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Leyland Accordion Club - 15th March 2006

 

Our March Concert

Our March concert started with Colin Ensor playing Music Maestro Please, Sailing By, Enivrante and Sweetheart Of All My Dreams. Ann Parker was next on to the stage playing Black Mask Waltz and Yodelling Polka. After I had played two pieces it was time for our guest artist Steve Roxton to start his first half. Steve opened with the accordion standard Luci E Ombre followed by Wild Rover. A Russian medley then followed which included Song Of The Volga Boatmen and Kalinka. Steve then went on to play and sing a Johnny Cash Medley consisting of I'll Walk The Line, San Quentin and Ring Of Fire. Peter Street was followed by the much slower When I Fall In Love then the March Des Accordeonist Lyonnais and Sous Le Ceil De Paris. Playing separate parts on each hand steve then played the classical piece Minuete In G by Bach. The next medley was McNamaras Band, Danny Boy and Irish Washer Woman. Irish Rover was followed by the tango Jealousy. A french medley followed, Un Gamin A Paris, Le Deicher and Reine De Musette. It was now the end of the first half and time for the break so Steve played She Wears My Ring for Harry and Audrey who were celebrating their Golden Wedding Anniversary. After the break Tom Bennett played a selection of tunes before Steve Roxton started his second half. with The Little Penguin followed by La Danza and the Mantovani hit, Charmaigne. We speeded up greatly with Rock Around The Clock before returning to the slow 12th of Never followed by La Gracias Dame De Paris. Is This The Way To Amarillo led up to Princess D'Accordeon and a medley consisting of Island In The Sun, Brown Girl In The Ring and Kiss Me Honey Honey. Someone left a beermat on the stage in front of Steve with a request for him to play the 1812 overture which he duly did complete with vocal effects on the mic to simulate the explosions going off. This was a piece Steve first released on his LP back in the 1970's and was probably remembered by someone in the audience. We changed to a Scottish medley next with Scotland The Brave, Stop Yer Tickling Jock, Loch Lomond and Bluebell Polka. It was now Germanys turn with Im Munchen Steht, a selection of German drinking songs and Roll Out The Barrell to finish the medley. It was nearing the end of the night now so we slowed down with He'll Have to Go followed by Anna Marie, both Jim Reeves tunes. To finish Steve played Fleur De Paris, As I Love You and then an old time medley including tunes such as Who Were You With Last Night, Yes Sir That's My Baby and Swannee. His final piece was Jerusalem, but the crowd wanted more so he gave it to them with Whistling Rufus, then a medley of tunes including Bless Em All, Que Sera Sera, California Here I Come, When Your Smiling Land Of Hope And Glory Auld Lang Syne and finally Goodbye From The White Horse Inn. Steve had entertained us for about 2 hours 15 minutes, playing and singing around 60 different pieces. From the comments I got as people were leaving it seems the night went down extremely well with everyone I spoke to and a good time was had by all. David Batty

Folk In Lancashire Leaflet


The new Folk In Lancashire leaflet that is distributed to thousands of locations across the county now has an entry for Leyland Accordion Club, they have listed us under 'Bands' but at least we are in there.

 

Our Website

Our internet website has had 92078 visitors as at 15th of April 2006. That's 1731 visitors to the main page of our website since last month.

 

How it's Made - Accordion

The discovery channel is once again showing the program featuring how an accordion is made, it's on the 25th of April at 8am and again at 5pm. The accordion they are making is a simple two row button accordion rather than a full sized accordion but it's still interesting to see how the things are made.

 

This Wednesday


This Wednesday we have another of our local players concerts to look forward to. There will be the usual fun and frolics accompanied by a wealth of local talent bravely taking to the stage. As usual the doors open at 7.30pm for an 8pm start, I look forward to seeing you there.

