Rochester Hills 1919 Star Batt Drive ... - Michigan AccordionJune is National Accordion Awareness...

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Spring 2013 Vol. 16 No. 2

“Advancing the Accordion

in Michigan & Beyond.....”

Officers

President: Joe Recchia Vice President: Bob Berta

Secretary: OPEN

Treasurer: Jerry May

Directors Tony Papa

Tony La Tona Lorraine Lozovoj

Jim Rand Sam Randazzo Mike Zawojsky

Address/Phone

Michigan Accordion Society

5955 Cobb Creek Rd. Rochester, Mi. 48306

248-652-9154

Web Page Robert Stead, Web Master

[email protected]

Newsletter Committee Bob Berta, Bob Stead

Phillip Ma, Joe Recchia,

Tony La Tona

Photographers:

Tony La Tona Bob Berta

Music Editors: Bob Berta & Joe Recchia

Office Hours

For information, music from

the Library, or tickets to MAS events, call 248-652-9154.

For Accordion Teachers or

Accordionists for hire, news of special events, etc. please

visit our website at www.michiganaccordion.org

Past Presidents

Steve Stolaruk: 1996-2005 Lana Gore: 2006

Ray Battani: 2007-2010

Stephen Kaye: 2011 Bob Berta 2012

Future Meetings

and Events

May–

Yakov Todromo-vich 7:30

June— Annual

Youth Night starts at

7:00pm

July– Nick Balleri-ni from Dal-

las, Texas.

August– TBD

Each monthl y Meet ing i s on the thi rd Tuesday of the

month at 7:30 at the Forestre B anquet Center in

Rochester Hi l ls 1919 Star Batt Dr ive (West si de of the

Concorde Inn) . Take M-59 and exi t at Crooks Rd.

Our annual Youth Night is the theme of our JUNE monthly get together

Bring your kids, grandkids and ALL of your family to support these mu-

sicians of tomorrow. Every year we are amazed at the enthusiasm and

skill these kids exhibit….this year should be even more of the same.

NOTE….the June Youth Night will start at 7:00pm due to the num-

ber of musicians on the program. There will NOT be jamming at this

event due to time restraints.

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Every club musical get together features a special artist/s, various per-

formances by the club members and at the end of each meeting jamming.

Please feel free to bring your accordion to join in the jam session or to

volunteer to play a couple of solo pieces.

For up to date MAS info

v i s i t u s o n

www.facebook.com and

search for the Michigan

Accordion Society. Please

consider Joining Facebook

it is 100% free and always

will be. A number of our

members have already

joined. It’s a great way to

connect with your family

and friends as well as

thousands of accordionist

from all over the world!

HAVE YOU HUGGED YOUR ACCORDION TODAY?

We took the opportunity at the October meeting to take a group

photo of our members to celebrate our receiving the prestigious 2012 FROSINI award. It was awarded at the 2012 Los Vegas Interna-tional Accordion Convention. This is a very big honor recognizing

the many innovations we incorporated in 2012. It is awarded to on-ly one club each year. A special thanks to Joe Recchia for an incred-ible amount of work putting together the documents needed to sup-port our efforts to compete for this award.

www.michiganaccordion.org

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OUR MEMBERS & GUESTS IN ACTION

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EVENTS CALENDAR

MAS members get discounts for attending. When booking your attendance let them know which club you

belong to to ensure best deals. Book early for even larger discounts.

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A CRAFTSMAN

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More Accordion Fun On YouTube

Check out this YouTube video...now here is an animal that loves accordions ;-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zz-F-NyB32A

This is something you have never seen before. Playing both hands on the bass side of a free bass accordion.

Argentine tango. Heard about this from Peter Soave.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaAdIpkLXbA&list=FLRIzEvomHl9MjTz8rcUbQCg

DO YOU YOUTUBE?

YouTube is an amazing resource for accordion lovers. If you haven’t checked it out you are missing some

unbelievable musicians. All you have to do is enter ACCORDION in the search box and you will see thou-

sands of performances ranging from so-so to some of the finest playing you will ever hear. Once you find a

video there are additional videos listed in the same subject. Click on those and you will be able to spend

hours in accordion nirvana.

Besides searching for accordion you can search for your favorite accordion performers. Many professional

musicians place their videos there. Sometimes others will record concerts or place old videos from years

ago of famous musicians. If you like Jazz for instance...especially Art Van Damme...just type his name in

the search box and there he is.

And while we all have our favorites, a search will reveal many that you have never heard of...but have

amazing talent. I discovered a few myself including a couple that I was able to arrange for a visit as fea-

tured performers at my old accordion club in San Francisco.

