harold j. estok founder monthly newsletter... · 12th will be our last club meeting for 2010. ......

12
age Day music extrava- ganza. You may sign up to play by calling Lou Fanucchi at 619-948- 3774 or Bill Barr at 619- 337-1111. We will be voting at November’s meeting on the Bylaws as proposed in August and Septem- ber. All members are encouraged to partici- pate in club activities, ideas, and decisions. Please come and vote. Sunday, December 12 th will be our last club meeting for 2010. What a great year for the Accordion here in San Diego. There is planned music entertainment for the day. We will also have officers officially elected per our new bylaws. In friendship, Gordon Kohl, P.S. New faces at ALSI meetings are always wel- comed. Call me! Gordon by Gordon Kohl Hello to one and all! The time for ALSI club to play at October- fest, a yearly event, in Balboa Park is here again. The rich European cul- tural tradition of harvest, family, working and shar- ing are wrapped up in the musical variety in- cluding Polka, March, Waltz and the Schohisdie dance styles. The accordion a mu- sical instrument with its tone, timbre variations has helped spread this great music among many peoples’ and diverse cul- tures. October 10 th , Sunday is your opportunity to cheer on fellow musi- cians and enjoy the beauty of music. We will have a great local solo accordionist and groups performing on an outdoor stage locat- ed close to the San Die- go Natural History Mu- seum. This fun event will run from 11:30 am to 4:00 pm. A special artist, Gale Evans, will be perform- ing three mini music sets during the after- noon. Come cheer her on! Happy October fest. Der Gemuttich- keit! Cheers! Heritage Day as an ALSI Accordion event is for ALSI friends and new guests. Please try to be present and support this wonderful day in music. Listeners, players, and a super au- dience on November 14 th will help us all share in another great Herit- PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE OCTOBER 2010 October 2010 Volume 17 Issue 10 MONTHLY NEWSLETTER Inside this issue: President’s Message 1 General Information 2 Happiness at ALSI 3-4 Showcase Review 5 Galla-Rini Camp Review 6 Playing Around 6 Holmes Trio Scores Win 7-8 Credits 7 Coming this month 9 Treasurer’s Report 10 Calendar 11 Accordion Events 11 Harold J. Estok Founder ALSI and REED BLOCK President: Gordon Kohl 619-427-4344 Presidents Emeriti: (Founder) Harold Estok Ron Griffin Kjell Holmes Gloria Ensign Vice President & Meeting Coordinator: Bill Barr 619-337-1111 Vice President & Communications Director: Mary Lou Erwin 619-448-9588 Editor/Secretary: Helen Estok Schoell 619-584-4970 Treasurer & Ensemble Director: Vicki Eriqat 619-563-5586 Newsletter/Webmaster: Bob Page 760-451-3641

Upload: leque

Post on 10-Mar-2018

214 views

Category:

Documents


1 download

TRANSCRIPT

age Day music extrava-ganza. You may sign up to play by calling Lou Fanucchi at 619-948-3774 or Bill Barr at 619-337-1111.

We will be voting at November’s meeting on the Bylaws as proposed in August and Septem-ber. All members are encouraged to partici-pate in club activities, ideas, and decisions. Please come and vote.

Sunday, December 12th will be our last club meeting for 2010. What a great year for the Accordion here in San Diego. There is planned music entertainment for the day. We will also have officers officially elected per our new bylaws.

In friendship,Gordon Kohl,

P.S. New faces at ALSI meetings are always wel-comed. Call me!

Gordon —

by Gordon Kohl

Hello to one and all!

The time for ALSI club to play at October-fest, a yearly event, in Balboa Park is here again. The rich European cul-tural tradition of harvest, family, working and shar-ing are wrapped up in the musical variety in-cluding Polka, March, Waltz and the Schohisdie dance styles.

The accordion a mu-sical instrument with its tone, timbre variations has helped spread this great music among many peoples’ and diverse cul-

tures.

October 10th, Sunday is your opportunity to cheer on fellow musi-cians and enjoy the beauty of music. We will have a great local solo accordionist and groups performing on an outdoor stage locat-ed close to the San Die-go Natural History Mu-seum. This fun event will run from 11:30 am to 4:00 pm.