 

 

Accordion Hero - The Computer Game


Accordion Hero the computer game is released in the shops this month. The game comes complete with a minature accordion (pictured right) which is connected to the computer via a USB cable. The aim of the game is to hit the correct buttons in the right order and at the right time for the on screen player to play many well known accordion hits. The software publisher advertises the game as shown below:-
"Hit all the right notes and get the crowd on their feet waving their beer steins in unison - you are an accordion hero! Includes all the great accordion melodies you've ever gotten really, really drunk to...from Ein Munchen Steht Ein Hofbrauhaus to Rock You Like A Hurricane. Accordion Hero comes with one Gloss Black USB accordion controller. Kirschrot (Cherry Red) controller sold separately for two-player squeeze action. Awesomely rad sticker sheet included. System Requirements: Supports two Accordion Hero USB controllers 2GHz or faster CPU. The game Accordion Hero is designed and developed by a german company, most of the games designers are accordionists. They said "The game design came quite easily to us: as the music plays, hit the corresponding notes and squeeze the bellows on time to get more points. The more accurately you play, the more the audience will raise their beer steins and wave them in sync with the music. Nothing could be more natural. There was some concern about the beer references and “implied drinking” content for the US market, but in the end we figured that it was an integral part of the game and, unlike American beer, we could not suffer it to be watered down."

 

 

New Eastbourne Accordion Festival


Photographs from the last Eastbourne Accordion Festival have now been placed on the Internet for all to browse. They are on the page
www.carillonstudios.ndirect.co.uk/feb_accordion_2006.htm
The fourth Eastbourne Accordion Festival is going to be held from the 13th to 16th of October 2006. One of the artists making a return to the accordion scene at this festival is Perl Adriano formerly known as Pearl Fawcett.

 

Alexander Korbakov Tour

Alexander Korbakov is on tour from St Petersburg in Russia. He will be touring the UK in June and July. His concert dates are:-

June 3rd - South East Cornwall Accordion Club
7th - Sherborne, Dorset (with The Yetties)
8th - Stockland Church, Honiton, Devon
12th - Warehouse Theatre, Ilminster
16th - Guildford Accordion Club
17th - Youlgreave Methodist Church, Derbyshire
20th - Sheffield Accordion Club
21st - Lumsdale School, Matlock, Derbyshire
24th - Soar Valley Accordion Club, Leicestershire
29th - Harlow Accordion Club
30th - Cambridge Accordion Club
July 1st - Long Marston, Hertfordshire
5th - Christ Church, Southport, Lancashire

The last date in that tour is in a church at southport where they have regular musical concerts during the week, it's well worth attending that concert which is also the most local venue to us. The church is on Lord Street, opposite the shops, they usually have a sign outside pointing in to the church advertising their concerts.

 

Blackpool Accordion Festival

The Blackpool Accordion Festival takes place from April 28th to May 1st at the Norbreck Castle Hotel. The guest artistes include Jean-Louis Noton (France), Ivar Dagenborg, Geir Aage and Ottar Johansen (Norway), Rosemary Wright (England) and Ian Cruikshanks (Scotland). Activities include a trade show, an auction, orchestras, workshops, concerts and dancing. For further information telephone Tom Duncan on 01253 852648.

NAO UK Accordion Championships

The annual NAO UK Accordion Championships is to be held from May 5th to 7th in Scarborough. The Opening Gala concert on Friday evening features the Classic Buskers, Julian Gonzales, the current CIA Junior Variety and CMA Senior Variety Entertainment Champion, and Romany Rye. The competition classes will be held throughout Saturday and Sunday involving some 350 plus entries and include a complete range of solo, duo, group and orchestra classes. After the prize presentation on Saturday evening, the traditional Scottish Ceilidh will be held with Gary Blair and his band. A full trade show will be held in the Green Lounge, including accordions, music, CDs, throughout the three days.

St Audries Bay - Tuition

London-based accordion teacher John Leslie held another Easter Accordion Break, held at St Audrie's Bay Holiday Club in Somerset. The event, which ran from April 10th to 14th, includes accommodation, breakfast, evening meal, workshops, and practical and theory lessons. For further information on future accordion events at St Audries Bay, you can email: mrandle@staudriesbay.demon.co.uk

 

 

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