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Editors
Note
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Yellow Pages. We are asking everyone to check before a major update
of site information. If you have future events, concerts, festivals,
an accordion to buy or sell, your club or association or teacher information
etc etc etc, then this is the time to carefully check that information.
There are over 15,000 listings and large numbers of accordionists
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So please make sure your listing is correct and benefit from being
found by accordion enthusiasts sharing your interests.
Harley
Jones
Accordions Worldwide Director
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Cafe
Accordion Orchestra Holiday Show - USA
Contributed by: Elizabeth Rowan
 The
Cafe Accordion Orchestra will be performing a Holiday Show at Spring
Valley Theater, Wisconsin.on the 19th of December. On the 30th December
they will perform at an afternoon show at the Kitty Cat Klub in
Minneapolis.. The band features Dan Newton (accordion and vocals)
Brian Barnes (guitar and vocals) Eric Mohring (mandolin, fiddle
and vocals) Erik Lillestol (bass violin) and Joe Steinger (percussion)
For further details email: daddysqueeze@yahoo.com
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Pigalle44
Kwartet Plays Jazz - Netherlands
Contributed
by: Jan Brouwer
The
band Pigalle44 Kwartet, featuring Reinier Voet (guitarist), Gert Wantenaar
(accordionplayer), Jan Brouwer (rhythm guitar), and Simon Planting
(double bass) will be performing on 11 December in Kapitein Zeppos,
Gebed Zonder End, Amsterdam. This a regular gig, every fourth Tuesday
of the month at the Casablanca Jazz Club, Amsterdam. This concert
will feature the jazz of Django Reinhardt but with a twist.
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The
Ponty Bone Show - Texas
 The
Ponty Bone Band will be performing on the 14th December in Gruene
Hall near New Braunfels, Texas. The band features Ponty Bone (vocals
and accordion), Richard Segura (guitar), Wash Hamilton (bass) and
Mike Gersmann (drums). Their famous Cajun and Zydeco based distinctively
Texan style combined with some originals will be a fun event for all.
For further
details email: pb@pontybone.com
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Cameron
Family Singers and Mad Bastards Band - Canada
 At
408 Queen St. West in Toronto, you'll find the best kept secret on
the Queen West strip. Every Saturday evening, Cameron Public House
hosts a country-western happy hour with the Cameron Family Singers.
This is the 6th year of the Cameron Family residency and it promises
more of the very best in classic country. You won't hear AM radio
"new country," but standards and bluegrass, with a mix of
Kevin Quain (vocals, accordion), Cindy Matthews (vocals, washboard),
Jack Nicholsen (vocals, guitar) Rod Booth (fiddle) Tony Benattar (upright
bass) Sam Farrera (shake, rattle and sand).
On Sundays, Kevin Quain (vocals, accordion) and his band the Mad Bastards,
splatter the walls with songs about restless corpses, wistful vampires,
punchdrunk sailors, singing bank robbers, and barroom romances. Led
by singer, songwriter and squeezebox slinger Kevin Quain, and armed
with an accordion, doghouse bass, trumpet, a couple of Spanish guitars
and a musical saw, the Mad Bastards spin musical tales in a fury of
dramatic lighting and go go music.
So next time you're in Toronto, don't miss a chance to visit the Cameron
Public House.
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Peebles
Accordion and Fiddle Club - Scotland
On
20th November in the Rugby Social Club, Peebles, an ensemble of 60-plus
(number, not age) musicians and listeners enjoyed an evening of traditional
Scottish music and camaraderie. MC Riddell Phaup introduced five made-up
bands from local and visiting players, before guest artists, the Clyde
Valley Ceilidh Band took centre stage.
Musicians and enthusiasts came from a wide radius - Argyll, Strathclyde,
Tayside, Grampian, Lothian and Borders. Accordion players included
Bill Lees, Robert Clelland, Gwen Hardy, James Paterson, John Weaks,
Charlie Todd, George Hood, Dave Sutherland, Andrew Stoddart, Neil
Hardie and Brian Forrest.
