This Tuesday we will be meeting on TUESDAY 15^th of March.  Doors open at 8pm with a hybrid meeting as detailed above.  We will start with any players on the stage who want to play or practice playing to an audience, then we will move on to having the rest of the evening as a Practice Night. This way we can cater for most peoples preferences in one night, if you prefer to play on stage please arrive sooner rather than later and we will get all stage performances done first.   

Because we don’t have a bar at the club any more, please feel free to bring your own Alcoholic Drink or Soft Drink. As usual there will be Tea and Coffee on sale at 20p a Cup.

Please bring yourselves and your accordion if you have one.

Remember they only open the club for us at 8pm now, previously the club was open from 6.30pm or 7pm when they had a bar, and we could let ourselves in the room any time we liked. Now someone comes down with a key at 8pm to open the building, leaving us as the only ones there until they return at 11pm. Please check they have had time to turn the alarm off if you are first through the door heading for the main room.

See you at 8pm on Tuesday 15th.

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(subject to any government restrictions)…
15^th March 2022
19^th April 2022
17^th May 2022
21^st June 2022
19^th July 2022
16^th August 2022
20^th September 2022
18^th October 2022
15^th November 2022
20^th December 2022
 

Colette & Gennaro Fiondella welcomed everyone to their long awaited festival on Friday 4th February 2022. The Queens Hotel venue is superbly located on Eastbourne seafront overlooking the pier and within walking distance of the town.

The guest artists each had their own individual styles and an excellent variation of music was performed over the weekend.

Rosemary Wright treated us to more pieces from her huge repertoire.

Angie & Andrew Lukins played a super entertaining accordion classics set.

A popular duet set was played by Nigel Pasby & Helen Newton. Nigel also conducted his Kennet Accordion Orchestra and treated us to some pop classics.

An entertaining Roman Voloshchuk played popular accordion pieces.

Julie Best performed accordion solo classics and with Jean Corrighan three varied repertoires of duets.

Johnny-Lee Leslie left everyone mesmerised with his brilliant virtuoso performance on his button keyed accordion.

Colette played a set of pieces with Gennaro and of course no festival is complete without the amazing Harry Hussey and his jazz arrangements.

Edward Young did a superb job of the sound and lighting for all the concerts.

The trade stands were busy over the weekend, Gennaro held a Roland Accordion Masterclass and daytime orchestras lead by Jean Hangar, Angie Lukins and Nigel Pasby kept everyone occupied.

Not forgetting the comfortable bar area…….

The music didn’t stop, people played all day and in the evenings Harry, Gennaro and Roman kept the party going with people joining in.

Midnight came and went, the bar closed , bottles appeared from bedrooms and the music continued. Rumour has it certain guests were still there when the restaurant opened for breakfast.

The weather was mainly sunny and dry enabling us to take advantage of walks along the pier and seafront to clear away the over indulgence of a great weekend.

The 410 mile journey home was filled with traffic problems but thankfully we made it home safely. If only we could charter a boat to sail there!

Next years date is booked but in the meantime we have the Midlands festival in November to look forward to.

A Band called Whiskey in the Jar are performing at Chorley Theatre on Friday the 18^th March. Tickets Cost £12 They perform a variety of Irish Folk, Ballads, Jigs and Reels. Whiskey in the Jar have been performing together for 33 years. Tickets are available on the Chorley Theatre Website https://chorleytheatre.com/theatre_events/whiskey-in-the-jar/

Lytham St Annes Shanty Crew are performing at Lowther Pavilion Theatre  on the 31^st March at 7:30 pm. This will be their first major event of the year, where they will have special guests, The Capricorn Singers.
For the past few months They have been working on some brand new songs which they will be performing on the 31st March along with lots of old favourites.
Tickets cost £11 and can be bought online at https://lowtherpavilion.co.uk/book-online/225802  or by phone 01253 794221.

Leyland Festival is back this year, and it coincides with the Queens Jubilee Bank holiday Weekend. The Main Leyland Festival will be on Thursday 2^nd June Which will be free entry (It’s usually been around £3 for entry to worden park for the festival). Thursday will see the parade through the town ending at worden park, lots of entertainment and traders on Worden park and exhibits like Cars in the Park etc. There is more to be planned for this day and we will let you know when we hear more but at least you can get the date in your diary.

To carry on the festivities there is a Music Festival in Worden park on Friday 3^rd June which will see lots of 80’s Favourites performing Go West, Pat Sharp (DJ), Heaven 17, T’Pau, Tony Hadley and more.. Tickets cost £37.80 and can be bought online here… https://www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Preston/Worden-Park/Music-in-the-Park-/35952001/

Saturday 4^th June will see a Street Party held on Hough Lane … more details are yet to be announced.
 

We will be having an online meeting on the first Wednesday in February to supplement the loss of  the first Wednesday face to face meeting. The next online meeting will be 6^th April 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 about 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 use the link. If you want to chat about accordion stuff, listen to others play the accordion, or give us a tune then please join us.

Simply click this link to Join our Zoom Meeting

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

Meeting ID: 822 3748 7230
Passcode: accordion