We will be holding our Christmas meeting this Tuesday 17th December.  As is normal for our December Christmas meeting we will be having a ‘Jacobs Join’, this is where we all try and bring some sandwiches, pork pies, cake, sausage rolls or some other form of food to put in to a communal feast. 

This will also be a night where we ask people to not only play the accordion but also to show any of their other talents if they do something besides play the accordion.  Maybe you play the trumpet, banjo, sing, play the keyboard, recite amusing ditties or have some other talent you would like to share with us, if so we look forward to your performance.  We also look for anyone teaming up with another player or two on the December night if you want to have a go at playing together. If you are a nervous player, or have not played in front of anyone before then this is a good night to make your debut. After the food has been laid out and others are choosing what to eat, you could take your turn on the stage and get some playing in while others are concentrating on their food.

As usual there will be Tea and Coffee on the go.

See you at 8pm this Tuesday 17th December. Please try and make it if you can, it will be nice to see a good turnout on our final day of 2024.Doors open at 8pm, see you there.  
   

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

17^th December 2024

21^st January 2025
18^th February 2025
18^th March 2025
15^th April 2025
20^th May 2025
17^th June 2025
15^th July 2025
19^th August 2025
16^th September 2025
21^st October 2025
18^th November 2025
16^th December 2025

Peter Le’Geyt is arranging another (final) trip to visit the accordion factories around Castlefidardo. Here, from Peter is the information on that trip:

I arranged a trip in October to Castelfidardo which was the last of the big groups I will organise.  I am planning an additional small group from 8-12 April as I have a number of people on a list who missed out last time for various reasons.  If it goes ahead the size of the group will be around 18 (max 20).   I am not planning any further trips beyond next year.

If anyone would like to participate in this additional visit please let me know asap as numbers are limited.   At this stage we are just gathering names of those interested with no obligation. 

Below is a summary of the trip…..

•          Fly to Bologna from your nearest airport or to London and join the UK group departure to Bologna on British Airways (book own flights) / Travel by coach from Bologna to Castelfidardo / Coach and driver available with the group throughout the stay / Accommodation for 4 nights at a good hotel with breakfast daily / Visits to factories to see wonderful instruments being built by hand / Play high quality accordions loaned to the group by some of the manufacturers / See also how reeds are produced and how bellows are made / Visit to the Carini accordion accessory shop / Visit to the Castelfidardo Accordion Museum / Try out the largest working piano accordion in the world / Optional lunchtime visits to some of the attractive nearby towns such as the religious pilgrimage town of Loreto and to see the Basilica and Holy House / Optional visit to Osimo underground caves / Visit seaside resorts in the evening for dinner and accordion entertainment / Group members are able to entertain at the restaurants on the loaned accordions / On the return journey to Bologna airport there is a stop for around 4 hours in either the independent state of San Marino OR Bologna City for sightseeing, lunch and shopping.

For anyone flying to Bologna for a pre or post stay I have hotel connections.  People to arrange their own flights and there are designated British flights we use from London to Bologna. 

For those flying to Bologna beforehand we have a taxi service to take people from their hotel to meet up with the London group and on to the coach.

2025 cost for the package including the above visits, coach transport throughout, 4 nights hotel accommodation with breakfast daily and accompanied throughout will start around £755.

If any questions please get in touch. 

It is just names of those definitely interested we need at the moment.  Further details will follow.

It is a great opportunity to visit Accordion Mecca!

Thank you

Peter Le Geyt

PLG Marketing

*UK REPRESENTATIVE FOR PETOSA & GIULIETTI ACCORDIONS

*ACCORDION RELATED SERVICES

Tel:  + 44 (0)20 8977 6680

Email:  plg@plgmarketing.com
 

The Fureys have announced that they will stop touring from May 2026 after touring for over 60 years. They have made the announcement now because they only play in each theatre every second year with the exception of about six venues where they play every year. So if you’ve never seen them in concert and have always wanted to or want to see them perform for the last time now is the time to book your tickets. The Nearest places they are performing round Leyland are:-

13^th March 2025 – Runcorn, The Brindley
14^th March 2025 – Buxton, Buxton Opera House
15^th March 2025 – Manchester, Waterside Arts
18^th March 2025 – Colne, The Muni
10^th May 2025 – Chipping Village Hall (Preston)

To book tickets for Chipping contact Gareth 07980 080883

To See Booking details and for other Tour Locations visit https://thefureys.com/concerts
 

Taking Place on the 14^th and 15^th February at The Atkinson in Southport the Headliners are Alex Hart and Blue Rose Code are joined by Greenman Rising, Suthering, Good Habits, Naomi Bedford & Paul Simmonds and Eleanor Dunsdon & Gregor Black.
Tickets cost £52 for more information and to book visit
https://www.theatkinson.co.uk/events/love-folk-festival-2025/
 

The next ONLINE meeting will be 8th January as the 1st Wednesday will be New Years Day 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 8th January.

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.