2013 souvenir program - cotati accordion festival

2013 Souvenir ProgramVolker Financial & Insurance Services

S23RD Annual

Cotati Accordion Festival Table of Contents

Festival Map ......................................................................................... 4What’s Happening at the Festival? ........................................................ 5Honorary Director: John Volpi ............................................................. 7Zydeco Lessons and Documentary Film ............................................. 12Lady of Spain-A-Ring (charts on pages 45-47) ..................................... 28Schedule of Events ....................................................................32-33Lagunitas “Turning Beer into Money for a Good Cause” .................... 40Jim Boggio’s Accordion ...................................................................... 41Sponsors and Thank You! ..............................................................60-62

Performer Biographies:Vincenzo Abbracciante .................................................................. 13The Steve Balich Sr. Polka Band ..................................................... 24Bella Ciao ...................................................................................... 39Chuck Berger ................................................................................ 22Gail Campanella ............................................................................ 19Duckmandu .................................................................................. 34Future Accordion Stars .................................................................. 31Jim Gilman ................................................................................... 23The Golden State Accordion Club Band ........................................ 56The Great Morgani ........................................................................ 37The Hot Frittatas ........................................................................... 51The Internationals™ ....................................................................... 53Jet Black Pearl ................................................................................ 27La Familia Péna-Govea .................................................................. 58Les Amis Zydeco ........................................................................... 42The Mad Maggies .......................................................................... 35Motor Dude Zydeco ...................................................................... 43Cory Pesaturo ................................................................................ 15Frank Petrilli .................................................................................. 20Polkacide ....................................................................................... 21Renzo Ruggieri .............................................................................. 11Simka ............................................................................................ 48Sweet Moments of Confusion ........................................................ 49Tango No. 9 .................................................................................. 59Andre Thierry and Zydeco Magic .................................................. 25Those Darn Accordions (TDA) ..................................................... 17The Wild Catahoulas ..................................................................... 44Youkali .......................................................................................... 55

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Pancakes, Sausage and Eggs at Lion’s Club Facility7 am to 11 am

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what’s Happening at the festival... Main Stages 28 Accordion Acts 9:45 am-8:30 pm

Polka Dance TentSteve Balich Sr. Polka Band and friends 1-5 pm both days

Zydeco Dance Party in Polka TentThe Wild Catahoulas5:15-6:45 Saturday only

Cajun/Zydeco Dance Partyat Friar Tuck’s PubLes Amis Zydeco Sat.Motor Dude Zydeco Sun.1-5 pm both days

In Front of Park StageLady of Spain-A-Ring1:50 pm both days.

Accordion Documentary Behind the Bellows presented both days in the Lion’s Club facility beside the Firehouse. See details on page 12.

Zydeco Dance Lessonsby Ted Sherrod taught both days at Friar Tuck’s Pub from Noon to 1:00. (right before the zydeco music) See details on page 12.

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In his own words ...

I was born in Petaluma in 1936 to Silvio and Mary Volpi of Northern Italian Heritage.

My father took lessons from Profes-sor Angelo Cagnazzo in the 1920s and later played with the Traveling Minstrels. Angelo Cagnazzo was also Dick Contino’s teacher. He taught mainly in San Fran-cisco and played in the Italian neighbor-hood of North Beach in the evenings. Pa was also a well-known accordion teacher in his own right.

As a young boy, I was taught piano for 12 years. I took a few accordion lessons from Professor Cagnazzo before he passed away in the 1950’s, and from Guido Boccaleoni who was my father’s student. This Petaluma teacher taught an entire town and an entire generation of accordionists who came of age after World War II.

For the most part I was self-taught.

In 1925 my father purchased Volpi’s Grocery & Bar now known as Volpi’s Restaurant and Bar at 124 Washington Street here in Petaluma.

The Accordion Club of the Red-woods originally used our restaurant facilities to hold their monthly meeting until they outgrew our space. I was one of the original founders of the ACR. Meet-ings are now held at Hermans Sons Hall in Petaluma every third Monday.

My sister Silvia and I have both entertained for decades in the back bar (also a speakeasy during Prohibition) by singing and playing!

Other than my wife, Mary Lee and family, the accordion has always been the great love of my life.

I appreciate this honor you have bestowed on me and I look forward to all the talented musicians who come to see us at Volpi’s and grace us with their playing.

The honor is ours ‑ ED

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John Volpi Accordionist & RestaurateurPetaluma, CA

Tuen the page for more info on Mr. Volpi.

In his own words ...

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A Tribute to this Year’s Honorary Director

John Volpi by Sheri Mignano crawford

PHOTO: SHERI MIGNANO CRAWFORD

Unless it’s the opening weekend of deer hunting season, you’ll find John Volpi strapped into his recently restored vintage Excelsior, playing and singing the old Italian songs. His cherished accordion pro-vides him with more than just memories; it’s his way to connect with people who visit Volpi’s Ristorante & Bar in down-town Petaluma.

