This Tuesday we will be meeting on TUESDAY 19^th of April.  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 people’s 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.

See you at 8pm on Tuesday 19th.

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)…
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
 

 Foster And Allen are back touring in the UK at the end of this year.  Here are some local venues where they will be performing.
2nd November The Plaza, Stockport 0161 477 7779 www.stockportplaza.co.uk
3rd November Floral Pavilion Theatre, New Brighton 0151 666 0000 www.floralpavilion.com
6th November Parr Hall, Warrington 01925 442345 www.parrhall.culturewarrington.org
9th November The Brindley Theatre, Runcorn 0151 907 8360 www.thebrindley.org.uk
 

As the country opens up there are now a number of folk festivals listed that may be of interest:

Chester Folk Festival 27^th – 29^th May Price and Artist information can be found on their website https://www.chesterfolk.org.uk/

Rochdale Folk Festival 10^th – 12^th June Mostly Free events a list of their events are on their website https://rochdalefolkfestival.co.uk/

The Lake District Folk Weekend 5^th – 7^th August  A Mixture of free and paid for events. Tickets and Performance details are on their website https://www.thelakedistrictfolkweekend.com/

Whitby Folk Festival 20^th – 26^th August Ticket Prices vary see events and information on their website https://www.whitbyfolk.co.uk/

Two Weekend Accordion courses are being run on the 1^st – 3^rd July at Halways Manor.

This Beginners Weekend Course is being run by Jane Ward. The course will cover simple technique to ensure the best start to playing the accordion. The weekend will be taught by ear and with music. By the end of the weekend you should be able to play some simple tunes with both hands together, and have an idea of where to progress next.

There will be plenty of time for informal practice and time for individual assistance. There will be informal evening sessions and a Saturday night tutors’ concert.

Beginners weekend https://halswaymanor.org.uk/event/piano-accordion-course-2022-beginners/

Intermediate Weekend with Amy Thatcher, Paul Hutchinson and Murray Grainger
A packed programme of workshops will offer participants the opportunity to work with all three tutors, honing technique, repertoire and interpretation of folk tunes and accompaniment. There will be time for informal evening sessions and a Saturday night tutors’ concert.

Intermediate/Advanced Weekend. https://halswaymanor.org.uk/event/piano-accordion-weekend-intermediate-advanced-2/

Prices for the course vary depending on Accommodation choice, see the links to the courses for prices.

Radio Lancashire broadcast a show on Sunday evenings from 6pm – 10pm called Unforgettable, its well worth listening to. The show features four hours of unforgettable songs, instrumentals and music you will probably really enjoy.  We listen to it on most Sunday evenings and it brings back lots of memories of tunes from yesteryear. If you miss listening to it (or you are not close enough to listen to it on FM) you can catch up by listening online, simply visit https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p001d7pd to listen live or catch up on the last four weeks episodes.

If you are listening live then as the program broadcasts you can also check the above page while lists the tracks that have been played (useful if you missed the title of something you like).

The next ONLINE meeting will be 4^th May 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