A special artist, Gale Evans, will be perform-ing three mini music sets during the after-noon. Come cheer her on! Happy October fest. Der Gemuttich-keit! Cheers!

Heritage Day as an ALSI Accordion event is for ALSI friends and new guests. Please try to be present and support this wonderful day in music. Listeners, players, and a super au-dience on November 14th will help us all share in another great Herit-

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

OCTOBER 2010

October 2010Volume 17 Issue 10

MONTHLY NEWSLETTER

Inside this issue:

President’s Message

1

GeneralInformation

2

Happiness at ALSI 3-4

Showcase Review 5

Galla-Rini Camp Review

6

Playing Around 6

Holmes TrioScores Win

7-8

Credits 7

Coming this month

9

Treasurer’sReport

10

Calendar 11

Accordion Events 11

Harold J. Estok FounderALSI and REED BLOCK

President:Gordon Kohl619-427-4344

Presidents Emeriti:(Founder) Harold Estok

Ron GriffinKjell HolmesGloria Ensign

Vice President & Meeting Coordinator:

Bill Barr619-337-1111

Vice President & Communications Director:

Mary Lou Erwin619-448-9588

Editor/Secretary:Helen Estok Schoell

619-584-4970

Treasurer &Ensemble Director:

Vicki Eriqat619-563-5586

Newsletter/Webmaster: Bob Page

760-451-3641

ALSI MEMBERSHIP AND NEWSLETTER GENERAL INFORMATION

Page 2 MONTHLY NEWSLETTER

MEMBERSHIPS: current member renewal for twelve month term; the fee is $25.00 U.S.A., $26 Canada, $27.00 for International delivery. For new members; partial year memberships can be purchased. Use this calculation as follows: Subtract $2 for each month that has elapsed for the calendar year. Therefore, if you are joining with a USA club membership in July, six months have elapsed, so 6 times $2 would be $12 to deduct and the formula would be: $25 - $12 = $13, thus the payment would be $13. Make check or money order payable to ALSI and send to: Helen Estok Schoell, at P.O. Box 151357 San Diego, CA 92175. The REED BLOCK is published once each month for delivery to members prior to the next meet-ing. (Meetings are the second Sunday of each month). Your input to the REED BLOCK is invited and should be submitted to Helen Estok Schoell or email to Bob Page at webmaster@accordion -club-sandiego.org or Mary Lou Erwin at [email protected]: Unless otherwise indicated, all articles were written by the Editor. Unless so stated, no article is to be construed as an endorsement. Articles not written by the Editor may contain comments that do not necessarily reflect the views of the Editor. If you disagree with anything in The REED BLOCK, please let us know in writing.SPECIAL NOTICE TO RECORDING ARTISTS: If you have an audio/video tape cassette you would like reviewed and written up in The REED BLOCK, please send us a professional copy and a short biography of the artist; include names, date and places to the ALSI address above. Please include the price of the item including shipping and handling. If you want the package returned after the review please include return postage with the package.CUT-OFF DATE: All contributors to The REED BLOCK please note: For next month all material is due two weeks before the next meeting, accordingly the due date for the November 2010 issue is: November 1, 2010. This includes all items such as articles, upcoming events, playing around, accordion workshops, advertisements and ensemble schedules. Please make sure your material is received, in writing or email, no later than that date. Please submit your input to Helen Estok Schoell (at above ALSI address) or email to Bob Page at webmaster@accordion -club-sandiego.org or Mary Lou Erwin at [email protected]. Thank you for your cooperation.ADVERTISEMENTS: Members may place one small ad per year at no charge, business cards are $6/per issue or $60/per year, quarter-page is $15/per issue, half -page is $25/per issue, full -page is $50/per issue, one -page event flyer is $25/per issue. Cost is doubled for ads placed by non -members. (All ads must be accordion related).