On weekends John holds court in what was once a 1920s speakeasy during Prohibition. In the evening, a parade of cowboys, farmers, punks, baby boomers, and flirtatious women begins. The men offer to buy him drinks (he likes Old Fashioned cocktails), and the women leave behind traces of perfume and kisses on his cheek. By the time midnight rolls around, he’s strolled through the dining hall a few times playing Happy Birthday and “La

Bionda” for the celebrants. Volpi’s has been a musical hub for

decades thanks to John’s father Silvio, who taught a generation of accordionists. It has almost single-handedly kept Italian accordion music alive in the North Bay. It has fostered a legacy of Italian classics and nostalgic northern Italian Alpine songs as well as Italian-American pop standards heard on jukeboxes.

Even before the Cotati Accordion Festival was hatched in 1991, John’s accordion-centric restaurant nourished many squeezers; and over the years, John established a friendly, relaxed environ-ment, graciously embracing hundreds of accordionists, including myself, in the restaurant. Both John and his sister Silvia

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have been entertaining guests and friends for decades. The Volpi siblings, with fa-milial ties to the Sebastiani wine making tradition, maintained a gig schedule at many other Italian venues, too. Sharing the love of the accordion has been their top priority.

I salute John’s warm hospitality in welcoming accordion festival participants year after year. It’s been quite a journey. In 1970, I arrived with the San Francisco State Concert Band to recruit Petaluma’s high school music students and visited the historic restaurant. In 1998 when I moved to Sonoma County, my first accordion club meeting was at Volpi’s. It’s now 2013 and I’m happy to say that the squeeze goes on! Thank you, John. Congratulations! Tanti Auguri! ▲

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Specialized in jazz piano under Franco D'Andrea, Renzo has performed all over the world. He has recorded several albums both as a leader and a session player. His compositions and teaching methods have been published by some of the major music publishers in Italy.

He is a leading exponent of Ital-ian Jazz in formations that range from SOLO, DUO, COMBO and the RENZO RUGGIERI ORCHESTRA. With these same groups he has realized significant works (Kramer Project, Nap-ule 1000 Culure, Opera?, Confini Labili) and written theatre music (Novecento, Il Ratto di Proserpina, Doppio Legame, etc.) thus including a cooperation with the Opera Theatre of Rome (La Leggenda del Fiore di Lino).

Moreover, he has composed and arranged music for artists such as famous singer Antonella Ruggiero (CD: Souvenir d'Italie) whom he also performed with at the Sanremo festival in 2007.

He was the first accordionist to re cord albums completely based on impro-visation with his “second soul,” the SOLO ACCORDION PROJECT, as well as the first jazz accordion teacher in Italy.

He also founded the CLUB VOGLIA D'ARTE, an organization gath-ering music schools whose teaching meth-od has been internationally acclaimed for its innovative contents and approach. In 2009, at the International Accordion Festival of Castelfidardo, he was awarded the VOCE D'ORO, previously assigned to other famous musicians including: Richard Galliano, Gil Goldstein, Gorni Kramer, Frank Marocco, Astor Piazzolla, Art Van Damme, etc.

In 2013 SILVER DISK receives the prestigious Gnessin Akademy of Moscow. He is currently artistic director of www.pinetoaccordionjazzfestival.com, www.accordionartfestival.com.

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Seven years in the making, this one- hour movie is the first American documen-tary about the beloved but often misunder-stood squeezebox: its history and variety as well as its effect on popular culture.

Film contains insightful interviews with accordion legends such as Anthony Gall-Rini, Guy Klucevsek and Dick Contino among many others. You’ll see the original drawings for the accordion’s patent of 1829 as well as the first design of the concertina. Visit an accordion museum and a factory where the instru-ment’s many parts are created. Venture through several types of concertinas, button boxes as well as a presentation of MIDI accordions. See historic clips of Guido Diero, Art Van Damme, Law-

rence Welk and Frankie Yankovic. Dis-cover why “Lady of Spain” is associated with the accordion. See the first attempt to make a rock-n-roll accordion. And listen to where the accordion might be headed in the future.

Screening times are 1 pm and 5 pm Saturday and 1 pm and 4 pm Sunday and are held in the Lion’s Club Buiding across the street next to the fire-house. Showing for CAF attendies only. Admission is free.See page two for a detailed map.

Copies of this video will be offered for sale at the festival with a portion of proceeds donated to the CAF. Thank you Steve. This video is not to be missed — ED ▲

ACCORDION DOCUMENTARYBehind the Bellows: A Documentary on the Accordion

Researched, directed and narrated by Steve Mobia

“Zydeco” Ted Sherrod travels exten-sively to Texas/Louisiana; teaching basic Louisiana style Zydeco in New Orleans and has taught at numerous venues throughout Northern California as well as Simi Valley, Long Beach and Gator By The Bay Festivals.”

Instruction is FREE for CAF attendees.Find out more about Ted and his CD “HOW TO ZYDECO” at www.twoleftfeetca.com.

These will be available for sale at the Friar Tuck’s during and after his instruction.

