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Our January Meeting started with Rosemary playing Oiseaux De Paris, Try to Remember, Autumn Leaves and … something else. It was only Rosemary’s second time on stage at the club although she has been coming to the club for many years. It was nice to see her playing so well, make sure you don’t leave it so long next time Rosemary! Our next player was
Bernard Bamber playing Paper Roses, He’ll Have to Go, Please Release Me, Que Sera Sera, When The Saints, Goodnight Irene and When I Grow Too Old To Dream. Up next was Ann Parker, Ann played Bel Viso, Black Mask Waltz, Snow Waltz and Frog Chorus. Colin Ensor then took to the stage playing Please Don’t Talk, She, Try A Littler Tenderness, I’ll String Along With You, The Greatest Mistake, Sailing By and Laras Theme. Taking to the stage for first time was just turned 3 year old Andrew
making his debut at the club (or anywhere) playing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. To finish stage part of the night Bernard Belshaw entertained us with Blaze Away, Where Is My Heart, You Made Me Love You, Wooden Heart, He'll Have To Go, Spanish Gypsy Dance and Ain’t She Sweet. Once all the players who wanted to play on the stage had played their spot we carried on the night with players playing, drinking coffee, fixing accordions, giving tuition or just chatting in different
parts of the room. These two stage nights seem to work well, in the first part of the night players get to perform on the stage (and we get to enjoy hearing them), then we have an informal second half through to 11pm.
David Batty
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This Tuesday we will be meeting on TUESDAY 15th of February. 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.
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Our dates till the end of the year are: 3rd Tuesdays of the month 8pm – 11pm
Our other nights up to the end of the year(subject to any government restrictions)…
15th February 2022
15th March 2022
19th April 2022
17th May 2022
21st June 2022
19th July 2022
16th August 2022
20th September 2022
18th October 2022
15th November 2022
20th December 2022
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Feast of Fiddles is a band of friends that put on a show of huge dynamic range performed with passion, joy and a liberal dose of fun. Fiddlers Peter Knight (Gigspanner, Steeleye Span), Chris Leslie (Fairport Convention), Brian McNeill (Battlefield Band), Ian Cutler (Bully Wee), Tom Leary (Lindisfarne) and Garry Blakeley
(Band of Two) add the large range of fiddle playing styles to the rock back-line of guitars, keyboards, sax and accordion, all held together by legendary drummer Dave Mattacks.
This concert takes place on the 10th April, at The Atkinson, Southport. Tickets cost £22 and can be booked online at https://www.theatkinson.co.uk/events/feast-of-fiddles-2022/
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Tram Sunday is back on this year on the 17th July 2022.
Fleetwood Festival of Transport ‘Tram Sunday’ is the UK’s largest FREE family vintage transport and arts event. It’s certainly the biggest event in Fleetwood, with stalls, music, cars and amusements. It’s a full day of entertainment for all the family. If you’ve not been before it is well worth a visit. For more details about this years event keep an eye on https://www.visitfleetwood.info for information nearer the time
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Online Chat/Playing this Wednesday
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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 2nd of March starting at 8pm, we have an online catch up with local members and others from far and wide. This is held on Zoom.
Last month we had a player from America join us which made a welcome addition to the evening.
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 join in. 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
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