MEETINGS: The club normally meets at 1:00 - 4:00 P.M. on the second Sunday of each month at the Mt Miguel Covenant Village, 325 Kempton Ave, Spring Valley, CA

Next Meeting will be on Sunday, October 10th from 11:30 to 4:00 pm in Bal-boa Park for Octoberfest. —

— ALSI Steering Committee —The ALSI Steering Committee Meetings are usually held the Wednesday after the monthly ALSI meeting. Anyone is welcome to attend, to share ideas for our club, and have lunch and get ac-quainted with the workings of ALSI. Please contact Sharon Marotte at 619-286-3948 for a reserva-tion. Our next meeting will be October 13th, Wednesday at 11:00 am in the Spice House Cafe at 9035 Clairemont Mesa Blvd. S.D. (—NOTE NEW LOCATION.—)

NOTICE TO MEMBERSPlease call Bill Barr at 619-337-1111 if you wish to play for Octoberfest in Balboa Park.

Page 3Volume 17 Issue 10

HAPPINESS AT ALSI

by Sharon Marotte

HAPPINESS AT ALSIBy Sharon Marotte

September 12 was the date of our ALSI meeting, which was a nice fall day. Several of our folks entertained at differ-ent places of Mt Miguel Covenant Vil-lage. Cafeteria player was Vicki Eriqat, Brandel was Erika Baier, Crider #2 was Bill Barr and yours truly, Sharon Ma-rotte, played at Crider #1 to replace Ka-ri Andrews who was home sick with a fever. Crider #1 is a fun place to play as the residents are so happy. Many of the folks sing along and the workers dance around also. Marian Sowell was the Mystery Player and did a great job, even after getting lost because of a construc-tion area. Marian is always so pretty and colorful and plays with a great swing style to her music. Bill Barr was the MC for the open mike portion of the day.1. Janet Martini played first with her

40 bass, red student model Hohner accordion. She always stands up to play which is impressive. She intro-duced her songs which are usually from Old California era: Es el amor mariposa, El capotin, La hamaca. Some songs are from Spain, Mexico and America. Always good to see and hear Janet!!

2. Margarita Romero played next. She played Danube Waves and Amapola,

which means flower (poppy). You can tell she has been practicing, did a great job, Margarita!!

3. Gloria Ensign & Leslie Sanders, the harmonica man, played several songs. Sure is fun to hear the duo and the fun songs they play: Peg of my heart, Let me call you Sweet-heart, My Blue Heaven and Ain’t She Sweet. Lots of fun energy com-ing from those two.

4. Russell Camp told us about some of

his experiences in Guatemala –teaching elementary students to play the accordion. ALSI has donated about 10 accordions and 3rd – 6th

graders are usually the best age group to work with. Russell works with about 60 students. They are ea-ger to learn and enjoy the instrument. Russell played for us: 1. Por La Manana (In the Morning), 2. Medley – Solamente en Christo (Only in Je-sus), Demos Gracias (We give Thanks), Este Es el Dia (This is the

Page 4Volume 17 Issue 10

HAPPINESS — continued

Day). 3. Medley – Rey de Reyes (Kings of Kings), Contad al Senor (Oh, Sing to the Lord), Cristo es La Pena de Horeb (Christ is the Rock of Horeb). I apologize if I spelled some of these titles incorrectly.

5. The Polka Dots were up next consist-ing of Sharon Marotte, Vicki Eriqat, Linda Hibbert and Lois Laloud, (the percussionist) - Rena Watton and Kari Andrews were not able to attend. Their songs were Side by Side/Ain’t we got fun, La Cumpar-sita, Helena Polka & Solamente una Vez (You belong to my heart). Gor-don Kohl presented the Polka Dots

with a certificate in recognition of their achievement in playing beautiful music and promoting the accordion throughout the San Diego area.

6. Mr. Joe Colombo was our last per-former before the break. He is the man with the very nice hair…and a great guy! I promised to always spell his name correctly from now on. His songs were: After all those years, which was in the Reed Block and writ-ten by Al Jacobs, and a 1958 Art Van

Damme song, entitled Ecsta-sy. He will practice the jazzy part of the song and play it at a lat-er date, right Joe?? Gor-don Kohl al-so presented a certificate to Joe Colombo

for all of his years with the accordion and ALSI. He starting playing when he was 12 years old – Charlie Bertali-no was his Godfather – Charlie was a caring man and a great strolling musi-cian.

