise
Village Plaza, National City. Plan to
come and join us at this new exciting
location for our ethnic costumes, accordion music, and dancing routines. There
will be delicious hors d’oeuvres and
refreshments available too. More information to come on this exciting Heritage
Day Festival. (see flyer on page four) —
.December
11th — Showcase
With Bob Page
The ALSI meeting will feature holiday music and a Showcase presented by our club
webmaster, Bob Page. His
program will include acoustic
and electronic accordion selections which will feature the
Roland FR7x accordion. Music will range from standards
and
classics to Christmas
selections. —
PLAYING AROUND
Sharon Marotte
“Please share date,
time and location
of public appearances. Submit
these, in writing,
complying with the
cut-off date, to
Helen Estok
Schoell or Bob
Page.”
September 7th and
every Wednesday 5:007:00 pm at Brother's
Restaurant 5150 Waring Rd.
Kjell Holmes
Friday, Sep. 2nd & Oct. 7th
from 5 to 8 pm at Lake
C uyamaca Restaur a nt,
(Kjell performs at the restaurant the first Friday of
each month.)
Louis Fanucchi
Most Tuesdays at
Paesano’s in San Diego
from 5:30 to 8:30 pm.
Most Wednesday’s at
Romesco’s in Bonita from
7 to 10 pm.
For more information
call Lou at 619-948-3774. or online at
www.loufnucchi.com for his calendar.
Gordon Kohl
Sep. ?? Gordon and his Trio
will be appearing at Jimmy’s
Restaurant in Chula Vista
from 5 to 9 pm. The restaurant is located on 3rd Avenue in Chula Vista.
ALSI
Statement Of
Purpose:
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Monthly Newsletter
ALSI is San Diego’s
forum for appreciating and performing
accordion music,
including the MIDI
electronic accordion
We welcome members who enjoy listening to or playing
accordion music.
We have an accordion ensemble group,
monthly meetings,
local concerts featuring local and internationally famous performers, an annual
picnic and a monthly
newsletter.
We’re on the WEB! at www.accordion-club-sandiego.org
The REED BLOCK
c/o Helen Estok Schoell
P.O. Box 151357
San Diego, CA 92175
SEPTEMBER
2011
EDITION
September Showcase
with Linda Hibbert