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by Gordon Kohl
Hello and Greetings to fellow ac-cordionists! The year has begun with a great Sunday afternoon at ALSI. Thank you ALSI friends for coming to our January meeting. It was truly nice to hear Brian Money join us for an afternoon. His music was superb. He is very dedicated to showing off the ac-cordion in his travels. Our upcoming events will be a super variety of music, artists and accordion activities for you to enjoy and share in. Please bring guests to the special event days in Febuary, March, April and May. Our showcases and concerts with wonderful accordionists de-serve to have a full audience. I would like to fill the auditorium sometime in 2016. Please everyone bring an accor-dion to the February 14th meet-ing so that we may all share in a group playout with Shelia Lee in
her workshop. Her music will be available on the tables when you enter. They are also available now on our website.
We would like to focus on theme mu-sic for our monthly meetings. For in-stance, for the month of February it would be nice to play love songs and ballads for Valentines’ day during our open play time (12:30 to 1:30pm.). March is the time for Irish, ragtime and Dixieland music. American Standards (music from the 50’s and 60’s) will be on the agenda for April and May. I hope this new venue will help in-crease your musicianship this year.
Again a very happy and healthy new year to everyone. Best Wishes, Gordon
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
FEBUARY
2016
Febuary 2016 Volume 3 Issue 2
NEWSLETTER
Harold & Helen Estok
Founders of A.L.S.I.
President:
Gordon Kohl
619-395-0454
Presidents Emeriti:
(Founder) Harold Estok
Ron Griffin
Kjell Holmes
Gloria Ensign
Vice President:
Mary Lou Erwin
619-448-9588
Meeting Coordinator:
Bill Barr
619-337-1111
Treasurer &
Ensemble Director:
Vicki Eriqat
619-563-5586
Recording Secretary:
Sharon Marotte
619-286-3948
Newsletter/
Webmaster:
Bob Page
760--815-4783
Ted Hill
A.L.S.I. is on the WEB at
www.accordion-club-
sandiego.org
Back issues of the
REED BLOCK newsletter
GENERAL INFORMATION
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MEMBERSHIPS: New membership and renewal for year 2016 are; the fee is $100 Gold, $25 U.S.A., $26 Canada,
$27 for International delivery. For new members; partial year memberships can be purchased. Make check or mon-
ey order payable to ALSI and send to: Mary Lou Erwin, at P.O. Box 712571 Santee, CA 92072. The REED BLOCK is
published once each month. DISCLAIMER: Unless otherwise indicated, all articles were written by the Editor. Unless so stated, no article is to
be construed as an endorsement and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Editor or ALSI. CUT-OFF DATE: All contributors to The REED BLOCK please note: For next month all material is due two
weeks before the next meeting, accordingly the due date for the March 2016 issue is: February 26th. This includes
all items such as articles, upcoming events, playing around, accordion workshops, advertisements and ensemble sched-
ules. Your input to the REED BLOCK is invited and should be submitted to Mary Lou Erwin at: marylouer-
[email protected]. ADVERTISEMENTS: Members may place one small ad per year at no charge, business cards are $6/per issue or
$60/per year, quarter-page is $15/per issue, half -page is $25/per issue, full -page is $50/per issue, one -page event flyer
is $25/per issue. Cost is doubled for non -members. (All ads must be accordion related). MEETINGS: The club normally meets at 12:30 - 4:00 P.M. on the second Sunday of each month at the Mt Miguel
Covenant Village, 325 Kempton Ave, Spring Valley, CA. Our next Meeting will be held on Sunday, February 14th
from 12:30 to 4:00 pm at Mt. Miguel Covenant Village in Bailey Hall. STEERING COMMITTEE; Next meeting is on Wednesday, February 17th, 10:30—12:00 pm Dennys Restau-
rant located next to I8 near Mission Valley at 1065 Camino Del Rio South.