Back by popular demand. Glad to have you here Ted. — Ed ▲

ZYDECO DANCE WORkshOpHow to Zydeco Dance Taught by Ted Sherrod

Zydeco Dance Lessons at Friar Tuck's Pub8210 Old Redwood Hwy. from Noon to 1 pm both days.

Vincenzo Abbracciante


Born in Ostuni, Italy, on 21 February1983. At the age of eight he studied mu-sic with his father, Franco, and A. Sanese. He studied and/or attended master classes with Franco D’Andrea, Bruno Tommaso, Richard Galliano, Joelle Leandre, Steve Potts, Roberto Gatto, Dado Moroni, and he graduated in jazz music at the Con-servatory “Nino Rota” in Monopoli. In October 2000, he won the 25th Iterna-tional Prize and Award in Castelfidardo and in 2003 he won the 53rd World Trophy. Since 2000, he has been the Artist of the Borsini Accordion factory in Castelfidardo.

In 2011, he was awarded with the prestigious VOCE D’ORO (GOLD REED) by the International Accordion Festival in Castelfidardo, whose previous recipients include: Astor Piazzolla, Gorni Kramer, Richard Galliano, Antonello Salis, Art Van Damme, Gil Goldstein, and Vinicio Capossela.

He wrote the soundtrack for the movie, “Le Mamme di San Vito” directed

by Gianni Torres. The film won the prize Globo Tricolore 2011 - Brazil/Cinema.

Vincenzo has performed and toured in various parts of the world includ-ing: Germany, Brazil, the United States, China, India, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thai-land, Singapore, England, Austria, South Africa, Denmark, Holland and Canada. His performances have reached a variety of festivals and prestigious jazz clubs throughout the world including: Virada Cultural (San Paolo), Melbourne Jazz Festival (Melbourne), Queen’s Birthday Jazz & Blues Festival (Wellington), Java Jazz Festival (Jakarta), Esplanade Hall (Singapore), Montreal Jazz Festival, Roch-ester Jazz Festival, TerniJazzFest, Bari in Jazz, FIF (Castelfidardo), National Arts Festival (Grahamstown), and the Hong Kong Jazz Festival (Hong Kong). Some of the great musicians that Vincenzo has worked with include: Juini Booth, John

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Renzo Ruggiericontinued from page 11

He has collaborated with Ellade Ban-dini, Fabrizio Bosso, Antonio Calenda, Sergio Caputo, Gianni Cazzola, Franco Cerri, Gabriele Cirilli, Stefano Cocco Cantini, Fabio Concato, Gianni Cos-cia, Simone Cristicchi, Paolo Damiani, Mauro De Federicis, Bruno De Filippi, Tullio De Piscopo, Piera Degli Esposti, Paolo di Sabatino, Dolcenera, Fiorello, Roberto Gatto, Tonino Guerra, Monica Guerritore, Mark Harris, David Haugh-ton, Roberto Herlitzka, Flavio Insinna, Linda, Judith Malina, Germano Maz-zocchetti, Piero Mazzocchetti, Gabriele Mirabassi, Massimo Manzi, Morgan, Massimo Moriconi, Gino Paoli, Lino Pa-truno, Nicola Piovani, Peppino Principe, Enrico Rava, Danilo Rea, David Rion-dino, Michael Supnick, Ares Tavolazzi, Lev Termen, Art Van Damme, Ernesto Vitolo, Marco Zurzolo. ▲

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In 2006, he opened up his reper-toire to include performances on vintage keyboards such as the Hammond organ, the Farfisa and the Fender Rhodes, etc. This has given his creative and musical mind additional freedoms to venture deeper into the enigmas of psychedelic jazz music. In 2009, along with Carlo Borsini of the Borsini Accordion factory,

Vincenzo helped to design a new system for accordion registers which allows the player to widen the range of sound coming from the instrument. After more than a year of construction, testing, and design, this Signature accordion was of-ficially presented at the Frankfurt fair in April 2011. Richard Galliano, speaking about young accordionists in an inter-view which was published in the French magazine “Jazzman” said: “The person that really impressed me is a young Ital-ian with an origin from Puglia, Italy: his name is Vincenzo Abbracciante. In every piece he embarks on a story which touches me.”

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Vincenzo Abbracciantecontinued from page 13

Cory Pesaturo is an American musician from Cumberland, Rhode Island. Pesaturo is an accor-dion player who also plays the piano, clarinet, and saxophone. He began playing at the age of nine, and in 2002 became the youngest person to win the National Accordion Championship. He most

recently won the 2011 Primus Ikaalinen World Championship and was the first

American contestant. Addition-ally, Pesaturo won the Coupe Mondiale World Digital Accor-dion Championship in Auckland,

New Zealand, and became the first American to win a World Accordion Championship since Peter Soave 25 years ago. In June 2009, he won the Leavenworth International Championship and

International Jazz Championship. Pesaturo performed in five different

continents during 2009; some coun-tries included Canada, Italy, New Zea-land, Tunisia and Japan. Cory is one of

only four accordionists in history to win a World Championship on both acoustic and

electronic accordion, and is the only person to also win a world championship in jazz.


