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The Oklahoma Accordion Club Newsletter
The Oklahoma Accordion Club meets on the Second Sunday of each month from 3:30pm–5:30pm at Messiah Lutheran Church, 3600 NW Expressway, Oklahoma City, OK 73112.
Messiah Lutheran is at the intersection of NW Expressway and Portland Avenue, just west of I-44 and Baptist Hospital, and north of Deaconess Hospital on Portland Avenue. Use the south entrance—there is a covered portico at that doorway if the weather turns.
Can't attend in person? Join us on Zoom at the same time. Open the link below on your phone, tablet, or computer.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5236709799Zoom
Prez sez
Maggie Abel
See you at Messiah Lutheran Church (at the corner of Portland and NW Expressway) on Sunday, April 14, at 3:30 pm. (Or arrive earlier if you dig visiting, setting up chairs, and hearing people warming up with tunes of yore!) Check out the pix that follow! Maggie Abel, Prez
Mark those calendars!
Dick Albreski
MAY 6TH IS THE 195TH BIRTHDAY OF THE ACCORDION! On May 6th, 1829, Cyrill Demian, an organ and piano maker of Armenian origin, with his two sons, Karl, and Guido, filed a patent in Vienna, Austria for the accordion. Patent No. 1433 listed a new type of portable instrument having metal plates, close to a reed configuration and bellows. Since the first accordion, many changes and improvements have been made to the instrument we all call our main squeeze. What are you doing to improve and advertise the accordion at this time? HERE'S A NEW WORKSHOP! CNIMA will hold a workshop in New Orleans from May 20- 25th, 2024 for piano and button accordions for beginner, intermediate, and advanced students. They are a renowned French Accordion School. With over 60 years of experience, Jacques Monet and Nathalie Boucheix have trained hundreds of professionals, world Champions and amateurs of all ages. The classes and recommended hotel rooms will be at the Maison St. Charles Hotel. The cost for the workshop is $750 and the early bird registration is $650. The rooms are from $119 per night and on Friday and Saturday they are $109. For more information and registration, go to
The ACCORDION TEACHERS GUILD (ATG) 2024 Accordion Festival will be held at the Kansas City Marriott Country Club in Kansas City Missouri from July 23 to the 27th, 2024.There will be a special Accordion World Cup event that will be held on July 26 & 27th. To compete you must be 32 years old or younger. The first prize is $5000 and the 2nd prize is $3000. More to follow on this special event. The fees for attending the festival are: Single day Early Bird for members is $120 and non-members $520. There are other fees to suit your attendance. The current lineup of performers includes Gorka Hermosa, ATG Festival Orchestra under the direction of Joan C. Sommers, Grayson Mansfield, Bridge & Wolak, Nicolay Bine, UMKC Community Accordion Ensemble, Mirco Patarini, Stas Venglevski and Das Kollektiv Duo. For best results go to the ATG website for the 2024 Festival information. The AMERICAN ACCORDION ASSOCIA- TION has announced that it will hold its annual convention from July 12-14th, 2024 in West Conshohocken (Philadelphia area), PA. They ask that you hold the date and visit () for news releases concerning this event. Joe Natoli will be one of the featured artists! More data to follow as released. As future events happen, hopefully we will see them in advance, so you can make plans to attend. Keep checkin' this article! For new and free accordion music, check out the following sites: Todoaccordion.com Donquattrocchi.com 8notes.com/accordion Try them! You'll like them! Free Accordion Music Websites
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Meeting minutes
Sunday, March 10, 2024
There were sixteen members and six guests present.
The Oklahoma Accordion Club met on Sunday afternoon, March 10, 2024. The location was the music room of Messiah Lutheran Church in OKC. Before the meeting Anne Lopez and Lois Roth played "welcome in" music. aggie Abel called the meeting to order at 3:30. Ron Shearon, VP and Treasurer, led us in reciting The Pledge of Allegiance. We sang the first verse of "America The Beautiful." Dick Albreski told us a few highlights of the upcoming convention. The Youth Band will perform Saturday at noon. There will be jam sessions every night. The convention has a new location this year: Hilton Garden Inn, Lewisville, Texas, a little north of Dallas. Matthew Medley and Dick began the music with the Youth Band's 2024 convention songs. They performed "Faded Love," "Polish Polka Medley," "Come Do The Polka," "La Petite Blanc," and "Skater's Waltz." Dick soloed with his arrangement of "Skater's Waltz" - in swingtime! Elias Lansford, Bob Mansfield's student, played several solos, including "Going Up and Going Down," "Good Vibes," "Carefree Boogie," and "Beautiful Brown Eyes." Then it was time to sing along! Anne and Lois provided the music for "Easter Parade" and "Macnamara's Band." The duo continued by playing "Peg O My Heart," "Danny Boy," and "Just A Closer Walk With Thee." Anne soloed with several Irish songs: "The Kerry Dance," "Givens Waltz," and "O'Malley's Song." Anne and Lois finished the afternoon of music with a trio of polkas: "Barbara," "Helena," and "The Lucky Polka." They also played a request from the audience - "Edelweiss." The meeting was adjourned. Our next meeting will be Sunday, 3:30 p.m., April 14. Come and celebrate Spring!
Birthdays
April birthdays
- Nina DunhamApril 7
- Bernie AdlerApril 9
- Milo ShedeckApril 14
- Roland LohmannApril 14
- Annette ZongkerApril 18
- Beth HensonApril 25
- Ophelia WoodyApril 27
Birthday list updates: Karen West (okaccordionclub@gmail.com)
Oklahoma Accordion Club Membership & Renewal Form
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