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Last Month
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At our January meeting the night Started with Steven Fox playing These Are My Mountains and Coming Through The Rye. The next tune had no title because Steven learnt it from a 78 rpm record but didn’t remember the title. Steven continued with Amazing Grace, Wooden Heart, Coming Home, and The Water Is Wide. Our next player was Ann Parker, playing Memories Are Made Of This, Bluebell Polka, Beer
Barrel Polka and The Snow Waltz. Michael Christiansen then took to the stage and played The South Uist Tramping Song, Hopeful Lover, Aitken Drum, Slievenamon, Lord Lovats Lament, Flett From Flotta and Dark Island. Our next player was Bernard Bamber, he started with He’ll Have To Go and then went on to play Grandfathers Clock, Beautiful, You Are My Sunshine, She’s A Lassie From Lancashire, Roll Out The Barrel, Daisy Bell, Bobby Shaftoe, Goodnight Irene, and You’ll Never Walk
Alone. Once those who wanted to play on the stage had finished we moved on to the free for all part of the night with players drinking coffee, playing in different parts of the room, catching up with each other, swapping tips, reading music, and drinking more coffee.
The night ended at the usual 11pm. Thanks go to all who attended, and to all those who entertained us.
David Batty |
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Our Next Meeting
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We look forward to seeing you all this Tuesday the 17th
February. 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 17th 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:
17th February 2026
17th March 2026
21st April 2026
19th May 2026
16th June 2026
21st July 2026
18th August 2026
15th September 2026
20th October 2026
17th November 2026
15th December
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Julie Best and Jean Corrighan Free Concert
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Take some time out of your day and unwind
with a free 1 hour afternoon recital at Carlisle Cathedral on the 8th April at 2pm . Whether you're a classical enthusiast or just looking to enjoy something new, there’s something for everyone! Julie Best and Jean Corrighan met many years ago at The Ronmar School of Music in Carlisle and both achieved success as solo performers before forming a duo and becoming National Premier Duet Champions on 3 occasions. They perform at many functions, events and Accordion Clubs playing a wide
variety of music. Their repertoire includes popular, light classics, French, Italian, Scottish and many more to suit all tastes.
This event is free to enter; there will be a retiring collection at the end of the concert - please give what you can to support the artist and the Cathedral. The address is 7 Abbey
Street, Carlisle, CA3 8TZ.
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Bradford Accordion Band up for Award
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A band formed in its founder's kitchen has been nominated for one of the UK's most prestigious classical music awards. The Bradford Accordion Band was set up in 1997 by Anita Bašić in her own home and is now a 38-piece ensemble. It is one of four on the shortlist for the Royal Philharmonic Society's 2026 Inspiration Award. The winners will be announced at the
music charity's annual awards held at Queen Elizabeth Hall in London on 12 March.
Bašić said she first began learning the bellows-driven instrument aged nine. She said: "My roots are that my family are from the former Yugoslavia, from Serbia, where the accordion is the number one instrument and leads the
orchestras. "I've always had a passion and a love for it. "So I actually learnt to play the accordion in this country, did all my grades, etc. "Then I really wanted to do something that involved others who loved it as much as I
do." She began teaching others to play with her kitchen "classroom" while she juggled raising children, doing a degree and running a business. The band has grown from the original five to 38 members and also raises tens of thousands of pounds for charity through its fundraising concerts. Bašić, 56, is now its musical director. She said: "We all say it's more than the music, it's become like an extended family and people look out for one another. "We have a very active WhatsApp group. "It's just brilliant to be part of something that makes people happy." The musician said the group would "really like" to win the award which is voted for by the public. "We want to put the accordion on the national map as an instrument that's
not recognized as much as it should be, that's where we're coming from with it." The Royal Philharmonic Society is a London-based charity set up in 1813 to celebrate and promote classical music. Article taken from BBC
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Newport Music Club Concert
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Newport Music Club is delighted to give a platform to young musicians and have invited the prize-winning accordionist Sofía Ros to play on Saturday, February 31, 7pm
at Cosy Hall 6 Water Ln, Chetwynd End, Newport TF10 7LD.
Born in the Canary Isles but now based in Glasgow, accordionist Sofía Ros was named BBC Radio Scotland Young Classical Musician of the Year in 2025, following her solo debut with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra performing Astor Piazzolla’s Aconcagua Concerto under the baton of Andrew Gourlay at Glasgow City
Halls. Sofía won First Prize in the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland’s 2024 Concerto Competition and was also a prize winner of the Trophée Mondial de l’Accordéon; and in the Manhattan and Vienna International Music Competitions. A finalist in the keyboard category of the Royal Over-Seas League Competition, Sofía’s performances have been broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland’s Classical Now and BBC Radio 4’s
Front Row.
Her impressive list of achievements includes performance at major international venues including Carnegie Hall in New York; the Musikverein, Konzerthaus, and Alten Rathaus in Vienna; the Purcell Room in London; Queen’s Hall and Usher Hall in Edinburgh; and Glasgow’s Royal Concert Hall. Sofía will be
playing works by Bach, Rameau, Trojan, Paganini/Liszt, Albéniz, Semionov, and Zolotaryov. Why not come along to see this rising star and hear for yourself?
This performance is only possible because Sofía is kindly supported by The Countess of Munster Musical Trust. Tickets: Adults - £15 children/students - £2
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Online Chat/Playing Wednesday
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The next ONLINE meeting will be 4th 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 4th 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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