YouTube has proven a boon for many musicians….once people see your video your fame may quickly

rise. My favorite story is of a guy who worked at Home Depot. He delighted in singing the tunes of a big

name rock groups lead singer. The groups singer was unable to sing due to an illness so the group went on

line and found the Home Depot guys singing of their tunes. They asked him to fill in for their singer until

he got well. The Home Depot guy said OK but only if he could wear his Home Depot apron.

You may even want to consider putting yourself on YouTube. Several friends have done so and are

amazed when they see that the number of people viewing their videos rises rapidly. You might even be the

next Home Depot guy and get the fame you deserve!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zz-F-NyB32Ahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zz-F-NyB32Ahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zz-F-NyB32Ahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaAdIpkLXbA&list=FLRIzEvomHl9MjTz8rcUbQCg

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Accordion Stuff

On the heels of the earlier release of a single and two CD music trib-

ute to Tony Dannon we have a new 3-DVD set of videos made during

the Dannon Tribute. It was professionally filmed with excellent video

and sound. All proceeds from their sale go to the club.

It is available for sale at upcoming meetings as well as direct from Joe

Recchia. Price is $30 total for all three DVDs. For $50 you can have

both the DVD set as well as the CD music tribute to Tony Dannon.

Call Joe at 248-824-3856 or [email protected].

ABOUT THE LATEST HAPPENINGS AT MAS

Much is happening at the MAS. The board proposed to the membership and approval was given for a position

swap between the President and Vice President. Joe Recchia who previously was VP got a promotion at work.

The good news is that he got the promotion, The bad news is that he will have a bit less time to spend on club

business. Bob Berta offered to swap positions and he would take over the clubs Newsletter Editor position as

well as doing email “Flashes” to members of upcoming events. This should take some of the load off Joe who

has been a unbelievably hard working board member the last year.

Another change is the addition of a Roland Special Interest group in the club. As many of you know the new

Roland electronic accordions have been a smash hit and many of our members are enjoying them. There is a

bit of a learning curve and the club’s special interest group will help those who already have the Roland learn

some new tricks and tips to make it even more impressive. And those who are thinking of getting one (like

me) can attend to get some familiarity with it and have your questions addressed. If you want more info about

the Roland Group please contact Joe Recchia for future meetings at 248-824-3856 or [email protected].

Bob Berta returned from a month long visit to California to “check out” his new grand daughter. He took the

time to visit his family, other two grand daughters, and the two clubs he belongs to back there. He attended the

monthly meeting of the San Francisco Accordion Club (which he still belongs to). They had a nice meeting

with guest performer Bonnie Birch who is a terrific player along with some local talent including a very nice

duet that played Irish traditional music. He had the time to talk about the MAS and the president of the club

purchased one of our Dannon Tribute DVDs. When he returned to Michigan he got a request for a write up of

the various new innovations we are doing in the MAS. He submitted that and it sounds like the SF club will be

trying a few of those ideas out to increase membership.

The featured music selection this month, Val’s Waltz, was written by my dear friend, Val Kieser, who recent-

ly passed away. She was a fellow member of the club I also belong to in San Francisco, Calif. She was an en-

thusiastic member of the club who served in various officer positions, newsletter editor, a member of three

different accordion ensembles, and was the go-to person for just about every activity of the club. She often let

the club ensembles practice at her house and her home was the scene of several great parties She played a pi-

ano accordion but decided later in life to accept the challenge of learning to play the Austrian button box

which she did quite well. She wasn’t a professional musician...just a very dedicated lover of the accordion in

all its forms. Bob Berta

mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]

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MAS Music page featuring great Accordion music!

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More Music—Page 2

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WHAT IS HAPPENING

Our new membership cards. These will get you discounts

from our sponsors, ensure you get the discount rate at club

events, and other accordion national events. This card shows

you belong to a very special organization….to steal a well

known phrase...don’t leave home without it ;-)

MAS MONTHLY MUSICAL

EXTRAVAGANZA

EVERY THIRD TUESDAY AT

FORESTRE BANQUET CEN-

TER. SEE YOU THERE!!

For advertising, or to participate in the MAS discount program, please contact one of our Officers or Board Members

If you wish to provide a future article or photo,

contact Bob or Joe. We Always need items for

our newsletter!

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Our New Roland Accordion Sub Group

First MAS Roland workshop was a success!

The Michigan Accordion Society hosted our very first Roland workshop at the Concorde Inn in Rochester Hills,

MI on Monday May 6, 2013 from 7 am to 10 pm. We spoke about features of the Roland and updated all Ro-

land software to the latest level 1.06 version.

We also had a few members there that were interested in what the Roland can do (maybe future owners ed.).

Everyone was very happy with the outcome of the workshop and we are in the planning stages for our next ro-

land workshop. Date to be announced.

Please contact Joe Recchia if you are interested in attending future meetings of this group.

