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Last Month
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Our last meeting started with Michael Kristiansen paying The Green Hills of Islay, Kate Martin’s Waltz, Margarets Waltz, Skyline of Skye, Father MacMillan Of Bara, Lord Lovats Lament and Flett From Flotta. Our next play Ann Parker started with Snow Waltz, then continued with Loveliest Night Of The Year, Roll Out The Barrel, Beautiful Days, Woodland Fantasia and Blue Bell Polka. Sara Daly was up
next playing Envikens Waltz, A Grand Daughters Dream, Lady Eleanor and Where Do You Go To My Lovely. After Ann we heard Colin Ensor playing I Won’t Tell A Soul, Why did You Make Me Care, Serenade In The Night, At The Balalaika, O Sole Mio, Return to Sorrento, Dancing With Tears In My Eyes, The Old Accordion Man and Auburn Waltz. We had a new player David take to the stage next, it was his first time at the club. He played tunes that had not been played at the club before, they were Julia
Delaney’s Glasgow Reel, One Step Beyond, Hot Stuff by Donna Summer, Kerukraft 400 by Zombie Nation, and Adagio For Strings by Barber Tiesto. Up next was Angelica who Played Ally Bally Bee and Twinkle Twinkle. Our final stage player of the night was Bernard Belshaw, he started with Wooden Heart, Ain’t She Sweet, Blaze Away, Blue Tango, Right Here Waiting For You, You’re Just In Love and Spanish Gypsy March.
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 February. 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. Don’t forget to bring your accordion. As usual there will be Tea and Coffee on the go. See you at 8pm this Tuesday 18th February. Please try and make it if you can. 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 nights up to the end of the year
18th February 2025
18th March 2025
15th April 2025 Guest Artist Concert featuring Helen Rich and Walter Perrie
20th May
2025
17th June 2025
15th July 2025
19th August 2025
16th September 2025
21st October 2025
18th November 2025
16th December 2025 |
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Melodeon Repaired on The Repair Shop
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On the 29th January Episode 4
of the new Series of The Repair Shop saw a Melodeon taken to be repaired.
Irish musician Gary hopes professional organ restorer David Burville can put the wind back in his grandmother’s beloved accordion. Back in the 1940s, it was her most treasured possession. She taught herself to play traditional Irish music by ear and performed at many a household ceilidh. Growing up, she taught Gary the
importance of music in bringing people together, and when she died, when he was just 12, he was already hooked. Years later, graduating with a music degree and becoming a teacher himself, he’s keen to see the old melodion restored. It's riddled with woodworm, and David’s got plenty of fingerwork to contend with. But his mechanical, musical mastery results in a fully restored treasure which fills the barn with pure joy as Gary gives it a play.
The programme is available on the BBC Iplayer
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0027ffn/the-repair-shop-series-14-episode-4?seriesId=b08l581p-structural-14-m0026qhl |
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April Meeting
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Our April Meeting is going to be a guest
artist night! It’s the first guest artist night since before the Covid shutdown. The night will feature local players on stage to warm the audience up before Walter Perrie and Helen Rich perform their first guest artist spot of the night. After the break we will see local players start the second half of the night before Walter and Helen perform their second spot of the night, taking us up to 11pm. I am looking forward to seeing Walter and Helen and I hope you can support them by
attending.
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Online Chat/Playing Wednesday
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The next ONLINE meeting will be 5th March 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 5th March. 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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