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NEWSLETTER OF THE
February 2018
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SVAS Next Meeting: Sunday March 4, 2018 at Harry’s Hofbrau
Bob Stanfield’s Jam Band will play for us beginning at 1:00 to 1:55 pm. Bring your accordion and music stand, and join in with the Jam band!
Reno Di Bono Trio .
RENO is a retired Monte Vista High School teacher. He is a pro-fessional accordionist, “Italian Style.” He is a regular performer at the Silicon Valley Society meetings. He is currently a lecturer of American History and is an instructor of the accordion. He usually teaches at the Cupertino Senior Center.
DAVE KAWAMOTO plays sax and clarinet like Benny Goodman. He can play any song that he hears. His speciality is Dixieland jazz. Dave was a pilot for Pan Am and Delta, and is now retired. He is married to Sonia and lives in Almaden and Hawaii.
BOB BELANSKI is the drummer. Bob studied music at New Mexico State University. He has also studied privately with Ludwig Drum Company education director James Sewrey, national rudiment drum champion Frank Arenault, jazz and stu-dio drummer Ed Thigpen, and all-star drummer Louis Bellson He played with the Benny Goodman Orchestra, and with Glenn
Miller. Bob teaches drums in Cupertino.
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Did you miss a meeting performance? You can view some of it on YouTube. To View Pam’s Videos from past meetings: Go to youtube.com, type in accordionpam in the search field
(next to the magnifying glass on top) for videos from the club .
Sue Douglas Reporter
Bill Tapogna, Thanks for becoming Prez again!
Well, I'm back in the saddle again! I thank the SVAS Board and the membership for your trust in giving me the honor of being your President, again. First off, I want to wish a speedy recovery to Carmela Gullo who re-cently suffered serious injuries in a fall down several steps in her home. We hope to see you well soon, Carmela. And we hear that Maryb-arbara Zorio will start playing with the Happy Days band again. It will be great to see you back Marybarbara! A special thanks to all of you who bring "goodies" for us to enjoy with our coffee during our programs. They are greatly appreciated. Also, thanks to Kris and Bob Stanfield for the great raffle prizes for our last concert!
And a special thanks to Karen Bounomo for donating her SECOND beautiful hand-made pillow for the raffle! And to all of you who buy raffle tickets, a special note of appreciation---this helps pay for the rent of the concert room and paying for our featured performers. Our "tiered" membership options (Platinum, Gold, regular) have been very successful, and your membership dues are appreciated and help defray the costs of publishing the Newsletter, pay for entertainers and other operating expenses. And a special note of appreciation to those of you who have made generous contributions in addition to your membership dues!! In February’s meeting, several members joined in Vic & Barbara Corsiglia's jam band. A large crowd, and good music. And we even stayed together (most of the time!). And we had fun doing so. Thanks for leading, Vic! It is always a special treat to see and hear the many and varied brands and types of accordions that are played during our concerts. This last concert is a case in point: Ed Massolo and Jana Maas with their beautiful Excelsiors. Ernie Beran with his Gabbanelli (seldom seen in a piano-accordion format). Rudy Pivk with his beautiful Scandalli (and previously with his Hohner Gola--a special treat!). And Don Savant with his TWO beautiful Giullietti accordions. These are all acoustic machines. In the future we will see and hear various electronics, (Concerto, Petosa, Rolands). Very different sounds and enjoyable instruments. Variety is indeed the "spice of life" in the field of accordions! To all, please stay safe and well! We hope to see you March 4th!
Sue Douglas was our reporter this meeting. Sue did a great job - you can read her report on page 4. Sue also played a few solos in the Open Mic session after the Jam Band.