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He was accepted on the accordion at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, where he studied Contem-porary Improvisation and a variety of music styles, including Italian and French folk music, Bulgarian and Jewish music, Classical music and Jazz. He became the second person to major in and graduate as an accordionist at the New England Conservatory.

Pesaturo performs live, playing the ac-cordion, piano, clarinet and saxophone. His past performances have included filling in for an ill Myron Floren, the accordionist on The Lawrence Welk Show at the age of 12, performing on four occasions at the White House, and playing at six other public events and private functions for President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton. In 1999 he performed at a State Dinner held for the President of Hungary.

Pesaturo performed for Roland at the

Music Trade show NAMM in 2009 and was featured with Eddie Montiero, backed by pianist Rick DePiro and drummer Mike Snyder in a Concert for international press and NAMM dignitaries.

His music has been played for various Formula 1 races on SPEED TV starting in 2007, on the Velocity program “Chasing Classic Cars,” and also at vari-ous Concours around the United States ranging from the Newport Concours d’Elegance and the Pebble Beach Con-cours d’Elegance. He has also combined his interest in statistics and sports with his appearance on the “100 Year Anni-versary of Fenway Park” album in 2012, with current and past Boston Red Sox players and journalists. Pesaturo is also respected for his statistical work in meteo-rology as well, writing articles about hur-ricanes and winter weather for companies such as Accuweather, and most famously his 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season Records list. ▲

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Cory Pesaturocontinued from page 15 ...was born in Erice (TP), Italy in 1988.


Those Darn Accordions (TDA)

San Francisco’s accordion-fueled rock ‘n’ roll band pumps out rock classics and catchy originals chronicling life in the weird lane. Fronted by singer-song-writer/squeezebox wizard Paul Rogers and Suzanne Garramone — promises to for-ever rearrange your understanding of the accordion. TDA’s extreme squeezeboxers mix solid keyboard chops with a ground-breaking use of guitar effects pedals and amps to produce a super-cool sound like nothing you’ve ever heard emanating from an accordion.

Behind the amazing wall of wheeze, drummer Michael Messer and bass player Lewis Wallace anchor the band, provid-ing a firm foundation upon which the manic TDA accordionists can layer huge

slabs of sonic mayhem.With a sense of humor that just

won’t quit, the one-of-a-kind band blazes through a variety of musical genres — from rock and funk to polka — and torches timeless classic rock tunes along the way. You won't believe your ears.

“Sexy, raw, and diabolically funny. right up there with nrBQ as a band

with a real point of view.” — Teller (the quiet one) of Penn & Teller

Paul Rogers: Born in Detroit, Mich. and raised in Dearborn, Mich., home of The Ford Motor Co. and graduated Edsel Ford High School 1971. Instruments

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As a youngster growing up in a large Italian family on a farm in northeast-ern Colorado, Gail showed an interest in the only musical instrument in her home, her mother’s old accordion. Her formal music instruction began at the age of 10 in Ft. Morgan, Colorado, where she enjoyed lessons and par-ticipated in annual accordion contests, Kiwanis Stars of Tomorrow, talent shows and many other local events.

Gail became the town accordion teacher at age 14, when the local accordion teacher retired. She made monthly 80-mile train trips to Den-ver to study accor-dion with Anthony Pennetti and to play in his accor-dion orchestra.

Gail majored in piano at Loretto Heights College in Denver while continu-ing her study in classical accordion with Robert Davine at the University of Den-ver. After graduation, she played “honky tonk” piano in Central City, Colorado, and taught music in the Denver Public Schools. She continued to study the Orff and Kodaly methods of music education and became a Certificated Orff music teacher. For the past several years, Gail

has been a member of the Los Angeles Accordionaires Orchestra. She has resumed teaching private accordion and piano lessons, and performs on both piano and accordion.

Gail and her husband, John, have three grown children, Gian Carlo, a real estate broker currently living in Istanbul, Turkey; Dino, drummer and keyboardist in the band, “dredg” who lives in Camp-bell, CA; and Veronica, who lives and works in Santa Barbara, CA. ▲

Gail Campanella

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Those Darn Accordionscontinued from page 17

PHOTO: BRUCE LAWRIE

Played: Piano, Accordion, Saxophone, Guitar. Favorite TDA Song to Perform Live: “Them Hippies Was Right” What can be more fun than screaming feedback from an accordion through an amp cranked to 10? Besides, I'm starting to think maybe they were right.

Suzanne Garramone: Born and Raised: Born in DeKalb, IL. Moved to Morrison, IL when I was 4. Instruments Played: Tenor drum and cymbals in high school marching band, tenor sax in the school jazz band, alto clarinet from grade school through college (I was in the Illinois All-State Band that went to France when I was a senior) Piano-my first love since 3rd grade. Favorite TDA Song to Perform Live: It varies from show to show depending on my mood and how the sound is.