Gordon Kohl also made several an-nouncements. He talked about the De-cember meeting where a mass band will perform – the Polka Dots, Ensemble and Friday Morning group. Jane Ford had copies of the music for interested folks. Gordon also talked about items important for group playing: rhythm, fingering, reading and listening to each other.

We enjoyed the cake/coffee break on the patio. We were entertained by Gloria Ensign and Leslie Sanders, the harmonica man. It is great to hear music outside while we visit with friends.

— o —

Page 5 MONTHLY NEWSLETTER

SHOWCASE REVIEW

BILL FASSEL SHOWCASE

September 12, 2010

by Bob Warner

One of my first impressions of Bill Fassel as he was setting up on the stage was that he had a beautiful, impressive looking accordion. Although smaller in overall dimensions than a stradella 120 bass accordion, the structure with its heavy, rec-tangular wooden frame all decked out in gold ex-terior trim and a beautifully colored bellows was almost as heavy. This is Bill’s STEIRISCHEM 5-ROW DIATONIC accordion, an alpine players dream instrument. It is a KARTNERLAND model. I don’t think many of us have seen this kind of an accordion before. Expensive? Yes, but worth it for

the loud, clear quality Alpine sound emanating from this fine looking instrument and supported by a tuba bass on the left hand. The simple two-fingered bass arrangement allowed for adequate accompaniment of most folk music. I can see how he got hooked on this kind of instrument. With

this he had midi electronics installed that could give him up to 152 different voicings.

When he began playing, my second impression was of his skill in playing the various Austrian and Ba-varian dances in his repertoire. The technique was clean and accurate, the ethnic interpretations authen-tic. Bill lives this kind of music. After his opening num-ber he launched into a “boarischer”, a dance form which could be performed to many different melodies and variations. As with most ethnic music, this is toe-tapping music. And as with most dances it opens with a repeating form of crisp, triplet chords followed by arpeggios which then continue to be repeated in dif-ferent keys. There is a melodic structure so you can remember the piece fairly easily. He called his next piece an “EGERLUND”, a very German sounding song played at slow march tempo. The tuba bass was very prominent here. He followed this with some other dance tunes from Austria including a very famil-iar beer drinking song. His next dance tune had a mix of two tempos, 2/2 and 3/2. No, he was not making mistakes, just changing the number of beats per meas-ure. It would be interesting to see dancers perform-ing to this kind of music.

He played his next tune standing up so the audi-ence could see everything he was doing. This was a slow waltz pretty much in character with what we had heard previously but with a prominent tuba bass without the following two chords. The audience en-joyed this attractive melody which we have heard at other times as “WEIN, WEIN”. Some of the limita-tions of the minimal 2-row bass system showed up here and there but I doubt that many noticed it. Re-sponding to a request he next played a medium tem-po march followed by a polka.

For the rest of the afternoon Bill entertained us with a variety of more boarischers, polkas, waltzes and other dance forms specific to Austria and Bavaria. I would love to have the loud, clear sound of his ac-cordion on my middle reeds. We were pleased to listen to such an advocate of this style of accordion playing. It is catchy, authentic and when played ex-pertly makes for a great listening experience. I’m sure we will hear from Bill Fassel again. —

Page 6Volume 17 Issue 10

“Please share date,

time and location

of public appear-

ances. Submit the-

se, in writing,

complying with the

cut-off date, to

Helen Estok

Schoell or Bob

Page.”

PLAYING AROUND

Sharon Marotte

October 6th and eve-ry Wednesday 5:30-7:00 pm at Brother's Restaurant 5150 Waring Rd.

Louis Fanucchi Friday, Oct. 8, 15, 22 at the Mediterranean Café in Carlsbad.

For more information call Lou at619-948-3774 or check MYSPACE for

latest information.

Kjell HolmesFriday, November 2 and December 5 from 5 to 8 pm at Lake Cuyamaca Restau-rant, (Kjell performs at the restaurant the first Friday of each month.)

