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Last Month
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At our last meeting we started the night with Gordon Priestley playing Now Is The Hour, When The Saints, Under Paris Skies, Herren Slaves and Whispering Hope. Our next player was Bernard Bamber, Bernard started with I Love You Because and Paper Roses, he
then continued with You’re The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me, He’ll Have To Go, You Are My Sunshine, Lassie From Lancashire, Grandfathers Clock, Let Him Go Let Him Tarry, Roll Out The Barrel, Walking My Baby Back Home, Tipperary and to finish he played Daisy Bell. David Rigby was up next, David played My Wild Irish Rose, The Spinning Wheel, Snow Waltz, Que Sera Sera, Mountains Of Mourne and Highland Cathedral. Ann Parker was next on to the stage playing Rosa, Kalinka, Cossack Dance, Lolita
and Romanze. Sara Daly then followed Ann, she gave us Emma & Jamie’s Wedding, Rocking Your Babies To Sleep, Autumn Leaves and Those Were The Days. Alan Prescott (pictured) played Isle Of Capri, Yellow Bird, When I’m 64, Give My Regards To Broadway, I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside, Ain’t She Sweet, Don’t Fence Me In, Alexanders Rag Time Band, Funiculi Funnicula and Finnish Tune. Our final stage player Colin Ensor then played Please Don’t Talk, More Than You Know, Dark Island, Skye Boat
Song, Sailing By, Back Home Again and Who’s Taking You Home Tonight.
After the stage performances the format changed format to everyone doing their own thing around the room. A small group playing in one corner, others playing solo, swapping tips, helping each other with music or just chatting and drinking tea and coffee for the rest of the night.
The night ended at the usual 11pm when they came to lock the place up.
David Batty
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This Tuesday!
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We will be meeting this Tuesday 19th September. Doors open at 8pm with a hybrid meeting as usual. We will start with any players on the stage who want to play to an audience, then we will move on to having the rest of
the evening as a Practice Night(Informal chat, playing etc. happening around the room). 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 see the stage performances first. As usual there will be Tea and Coffee on sale at 20p a Cup. See you at 8pm this Tuesday 19th September. David. |
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Forthcoming Dates
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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 September 2023
17th October 2023
21st November 2023
19th December 2023
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Chester Accordion Club Guest Artist
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On Tuesday the 26th of
September Chester Accordion Club are pleased to announce a rare opportunity to hear the renowned female accordion quartet Accordion Spice, with Solos by Helen Rich. Doors are open at 7.15pm for a 7.30pm start. The entrance Fee is just £3. The venue is the Groves Sports and Social Club, Chester Road, Whitby, Ellesmere Port CH66 2NZ. This is around 47 miles from Leyland. It’s mostly motorway from Leyland and
it’s about a 55 or 60 minute journey. Hopefully some of you can make it and we will see you there. No advance tickets are needed but notice of intention to attend would be appreciated if possible for the organiser Barry to have an idea of how many to cater for. Call Barry on 01978 760065 or email acubg@aol.com if you can to let him know you are coming.
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Robert Burton
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On Care village resident Harry aged 95
was recently surprised with a visit/performance from Accordionist Robert Burton. Harry used to play the accordion until he had to give it up when it became too heavy for him to play, Harry would entertain the other residents of the care village with his Accordion.
Experience co-ordinator Louise Kelly said: “We all really missed the sounds of Harry and his accordion. We knew how much it meant to him and
we wanted to do something special, so we arranged for a fellow accordionist to come in for a surprise show.”
The musical talents of Robert Burton filled the dementia specialist’s entertainment venue, which saw residents singing along and clapping, while others enjoyed the merriment by taking to the dance floor. Harry
was delighted. He said: “The music took me right back – I used to be able to play like Robert, you know! “It’s was a wonderful afternoon and I can’t believe this was all done for me.”
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Online Chat/Playing Wednesday
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The next ONLINE meeting will be 4th October 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. If you want to chat about accordion stuff, listen to others play the accordion, or give us a tune then please join us. I will send out a reminder for anyone who forgets the meeting is on, but the meeting will be on, and here is the main announcement of it. We did have a number of us on the last meeting and we had a great range of music being played and lots of chat about various pieces of music. Simply click this link to Join our Zoom Meeting at 8pm on the 4th October. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82237487230?pwd=LzlLdC9RMCtkb1RMMmVoSXZVR0lMQT09
Meeting ID: 822 3748 7230
Passcode: accordion The link above is the same for every online meeting we have, it doesn’t change from
month to month. You can test your computer works with the link at any time. If you get a message saying you are waiting for a host to let you in, or something similar, then your computer is set up correctly to join the meeting on the correct dates/times. |
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