Michael Messer: Born - NYC Low-ered - Encino (Golden Ghetto). Instru-ments Played: Actually, I don't play an instrument. I just surround myself with inanimate found objects and hit them really hard. Favorite TDA Song to Perform Live: “Dumbass on the Moun-tain” Many humans in their quest to find or manufacture meaning in their lives lurch into the arena of meaning-less, egocentric self aggrandizement. In slightly over two minutes, Paul illus-trates this approach to life brilliantly.

Lewis Wallace: Born and Raised: Clayton, Ohio. Instruments Played: Bass, Guitar, Cello, Mandolin. Favorite TDA Song to Perform Live: “Them Hippies Was Right.” Love that groove.

E-mail: [email protected]: (360) 531-0276Web: www.thosedarnaccordions.com ▲

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Marocco Memorial Concert in Castelfidar-do, with many other stars of the accordion world. His debut CD, ”Totally Frank,” was recorded in Italy during this trip. It was produced by Elke Ahrenholz of “Artist Signed Records,” and includes the playing of three fine Italian musicians; Felice Del Gaudio, Max Ferri, and Fabio Zeppetella.

In this CD you will definitely hear the influences of Frank Marocco. Howev-er, Frank Petrilli plays his own style which includes more focus on Latin grooves. As the booking agent and artistic director of Vibrato Jazz Club, Pat Sentator wrote, “Like his mentor, Petrilli gives new life to the accordion with impeccable phrasing and a smooth, fluid style.” You will enjoy the musical stylings of Frank’s accordion both in concert and in his CD and can expect some very good music coming from him in the future. ▲

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Frank Petrilli was born and still lives in Los Angeles. Much of his energy has gone into the successful business he owns and operates, Petrilli Concrete Contractors, but his creative musical side has always been a strong drive as well. He started playing the accordion at age 7 and by age 16 was playing professionally. As the popularity of the accordion declined in the U.S., Frank switched to playing Hammond B3 Organ and saxophone for about 15 years. In 2006, he returned to the accordion and started playing with the César Mateus Latin Jazz Band at many jazz venues throughout the Los Angeles area.

In late 2006, Frank began intensive study with the great jazz accordionist, Frank Marocco, which quickly evolved into a very close friendship. By virtue of their close relationship and mutual love of jazz, Frank Petrilli became Frank Marocco’s protégé, and Frank Marocco often commented that Frank Petrilli was

like the son he never had. Unfortunately, this relationship ended far too soon with Frank Marocco’s untimely passing on March 3rd, 2012.

As Frank Petrilli became known as an excellent player in the jazz community, he began performing frequently in the Los Angeles area with artists such as gui-tarists Patrick Barrogain and John Chio-dini at top venues such as the Vibrato Jazz Club. Frank has also performed at many of the major accordion festivals and clubs in the U.S. including the AAA Festival in Charleston 2011, and at the San Francisco Accordion Club on numerous occasions.

In October of 2011, Frank appeared on the TV series Mad Men. In May of 2012, he was invited to play in the spot that Frank Marocco had been scheduled for as a featured performer at the Accordion competition in Kiev, “Accofestival 2012.” He also was one of the judges for the jazz portion of the competition. Immediately following that, he performed at the Frank

Frank Petrilli continued

Polkacide was formed in the early 1980’s by a group of punk and free jazz musicians — none of whom had played polka prior to this — to play a party for The San Francisco Club for the Deaf (true story-see our website for details). Since then the band has played every imaginable venue from the country’s largest polka festival at Seven Springs, PA to opening for jazz legend Sun Ra. We are delighted to be playing the CAF again this year. Of special inter-

est to CAF folks, our accordion player Aaron Seemen is one of the finest accordion players in the country. Aaron usually plays a Giulietti or a Weltmeister accordion.

http://www.polkacide.com ▲

Celebrating 28 Years of

Accordion Maham

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Chuck Berger Jim Gilman

of Central California

Meets on the second Wednesday of each month (except September)at the Escalon Community Center, 1055 Escalon Ave., Escalon, 7 p.m.

Accordion enthusiasts and performers of all levels welcome.

Meeting monthly since 1999

Best wishes for a successful23rd Annual Cotati Accordion Festival

from the

Jim Gilman was seemingly fated to play the accordion. At the age of seven, a local Chicago accordion school called his parents and offered six weeks of free accordion lessons because they had heard their son “had talent.” After resisting a high-pressure accordion salesman, private lessons were arranged.

A move to California during Jim’s high school years seemed to halt his accordion career, but fate stepped in once more. Jim’s father actually saw in the Long Beach paper, “Wanted: Accordion player.” I ask you… how many times have you ever seen that? Jim earned his way through college playing at Knott’s Berry Farm as a street musician.

In 1972 he met up with (by chance?) a saxophone player by way of a 3x5 card posted on a bulletin board and they went “on the road” playing at Holiday Inns all over the Midwest. After over 35 years,

they’re still together along with a guitarist and a drummer that were added in 1975.

Jim’s not a one-man band; he’s a one man orchestra. “It’s truly amazing what electronics, computers and MIDI have done for the accordion. Acoustic purists may turn their noses up at all this stuff but the audiences love it,” says Jim.