Gordon KohlOct. 9 & 10 11 am to 4 pm at Octoberfest in Julian at Bank parking lot on Main St.

Oct. 10 Sunday eve. 5:30 to 8:30 pm at Lake Cuyamaca Restaurant.

GALLA-RINI CAMP REVIEW

by Sundi O’MaraAfter attending the ATG Festival near San

Jose, it was off to Marin county, north of San Francisco for the Galla-Rini Accordion Camp at the Music Conservatory on the San Dome-nico School Campus. We had all our classes, rehearsals and camp concert on stage there and it was grand. Fortunately, we didn’t have to haul our accordions around, since all activi-ties were nearby.

We had rehearsals in the morning, classes and group practices in the afternoons, and evenings were occupied with more rehearsals and camp parties where we enjoyed hearing talented accordionists (some playing Galla-Rini arrangements), good food and drinks, dancing and an overall good time. These parties were held in what was called the “French Quarter”

For the first time, Kjell Holmes was not able to attend the camp and he was missed1 The camp was not the same without him. The Galla-Rini camp is like a family reunion.

The last night featured the Camp Concert with Joe Smiell conducting the camp ensem-

ble. We played mostly Joe’s arrangements of classical, show tunes, marches and a Galla-Rini arrangement of “Intermezzo”. (We also played this arrangement at the ATG Festival, but we had different parts). It is interesting to note that at the ATG event, the Galla-Rini Fes-tival Orchestra conducted by Esther Lanting

played other Gal-la-Rini arrange-ments such as the “Paragon March” which is the official march

of the ATG. There, Esther

also had a workshop about Mr. Galla-Rini and his contributions to the accordion since she had known him from the age of 11. She also encouraged us to share our memories about Galla-Rini. I told everyone that he was such a “sweetie” and about attending his accordion camps since 1991. This is certainly hard to believe.

Back home, I started practicing for the Las Vegas Accordion Convention. There is noth-ing like live accordion music! —

(Sundi, Brian Money & Esther Lanting)

A dynamite routine by a local accordion trio “Leif, Lena and Lars” brought home first-place med-als and a cash prize from the Leavenworth Interna-tional Accordion Celebration, held June 17-20 in

Leavenworth Washington. (Many ALSI members are acquainted with Leif,

who is the brother of Kjell Holmes, from his partic-ipation in the dinner honoring Kjell on his retire-ment from the club presidency several years ago).

Leif Holmes of Stanwood, Arlene “Lena” Sundquist Empie of La Conner and Ron “Lars” Zentner of Camano Island are noted for their ren-ditions of Nordic or Scandinavian Music. Empie and Zentner both play with the Hugo Accordion Band, where Holmes has been the director since 2003. Zentner says the accordion is really at its best with ethnic music.

Holmes said the group almost didn't enter the

(continued on page 8)

Page 7Volume 17 Issue 10

Best Wishes for a very Happy Birthday for those born in the month of September.

10/3 Jane Ford10/6 Erika Baier10/15 Larry Peterson10/17 Barbara Odling10/19 Gloria Ensign10/20 Paula Strong10/28 Eddie Meadows

CREDITS

(Regrets for name error last month)

September 13th

A Very Happy Anniversary

In October To:

October 2th

October 7th

by Helen Estok Schoell

It was great to have Russell Camp back from his trip to Guatemala. He is going to share his travels with us in the Reed Block.

Our deep appreciation to Russell Camp, Jack and Sharon Marotte for coming in early to set things up for our day’s event.

Mary Lou Erwin came early to take care of members at the door, collecting door fees and having attendees sign in.

Thanks to Mary Lou, I was able to make coffee and to take care of setting the tables and make ready for our refreshment break.

Gordon Kohl took care of purchasing, with ALSI funds, three cakes and three cool drinks from Costco.

Thank you Sally Scheinok for helping me set the tables, and serve the cakes and drinks.

Yours truly cleared the tables, cleaned up the kitchen and put items back in place.

