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events. Everyone is invited

to participate.

Club members will en-

tertain on Valentines Day

as well as a special, guest

Ilmar Kuljas. Ilmar Kuljas

is known to many as a tre-

mendous teacher and

coach for talented accordi-

onists like Sammy Thomas

who went on to become a

finalist in the Coupe Mon-

dale World Accordion

Championship several

years ago. Ilmar brings to

music and his students an

insatiable desire to strive

for excellence in playing

our accordion.

On March 14th we will

set the stage for a Mini-

concert from Seattle

Washington the music tal-

ent, Bonnie Birch. Bonnie

is an inspirational accordi-

onist who plays every note

with enthusiasm and spirit.

Her repertoire is magnifi-

cent. Her music will in-

clude musette, jazzy tunes,

pop classics, standards and

ethnic music that you will

want to dance or sing

along to. Ms. Bonnie

Birch’s stage presence will

(continued on page 8)

by Gordon Kohl

Accordion music is

popular in San Diego and

other cities on the West

Coast. The cultural heri-

tage of several European

countries is strengthened

by their music. The accor-

dion as a musical instru-

ment is very important for

so many country’s music.

For this reason, several

ALSI members continue to

entertain as soloists and in

groups for dances and

many special events. Octo-

berfests, Carnival season,

Springfests, bal lroom

dances and other cultural

events keep accordionist

busy making music.

Our local San Diego

ALSI accordionist, Tom

Eskola played a beautiful

Showcase for ALSI in

January. His flair for both

European and American

music was superb. Thank

You Tom. We all recog-

nize your passion for mu-

sic and hope to see you at

ALSI future club events.

The music keeps on

coming to ALSI monthly

club activities. We are

fortunate to have as a

member Ron Griffin, a

wonderful expressive mu-

sician. On Valentines Day,

February 14th, Ron will

present a grand Showcase

for the ALSI club mem-

bership and their guests.

Ron Griffin’s Showcase

music program will in-

clude ballads, beautiful

Latin melodies and those

memorable accordion

standards. Everyone is

welcome to ALSI in Feb-

ruary to hear Ron Griffin,

a very dynamic performer.

A drawing will be held

before his Showcase to

give away free tickets to

the March and April club

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

FEBRUARY

2010

February 2010 Volume 17 Issue 2

MONTHLY

NEWSLETTER

Inside this issue:

President’s

Message

1 &

8

General

Information

2

Happiness at ALSI 3-4

Membership

Form

5

Questionaire 6

Credits 7

Christmas at the

Park

7

Coming This

Month

9

Showcase

Review

10

Calendar 11

Upcoming Events 11

Harold J. Estok Founder

ALSI and REED BLOCK

President:

Gordon Kohl

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Presidents Emeriti:

(Founder) Harold Estok

Ron Griffin

Kjell Holmes

Gloria Ensign

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Helen Estok Schoell

619-584-4970

Treasurer:

Vicki Eriqat

619-563-5586

Ensemble Director:

Vicki Eriqat

619-563-5586

Newsletter/Webmaster:

Bob Page

760-451-3641

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invited and should be submitted to Helen Estok Schoell or email to Bob Page at webmaster@accordion -

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two weeks before the next meeting, accordingly the due date for the March 2010 issue is: March 1, 2010.

This includes all items such as articles, upcoming events, playing around, accordion workshops, advertise-

ments 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. 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,

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(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,

February 14th from 1:00 to 4:30 pm in Bailey Hall at Mt. Miguel Covenant Village.

There will be a Showcase featuring Ron Griffin. Prior to the Showcase will be a draw-

ing for free tickets to March and April club events. All are encouraged to participate.

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five and renew your 2010 Reed Block subscription by contacting:

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Volume 17 Issue 2

HAPPINESS AT ALSI

January, 2010

by Sharon Marotte

January 10, 2010 was the ALSI meeting

at Mt Miguel Covenant Village and we had a

good time AGAIN!! What a great way to

spend a Sunday afternoon, listening to accor-

dion music with our friends! The players

around the village were: Vicki Eriqat in the

Cafeteria, Kjell Holmes at Brandel, Crider #1

was Al Cerutti and Jane Ford was in Crider

#2. Bob Page was our mystery player – he

plays beautifully, with good song selections for

us to listen to as the crowd gathered for the

afternoon. Bill Barr was our MC – he was a

busy person, collecting players and keeping the

program going. We say a big THANK YOU

to Merle Williams for being so faithful about

videoing all of our ALSI meetings, Showcase,

and Concerts. He has had this job for the past

10 years and has never missed a meeting. This

was his last ALSI meeting to video and we say

again, THANK YOU.