Pictures left to right are MAS members Joe Recchia, Sam Randazzo, Mike Cusenza, Tony Latona, Rich Stoey, Tony Papa and James

Rand. Photographed by Norah Cooper

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Our New Partners

We have recently partnered with the Slovene American Club to help promote our organizations and the accordion. We ask our

members to visit and support the Slovene Club. As a MAS card carrying member you are a welcomed guest and will get in free

of charge. We are working on future collaborations that will bring our two clubs closer together in the future so stay tuned for

more announcements!

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More MAS Tidbits

June is National Accordion Awareness Month (NAAM). National Accordion Awareness Month was established in 1989 to pro-mote the accordion, help spread the word about the resurgence in popularity in the accordion and to educate people about the accordion. Tom Torriglia of San Francisco, CA. established the month of June as National Accordion Awareness Month. Did you know? 1. The piano accordion is the official musical instrument of the city of San Francisco and has been since 1990 The cities of Detroit, Skokie, Illinois, and St. Paul, Minnesota have designated the accordion as their official instrument also. 2. Actress Lucy Liu plays the accordion 3. Guitarist Nils Lofgren started on the accordion. 4. Billy Joel and Barry Manilow also play the accordion. 5. The accordion is a member of the reed family, not the keyboard family. 6. The first United States-made piano accordion (ones with the keys on it) was manufactured in San Francisco back in 1907. It was at the Guerrini Accordion Company on DuPont St. (Grant Ave., near Columbus Ave.) 7. In addition to the piano accordion, the accordion family also includes Cajun button boxes, chromatic and diatonic button accordions, the concertina, the bayan, and the bandoneon. 8. Shania Twain's immensely popular Come On Over CD has accordion on a couple of tracks. Los Lobos. Bruce Hornsby plays the accordion and uses it in shows. Counting Crows uses accordion a lot. In San Francisco, the show Forever Tango was a huge hit and featured two bandoneonists. 9. China is the largest manufacturer and exporter of accordions in the world. 10. Your accordion knows you love it….you hug it every time you play it ;-) 11. Singer Bobby McFarrin works frequently with accordionist Gil Goldstein. 12. John Smoltz is a Major league baseball player who plays the accordion. 13. Famous people who played the accordion: Richard Nixon and H. Ross Perot; actors James Stewart, Drew Carey and Charlie Chaplin; novelists Charles Dickens and Thomas Hardy; baseball pitcher John Smoltz; and Mahatma Gandhi. 15. Former Boston Celtics player Tony Lavelli (1926-1998) used to play his accordion at half time. 16. Elvis Presley played the accordion.

WHERE CAN YOU GO TO HEAR ACCORDIONS?

Are you playing accordion around town? If so you may want to let others in the club know

where...that is one of the FREE benefits of being a paid member of MAS. If you want to be

listed here give Bob Berta a call at 586-992-0498. (members only!!)

Al Battistelli & Friends dinner dance

Saturday June 22nd, 2013

Forestre Banquet Center

See flyer in this newsletter for more information

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Slovenian American Club in Melvindale.

See flyer in this newsletter for more information

AND OF COURSE YOU CAN HEAR LOTS OF ACCORDION MUSIC AT OUR MONTHLY MEMBERSHIP

GET TOGETHERS….THIRD TUESDAY EVERY MONTH...SEE YOU THERE!!

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Music Authority offers MAS members: Buy four lessons & get two free!

Address: 24736 W. Warren St.

Dearborn Heights, MI 48127

Phone: (313) 551-5420

Website: www.musicauthorityschool.com

Attention: Pavel

MAS Members Please Support the Business that support MAS!

MAS Business & Classified Section

EDP Studios offers MAS Members: 20% off all in stock items, including Les-sons, Instruments and Professional Record-ings!

Address: 30640 Dequindre Rd Warren, MI 48092 Phone: 586 751-8616 Website: www.edbstudios.com Attention: Eric or Donna

Gus Zoppi Music Center offers MAS Mem-bers:

20% off all in stock items, including Les-sons & Instruments!

Address: 38944 Dequindre Road

Sterling Heights, MI 48310

Phone: (586) 978-1816

Website: www.guszoppimusic.com

Attention: Vicky or Tom

MAS Member Classifieds

Tony Dannon Autographed Borsini “Modern Accordion” for sale

Black 41 Key 19 inch Keyboard 4/5 reed with pickups Great working condition and sounds fantastic Includes

Original Case, Bottle of Tony Dannon Wine and Tony Dannon Tribute CD

call Joe 248-824-3856 $2,600 firm

Accordion International offer MAS mem-

bers: 20% discount on Accordion Straps and cases and special Member pricing on the

lineup of Roland V Accordions

Address: 1760 South 450 West

Salt Lake City, UT 84115

Phone: (800) 935-0013 Website: www.accordionfactory.com

Attention: Paul Pasquali

ConCorde Inn offers MAS members:

20% discount on Rooms at both locations

www.concordeinn.com

1919 Star Batt Drive, Rochester Hills, MI 48309,

Phone: 248-299-1210

44315 Gratiot, Clinton Township, MI 49036

Phone: 586-493-7300

A Portable Charger is now available for your Roland FR7/FR7x V Accordion which is specifically engineered and designed

for your BP 24-45 Battery pack. Stop carrying around your bulky Roland Charger and upgrade with this very small and portable (less than 1 pound) very high quality Micro processer based charger. Retail price $249.00. MAS Members will receive a 25% discount.