You can contact Jim at 714-777-6667 or [email protected] ▲

Chuck Berger has been a professionalperformer for 40+ years. His repertoire consists of the big band sounds of the

40’s ... through music of the 70s and 80s! Through the early years of his career, polka music was his mainstay while working with the big name polka bands in the Midwest. With the advent of the MIDI accordion, he now precisely emulates all styles of music, whether it be big band, country, vocal groups, or polkas and waltz-es (Swiss, German, Italian, Polish, to name a few). His sound from stage is equivalent to a 14-piece orchestra without the aid of computer generated background.

Each instrument heard, including the acoustic accordion, is actually being played by Chuck. Thus, he has become the true “ONE MAN, BIG BAND,” and is referred to by many as the “MASTER of the MIDI accordion.” Because of his love for the accordion, he goes out of his way to perform for accordion clubs throughout the U.S. A repertoire of over 2000 songs makes him a true crowd pleaser. ▲

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The steve Balich sr. polka Band

Steve is one of the originators of the festival who, along with Clifton Buck-Kauffman and our own Jim Boggio, pioneered this event in 1991.

Steve was instru-mental in helping Clifton book some of the headliners we’ve enjoyed over the years after Jim passed away, including artists such as Dick Contino, Chuck Berger, Tony Lovello and resounding hit accordionist, Alex Meixner.

Mr. Balich is also one of the founders of the popular “Accordion Club of the Red-woods,” an organization dedicated to giving scholarships to the young accordion stars of tomorrow.

The Steve Balich Sr. Polka Band has recorded three hit recordings. If you love Ital-ian music, you’ll love these: “Our Golden Years,” “Steve Balich Sr. Plays All Italian,” and “Steve Balich Sr. Plays All Italian, Vol. II,” with no duplications. ▲

23rd year at the Festival

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Polka Dance PartyA huge wooden dance floor is provided

for your dancing enjoyment.Featuring ever-popular

The steve Balich sr. polka BandSaturday and Sunday from 1-5 pm

near the South entrance on West Sierra.Also appearing:

9:30 to 11:00 Jim Gilman 11:00 to Noon Chuck Berger

Andre Thierry and Zydeco Magic

Andre Thierry is a phenomenal talent who has been capturing the atten-tion of other musicians and music lovers since he was a toddler. Andre’s French Creole heritage is deeply rooted in Loui-siana although he was born and reared in northern California. Michael Tisserand, author of The Kingdom of Zydeco, consid-ered the definitive book on the history of Zydeco music, wrote,

“In America, great migrations produce great music. Just as Delta musicians took Highway 61 to Chicago and electrified their blues, so did the Creoles and Cajuns migrate to California and establish vital dance communities. Now the California scenes rival anything back home in Loui-siana, and that’s due to players like Andre Thierry, a standard bearer for the new gen-eration. Thierry is among the best of both the West Coast and the Gulf Coast, and he combines youthful vigor with a mature appreciation for his inherited tradition.”

Andre’s story begins July 9, 1979, when he was born in Richmond, Califor-nia to Olivia “Tee” Guillory, originally

from Basile, Louisiana, and Gregory Thi-erry, originally from Jennings, Louisiana. Andre’s childhood was deeply influenced by his maternal grandparents, the late Houston Pete Pitre (Pa-Pa as they called him) from Basile, Louisiana and his loving grandmother, known to all as Mama Lena Pitre from Soileau, Louisiana.

Andre grew up experiencing the French Creole (La-La) dances his grand-parents held at their church parish, St. Mark’s Catholic Church. The best Zydeco musicians Louisiana had to offer traveled to California to play at the dances and spent considerable time at the Pitre’s house while in the area. On one such visit, the “King of Zydeco,” the late great Clifton Chenier, grabbed three-year old Andre by the arms and deemed him a future accor-dion player. From then on, Andre’s Pa-Pa, Houston Pete, encouraged the young Andre to play the accordion.

Andre captivated by Clifton Chenier, he began teaching himself to


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Jet Black pearl

So here she is... a one-woman dynamo, traveling around the world, singing and accompanying herself on the accordion, playing the flute, hu-man beatbox, music box, toy piano and loop station...

But where did it all start?

Jetty Swart, a native of the Netherlands, was taking off in a career as a graphic designer when she fell in love with an old accordion, cov-ered with dust, in a hidden corner of a second hand shop in Prague. She took it home, mostly for its flowered bellows and its woodcraft, but when she tried to play it, she discovered a beautiful melancholic sound. And her fingers seemed to like its mother-of-pearl keys much more than the plastic comput-er ones they were so used to...

Packing her bags, she traveled to the south or France, where, seduced by the weather, the nature, the lovely villages and a charming town called Montpellier, she decided to stay for a couple of months, singing and playing the ac-cordion in the streets. Months turned into years, the street gave way for real stages where she met other like-minded musicians and in 2000 she started her band, Yeti. First covering old French songs and then creating her own, she has sung with her band at hundreds of festivals, theaters and clubs all over Europe, recording 2 CDs.

