July
Last Updated
14/07/2002
Club Accord July 2002 Newsletter
Although July is the beginning of the summer holidays we had 38 or more members and friends at our club night which turned out to be a great musical evening with a wide variety of music from 11 players. Also our friend (and member) Rob Beecroft, who runs the Birmingham Accordion workshop and studios in Garrison Lane, brought along 6 or 7 accordions and various parts of the accordion to explain how to tune and look after your instrument. Another member, Lou Ambrose brought along his "Street Organ" a wonderful old instrument that plays "paper music".
Gary started the evening entertainment with some nice pieces of music to put everyone into the mood, these included a Scottish medley, then "Anchors Away" and ended with the "beer Barrel Polka". Stephan, our friend from Stratford, was next and he played the theme from "Steptoe and Son", and a very nice "Maigret". Charles, on an accordion borrowed from Rob, played "Daisy", "A Bicycle Made For Two", and "Amazing Grace", ending with "My Home In Old Aberdeen". Erica, who's mother is over here in England on holiday from Honk Kong, came along to hear Erica play very nice piece "Comma Seta" and a Chinese folk song. Andy then played four or five folk tunes, i.e. "Whistling Rufus" and "Drums of Fife", and Tony Trentham ended the first part with a selection of songs such as "Louise", "Autumn Leaves", "Now or Never" and "Spanish Eyes".
W held a good raffle and Paul our treasurer managed to pull his own
name out of the hat to take the Attendance award. Rob was kept busy during
the interval, while Lou set-up his "Street Organ", to begin the second
half. It was lovely to hear the music that this instrument produces, taking
us all back down memory lane. Lou began with a Laurel and Hardy piece "Trail
of the Lonesome Pine", then "Dance of the Little Birds", and "Lily
the Pink", a German Beer Cellar song and the theme from "Dad's Army", too
many songs to remember. We could have listened all night, but everyone
wants a chance to play so our next player was a friend from Yuogoslavia,
Moncilo, who played a selection of tunes from his native home. Next came
Gary and Tony Socci (who plays with the "Sapphires"), as a duo, and they
kept us entertained with lots of "singalongs". Someone found out it was
Kath and frank Jeans Anniversary, so Gary played the "Anniversary Waltz"
while they danced. Our Congratulations to them. Terry, Nancy, Neil and
Stephan joined in for the last 15 minutes to have a mass busk. It was a
good evening.
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