Thank you and God bless you all for your continued support to the club. With all of us working together our club will continue to grow in size. —

HOLMES TRIO SCORES WIN

Page 8Volume 17 Issue 10

(206) 632-2700 phone (206) 632-2733 fax

www.petosa.com

C U S T O M C R A F T E D —

HOLMES TRIO WIN IN LEAVENWORTH COMPETITION cont.

(continued from page 7)

Leavenworth competition because they didn’t thinkthey could win. In the end they decided to take a chance, and went on to outscore eight other groups to win their event. Performers were judged on bal-ance, dynamics, technique and tempo.

The trio demonstrated their musical range by play-ing a Norwegian waltz and the Hank Williams country song “Your Cheatin’ Heart.” But their attire and per-ception may have won the day. Wearing black se-quined vests over white shirts and black pants, they topped off their outfits with white student caps Empie recently brought back from Finland. Holmes con-structed their black music stands—inscribed with their stage names, “Leif, Lena and Lars”.

This pleasing visual impression and stage presence scored them high marks, Holmes said.

Decades ago, Holmes and Empie took accordion lessons from Hugo Helmer, a well-known musician and teacher in the Mount Vernon area who passed away in

the 1960’s. The two played with the Hugo Helmer Marching Accordion Band in the 1940’s and 1950’s. Reacquainted at a reunion of former band members in 1994, they began playing again.

Now Leif, Lena and Lars can often be seen play-ing old-time favorites at area senior centers. But Holmes said their favorite booking is at the annual lutefisk dinners held the first two Sundays in De-cember at the Farmhouse Restaurant, west of Mount Vernon, where they are scheduled to play for the third successive year. “This is our kind of gig, playing Nordic folk music to a crowd who not only love a menu of lutefisk… but love our musical menu as well, “ Holmes said. “For an accordion trio, it doesn’t get any better.”

Congratulations go out to them on their win. — o —

(Article excerpted from the Skagit Valley Herald of Au-gust 29, 2010)

— FOR SALE —

Petosa Antique model with rhinestones.

Great tone. Hand made reeds (LMMM).

The reeds are like new. All offers considered.

Call Gordon Kohl @ 1-619-395-0454

Page 9 MONTHLY NEWSLETTERPage 9 MONTHLY NEWSLETTER

In Balboa ParkSunday, October 10, 2010

Accordion Music & Ethnic Dancing11:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Please call Bill Barr at 619-337-1111 if you wish to play for the Octoberfest.

COMING THIS MONTH

Directions to Balboa Park location: Take Park Blvd. to Village Pl and turn west to parking area on the right. Follow Village Pl south to the Prado and the ALSI stage area next to the large fountain and near the Fleet Space Theater and Science Center..

FEATURED ARTIST — Gale Evans

Well, what to say about me. A lot of ALSI members know me, and, they know I'm all about having as much fun in my life as possible. So.........I play the accordi-on. This gives me pleasure, relaxation, challenge, and, a LOT of social interaction. I began playing when I was seven, with a dime-store toy. I created songs with it, so was asked, by my Dad, if I wanted to take lessons. I did, so..........l did. I have had several bands, the most known being the Seattle Polka Gals, for 10 years. We were nominated for the "Young and Newest Band" in the Cleveland Polka Hall of Fame, 1995. An "all-girl" band was unusual, and we became very good very fast, nationally. TV, radio, tapes, and CD's of us were played everywhere. That was a LOT of work, but, equally, a TON of fun. I am presently "playing around", (my favorite answer to {Where do you play?}). I have a 3-piece band, doing eth-nic music, private jobs, playing for independent and assisted living homes, playing

by myself for others, wherever and whenever, etc. The music I play is for dancing or listening......No "show" or speed. I guess I don't have the dexterity, nor the desire, to show off (can't anyway). Just good music, hopefully, to entertain in a positive way, is my goal. So, please come to OctoberFest with ALSI at Balboa Park in October. I’ll see you there!!