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Welcome New Members Janet McIntyre, San Jose
Jena Rauti and Gary Breitbard, Palo Alto
Vic and Barbara Corsiglia’s Jam Band played fun music that we like to sing, and some people like to dance to. When they played OH MARIE, Ray and Melissa danced. When they played the Tennessee Waltz, Ray and Melissa and Stan and Marie danced! We also enjoyed singing HAPPY WANDERER, SOMEWHERE MY LOVE, AINT SHE SWEET, BABY FACE, PEG O’ MY HEART and THE BEER BARREL POLKA. Yep! The gang was all there! And toward the finale of their performances they played the Johnson Rag and gave it a really jazzy sound. I love that. Sue Douglas played several pieces while the next players were getting ready. Sue’s pieces are always well played, rhythmic, and widely appreciated.
Ed Masolo displayed phenomenal fingering as he played Anima E Core, Mala Femmina, Come Back to Sorrento, Jalousie, Motoci-cletta Polka, Sun and Shade Waltz, a medley of Fascination, Around the World and Melody of Love, then, Beautiful Days. When Rudy Pivk played Chitarra Romana Tango, we went to Italy. Then, when he played Jambalaya, we came back to Louisiana. Great playing Rudy. Bob Stanfield played an encouraging song called His Eye Is On the Sparrow. Then he played
a classical melody by J. S. Bach called How Brightly Shines the Morning Star. Then he took us to the 1970’s with two melodies: Love Me Tender, and Fantasia Waltz (as arranged by Harry Gay). Well done, Bob. There was a pause in the music at this point while the Society elected a new President and a new Board. Bill Ta-pogna is the new president (“again,” as he says), and Lou Buonomo is the vice president. We are all extremely grateful that Bill and Lou are willing to serve the Society this way. You can see the remainder of the Board on page 6. All the elections were unanimous, with a round of applause at the close. Our first featured player, Jana Maas, helped us relate in a Latin way with Bionda, Besame Mucho, Sentimental Tan-go, Funiculi Funicula, Iupali Iupala, (arranged by Harry Gay) and Del Sol. But in between those melodies, she helped us tap our fingers and toes to the Tick Tock Polka. Also we traveled down the Henry Mancini Moon River and sang when she played Let My Call You Sweetheart. When she played More and White Ribbon, hearing those was a new experience for me. And she smiled at us while she was making all the music so enjoyable. Thank you, Jana. Our second featured player, Ernie Beran, took us to France with La Veillée (“the Vigil,”written by Yann Tiersen), C’est Magnifique, (by Cole Porter), and C’est Si Bon. Then, he took us to Italy with Come Sei Bella, (by Armando Tapani). Then off to Scotland with Annie Laurie, Ireland with Danny Boy, England with two Beatles songs: With a Little Help From My Friends and All My Loving. And finally we ended up in Austria (via Rodgers & Hammer-stein) with Edelweiss, My Favorite Things and Climb Every Mountain. Some pieces were in an unfamiliar style, but were very enjoyable! Thank you, Ernie.
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At raffle-time, Barbara won the PILLOW, Gloria won the CUDDLY BEAR and a BOX OF CHOX, Dan won three prizes! The ACCORDION PLAYER STATUE, a CD and SOCKS. Bernie won WINE, George won a CANDY BOX, Janet won WINE, Dennis won the PORCELAIN PLATE and Maria won the SNOOPY CUP.
Around the accordion world: The Cotati Accordion Festival this year will be on Sat and Sun, Aug 18 & 19, in Cotati, CA. Sheri Mignano as the student stage coordinator, has kicked off prepa-ration for the Festival with an announcement about application forms for student scholarships. The photo is Sheri with the 2016 student group. More info at:
[email protected] The Leavenworth International Accordion Celebration will be on June 21- 24, in Leavenworth, WA. You can see in the announcement on page 3 that Petosa Accordions in Seattle has moved. As most players know, Petosa is the last accordion retailer on the West coast that produces its own brand name accordions. These days, with global supply chains, and a highly tiered production base, producing an accordion is largely a matter of design, then setting up the production chain. Petosa has been a master of this art for many years. Pe-tosa accordions are well known as high quality instruments, manufactured in Italy, and much favored by the stars in the profession. And it is good news that at least part of the reason behind the move is to find a larger floor space. On a lighter note, anyone who has visited the old premises will remember the entrance doors - a large pair of brass doors. Well, they made the trip to the new shop too, as you can see in the picture on page 3. What is the definition of an optimist? An accordion player with a pager. In March, Bob Stanfield’s band will resume playing in the First Friday events at Los Altos. From 6 to 8pm you can hear accordion music on the street outside Le Boulanger on Main Street.
