This Tuesday we will be meeting on TUESDAY 16^th of November, did I mention that our night has changed to Tuesday? Doors open at 8pm with a hybrid meeting.  We are going to have a first section where we give players a chance to play on the stage (it will be 20 months since we have had this!) then afterwards we will treat the rest of the night as a practice night. This gives everyone chance to play a solo spot or play afterwards either in a group or around the room.  Not everyone wants to play in a group, and not everyone wants to play as a solo player so this gives everyone chance whatever their preference.

We will see how this type of night goes and then afterwards ask whether people like this format.

See you at 8pm on Tuesday.

David.

Our dates till the end of the year are:  3^rd Tuesdays of the month  8pm – 11pm
 

Our other nights up to the end of the year…
21^st December 2021

I will put our new dates for 2022 in the next newsletter once I have confirmation that they are in the diary at the club.  Previously (for the last 20 years) it was automatic that the first third and fifth Wednesdays were ours but with the new system and new management (who know we want every third Tuesday) I have to check that we are in the diary before I publish dates here.

Christmas is just round the corner so it’s a good time to pull out your Christmas tunes brush the dust off and get ready for our Christmas night on the 21^st December. We won’t be having a Jacob Join this year just to err on the side of caution. You are welcome to bring your own Booze and Picnic if you so wish. As we do every year we have an anything goes on this night.. sing us a song, read a monologue, play another instrument or show us your party trick.

Accordionist Jonny Kerry from Stamford is releasing an Album on the 17^th December.
Jonny has called his album Castelfidardo to coincide with the 200^th Anniversary of the Accordions Invention. The album features ten exceptional musicians, four original compositions by Jonny as well as seven covers with beautiful string arrangements.
Jonny has played for companies like Warner Records, Ferrari, Renault, John Lewis, Café Rouge, Virgin media, and on the BBC drama 'The Peaky Blinders'.

For more information visit www.jonnykerry.com

Ireland West Music TV broadcasts regular programs on Spotlight TV on Sky 365 and Freeview 364. This program features regular accordion appearances either as a main instrument or more commonly in a group or ceilidh band setting.  It features a mixture of Irish performers mixed in with American country (a popular genre in Ireland).

We are keeping up with one online meeting a month to supplement the loss of a face to face meeting. The next online meeting will be 1^st December starting at 8pm, we have an online catch up with local members and others from far and wide. This is held on Zoom.

The night starts at 8pm and will be a chance to chat accordions, find out what others have been up to, or even play a tune for us.  Please share the link below with any accordion folk who might be interested in joining us. The service we are paying for allows for up to 100 people to join in so we don’t have a limit on how many can join in. The only criteria is that they want to chat about accordion stuff, listen to others play the accordion, or give us a tune themselves.

Simply click this link to Join our Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82237487230?pwd=LzlLdC9RMCtkb1RMMmVoSXZVR0lMQT09

Meeting ID: 822 3748 7230
Passcode: accordion