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2010
Rocky Mountain Accordion Celebration
Accordion enthusiasts from all over the U.S. and
Canada will again be taking that scenic trip to Philipsburg, Montana
for the Rocky Mountain Accordion Celebration. The event will take
place this year, July 30th and 31st, 2010. This gathering has
happened every year for the past 14 years.
Fiddlers,
guitar players, harmonica players and drummers team up with a
host of accordion players to create some of the best jammin you
will ever hear. The jammin and dancin begins on Friday and ends
when the last player goes home on Sunday. A performance by headline
entertainers takes place on Saturday afternoon in the HighSchool
gymnasium. Pack up your camper, throw in your lawn chairs, grab
the kids and gramma and grampa.
Come on down to Philipsburg to have the best footstompin time
of your life.
For
more info about the festival call: 1-406-859-3812
or email: quigleybb@yahoo.com
For
more info on Philipsburg and accomodations: www.philipsburgmt.com
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2010 Tentitive Schedule of Events
Friday, July 30
Quigley
Cottage
Sunshine
Station
- all
day and evening - Jamin and Dancin
Schnibbles
- Jammin
and Workshops for Beginners at Schnibbles
High
School Gym
- Noon
til 4:00 pm - Open Stage
- 5:30
pm - Concert with Kerry Christensen
Saturday,
July 31
Quigley
Cottage
High
School Gym
- 10:00
am - 12:30 pm - open stage
- 10:00
am - 11:00 am - Workshops
- 1:00
pm - Parade from Downtown to the High School
- 2:00
pm - Concert featuring Cory Pesaturo and Big Lou
Sunshine
Station
- 5:30
pm - until? - Jamin and Dancin
Tickets
$15.00 for the weekend
Polka Patch Pins
are the collectable souvenirs available for $5.00.
Polka Pin (not Buttons this year) Souvenirs $ 5.00 with pin you
can ride free in the horse drawn carriage. For sale at various
locations around town.
Please Support our Generous Sponsors
Roland Accordions, Quigley Cottage Sunshine Station,
Pintler Suites, R House Inn, Schnibbles, Blackfoot Telecommunications,
Huffmans Grocery, Philipsburg Schools, Southwest Montana Community
Federal CU, Philipsburg Chamber of Commerce, Gem Mountain Sapphires,
Griff Ziegler Photography, Sweet Palace/Sapphire
Gallery, Peter and Stephanie Sorini, The Inn at Philipsburg, The
Club Bar and Grill.
Tempo Trends:
will be set up in the Granite Co. Museum with new and reconditioned
accordions.
Griff Ziegler:
will be at the High School to do single and group professional
photographs.
All proceeds go to Philipsburg Schools.
RV Parking at The Inn at Philipsburg, Pintler Peaks RV, The City
Park, SunshineStation.
For more info about the festival call: 1-406-859-3812
or e-mail: quigleybb@yahoo.com
or for more info on Philipsburg and accomodations: www.philipsburgmt.com
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 Cory
Pesaturo
“If anyone can make the accordion hip - and
that's a tall order - it just might be Cory Pesaturo. He’s the
most impressive jazz accordionist these ears have ever heard. Pesaturo
makes the instrument sound as natural and native to jazz as the saxophone
or trumpet,” wrote the Boston Globe in October of 2007.
Cory, a recent graduate from Boston’s prestigious New England Conservatory of Music has just released two critically acclaimed CDs – A Change in the Weather and Crosswinds, both in collaboration with legendary jazz saxophonist George Garzone. They are the culmination of years of Cory’s local, national and international appearances at concert halls, festivals, rock clubs.
Cory has the distinction of having performed at the White House on four occasions. Since leaving office, the Clintons have requested that he perform on five more occasions, and as the numerous letters from former President Bill Clinton reveal, the two have enjoyed a warm, lasting friendship.
With his Conservatory
training completed, Cory is now bringing the accordion to numerous venues
from Boston to New York. Combining his virtuosic finger work with his
high energy, Cory has been embraced by audiences who appreciate his
devotion to both the rigors and subtleties of jazz. Comfortable
with many genres of music, this young musician with a dynamic vision
is unleashing not only his own potential, but also that of the accordion.
Cory recently won the first ever International Competition for Digital
Accordion held by the Confederation Internationale des Accordeonistes
(CIA) at the 62nd Coupe Mondiale Festival in Auckland, New Zealand.
For more information, please visit: www.corypesaturo.com
 Kerry
Christensen
Kerry Christensen is not your typical yodeler. His concerts and events
this year will take him to as many as 23 US states and two or three
countries internationally. Kerry spent two years in the country of Austria
right out of high school. There he became interested in the alpine yodeling
art. After mastering this difficult medium he was asked in l983 to move
his six member family to Orlando, Florida and use his yodeling skills
at Walt Disney World's Epcot Center. He performed there for almost seven
years until 1990.
Today Kerry performs
all kinds of corporate, festival, and community concert events. He recently
lent his unique classical yodeling talent to a full-length Disney animated
feature called "Home on the Range." See further details below.
Kerry is perhaps
the only full time yodeler in the world that specializes in all styles
of yodeling. He can be strictly alpine, or he can put on his Stetson
hat and do an all-cowboy yodeling show. However, many of Kerry's fans
say that their favorite show is when Kerry mixes up the styles. You
will hear cowboy, alpine, cajun, Latin, Jewish, Hawaiian, jazz, classical,
and his always popular humorous yodeling renditions.
For more information, please visit Kerry Christensen's website at: www.kerrychristensen.com
 Big
Lou
Big Lou (accordion and vocals) - Lou has played with such bay area notables
as the Melotones, the Stir-Ups, Thee Hellhounds, and Polkacide. She
founded Those Darn Accordions. Lou cut her musical teeth playing country-western
piano in Austin, Texas.
She loves most music, but has a soft spot for the ethnic variety, especially
Eastern European polkas and French waltzes. A native of Hollywood, she
also treasures movie music, and loves to play songs from the wide screen.
For more information, please visit Big Lou's website at: www.accordionprincess.com
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