Yeti’s music-style has been described as a cabaret gypsy party where Nina Hagen

and Edith Piaf meet Lauri Anderson and Björk.

Meanwhile she continued her solo-performances, allowing for closer contact with her audience and... to travel more easily! And so one of her trips took her to San Francisco in

2010. The Californians loved her music, but what

the hell was she singing about? Her new songs had to be in English, so that the crowd wouldn’t miss a word of these little dramas full of dry wit and flamboyant characters.

Now, in 2012, she presents her new trilingual (Dutch/French/English) solo show accompany-ing herself on the accordion, flute, kalimba and toy-piano. With her loop-station she records brief

loops, which she layers with her unrecorded voice, turn-ing herself and her minimal

equipment into a cabaret orchestra.

A new country, a new language, a wed-ding and a new show... time for a new name!

Jetty is pro-nounced Yeti in Dutch, a

spelling she has always used in France, but since this ape-fur coat has gotten a little old now, she has chosen instead the direct translation of her full name: Jet Black Pearl. And she’ll wear this one with delight through all musical seasons!

http://www.jetblackpearl.com ▲

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Not only will you have the change to WiN one of

our great prizes, including the

Hohner Bravo III 72 Accordion, and Quilt

from CAF T-shirts,original poster artwork

you’ ll also be added to our mailing list

and will receive advance notice of future events.

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Bring your accordion and join us for a rousing rendition of

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in front of hexagonal stage

See pages 45‑47for charts for

Lady of Spain and Beer Barrel Polka in the people’s key “C”

Join us forthe World Famous

lady ofSpain-a-Ring

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Lady of Spain: The History as researched by Toby Hanson

Lady of Spain was written in the 1920sby three English songwriters who were fed up with English dance bands that played mostly American music. They took an old Spanish folk form and write a new melody and words for it. It became popular with big bands, especially Guy Lombardo. It was written as a quasi-Spanish Fox-Trot. In the 1930s, American accordionists picked it up and began playing it as their “Spanish” piece. One of the earliest pictures of Lawrence Welk is him from his George Kelly touring days in a Spanish costume for Lady of Spain. It really took off when Dick Contino did the “authori-tative” virtuoso version, complete with bellows shake and sudden modulation from C to Db. He made it famous playing


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Buy Your Raffle Tickets for a chance to win this fabulous BRAVO III 72 from Hohner.

Thank you again to Hohner U.S.A. and Gilbert Reyes for their generous donation of yet another accordion to the Cotati Accordion Festival.

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Future Accordion stars... featuring students of Marjorie Konrad & Lin Lee

Susanna LeonAge 10

Derek Yuan (Lee student)Age 9

Keith Church - Age 19Boggio Scholarship

David HaywardAge 20

Wes SmithAge 13

William SteffanAge 13

Christopher Steffan - Age 11Boggio Scholarship

The Future Accordion Stars are performing on

the side stage: Sunday, August 1810:20 to 10:50 am

BE THERETO SUPPORT THEM!

SpECIAL THAnkS to instructor Marjorie konrad for her efforts to educate these young players. Marjorie is also responsible for the host of accordion players volunteer‑ing to play in front of all three Oliver’s Markets on Friday, Aug. 16 from 11 am ‑ 5 pm.

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9:45-10:15 The Golden State Accordion Club Band

10:20-10:50 The Hot Fritattas10:55-11:25 Tango No. 9 11:30-12:00 Youkali12:05-12:35 Simka12:40-12:55 The Great Morgani1:00-1:40 Vincenzo Abbracciante (Sponsored by Borsini)

1:40-1:50 Honorary Director - John Volpi

1:50-2:10 Lady of Spain-A-Ring (Audience Participation, see page 28) Charts 45-47

2:10-2:50 Those Darn Accordions (TDA)2:55-3:35 Cory Pesaturo3:40-3:55 The Great Morgani4:00-4:35 The Internationals™4:40-5:10 Jet Black Pearl5:15-5:55 The Mad Maggies6:00-6:15 Duckmandu6:20-7:20 Polkacide

Polka Tent with Huge Wooden Dance Floor

Polka Dance Partysteve Balich sr. polka Band & Friends 1-5 pm Saturday and SundayAlso appearing: 9:30-11:00 am Jim Gilman 11:00 am - Noon Chuck Berger

Zydeco Dance Party

Schedule of Events

Sunday, August 18th

5:15-6:45 pm in the Polka Tent at the park Saturday only

The Wild CatahoulasWIN HOHNERAccORDION

Cajun/Zydeco Dance Partyat Friar Tuck’s Pub 8201 Old Redwood Hwy.

South of West Sierra Entrance See Map on Page 2.