— Membership Form —
Names:______________________________________________________________
If new address: ________________________________________________________
Email and phone number: ________________________________________
Recognition information such as Birthdays, Anniversaries for yourself (spouse):
____________________________________________________________
Please provide any additional information (such as wanting to volunteer to help):
____________________________________________________________
Amount Enclosed: $_________________
Please forward this form to: ALSI c/o Mary Lou Erwin at
P.O. Box 712571 Santee, CA 92072 (new address)
Gordon Kohl
Plays Casuals, Weddings Dances and
Special Events. Gordon’s Combo is noted for their repertoire of ethnic music such as Ital-
ian, French, German and Latin, Their specialty is
Private Parties & Dancing Music. (For more information and future
availability. please call Gordon at:
619-395-0454.)
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HAPPINESS AT ALSI
HAPPINESS at ALSI
By Sharon Marotte
January 10, 2016 – our first ALSI meeting
in the year 2016! We wish everyone a
Happy New Year with lots of music to
play & listen to.
Players around the village were: Cafete-
ria – Steve Halpern, Brandel – Sha-
ron Marotte, Crider 1 – Laura Guer-
rero.
Mary Lou Erwin was
at the front table greeting
everyone. Jack Ma-
rotte worked the sound
board, Bill Barr was the
MC,
Al Jacobs played the piano to our lis-
tening pleasure ahead of time.
Diane Polinski
started off the day
with a smile as al-
ways. Her songs
were Blvd of Bro-
ken Dreams, Won-
derful World, Sweet
Georgia Brown &
Let it Snow. Diane
loves to entertain & plays everything
from memory.
Marilyn Harkins is
getting better & bet-
ter each month. Her
songs were Tennes-
see Waltz & Waltzing
Matilda., which had the audience singing.
Keep it up, Marilyn – we see im-
provements each
time!!
Juergen Rosenfeld
played three songs for
us: Cantique de Noel,
Ava Maria (from Shu-
bert) and Arrivederci
Roma. Juergen & Hil-
degard always dress
so nice in their Ger-
man attire.
Steve Halpern
played his small Ro-
land, electronic with
no reeds. His songs
were: La Noyef, La
Valse des Montres, Una
Valse Musette & Tra
Veglia e Sonne.
Ron Griffin played a
few Russian selections -
originals from Stas
Veglenski – all from
memory. Good job,
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ALSI HAPPINESS PLAYERS
Soundman
Jack
Marotte
Historian
Sharon
Marotte
Hap, a long time accordion player and folk dancer
was reading our newsletter!
Kjell Homes with one of his
students Laura Guerro
Al Piselli - two thumbs up for the day
Carlos Menesses - having a good time
Bob Warner—taking notes and videos
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Al Jacobs, age 91,
paid tribute to
George Gershwin
(songs -S’Wonderful,
Someone to watch
over me, Summer
Time) & Cole Porter
(songs - Dancing in the Night, Night &
Day, Begin the Beguine).
Bob Page played two
songs beautifully on
his Roland electronic
accordion. His songs
were: All of Me &
There’s a Star Span-
gled Banner Some-
where.
Our coffee/cake break hosted by
Jane Ford, Al Piselli & Vicki. Jane
brought 2 cakes, Al brought cookies &
Steve Halpern brought fruit. Don’t
ask about the almost catastrophe with
the coffee pot.
Gordon Kohl brought
greetings
& played a couple songs during the break
with Brian Money, visiting from BC,
Canada.
His wife, Nancy,
was also in the audi-
ence.
Our attendance was
light due to rainy
conditions & illness
by some.
It was so good to
see Farrie Ann Nich-
ols & her doggie
once again.
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Brian Money Showcase Review by Bob Warner
January 10, 2016
Brian was visit-
ing in the south-
ern California
area recently
and was able to
respond to Gor-
don Kohl’s invi-
tation to come
play for us this
Sunday after-
noon. Using a
borrowed Petosa accordion from Kjell
Holmes he presented us with a delightful
variety of numbers from his extensive rep-
ertoire. He was initially joined by Gordon
to play a group of duets, unrehearsed but
quite enjoyable. So we heard “BLACK
EVENING” tango followed by Charles
Magnante’s “ACCORDION BOOGIE”
with Brian playing the solo and backed up
by Gordon.
