We look forward to seeing you all this Tuesday the 16^th December.
 

If you know someone who might be interested in attending the club then please let them know about us.  I am sure that are a lot of people who would attend if only they knew we existed and how laid back and friendly the club is. They don’t have to be players, we know that many people have enjoyed visiting us just for the chat and the company. I have always looked at the club as a friendship club based around a musical instrument.
 

See you at 8pm this Tuesday 16^th December. Please try and make it if you can. 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 nights up to the end of the year:
16^th December 2025

20^th January 2026
17^th February 2026
17^th March 2026
21^st April 2026
19^th May 2026
16^th June 2026
21^st July 2026
18^th August 2026
15^th September 2026
20^th October 2026
17^th November 2026
15^th December 2026

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.

St Audries Accordion week will be a bit different for 2026 and 2027. St Audries Holiday camp are having some work done which means the Accordion week can’t take place at the Camp for 2 years. The Accordion week team have worked hard to come up with a temporary solution. The event will take place in the town of Dunster which is about 20 minutes away from St Audries Bay. The Hotel booked for the week is the Yarn Market hotel, which has 28 bedrooms.

There is also the option of staying in accommodation elsewhere (finding and booking your own) and traveling in for the day. There are caravan sites nearby for those who have caravans and want to stay in their van and make the eight minute drive to the festival each day.

This year the week will take place from the 8^th – 15^th May this is because this is the only week the hotel had free. In 2027 the dates will be back to the usual July dates.

For prices and further information email sabaccordionweek@gmail.com

When not running the club some of you know that I work with computers and in education. I am a programmer and qualified computer science teacher with 43 years of programming and computing experience behind me. 

I work for OCR exam board delivering teacher CPD for their A Level and GCSE Computer Science qualifications, and I also deliver their webinars for GCSE computer science to teachers, explaining the qualification, delivery, exam procedures, programming languages they can use, assessment etc. but this work is only spasmodic. 

I have spent years travelling the country delivering training to computer science teachers in their own schools, and have trained over 10,000 teachers in face to face sessions this way.

I deliver training to DVLA staff a couple of times a year and staff from other organisations such as Barclays and the M.O.D. as required. For many years I have delivered computer games design courses to children online and also at Winchester and London during the summer holidays in Techcamp (residential camp for 8 to 17 year olds).

I am currently looking to get work without having to travel to London etc. and I am now asking anyone who knows of students looking for a tutor for a child for their computing or computer science work at school, to let them know I exist.  I can deliver tuition remotely to any location via Zoom. I have delivered a few thousand hours of tuition this way to teachers and now am looking to get work tutoring students who need extra help. Maybe their teacher is not a subject specialist (quite common in this country) and the parents realise the child will benefit from a specialist tutors help. I am happy to take bookings on a regular basis or on an ad-hoc basis as required Some students might just need a one off session, maybe they want an hour a month, or maybe an hour a week nearer exams. I am happy to speak to any parents to fit in with their needs.

If you know anyone looking for a tutor for the above, or a one day course in Computer Games Design for kids (or adults) please pass on my details. I am happy to issue gift vouchers if someone is buying for someone else.

www.codecollege.co.uk which is where I get work from teachers and schools

www.davidbatty.com gives parents more info on myself and my history

Thanks.

David Batty 01772 454328   

david@codecollege.co.uk or david@davidbatty.com

The next ONLINE meeting will be 7th January 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 7th 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.