The first player was Sharon Marotte

(me). My first song was Gratinee Mussette

valse followed by the Dakota Polka (north or

south Dakota is not specified!). Myron FLoren

recorded this song on Mercury Records #5434.

The last song was Teresina Polka by Pietro

Deiro, 1954. Rick, the drummer for Tom

Eskola, was asked to play along – that was the

best thing ever!!

It was so much

fun!!

Marian

Sowell asked

Rick, the drum-

mer, to play

along with her

also. Her songs

were Cotton-

field and Tux-

edo Junction – nice swing style. It is so great

to see and hear Marian again. She always has a

nice big smile on her face!

Al Jacobs played several songs – La Gittara

Romana from Italy, Domino from France and

Satin Doll. Al can just stand up and play any-

thing – what an entertainer!!

Juergen Rosenfeld joined us again

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HAPPINESS—continued

from Oceanside – He comes dressed in his

German clothes and stands up and plays from

memory, just like Al Jacobs. His songs were a

Landler, but more like a Country 10 step

someone in the audience said. He then played

a piece from Tames Last (sorry for the spell-

ing) and a march, Alte Commarde – Old Fel-

lows. Juergen wears a hat with all kinds of

interesting pins on it… next time he wears it,

check out his hat pins.

Joe Columbo next entertained us

with three songs, he stood up and played very

nicely!! Autumn Leaves, Younger than Spring-

time and Tra Veglia e Sonno, which means,

half awake and half asleep. Joe just keeps get-

ting better and better when he plays for ALSI.

Keep up the good work, Joe. Hope to see

you at every meeting.

Lou Fanucchi surprised us with his

visit. He played two songs which were incredi-

ble – Oblivion and music from Phantom of the

Opera. Lou plays such beautiful music, his left

hand crawls all over the bass side – we are al-

ways in awe of his musical abilities.

Gordon Kohl’s Monday night group

plus several others assembled to play the Para-

gon March. This song was written by Anthony

Galla-Rini. He would have been 106 years old

on January 18 if he were still with us. We

played the Paragon March as a tribute to him

and did it very well!! Anthony Galla-Rini would

have been proud of us.

We had our cake/coffee break and en-

joyed a very nice afternoon outside. Lou Fanuc-

chi played his accordion on the patio during this

time. Helen Stables once again baked a great

cake! We were excited to listen to Tom Eskola

play the Showcase so we ate in a hurry and then

on with the show!! —

Volume 17 Issue 2

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OF SAN DIEGO

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Note: Monthly meeting fees are $4.00

members & $5.00 for non-members

Are you a ___Student ___Teacher ___Professional ___Amateur ___Non-Musician Accordion Enthusiast?

My skills or interests that could help the club are:

Accounting Writing Internet Web Board Member Photographer Other__________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

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Please circle all that apply and complete questionnaire on next page.. Thank You!

MONTHLY NEWSLETTER

QUESTIONAIRE

NAME: ____________________________________ PHONE: _____________________

1. Do you enjoy ALSI club monthly meetings? YES_____ NO_____

2. Do you like Special Accordion Club Concerts? YES _____ NO_____

3. Do you like ALSI having special Accordionists Show Case appearances? YES_____ NO_____

4. Are you coming to our special Concert and Workshop in March (Bonnie Birch) and May (Sylvia Barber)?

YES_____ NO_____

5. If you were not coming to these very special events would you please share a reason with us in writing? I am not attending

because_________________________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________.

Alternatively, you may call Gordon 619-395-0454, Bill 619-337-1111, or Mary Lou 619-847-0577 to converse by telephone.

6. What type of music activities do you enjoy at ALSI? ______________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________

7. Do you have music lovers who you may bring as guests in 2010? YES______ NO ______

8. Do you like to play accordion at ALSI? YES _______ NO _______

9. Would you play as a Mystery Player? YES _______ NO _______

10. Do you enjoy the Jam Sessions at ALSI? YES _______ NO _______

BONUS QUESTIONS —

1. Are you able to help ALSI in some special way? __________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________

2. Would you travel away from San Diego to participate in ALSI music activities? YES_____ NO_____

3. Would you help to advertise ALSI activities? YES ______ NO ______

4. What activity at ALSI would you rather not attend? ______________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________________________

5. Would you participate in an accordion workshop activity at ALSI? YES_____ NO _____

Thank you for taking the time to respond to this questionnaire. With your input, we hope to keep ALSI a great venue for

the accordion and accordion players. Please help us keep ALSI successful, fun and rewarding to everyone.