JR Products LLC, [email protected], 248-824-3856

Avoid high legal costs with Legal Shield

Very Affordable Legal and Identity Theft

Protection Service. MAS Members will

receive personal 1 on 1 program introduction.

Please contact our MAS member Jeanette Fulton

at 248-229-4880 or for more info please visit her personal website at

www.jeanettefulton.legalshieldassociate.com

MAS Members receive

A wonderful 30 Plus % off on a brand new Borsini Accordion!

www.borsiniaccordions.it

Please contact Mr. Jeffrey Iacono, President of

Borsini Accordion of America 1814 Tanger Drive, Costa Mesa, CA 92626 (714)-269-8648

[email protected]

Alesis RA-100 power amplifier and 2 Alesis Monitor One speakers. Includes connecting cords, etc. Asking

$250.

Contact Evelyn Pasko [email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

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Michigan Accordion Society Application Form

I express my talents as:

Accordion Fan / Supporter Student (must be under 18 yrs of age)

Play For My Own Enjoyment Performer Teacher

We would be delighted if you would join the Michigan Accordion Society!

Please fill out the form below and mail back with your enclosed check at:

“Michigan Accordion Society, 5955 Cobb Creek Road, Rochester, MI 48306”

Name:

Address:

City, State, ZIP:

Phone Number:

Email Address:

“Referred by”

Signature: _______________________________Date: _______

Dues are to be made payable

to the “Michigan Accordion

Society” with application for

membership. Single Mem-

bership dues are $30.00/year

or $15.00/year for students.

Spouse / Family Plan

(Includes children 18 and

under) just $20.00 extra with

Single Membership Pur-

chase.

2013 CY Sliding scale for

new single members/ Spouse

& Family plans are:

Jan—Feb = $30.00/$20.00

March—April = $25.00/$18.00

May—June = $20.00/$15.00

July—August = $15.00/$10.00

Sept—Oct = $10.00/$5.00

*Nov—Dec = $30.00/$20.00

(*paid through 2014 CY)

Join MAS and Enjoy these 2013 Membership Benefits!

visit us at www.michiganaccordion.org or our

Your $30.00 MAS membership entitles you to:

Receive our brand new official Membership card and use it to save money at local area business

(please refer to our website for the latest list of our MAS business supporters and discount listing)

Be added on our Website Performers Directory and Teachers Directory

Promotion of your CD's, events & performances

Periodic Updates & Newsletters

Free Classified Advertising in our Newsletter and Website

Membership meeting entrance discounts $5.00 for MAS Members and $8.00 for Non Members

Receive a copy of our MAS members list and begin to access a great network of Musicians

Membership Incentive, a little effort and you can get your membership for free (see below incen-

tives)

Invitation to work shops and special appearance as they become available

Help support the Accordion

FREE CURRENT C/Y COMPLIMENTARY MAS MEMBERSHIP!

In order to qualify, all of the following must apply:

Solo Music performance during one of our Membership Meet-ings

Placed on our playing roster by the Clubs Music Editors

Membership Incentive Programs: $5.00 Finders Fee Details:

You must be a current and paid in full MAS member

The new member you refer must have never-

been a MAS member

The new member must also be paid in full

Your name must be placed on our MAS Appli-cation form where it says “Referred By”

page!

Membership Form Revision Nov 2012

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MAS Last Note News

Attention MAS Members…..don’t forget one of your Membership Perks! We have an Accordion Performers

White Page Directory on our Website. From time to time we get phone calls or notifications through our

website from someone that would like to hire an accordionist to perform for an event. In the future we will

direct all callers to our website so they can select an accordion performer accordingly. In order to be on this

list you must be a current MAS member. If you are interested in being placed on this list, please contact

Bob Berta or Joe Recchia, thank you!

We need your help to search for more members, so please do your part and help support the Michigan Ac-

cordion Society by attracting more members to our club to join, with out members were nothing!

As always we look for comments so please let us know how we are doing! And if you care to write an article

or see something interesting that others might enjoy...send it to Bob Berta or Joe Recchia for a future issue.

Michigan Accordion Society

5955 Cobb Creek Rd Rochester, Michigan 48306

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