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Last Month
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At our last meeting we started at the usual 8pm. Our first player of the night was Michael Kristiansen, he started with Boys of Blue Hill and Margarets Waltz, he then went on to play Bluebell Polka, Lewis & Harris Gathering, Father John McMillan and Donald McClean Farewell To Oban. Up next was Bernard Bamber playing Singing The Blues, You’re My Best Friend, Old
Flames, Paper Roses, I Love You Just Because You’re You, Someday, Putting On The Style, Halfway To Paradise and Blackpool Belle. Ann Parker was next, playing Snow Waltz, Loveliest Night Of The Year, Under Paris Skies, Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves and Roundabout. Our next player was Derek who was new to the club. He hadn’t brought his accordion but he borrowed mine to give us some tunes. Derek learnt to play the accordion without realising he was playing upside down, so he just turns a normal
accordion upside down to play (so the bass buttons are on the right and the keys are on the left). Derek played Lassie From Lancashire, My Girls A Yorkshire Girl, I Belong To Glasgow, Irish Eyes and Land Of My Father. I was up next, playing Oslo Waltz, Whispering Hope and Sailors Hornpipe Medley. Colin Ensor was our next player, he played Down Forget Me Not Lane, More Than You Know, Please Don’t Talk, The Old Accordion Man, Pigalle, Kate Martins Waltz, Sailing By and The Way Old Friends
Do. After the stage performances were over we then moved on to the informal part of the night, with people playing in various locations and groups around the room, chatting, drinking tea and coffee, swapping stories and tips, and generally having a good time.
The night ended at the usual
11pm.
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Our Next Meeting
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We look forward to seeing you all this
Tuesday the 18th June. As usual we will give players chance to play on the stage before opening the floor up to playing anywhere around the room, chatting, catching up with each other, learning new tunes etc. Please try to bring your accordion. Doors open at 8pm, see you there.
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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
18th June 2024
16th July 2024
20th August 2024
17th September 2024
15th October 2024
19th November 2024
17th December 2024 |
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Clive Myrie's Caribbean Adventure
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Stefan and Denise
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Stefan Andrusyshyn, who is a very
accomplished accordion player, has been a guest artist at Leyland Accordion Club in the past, so some of you will remember him. Recently Stefan and his opera Singer wife Denise took part in the Britain’s got talent competition on TV. Stefan was playing the piano rather than the accordion, this was to accompany his opera singing wife. Their first audition saw them perform Climb Every Mountain from the Sound Of Music with Stefan on the Piano and Denise singing. They were then voted through to the
semi finals where they performed You’ll Never Walk Alone. To see their first audition visit https://www.itv.com/watch/britains-got-talent/1a7470/1a7470a0212 they perform at the end of the show To see their Semi Final Performance visit https://www.itv.com/watch/britains-got-talent/1a7470/1a7470a0220 they perform at about 1 hour into the
programme.
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Helen Rich Local Concert
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Helen Rich is performing a 1 Hour concert
at Garstang Arts Centre on the 18th of July from 1pm – 2pm, the concert is free but donations are welcome. This is part of a series of Free Thursday lunchtime concerts at Garstang Arts Centre. You can find a list of the artists performing each week on their website https://garstangartssociety.org.uk/summer-lunchtime-concerts/ The Lunch time concerts are on from the 20th June – 12th September
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Online Chat/Playing Wednesday
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The next ONLINE meeting will be 3rd July 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.
Simply click this link to Join our Zoom Meeting at 8pm on the 3rd July. 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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