Happy Anniversary

May your lives always be happy and

filled with precious times To remember.

For those of you married in the month

of December:

Sami and Tiina Zein , 21st

Volume 17 Issue 2

CREDITS

by Helen Estok Schoell

Our thanks to Russell Camp and Merle

Williams for taking care of necessary prepara-

tion of our ALSI gathering. Jack Marotte ran

our sound system and Sharon wrote up our

Happiness At ALSI article. She is also our pho-

tographer and a thank you for February's pic-

tures.

Erika Baier, thank you for sitting in at the

Best Wishes for a very Happy

Birthday for those born in the

month of February.

4th Bob Warner

4th Doris Chappelle

8th Sami Zein

11th Kari Andrews

11th Helen Estok Schoell

13th Sharon Marotte

21st Bonnie Barr

22nd Kathryn Morefield

28th Stella Allison

A Very Happy Anniversary

In February To:

Bob & Penny Page - 2/2

Jack & Sharon Marotte - 2/14

Ron & Helen Schoell - 2/14

door. So, I, Helen Schoell and Gordon

Kohl could do “kitchen duty”.

Gordon and I worked together setting the

tables for our refreshment break. And, we

were also the clean-up committee. Thank you

Gordon for your much needed help. Thank

you Helen Stables for your help in cutting

and serving your delicious cake.

God bless you all. —

Christmas Music at the Park

by Kjell Holmes

On Saturday, December 19

th

, our Accordion Lov-

ers Society International (ALSI) Ensemble was invited

to play Christmas music for the Children’s Annual

Christmas party at Standley Park Recreation Center

which we have been doing for many years. We enjoy

being part of this great event, watching the kids who

are excited about Santa’s visit plus we are treated to

a delicious breakfast served by the staff.

ALSI has been using this facility for many years

with practice sessions every 2

nd

and 4

th

Saturday

mornings. The Recreation Center is a clean and wel-

coming place and the city staff is very accommodating.

Most important for our group is that it offers us an

opportunity to show off the accordion to young chil-

dren that visit the Center. We often see parents and

young children watching and listening to our music.

The ALSI group has played for many functions in

the local San Diego area. We are a group of twelve

when we invite a drummer. We typically have 10

accordion players and an upright bass player. We

were pleased to be included in the first Oktoberfest

in University City which was also held at the Standley

Park Recreation Center in October, 2009. We look

forward to being a part of these same events in 2010

as well as enjoying our Saturday practices at the Rec-

reation Center on Governor Drive. —

CHRISTMAS MUSIC AT THE PARK

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE — continued

Inside Story Headline

Volume 17 Issue 2

(206) 632-2700 phone

(206) 632-2733 fax

www.petosa.com

313 NE 45th Street - Seattle, WA 98105

C U S T O M C R A F T E D —

Visit ALSI Website:

www.accordion-club-sandiego.org

(continued from page one)

mesmerize you. In addition to presenting a Mini-

concert, Bonnie will present a Workshop prior to

the club break. (The focus will be “Musical Con-

cepts for Accordionists). Everyone wanting to pick

up music technique will want to attend this work-

shop. Bring your accordion!

The April 11th ALSI Showcase will be Louisiana

style music by R.A. Richard. The authentic Louisiana

music will make you feel great. You will want to

dance or sing along to funny lyrics and wish you had

a dish of gumbo soup with crayfish and Hush Pup-

pies.

R.A. Richard will present a workshop at ALSI

before his Showcase. Come to his class and learn

bass rhythms and be inspired to learn some fun

songs from the Bayou.

On May 2nd, the fantabulous concert artist Sylvia

Barber will return to give a Mini-concert and an in-

credible workshop class at the ALSI club meeting.

Sylvia’s repertoire is vast and incredibly varied. She

is a musician’s musician. Her knowledge of music,

theory and accordion artistry is second to no one.

I am thrilled that Sylvia enjoys playing accordion for

ALSI again this year.

For those music lovers near and far, please set

the date, May 2nd on your calendar. Bring friends

and musicians to hear Sylvia Barber live. My wish is

that we fill the ALSI auditorium on that day!

The ALSI Steering Committee would appreciate

your completing the enclosed member question-

naire (see page 8). Everyone’s ideas will help our

club stay active and energized and full of beautiful

music and social events.

