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Our December Concert was our Christmas party Jacobs Join get together. Normally we have a concert where the accordion can be accompanied by any instruments you like, but December is where we are happy for solo performances of any other instruments. It’s a night where players can show us their other talents (while keeping the club
an Accordion Club for the rest of the year) Being a Jacobs Join the members brought in food which we put together in to a feast. While the food was being laid out at the back Ann Parker started the entertainment with her Ukelele. She played and sang Rocking Around The Christmas Tree, Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer, Snow Waltz, I Belong To Glasgow and Down At The Old Bull and Bush. A queue had now formed along the food tables and people were tucking in to their meal while Harvey played Swannee
River, Daisy, I Love You Because, Maggie, Return To Me, Its Hard To Be Humble and Silent Night. The format for the December night is not only ‘any instrument goes’ but I take a back seat in the organisation of the night and I ask people to just get up and take to the stage when they are ready and they see a gap. Our next player was Bernard Belshaw playing Have A Merry Christmas, White Christmas, Jingle Bells, Don’t Know Why, Heart Of Gold, Down At The Old Bull and Bush and You Made Me Love
You. The entertainment continued with John Robinson on Piano playing From A Distance, Sunny Afternoon and a whole host of tunes. Then Bernard Bamber played Paper Roses, Old Rugged Cross, Singing The Blues, My Happiness, You’re The Only Good Thing Than Happened To Me, He’ll Have To Go, Blackboard Of My Heart, In My Liverpool Home, Lassie From Lancashire and On Top Of Old Smoky. Up next was Colin Ensor playing Corinna Corinna, Ashokan Farewell, She, Crazy, Sailing By, Folsom Prison Blues,
Magnolia Wind, Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain and The Way Old Friends Do. Our next performer was Gordon playing Style Musette, Now Is The Hour, When The Saints, Red Roses For A Blue Lady, 4 Leaf Clover, If You Knew Susie, Kentucky Polka, Honeymooners Waltz and Maggies Polka. To end the night I played Now Is The Hour.
Thank you to everyone who brought something for the Jacobs Join, and for those who provided us with entertainment. We hope you had an enjoyable Christmas and New Year.
David Batty
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Tom Alexander, one half of the Alexander Brothers, has died at the age of 86. Tom has played at Leyland Accordion Club several times in the past. He toured the world with with The Alexander Brothers in a career spanning over than 50 years. Tom, and his 79-year-old brother Jack (who died in 2013) started their professional careers
in 1958. The brothers were awarded MBEs for services to entertainment. The brothers were both classically trained and played from a young age, with Jack on the piano and Tom on the accordion. Career highlights included a show at the Sydney Opera House in the 1980s and co-starring with Shirley Bassey at the London Palladium in 1967.
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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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You may or may not have heard about a “Repair Café” before. In a nut shell it’s a place to take your broken domestic items or clothing to a gathering of volunteers with skills in an area be it electronics, joinery, bike maintenance etc. There are a number of these repair café across the country. Currently there is only one repair
café in Lancashire which is in Chorley, their next meeting take place on the 8th February at Chorley’s United Reformed Church on Hollinshead Street, PR7 1EP. Chorley’s Repair Cafe have volunteers in Electrical, Mechanical Items, Sewing Repairs, Furniture, Jewellery and Bikes. You don’t need to book in advance just turn up and have your items fixed for free (If they are fixable problems) To keep up to date with Chorley’s Repair Café visit https://www.facebook.com/chorleyrepaircafe/ To find a repair café in your area visit https://repaircafe.org/en/
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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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Foster and Allen are performing at The Plaza in Stockport on the 4th April starting at 7:30pm to book online visit https://bit.ly/302jh8A or
call 0843 208 0500
They will also be at Bolton Albert Halls Theatre on the 5th April at 7:30pm to book online visit https://bit.ly/2N7j1ju or call 0843 208
0500
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Ian's Music Weekends in the Scottish Borders
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Ian Lowthian runs music tuition weekend in Ettrickbridge in the heart of the Scottish Borders, either in the village hall or in Ian's house. The cost of the weekend is £125 includes the tuition, all resources, tea and coffee and an invitation to join them for lunch and an evening meal on the Saturday night. You will need to find
your own accommodation, Ian does have a page on his website with a list of places to stay in the area.
