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In September we started our night with Dave Wilson making his debut at the club, playing Amazing Grace. This was a great debut from Dave who is just learning the accordion. Dave normally attends our practice nights and concerts, but this was his first time he had made an appearance on stage. This had been a great
debut by Dave and we look forward to hearing him again on stage in future. After Dave, we continued with Harvey playing Swanee River, Daisy, Maggie, I Love You Because, Mexican Hat Dance and, to finish, he played When The Saints Go Marching In. Our next player was Arthur Frankland, Arthur played Midnight In Moscow, Edelweiss, Lock Lomond, Fields Of Athenry, Hector The Hero and Danny Boy. Alan Prescott also made his debut at the club, playing When I’m 64, Give My Regards TO Broadway, I Belong To
Glasgow, Northern Lights Of Aberdeen, Island In The Sun, Isle Of Capri, Yellow Bird, Spanish Eyes and A Gordon For Me. It was now time for the break, during the break we had the usual chat, drinking coffee, swapping tips and accordions being inspected. After the break we started with Bernard Bamber playing Paper Roses, He’ll Have To Go, Lassie From Lancashire, Please Release Me, Happy Wanderer, Que Sera Sera, You Are My Sunshine, Goodnight Irene, Isle Of Inisfree, Galway Bay, Wild Rover,
Hellow Dolly, I Have Dream, Scotland The Brave and In The Mood. Colin Ensor was our next player, he started his spot playing Corinna Corinna, then continued with Ashokan Farewell, Sailing By, Why Did You Make Me Care, Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain, Sweetheart Of All My Dreams, You’ll Never Know, May You Always, Sunshine Of Your Smile, Someday and, to finish, Who’s Talking You Home Tonight. Ann Parker was up next, playing Frog Chorus, Beautiful Days, Snow Waltz, Beer Barrel Polka and Yodelling
Polka. Our next player was Rebecca, playing My Wild Irish Rose, Moon River, Home and On The Range and Bianca Cappana. I then joined Rebecca on stage playing Plaisir D’Amour. Rebecca left the stage then and left me to play Cruising Down The River, I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles, Old Bull And Bush, Lassie From Lancashire, My Girls A Yorkshire Girl, A Gordon For Me, I Belong To Glasgow, Keep Right On, Star Spangled Banner, America The Beautiful, Humoresque, What A Friend We Have, Can’t Help Falling In
Love, Black Mask Waltz, My Grandfathers Clock, Sailors Hornpipe, Triste Sourire and, seeing as it was the end of the night, to finish I played Now Is The Hour.
David Batty
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Guerrini Polka King For Sale
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This Guerrini Polka King Special Model is finished in black, with diamante decoration. It has 41 treble keys, 120 bass keys, 4 voice musette treble, 5 voice bass, 9 treble registers with Master, five bass registers. This accordion belonged to Joe Gallagher who died last year. His wife Kathleen is now ready to sell his accordion.
It has recently been serviced by Colin Ensor. The same model recently sold for £2000 on a UK accordion shop website. We are looking for £1700 ONO for this nice accordion. Contact David on 01772 454328 or see me at the club to try the accordion yourself.
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Chester Accordion Club’s meet on the second Tuesday afternoon and the last Tuesday Evening of the month at The Groves Club, Chester Road (A5032),
Whitby, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire. Telephone Barry Graham on 01978 760065.
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Steve Roxton on the 30th October Practice Night
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On the 30th of October Steve Roxton will be playing for us at the club. This is normally a practice night all night, but because we have Steve in the area, he has offered to play for us in the first hour, and then stay for the rest of the night to give help and advice to anyone wanting to chat to him. So for the first
45 or 50 minutes of the night we will have Steve Roxton playing for us on stage, this will have finished by 9pm, and will have reverted to a normal practice night. For the rest of the night we carry on as normal, but Steve will still be at the club, and will be available to give any help or advice to players, to play a few duets with folk, and generally join in with the practice night. This is a great chance to come along, hear a concert spot, then get help or advice from a professional player,
or carry on with doing your own thing for the last two hours.
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Wyre and Fylde Accordion Club
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The club meets on the fourth Wednesday of the month at The North Euston Hotel which is on the Esplanade at Fleetwood, FY7 6BN. For further details contact Gina on 07515944863
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Galotta 120 Bass 3 Voice Accordion. 5 Treble and 3 Bass Couplers. £395 ono Contact Jean 07903059033
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This club is on every Tuesday at The Place In The Park, 109 Liscard Road, Wallasey CH44 9AE. The night starts at 7pm. The format of this club is a playaround circle where people sit in a circle and play in order round the circle.
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BBC Radio Lancashire, Lancashire County Council, Lancashire Adult Learning and North West Ambulance Service have launched the “Lancashire Lifesavers” campaign to train as many people across the county as possible. To do this they are running free sessions teaching essential lifesaving skills including CPR. At the end of the 1.5
hour session you will receive a certificate and a pin badge.
There is a training session being held at St Mary’s Church next to the priory club on Tuesday 12th November from 6pm – 7:30pm.
For more information about attending the course telephone 0333 003 1717 or email reception@lal.ac.uk
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Houghton Weavers Concerts
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The Houghton Weavers are playing several concerts far and wide, but these are the local ones, you may be interested in attending.
Thursday 5th December 2pm (afternoon show) - Salvation Army Church & Community Centre
66 Shakespeare Street, Southport, PR8 5AJ. Box Office: (01704) 547805 (10am – 3pm)
Wednesday 11th December 7:30pm - Lowther Gardens
Lowther Terrace, Lytham St. Annes, FY8 5QQ. Box Office: 01253 794221
Friday 13th December 7:30pm - Pyramid Theatre, Warrington
Palmyra Square South, Warrington, WA1 1BL. Box Office: (01925) 442 345
Friday 20th December 7:30pm - Platform Theatre, Morecambe
Old Station Buildings, Marine Road West, Morecambe LA4 4DB Box Office: (01254) 582803
Friday 27th December 7:30pm - Chorley Little Theatre
10 Dole Lane, Chorley, Lancs. PR7 2RL Box Office: (01257) 264362
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This Wednesday is a concert night. Hopefully you can support your club and attend. If you are a player, please ensure you have your accordion and your music (if needed), so you can play your latest pieces for us (or old ones, we don’t mind). The night starts at 8pm but doors are always open for
7.30pm for a chat before the concert starts. I look forward to seeing you there.
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Blue Delicia Choral 4 - 4 Voice, 120 Bass
3 Bass Couplers – 11 Treble (No Repeats)
£350 ONO tel Paul on 07793083703 (Ormskirk)
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In our Last email we told you about Steve Roxton appearing in the new BBC Drama “World on Fire” as an Accordionist in an ENSA Troupe, at the time of writing there have been 2 episodes aired, Steve didn’t appear in the first episode but in Episode 2 if you were quick you will have spotted Steve in the
background of Lois’s (The Singer) ENSA Audition, this was 2 minutes into Episode 2. You will possibly see more of Steve in the rest of the series. If you’ve missed this series and want to catch up you will find it on BBC Iplayer.
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It’s time to start practicing your Christmas favourites and party pieces. It won’t be long until our Christmas event and you may also get asked to play some carols by family or friends at home over the Christmas period, so the best time to start learning them is way before Christmas.
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Forthcoming Dates
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Our Forthcoming Nights at The Priory Club, Broadfield Drive Leyland
16th October 2019 Concert
30th October 2019 Practice
6th November 2019 Practice
20th November 2019 Celtic Fettlers
4th December 2019 Practice
18th December 2019 Christmas Do
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