Brian’s solo presentation began with a
French piece in quick waltz tempo fol-
lowed by a melodic musette and an ex-
ceptional “UNDER PARIS SKIES”. The
French medley continued with “QE SERA
SERA”. Brian plays with energy and an in-
tensity which brings out the melodic quali-
ties of the instrument.
The classics began with the “CAVELLERIA
RUSTICANA” main theme from the
opera of the same name and arranged by
Alfred D’Auberge. This beautiful, plaintive
melody was done superbly. Mr. D’Auberge
was well known for his challenging ar-
rangements. He next played the familiar
“SERANADE” from “THE STUDENT
PRINCE” written and composed by Sig-
mund Romberg. This pretty melody trans-
lates well for the solo accordion. Next, so
well for the accordion and the andante
“JESU, JOY OF MAN’S DESIRE” translates
so well for the accordion and the andante
pace was performed skillfully. Brian also
selected one of Frank Morocco’s arrange-
ments of Astor Piazzolla’s “OBLIVION”, a
different kind of tango that is played slowly
and smoothly. However, the last part
breaks into a very spirited standard tango
tempo, piu mosso animato, that really
grabs your attention. One of Anthony
Galla Rini’s favorite pieces, “NESSUM
DORMA” was played at slow tempo and
was quite respectful of the fact this is nor-
mally an operatic tenor’s solo. (See Luci-
ano Pavarotti’s Nessum Dorma). “LIGHT
MY FIRES” arranged by Galla Rini was
more modern composition for this seg-
ment and the arrangement was quite tech-
nical. Brian next departed from classical to
“ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK” fol-
lowed by “QUANDO, QUANDO, QUAN-
DO” and “BRAZIL”. Then, for Kjell Holmes
he played “LIFE IN THE FINISH WOODS”.
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Brian Money continue ...
Brian and Ron Griffin completed the program playing ‘GAY
RANCHERO” arranged by Charles Magnante. We certainly
enjoyed having Brian with us today. It was very nice of him
to take time from his vacation to play for us.
On the Move !!!
This part of the newsletter is for members to in-
teract with the club. This section is especially
needed for members of the club who do not
come to out regular meeting and want to keep in
touch with fellow accordion players and friends.
I apologize for any mis-information or being too
add lib by trying to get some interest for this col-
umn. Your input is needed and valued so this will
be fun for members.
Please email me (Ted) at [email protected] with
comments and pictures or phone me at 619 276-
5890. Comments be also be sent to our vice-
president Mary Lou at [email protected] or
mailed to the club address of P.O. Box 712571
Santee, CA. 92072.
Here is a picture I received from Dalian
China, Port city Northeast of Bejing. No-
tice palm trees! and tall buildings in back-
ground.
Here is a
picture of
me (Ted).
From Kathryn Morefield ~ In October Kathryn and Neil Morefield attended a classical Mandolin
convention in Austin, TX. Kathryn used to play with the San Diego Mandolin Orchestra.
From Ann Cernilia ~ I found this in an old scrapbook of mine. I Think it is a profound statement! I
hope you could have it printed in the Reedblock. — I asked professors who teach the meaning of
life to tell me what is happiness. So I went to famous executives who boss the work of thousands
of men. They all shook their heads and gave me a smile as though I was trying to fool them. And
then one Sunday afternoon I wandered along the Desplaines River. I saw a crowd of Hungarians
under trees with their women and children and a keg of beer and an accordion.
Page 9 I found this music while on a visit to Lvov in the Ukraine. It was being sold by vendor on a blanket
under a bridge. Not sure what this is, but it sounds Russian.
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WHAT TO LOOK FORWARD TO - UPCOMING EVENTS
ALSI Meetings
February 14th
Special Guest Sheila Lee from Houston Texas. Sheila has a very
active blog and provides a lot of accordion information and music
for accordionist. She is the author of some of our band pieces.
Sheila will entertain us with a 25 minute showcase of her music se-lections. Following that she will be giving us a workshop (we play,
so bring your accordion) in playing multipart music. Music for the
workshop will be available at the meeting on the table as you enter
and available now on our website. www.accordion-club-sandiego.org
Sheila is a lively person and she will give us a “zing” and keep us
happy.
