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Our June Meeting was a meeting of two halves, the first half was players on the stage, then we moved on to a free for all (practice night) format. We started the night with Bernard Bamber playing Oh Boy, Bye Bye Love, Send Me Pillow You Dream On, Goodnight Irene, Isle Of Innishfree, 40 Shades of Green, Old Flames, My Wild Irish Rose and Lovely Rose Of Clare.
Colin Ensor was up next playin Please Don’t Talk, I’ll String Along with You, Violetta, Malta, Pigalle, She, Sweetheart Of All My Dreams, Try A Little Tenderness, Who’s Taking You Home Tonight. Then we heard from Ann Parker who played Frog Chorus, Snow Waltz, Loveliest Night Of The Year and Woodland Fantasia.
The floor was then open for anyone to play anything in any part of the room, chat, drink coffee, repair accordions, swap tips, help each other with music etc.
The night ended at the usual 11pm when they came to lock the place up and we all went home happy to be able to meet up again and listen (and play) live music.
David Batty
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We will be meeting this Tuesday 19th of July. Doors open at 8pm with a hybrid meeting as usual. 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. 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.
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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
19th July 2022
16th August 2022
20th September 2022
18th October 2022
15th November 2022
20th December 2022
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Midland Accordion Festival
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The Midland Accordion Festival is on the 11th – 13th November 2022 at the Mercure Birmingham West Hotel on Birmingham Road, West Bromwich. The Artists at this years festival are Leonard Brown, Mario Conway, David Vernon, Jovan Rynjak, Helen Rich, Rosemary Wright, Nigel Pasby & Helen Newton, Stewart and
Anne Towe, Harry Hussey and Sue Bennett.
The Workshops will be run by Angie Lukins, Jean Hanger and Nigel Pasby.
For More Information contact Barry Smith accordions2010@hotmail.co.uk or telephone 0121 649 5351
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Houghton Weavers Fun with Folk Weekend
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7th – 9th October a weekend of entertainment with 2 evening shows and 2 morning shows. The Houghton Weavers will be resident all weekend. They also have several special guests performing.
2 Nights Half Board (Dinner, Bed and Breakfast) including a 2 course lunch on Sunday costs £199 per person based on 2 people sharing, a Single supplement is £40 per person.
The weekend is being held at The Palace Hotel and Spa in Buxton
Booking is via a booking form which can be found on their website https://houghtonweavers.com/concert-dates/
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Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru 2022
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This Annual Welsh Music event will be on S4C (Sky 134, Virgin 166, Freesat 120) starting on Thursday 28th July starting at 8pm. On this programme Rhian Lois looks forward to the Ceredigion National Eisteddfod, getting a taste of the opening show Lloergan and hearing from some of the bands that will entertain the
crowds on Llwyfan y Maes. Poet Aneirin Karadog details the main ceremonies and the preparations for Y Parti Mawr. This is just the first program about the festival, there are several other programmes on S4C featuring various artists, musicians and singers.
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Online Chat/Playing Wednesday
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The next ONLINE meeting will be 3rd August 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
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