ACCORDION CLUB MEETING SCHEDULES IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
Accordion Club of the Redwoods (ACR) meets on the third Monday of every other month beginning in February 2017. Herman & Sons Hall, 860 Western Avenue, Petaluma CA 94952. Contact: (707) 795-4060. Golden State Accordion Club (GSAC) has three divisions: The Vacaville Club meets the second Thursday of the month at 6:30 PM, Pietro’s N.2, 679 Merchant St, Vacaville, CA 95687. The Humboldt Club meets on the third Tuesday, 7:00 PM., Humboldt Swiss Club, 5403 Tompkins Hill Road, Loleta, CA 95551. The Sacramento Club meets on the fourth Wednesday of the month at 6:30 pm at the Elks Lodge No.6,6446 Riverside Blvd, Sacrament,CA.. Contact for all the GSAC: Carole Enneking (707) 864-2359. Good Time Accordion Club (GTAC) meets on the second Wednesday of the month at 7:00 PM, Escalon Community Center, 1055 Escalon Ave., Escalon, CA 95320. Contact Ed Sciarini (209) 545-3603. Northern California Accordion Society (NCAS) meets on the first Wednesday of the month 6:30 PM 6365 Douglas Blvd., Lutheran Church Social Hall, Granite Bay, CA 95746. San Francisco Accordion Club (SFAC) meets on the third Sunday of the month 2:00 PM . Chetcuti Community Room, Civic Center Plaza, 450 Poplar Ave., Milbrae, CA 94030 ; Contact Lynn Ewing 650-453-3391. Silicon Valley Accordion Society (SVAS) meets on the first Sunday of the month, 1:00 PM at Harry’s Hofbrau, 390 Saratoga Avenue, San Jose, CA 95129. (between Kiely Blvd. and Stevens Creek Blvd. Contact: Bill Topogna (408) 984-5290.
♫ Who’s Playing??? ♫
William DeMichelis—Music with an accent, 408-375-0001, [email protected]
Reno DiBono—plays the second Friday of each month at Montavalle in Scotts Valley, dancing to the Blue Moon Trio. Joe Domitrowich/AlpinersUSA— see www.alpinersusa.com or www.capricious-accordion.com or call 408-255-1259 Happy Days Band— Schedule Concerts with Ken Caple (408) 892-2760 Due Zighi Baci– Schedule Performances with Sheri Mignano at [email protected] Ernie Beran— Plays at the Tyrolean Inn Restaurant in Ben Lomond, CA every Saturday 6:00-9:00 pm Sunday 7 Band—Plays every first Friday of the month in Los Altos in front of Le Boulanger bakery on the corner of main street and Second street in the down town area. Schedule Concerts with Bob Stanfield (650) 888-3701 Mike Zampiceni—Plays at Tee Nee Thai Restaurant on Friday nights 6:30-8:30 and some Saturdays.