In March she will be at the accordion convention in Dallas and runs a Palmer Hughes playing
room for players to have fun.
Open time for other players of the day are asked to play music that reflects Valentines Day. Mu-
sic selections should be “Love” songs and ballads.
Sandwiches will be available for all during the break. Bob Page will be bringing them so we can
enjoy a bite to eat for this meeting! And as usual, Coffee and cake will also be available.
March 13th - Double Showcase
First showcase will be by Al Jacobs. Al will play his favorite music that we love to hear at each meeting so this should be a enjoyable day for us. He
will play for about 25 minutes.
The second showcase will be by the
“Melodeons” (Ken Powers, Gwen Shoe-
maker and Linda Hibbert) and will entertain us for 25 minutes.
They will use two Roland electronic accordions and one Mo-
reschi acoustic accordion.
The theme for open players at the March meeting will be Irish/
Dixieland/Ragtime. Please wear green.
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April 10
Chuck Henry from Florida will be here to play his electronic Roland and
Concerto accordions with his rhythm machine. He will also have a interac-
tive working session with us, so that he can assist us with electronic playing.
He was in San Diego last February and we enjoyed his music and had a good
time.
Our theme for April is American Standards (50’s and 60’s). So pick a good
one that will test our memory.
May 1th
Bonnie Birch from Seattle will be here to give as a concert. She is a vivacious player and will
keep us well entertained and toe tapping. One of here specialties is the fast moving French mu-
sic. Not sure what she will present yet, but it will be colorful.
June 12th ALSI picnic.
UPCOMING EVENTS continue
Accordion Events
March 10, 11 and 12th National Accordion Association Convention in Dallas. Gordon will be
giving a workshop in French cabaret styles and tango mazurka styles. Please look for Convention
flyers at next meeting. Not to be missed. Easy flight - Southwest airlines to Love field in Dallas.
May 16th - 19th Camp Concerto in Salt Lake City. Paul Pasquali will be hosting Concerto
players to improve their knowledge of using this electronic accordion. Gordon will assist. For
more information go to website WWW.campconcerto.com
August 8 - 11th Las Vegas accordion convention. WWW.accordionstars.com
MOVIE THEMES
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Fun Time in Yuma Arizona (Octoberfest in January)
Gordon Kohl with his trio went to Yuma Arizona on Saturday January 23 to do a street fair Octo-
berfest presented by the Das Bratwurst Haus restaurant in old town Yuma. The Balboa Folk Danc-
ers also performed. Some of the ALSI members also came to have fun. This is for the Canadians
who come to Yuma for the winter.
On Sunday, ALSI members joined the Yuma Accordion Club for a concert. We played to a crowd of over 150. Gordon was featured.
A Very Happy Anniversary
Wish In February To:
Bob & Penny Page - 2/2 Jack & Sharon Marotte - 2/14 Ron & Helen Schoell - 2/14 Bill & Bonnie Barr - 2/16
Happy Birthday to you all!
4th Bob Warner
8th Sami Zein
11th Kari Andrews
11th Helen Estok Schoell
13th Sharon Marotte
21st Bonnie Barr
22nd Kathryn Morefield
Monthly Newsletter
ALSI
Statement Of
Purpose:
ALSI is San Diego’s
forum for appreciat-
ing and performing
accordion music,
including the MIDI
electronic accordion We welcome mem-
bers who enjoy lis-
tening to or playing
accordion music. We have an accordi-
on ensemble group,
monthly meetings,
local concerts featur-
ing local and interna-
tionally famous per-
formers, an annual
picnic and a monthly
newsletter.
FEBUARY
2016
EDITION
The REED BLOCK
c/o Mary Lou Erwin
P.O. Box 712571
Santee, CA 92072
Happy Valentines
Day!
At Mt. Miguel
Covenant
Village in
Spring Valley
Meeting
From
12:30 to
4 :00 pm.
On Feb. 14th
Join us at the ALSI gathering as we enjoy
our monthly meeting with a workshop and play-
along event with Shelia Lee.
in Bailey Hall.
Accordion Lover’s Society International