To my music friends,

Best Wishes

Gordon —

MONTHLY NEWSLETTER

Page 9 MONTHLY NEWSLETTER

CO MI NG NE XT M O NT H

Ron Griffin started his musical career in Phoenix in 1954. The family was watching the

Lawrence Welk Show when Ron’s mother said it was necessary to learn a musical instrument

and asked what instrument Ron would choose. Looking at Myron Floren, Ron said the

accordion! Lorraine Wingo was his first music teacher. Ron’s teacher skipped all the musical

theory, scales and chords and gave Ron lots of Magnate and Diero pieces to play in recitals

and on the Lew King Rangers TV talent contest. Ron appeared several times on the show and

won many prizes.

When Ron’s Dad died, Ron gave up playing the accordion to pursue his education and

career goals. Ron graduated with a BSEE in 1968, in engineering and technical sales careers in

the semiconductor test automation field. Ron then moved on to his sailboat and sailed to San

Diego.

Arriving in San Diego in 1985, Ron met Gordon Kohl. Gordon mentioned ALSI and Ron

went to a meeting where he was encouraged to play and return. ALSI re-kindled Ron’s

interest in the accordion. Ron enjoyed ALSI and its members so much that in 1992, after the

sudden death of Harold Estok, ALSI president, Ron agreed to lead the club for three years.

People that have contributed to Ron’s musicality are: John Bonica, Ione Bailey, Joe Di

DiGiaciento, Gordon Kohl, Lou Fannuchi and Stas Venglevski. Ron considers it a privilege to

perform the showcase at ALSI where so many nice people have encouraged his playing and

expressed appreciation of his music. Be sure to attend this wonderful showcase!

Ron has a vast repertoire that includes Standards and many beautiful Latin Songs. We are

sure to hear these at his showcase performance. Don’t be surprised to hear one of his

favorite polka.

PROGRAM

12:30pm Mystery Player

1:00pm Members time for

Love songs & ballads

2:00pm Break

2:30pm Ron Griffin &

Ilmar Kuljus

VALENTINE

MUSICAL at ALSI

February 14, 2010

12:30 P.M.

Don’t miss the exciting opportunity to see

and hear these “TALENTED

PERFORMERS”.

Special Visitor—Ilmar Kuljus

Ilmar started his musical career at age six in his native Estonia. World War 2 forced

his family to seek refuge in war torn Germany. He continued his studies until he

moved to Spokane WA. In Spokane he founded the Accordion-Nova School of Accor-

dion where he has a dedicated group of amateur accordionists and students. He also

leads the Spokane Accordion Ensemble. Ilmar was the teacher of our special friend

Sammy Thomas who has presented a few Showcases for ALSI. Saturday evening, Feb-

ruary 13, Gloria Ensign is having an open house for ALSI members to meet Ilmar.

Bring your accordion for a jam session. Call Gloria if you would like to come 619-465-

0543. For further information on this valentine special, contact Gordon Kohl at

619-395-0454 or Helen E. Schoell at 619-584-4970.

MONTHLY NEWSLETTER

Page 10

MONTHLY NEWSLETTER

SHOWCASE REVIEW

TOM ESKOLA SHOWCASE

JANUARY 10, 2010

by Bob Warner

We always look forward to a program by Tom

Eskola. As one of our local accordion profession-

als, Tom has been playing the San Diego and

Southern California scene for years and that pro-

fessionalism shows when he presents a showcase.

Today he

was joined

by drum-

mer Ric

Gent i l l e l a

whose per-

c u s s i o n

backup en-

hanced the

p resen ta -

tion of the

p r o g r a m .

Tom plays

a Concerto

model digi-

tal accor-

d i o n

(manufactured by Accordions International) that

allows him to easily mix digital and acoustic reed

tones to produce a big sound when augmented by

the drums. Tom’s versatility and musical interests

showed in the type of program he chose for us:

polka, waltz, foxtrot, tango, beguine, samba, slow

swing and salsa music. Put that together with clean

keyboard technique and precise tempo and you

are in for some enjoyable listening. So, let’s go

down the program list.

He warmed up with “GO KART POLKA”

quickly followed by “PLAY FIDDLE PLAY”, a beau-

tiful, old time waltz where the digital violin was

used to good effect. Next, Tom did a vocal of an

old time banjo foxtrot called “OLD BONES” and

in keeping with the mood he layered in some key-

board banjo. In “DANCE WITH ME” he layered in

full orchestra behind acoustic accordion for a big,

danceable sound. Nothing fits the accordion like a

good Italian polka such as “BELLA BOCCA” with its

bouncy use of arpeggios. Interestingly enough, this

translates to “PRETTY MOUTH”. A tango such as

“TANGO OF ROMANCE” is the soul of South

American music often performed by the bandoneon.