SVAS BOARD of Directors / Officers
PRESIDENT: BILL TAPOGNA, 408 984-5290
VICE PRESIDENT: LOU BUONOMO, 650 940-1599
SECRETARY:
TREASURER: BOB STANFIELD , 650 888-3701
PROGRAM SCHEDULE: PAM KAWASHIMA [email protected]
DIRECTORS: SUE DOUGLAS DENNIS JUDD Board Committee Art Maggio Norma Parsons Dick Suidzinski
WEBMASTER: PAM KAWASHIMA [email protected]
NEWSLETTER Editor: SCOTT WILLIAMSON [email protected]
NL Reporters: SUE DOUGLAS , MARCIA COULLAHAN, GEORGIA SUTHERLAND, MARYBARBARA ZORIO
Coming Events at SVAS:
Sunday March 4, 2018
Meeting : Doors open at 1:00 pm
1:00-1:50 Bob Stanfield’s JAM Band
2:00 - 2:45 Open play. Currently includes Marcia Coullahan Luyuan Zhou ,
2:45 - 3:15 Break, Raffle Drawing & Master of Ceremonies Remarks
3:15 - Reno DiBono Trio
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April: Fete Musette May: SVAS Spring Festival, with SVAS players June: Paolozzi Tango Trio Lynn Ewing and Daniel Cher duet
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ACCORDION TEACHERS:
Ernie Beran: Aptos, [email protected] (831) 238-4961
Gary Breitbard: Palo Alto www.gybmusic.com (650) 493-0693
Peter Di Bono: San Francisco (415) 699-8674
Lynn Ewing: San Carlos (650) 867-2633 [email protected]
Lou Jacklich: San Lorenzo (510) 317-9510
Marian Kelly: Cupertino (650) 954-3711
Mike Zampiceni: Sunnyvale and Hayward (408) 569-2579 Mikezamp.com
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Ex Prez Ken and Sharon Caple visit Polka Central, USA
ILLINOIS POLKA FESTIVAL, SCHAUMBERG , IL. 30TH ANNIVERSARY
Bob Doszak Band Leader, on the accordion, is the founder of this festival. He brings in the top Polka Bands for three days of fun, Dancing and Jamming. This event is held at the Hyatt Regency with a ballroom that will accommodate 700 people. Bob is a member of the Polka Hall of Fame Honor Roll. The Cleveland style of Slovenia Polkas dominated the stage.
Bob’s son Chris, who is also the band drummer, is taking over his dads festival which is always held the first weekend of February. I asked Bob why he chose such a cold month. He said in the summer the farmers were always working in good weather and the towns all had competing festivals, that with school schedules and Holidays left February as the only month available. Sharon and I had a great time dancing for three days. - Ken Caple
Accordion Revival
George Bachich wrote a great book about accordions: Piano Accordion, Owner’s Manual and Buyer’s Guide. The book is a great start on explaining how accordions function and are made. You will be much less hesitant to open up a problem accordion with this book on hand, and at least find out the cause of the problem. George’s plan for the Buyer’s Guide was exactly to let a reader quickly assess the true condition of an accordion offered for sale, and re-duce the risks of buying a piece of junk, or, passing up a true bargain with a simply fixed blemish. 28 chapters cover all of the practical aspects of instruments. You can’t help getting the feeling that you really understand about accordi-ons, at last!
But wait, there is a lot more! George has a website: accordionrevival.com. It goes into great detail on repair tech-niques that are barely mentioned in the book. This is THE source of information for anyone interested in truly repair-ing an accordion. Topics right down to making the hand tools that are useful for particular jobs are covered. I can speak from (a very little!) personal experience that it is nothing short of miraculous that George took the time and trouble to write out all this information, and make it available. Tuning is probably best left to a professional (of which there are very few.) But sticking keys, leaking valves, … can be easily inspected and identified, and with a smidgeon of luck, fixed. George lives in Napa, and usually runs a booth at Cotati where the book is available for sale. Otherwise, you can or-der it from accordionrevival.com, and it is usually available on Amazon.
Silicon Valley Accordion Society meetings held first Sunday of each month at Harry's Hofbrau, 390 Saratoga Avenue, San Jose, corner of Kiely. Doors open at 1:00, Music begins at 1:00 pm. Door fee: $5 for members and $ 10.00 for non members, 16 years and under are free. - JOIN THE CLUB - Annual Memberships: Regular $ 35.00, Gold $ 125.00, Platinum $ 200.00
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P.O. Box 1513
Los Altos, CA
94023
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