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The
Norwich Accordion Club - England
 Norwich
Accordion Club last met on the 26th of November in Noriwch, Norfolk,
a beautiful city in East Anglia. About 20 members played in various
groups and ensembles. The club members enjoy entertaining and taking
part in festivals and mainly play orchestrated music arranged by its
ex-musical director, Royston Herbert. The club is currently looking
for a new musical director. For further details email: norwich.nac@cwcom.net
The club
welcomes new players and tuition is available. A new beginners course
is going to be run this autumn. There is three groups. The Troshers
(mixed ability group) the Crome Group (intermediate quintet) and the
main Teusday evening Band. Any accordionists visiting Norwich are
most welcome to join them on a Tuesday evening (Band) or Thursday
evening.(Troshers) amixed ability group
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 Dr.
William Schimmel, Organizer, 2004 Accordion Master Class and Concert
Series - USA
Dr.
William Schimmel presents the 2004 Accordion Master Class and Concert
Series on August 27th to 29th at Tenri Cultural Institute in NY. The
2004 Program will be entitled "NO ID ROCCA" ...that's right
- it's accordion spelled backwards
Further information will be published on the American
Accordionists Assoc. internet site.
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Acordion
Couples Success - Netherlands
 Jean
Pierre Guiran (accordion, vocals) and Cheirie
de Boer (accordion, vocals) have had the good fortune to be able
to practice and immerse themselves in playing and composing accordion
music. "The instrument can create so many different moods, literally
and figuratively!" There skills enable them to perform their
own style, their own rhythms and music of composers from all corners
of the earth. They have launched CD's like "Petits Fours Frais",
"Parade des Poules", and "L'imparfait du Coeur".
They have remained in harmony to this day - in harmony with each other,
with their music and with their instruments - and thankfully, one
senses that they will continue to do so in the years ahead.
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Arizona Button
Accordion Band - USA
The Arizona Button Accordion Band is a group of twelve musicians playing
a variety of music consisting of polkas, waltzes, schottisches and American
songs. As well as button boxes, the group includes dancers, bass guitar
and drums.
In their colorful
outfits they have been performing together for nine years amd traveled to
the states of California, Colorado and Utah to perform at National Button
Accordion Festivals. Additionally, they have entertained extensively at
local events and many International Food Festivals and Octoberfests
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Klezmer,
East European Folk, and Original Music -Toronto
The Klezmer Band will be performing on the 11th of December in a live
concert at Mazzoleni Concert Hall, Toronto. Featuring in the Band
are: Milos Popovic (accordion) Bret Higgins (bass) Bogdan Djukic (violin)
Eric Stein (mandolin, mandocello) Martin van de Ven (clarinets) Special
Guest: Yeva Medvedyuk (vocals, guitar). The show will be recorded
by CBC radio for future broadcast on the program "In Performance"
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Accordion
In Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia
Contributed
by: Knut Brede
The accordion
is not heard very frequently in Kuala Lumpur apart from traditional
folk music. The accordionist Knut Brede (organized by the Scandinavian
Accordion Association) played with some other musicians from Sweden
(guitar and vocals) at two large events. The annual spring ball and
the opening of the first IKEA business in Malaysia. By the reactions
of the public, the accordion could easily become very popular here
in Kuala Lumpur. If only someone would begin!
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Accordion
Information Required
J.D.
Davis is interested to know about an accordion, "La Tosca by
Gretsch" made in Italy with "Bolero" written on it.
If you have any information please mail: jdavis@esc18.net
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Accordionst
Celebrated
Years of Success - France
The
Guilford Accordion Club members night will be held on the 19th of
December at the Ripley Village Hall on the north of Guildford 20
miles south-west of London. The members meet regularly and play
popular tunes and entertain each as well as enjoy the performances
of well-known visiting accordionists. While the piano accordion
is the instrument played by most members, button accordions, bandoneons,
concertinas and other instruments are represented too. All are most
welcome.