Tom enhanced it with some unusual voicings.

I’ve often wondered how many polkas there are

in the world; here’s another one, “FOUR ACES

POLKA”. Tom was busy on the keyboard with this

fast moving piece. “LA PACHANGA” samba was

quite unusual with its unique drum beat and use of

steel drum voicing by Tom. “JE NE SAI PAS” foxtrot

changed the mood with electronic piano carrying the

melody. This loosely translates to “I SAY NOT”.

Continuing to use piano, Tom and Ric played

“WATCH WHAT HAPPENS”, a slow swing number

that is a perennial favorite.

Waltz as a dance goes back to the 16

th

cen-

tury and was initially almost considered risqué.

However, the “VAGABOND” waltz is beautiful

with a lilting melody that begs for dancing. Tom

handled the challenging musette passages flu-

ently. Tom and Ric approached the standard

“FRENESI” from a different musical angle using a

salsa rhythm. I never heard it that way before

but it was very effective. The players gave it a

r e a l S ou t h Am er i c a n c h a r a c t e r .

“DALBACKATRALLEN” is a different kind of

polka. Trallen, I believe, refers to some kind of

“trill”. However, this is an old fashioned Ger-

man polka replete with tuba bass and consider-

able treble challenges.

For the last number, our member Sharon

Marrotte joined Tom and Ric to play the Ger-

man waltz “BERGLEBEN”. This title refers to

mountains in some way, perhaps mountain life.

This was a typical sounding Austrian-German

piece played in fast ¾ time. It was great. The

program finished with a polka encore starting

with the venerable “BEER BARREL” much to

the joy of the audience. We will be looking for-

ward to more of Tom’s showcases in the future.

— o —

“Please share date,

time and location

of public appear-

ances. Submit

these, in writing,

complying with the

cut-off date, to

Helen Estok

Schoell or Bob

Page.”

Inside Story Headline

Volume 17 Issue 2

Louis Fanucchi

Feb. 2 & 9 from 5:30 pm

at Paesano Restaurant in

San Diego.

Feb. 9 & March 11,23

from 1:00 pm at SPA-

GHETTERIA in Little

Italy, San Diego.

March 27 from 4:00 pm at the Newport

Beach Music Festival with LIMPOPO in

Newport Beach, Calif.

For more information call Lou at

619-948-3774.

Kjell Holmes

Friday, Feb. 5 & March 5

from 5—8 pm at Lake Cuya-

maca Restaurant,

(Kjell performs at the res-

taurant the first Friday of

each month.)

Gordon Kohl

Feb. 14 from 3:30—6:30 pm

at University San Diego for

Fund Raiser Faculty Dance.

March 13 from 7—11 pm at

St. Marks Catholic Church,

in La Mesa for Dinner &

Dance (both events open to public)

PLAYING AROUND

UPCOMING ACCORDION EVENTS

ACCORDION WORKSHOP

MONDAY, FEBRARY 15th.

Gordon Kohl will hold his monthly workshop

starting at 6:30 pm. Music will be distributed

for use at the workshop session. Bring your

accordion, music stand, stool and accordion

light. The workshop will be held at Ted Hill’s

home in the Mission Bay area of San Diego.

(Call 619-427-4344 for address and directions).

Food and drink will be provided.

Cost: $20 and $12 for non-student guests.

ALSI ACCORDION ENSEMBLE

The ensemble will appear at the St. Marks

United Methodist Church on Feb. 21 at 6 pm.

The church is located at 3502 Clairemont Dr. in

San Diego (call 858-273-1480 for details). This

accordion group is open to all interested mem-

bers of ALSI who would like to participate in

the practices and music engagements that the

Ensemble has during the year. They practice

twice a month on the second and fourth Satur-

days from 9:30 to 11:30. Call Vicki Eriqat for

more information at 619-563–5586.

Feb. 14 Ron Griffin Showcase

and Ilmar Kuljus

(Drawing for free tickets

To March & April events)

Mar. 14 Bonnie Birch Mini-Concert

and Workshop

Apr. 11 Showcase with

R.A. Richard

May 2 Sylvia Marie Mini-Concert

and Workshop

June 13 Annual Picnic

Monthly Newsletter

“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 accor-

dion ensemble group,

monthly meetings,

local concerts featur-

ing local and interna-

tionally famous per-

formers, an annual

picnic and a monthly

newsletter.

FEBRUARY

2010

EDITION

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c/o Helen Estok Schoell

P.O. Box 151357

San Diego, CA 92175

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