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Leyland Accordion Club - 21st March 2007

 

Our March Concert

Our March Concert opened with Tom Bennett playing a couple of new tunes - Johnson Rag and I Know Why. Colin Ensor followed this with Reine De Musette, More Than You Know, Yesterday's Dreams and Try A Little Tenderness. Basil Berry was our next player, playing S'wunderful, Lady Be Good - both by Gershwin. These were followed by Only Make Believe, Old Man River, Can't Help Loving That Man Of Mine and A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square. Our final player before our guest artist, was Ann Parker playing Black Mask Waltz, Corrine and The Harry Lime Theme. Our guest artist George Syrett, then took to the stage playing I Will Love You, Once In A While and Cuckoo Waltz. After a little chat with the audience, the music continued with a tango and then Return To Sorrento. George then played Funiculie Funiclar, Lucie E Ombre, St Louis Blues and Rodriguez Guitar Concerto, Jealousy and When I Grow Too Old To Dream. Amazing Grace ledin to a Scottish medley which included Scotland The Brave and Will Ye No Come Back Again. Things slowed down a little for Moulin Rouge and Lolita. After playing Bluebell Polka, George was joined on stage by one of his pupils, Sue Wilkinson, as they played Dark Island and Snow Waltz. After playing Solitude on his own it was time for the first break of the evening. After the break, we started with Bernard Belshaw playing Pigalle, Gypsy Dance and El Cumbanchero on his new Roland accordion.After I played Beer Barrel Polka, it was time for George to return for his second half with a selection on tunes played on his MIDI accordion. These started off with Has Anybody Seen My Girl, Tico Tico, The Wedding Samba, Under Paris Skies, Fascination, Around The World, Moulin Rouge, Anchors Aweigh, Spanish Eyes and La Cumparsita. George finished off his MIDI section with See You Later Alligator, Giddy Up A Ding Dong, Oh When The Saints, You Made Me Love You and It Had To Be You. To finish off the evening, George returned to his acoustic accordion playing Missing You Already, It's A Sin To Tell A Lie, Carolina In The Morning, Danny Boy, Show Me The Way To Go Home, We'll Meet Again, Auld Lang Syne and Now Is The Hour. George had returned to Leyland after the recent poll I did at the club asking for suggestions for future guest artists and, as usual, he entertained us with an excellent selection of material. We look foward to his welcome return in the future. David Batty

Accordions International 2007

Accordions International 2007 is Heather Smith's accordion festival which has now moved to Caister in Norfolk. The festival will be held from the 1st to the 5th of November. The guest artists are Romano Viazzani from England, Gary Blair from Scotland , Amaryllis, Norvic Concordia and Bert Santilly all from England. The foreigners are Bernadette Conlon from Australia, Giancarlo Caporilli from Italy, Vladimir Ushakov from Russia, Svetlana Stavitskaya from Latvia and Sergei Likhachov from Russia. Bernadette Conlon makes her UK debut at Caister. She has toured the USA, Canada, China and Europe, and has won over 100 first places in competitions, including several Australian and South Pacific Accordion Championship titles to her credit. Vladimir Ushakov – piano accordion - and Sergei Likhachov – button accordion, were guests at Caister in 1996, as leaders of the popular St Petersburg Musette Ensemble. The festival includes weekend orchestras, workshops, master classes, ‘free & easy’ playing, dancing and a trade show. For further information email: heather@accordions.karoo.co.uk.

Fleadh Cheoil


The 2007 Irish Fleadh Cheoil (festival of irish music, dance and song) takes place in Tullamore, Offaly, Ireland from the 19th to the 26th of August 2007. See www.fleadh2007.com for further details of this 9 day festival which attracts around 250,000 visitors and musicians from all over the world.

 

This Wednesday

This Wednesday we have one of our excellent Local Player's Concerts. If you are a player, then please make sure you remember to bring your accordion. If you haven't played at Leyland for a while, or at all, then please bring your accordion along and give us a tune. We love to hear people play even if they are just starting out. We then get to see their progress over the coming months and years. If you know of anyone who would enjoy a nice family night out then please bring them along. You know that the club is a welcoming place. The doors open at 7.30pm for an 8pm start. I look forward to seeing you there.
David Batty

Music Hall Memories


On Performance Channel, Sky channel 271, there is a programme called A Little Of What You Fancy. This is a programme about the history of The Music Hall, featuring old posters, photographs and library material, and its survival in the pubs, clubs and theatres. The programme is broadcast at various times on the 20th and 30th of April.

Four Fools Folk Festival


This is to be held on June 29th, 30th and 1st of July at Lostock Hall Community High School. This is a ticket event at £43 for the weekend, or you can just book Saturday at £25 or Sunday at £20. Telephone ken on 01257 263278 for further details.

Alison Arms Folk Festival


This is to be help from the 8th to the 10th of June 2007. This is a free event which takes place on the car park and in the tent by the Alison Arms Coppull. Just turn up at the events which usually run from midday until late evening. This is the event where myself and Colin met The Houghton Weavers last year, it's a small but friendly event.

 

Our Website

Our Internet website has had 104475 visitors as at 15th of April 2007. That's exactly 1000 visitors to the main page of our website since last month. Don't forget that you can get internet access in any library free of charge and that many libraries now run Internet and computer classes for absolute beginners should you have no computer experience.

 

Chorley FM

Did you know that you can listen to the community radio station Chorley FM on 102.8 if you are in the Chorley area, or by visiting http://chorley.fm on the Internet. I am listening to Chorley FM's folk music session at the moment on a sunny Sunday afternoon as I write this newsletter. Forthcoming folk performers on the James Blatchley show will be Bob Williamson (Folk Singer/Comedian From 70’s & 80’s) performing on 22nd of April, and on the 6th May the Houghton Weavers will feature on the same show. I am looking at trying a weeks advertising on Chorley FM to see if we can find more accordionists who haven't yet heard about the club, or people looking for a night out away from trashy pop music. It's an experiment but the station claims a good listenership so I'm willing to give it a try just to see what response if any we get.

NAO UK Championships 2007


The NAO will celebrate their national annual competition and festival in Scarborough from the 4th to the 6th of May 2007. For further information, contact Pauline Noon, 112 Countesthorpe Road, South Wigston, Leicester, Leicestershire. LE18 4PG. Telephone 0116 241 2856 or 0116 278 4094.

 

 

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