Page 10Volume 17 Issue 10

TREASURER’S REPORT

ALSI INCOME AND EXPENSETHIRD QUARTER 2010

MONTHLY MEETINGS

INCOME JULY AUGUST ___SEPTEMBER

MEETING $ 175.25 $ 267.00 $ 233.00MUSIC EXCH 30.00 TOTAL $ 175.25 $ 297.00 $ 233.00

EXPENSES

INSURANCE $ 80.00 $ 80.00 $ 80.00SHOWCASE 35.00 140.00 140.00FLYERS EXPENSES 35.00 37.00 52.68TOTAL $ 150.00 $ 257.00 $ 272.70

INCOME(LOSS) $ 25.25 $ 40.00 $ (39.70)

NET INCOME (LOSS) THIRD QUARTER 2010 $ 25.55

REEDBLOCK

INCOME JULY AUGUST ___SEPTEMBER

MEMBERSHIP $ 25.00 $ 59.00 $ 35.00RB AD 6.00TOTAL $ 31.00 $ 59.00 $ 35.00

EXPENSES

DISTRIBUTION $ 95.88 $ 68.69 $ 68.69P0STAGE 54.76 67.96 72.36PO BOX 48.00 MISC 25.26 51.99TOTAL $ 150.64 $ 209.91 $ 193.04

NET INCOME (LOSS) THIRD QUARTER 2010 $ (428.59)

Page 11Volume 17 Issue 10

ACCORDION EVENTS

INTERNATIONAL ACCORDION CONVEN-TION Nov. 1 - 4, 2010. Las Vegas, Nevada.Featuring: Dick Contino, Carl Fortina, Peter & Mady Soave, Sylvia Marie Barber, Michael Bridge, Gordon Kohl, and Accordion Orchestra led by Joan Cochran Sommers. A new addition to the list of artists appearing is Frank Marocco. He will be per-forming and offering a master class to the attendees. Other additions to the lineup include Dan and Kim Christian and Alex Sevastian winner of the 2007 CIA World Cup. Room rates at the convention hotel, Gold Coast, have been reduced to $29 a night, which is a great bargain for the attendees. This is a most worthwhile event to attend, even for one day.Contact 800-472-1695 for more information and reservations. Final payments were due October 1.

Oct. 10 OctoberFest at Balboa Park with Gale Evans and a variety of accordion

players.

Nov. 14 Heritage Day.

Dec. 12 Year-end meeting with holiday music.

MORE OCTOBERFEST DETAILS

By Gloria Ensign

Come to Octoberfest and enjoy the fun and the music of Gale Evans—Our polka style entertainer.

You have to listen to Gale play to come to the conclusion that she is the best lady polka player on the West Coast. I have known Gale since 1986 when she came to the Frank Mazanek Accordi-on Group where she made her accordion sing and thrill all of us. She has a certain dance style beat to her playing that makes your feet want to move and dance.

Gale said she will have her Bass Accordion with her and would love to accompany anyone at the Octoberfest in Balboa Park. Bill Barr will be setting up the program so please call him and get on the list to play. Bill: 619-337-1111.

Oh yes!! A Saturday Open House of Polka Music will be at my home on October 9th. You are all invited so don’t miss it. Call me for all the details, Gloria: 619-465-0543. Bring your family and friends to Balboa Park and be part of this great Sunday event. Mark your calendars now.

ALSI ACCORDION ENSEMBLEThis accordion group is open to all interested members of ALSI who would like to participate in the practices and music engagements that the En-semble has during the year. They practice twice a month on the second and fourth Saturdays from 9:30 to 11:30. Call Vicki Eriqat for more infor-mation at 619-563–5586. —

Monthly Newsletter

We are on the Web:

www.accordion-club-

sandiego.org

“Every Music Lover is Welcome at the ALSI Accordion Club”

ALSI

Statement Of Purpose:

� ALSI is San Diego’s forum for appreciat-ing and performing accordion music, including the MIDI electronic accordion

� We welcome mem-bers who enjoy lis-tening to or playing accordion music.

� We have an accordi-on ensemble group, monthly meetings, local concerts featur-ing local and interna-tionally famous per-formers, an annual picnic and a monthly newsletter.

OCTOBER 2010

EDITION

The REED BLOCKc/o Helen Estok Schoell

P.O. Box 151357San Diego, CA 92175