January 25th/ 26th – Accordion – Gentle Start Weekend – 3 Spaces Left
“We'll look at some nice slower numbers to break us into 2020 gently! Airs and Waltzes mostly, but perhaps the odd slow reel or slow foxtrot!”
February 29th / 1st March – Accordion – Classical and Continental Weekend – 1 Space Left
“Some light classical music transcribed for the accordion, perhaps the odd piece written for the accordion and some music from the continent, perhaps some French Musettes, Italian Polkas or Scandinavian tunes for example.”
June 13th/14th – Accordion – Gypsy Jazz and Blues Weekend – 5 Spaces Left
“This is a new weekend! We've had lots of requests for some blues and jazz, so on this weekend we will explore some tuneful jazz numbers, perhaps some Stephane Grappelli tunes and perhaps have a wee look at improvising with the blues!”
September 19th/20th – Accordion – Advanced Accordion Weekend – 5 Spaces Left
“An opportunity for the more advanced accordionists amongst you to play a bit faster, perhaps look at some advanced left hand patterns, discuss bellows techniques, the use of chords to enhance tunes etc.”
To book and for more information visit Ian’s Website https://www.iansmusicweekends.com/
Or Telephone Ian on 01750 52722
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Nigel Ogden in Concert at Blackpool
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Blackpool Winter Gardens On 28th January at 1:30pm – 4:30pm Nigel Ogden of BBC Radio 2 fame will be showcasing the new Empress Ballroom Wurlitzer organ in concert. Nigel has been playing theatre organ since he was 12 years old after many family holidays to Blackpool where he heard the legendary Reginald Dixon at
the Tower Ballroom Wurlitzer, an instrument which Nigel has recorded many times.
Since those heady days, Nigel has gone on to record and perform on classical and theatre organs across the globe.
This will be the first Theatre organ concert in the Empress Ballroom in 50 years, and the first concert to be presented on the new Empress Ballroom Wurlitzer.
Tickets cost £6.50 to book telephone 0844 856 1111 Tickets are also available on the door.
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This Wednesday is a Local Players concert night (and our first meeting of 2020). 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) and if
you’re yet to make your debut at the club take the plunge, pick one piece that you’re comfortable with and show us how it’s done, we are friendly crowd. 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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Love Folk Festival Southport
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14th – 15th February The Love Folk Festival takes place in the studio with a clubstyle layout at the Atkinson in Southport.
The schedule for the weekend is as follows:
Friday 14 February 2020
Sheelanagig / 7:15pm – 10:45pm
Saturday 15 February 2020
Lucy Farrell & Andrew Waite / 12:30pm – 1:30pm
Granny’s Attic / 2:15pm – 3:15pm
Blair Dunlop / 4pm – 5pm
Merry Hell / 6:15pm – 7:30pm
Martyn Joseph / 8:15pm – 10:30pm
Tickets are between £48 and £35 and can be bought online at https://www.theatkinson.co.uk/events/love-folk-fest-2020/ or telephone 01704
533 333
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Forthcoming Dates
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Our Forthcoming Nights at The Priory Club, Broadfield Drive Leyland
15th January 2020 Concert
29th January 2020 Practice/Social
5th February 2020 Practice/Social
19th February 2020 Concert
4th March 2020 Practice/Social
18th March 2020 Concert
1st April 2020 Practice/Social
15th April 2020 Helen and Walter Concert
29th April 2020 Practice/Social
6th May 2020 Practice/Social
20th May 2020 Concert
3rd June 2020 Practice/Social
17th June 2020 Concert
1st July 2020 Practice/Social
14th July 2020 Concert
29th July 2020 Practice/Social
5th August 2020 Practice/Social
19th August 2020 Practice/Social
16th September 2020 Concert
30th September 2020 Practice/Social
7th October 2020 Practice/Social
21st October 2020 Concert
4th November 2020 Practice/Social
18th November 2020 Concert
2nd December 2020 Practice/Social
16th December 2020 Christmas Do
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