1:00-5:00 pm Saturday Les Amis Zydeco1:00-5:00 pm Sunday Motor Dude Zydeco

Raffle 4:15 pm Sunday See Page 2 for Ticket Location

Schedule of Events

Saturday, August 17th

The Twenty Third Annual

9:45-10:15 The Golden State Accordion Club Band

10:20-10:50 Future Accordion Stars

10:55-11:30 Sweet Moments of Confusion

11:35-12:10 Gail Campanella

12:15-12:50 Bella Ciao

12:50-1:05 The Great Morgani

1:10-1:50 Vincenzo Abbracciante (Sponsored by Borsini)

1:55-2:20 Lady of Spain-A-Ring (Audience Participation, see page 28) Charts 45-47

2:20-3:00 Frank Petrilli

3:05-3:55 Renzo Ruggieri

4:00-4:15 The Great Morgani

4:15-4:25 raffle Drawing

4:25-5:00 La Familia Peña-Govea

5:05-5:25 Cory Pesaturo

5:30-6:30 Andre Thierry and Zydeco Magic

Zydeco Dance Lessons by Ted SherrodNoon-1:00pm

Both Daysat Friar Tuck's

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Duckmandu The Mad Maggies

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Aaron Seeman’s onslaught of solo accordion and vocals has as-tounded audiences of all shapes and sizes.

Maximum Rock ’n Roll, the premier punk magazine, pronounced him “over the top!” for his note-for-note renditions of the entire first Dead Kennedys al-bum, Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables.His repertoire also includes, but is not limited to, 70’s rock, Broadway, klezmer, classical, country, Sousa marches, punk rock, and even a polka or two.

Rather than play hokey accor-dion versions of these songs, Duckman/Seeman seeks to demonstrate that accor-dion and vocals alone can evoke the spirit of the song, whether the hard driving rock of AC/DC, the wide vocal range and sonic landscape of Boston, or the supersonic speeds and driving force of Dead Ken-nedys.

The accordion received a triple blow to its image in American culture that by the 1960’s had done serious damage. First, millions of American children were forced to play the unwieldy instrument against their wills. Second, Lawrence Welk’s widely watched show focused only on the geekiest, corniest aspects of the instru-ment. Third, there was the rise of rock ’n roll and the electric guitar.

This is not to say that the Duckman renounces geekiness, far from it. But America and the world must be reminded what a powerful and versatile instrument the accordion can be.

In addition to his accordionizationiz-ing, Aaron Seeman is a founding member, arranger, and vocalist with San Francisco’s Punk Rock Orchestra, which performs full scale orchestral versions of classic punk songs. He also plays accordion in Shamalamacord, Polkacide, and Red Hot Chachkas. Aaron Seeman was a founding member of the eclectic Romanian Music-inspired folk group Fishtank Ensemble. He has recorded with Mr. Bungle and Estra-dasphere. He is the composer of a modern classical opera “Opium: Diary of a Cure.”

He currently resides in Oakland, California. ▲

The Mad Maggies have been calleda lot of names — danceable Celtic-Klezmer, a funky, soulful Gypsy-Cajun-Ska mashup, ska-punk with a pirate vibe, rowdy, quirky ...

But, hey, what’s in a name? Each of the Mad Maggies have been playing music for a lifetime, racking up long lists of performance experiences, show savvy and brushes with fame. They are a talented bunch, to say the least. And, no matter what you call them, these “musi-cians without borders” play a crazy good show.

They are currently working on their seventh album plus a special bonus al-bum for their upcoming 10-year celebra-tion in 2014. They tour whenever they

get the chance. They especially enjoy performing at

the Cotati Accordion Festival where accordions rule and the music-loving crowd knows how to have fun.

Accordionist and singer Maggie Martin leads this stellar ensemble and is joined byJohny Blood: tuba, bullhornRay Fernandez: saxophonesian Luke: drums, percussionTim “SepTiMus” Sarter: U-bass, bass

guitarGary “GDub” Wium: guitars

For booking and more informationvisit www.themadmaggies.com ▲

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Always dazzing the audience with the most unusual costumes, be prepared for four of the most outrageous get ups ever. “The Great One” will be on stage four times during the

two-day event, so expect about 24 songs.

The Great Morgani aka Frank Lima

BE SURE TO CHECK OUT HIS BOOK, “THE CREATIVE MADNESS OF A MIDDLE AGED STOCKBROKER, TURNED STREET MUSICIAN," AT THE T-SHIRT TENT. PART OF THE PROCEEDS OF SALE GO BACK TO THE COTATI ACCORDION FESTIVAL.

thanks aGaIn tO thE GREat MORGanI.

Always dazzing the audience with the most unusual costumes, be prepared for four of the most outrageous get ups ever. “The Great One” will be on stage four times during the

two-day event, so expect about 24 songs.

2013 MARKS THE 14TH YEAR, “THE GREAT MORGANI” HAS APPEARED AT

THE COTATI ACCORDION FESTIVAL.

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Tony Magee founded Lagunitas in 1993, brewing beer from his home in Lagunitas, Calif., but soon found he did not have the resources to continue brewing there.

Water was a problem, so he moved the operation to the nearby town of For-est Knolls but kept the name Lagunitas because, as Ron Lindenbusch says, “It was a pretty name and looked good in print.” At that time, Tony was brewing beer at the rate of seven barrels at a time. He was his own distributor, selling kegs out of back of his pickup truck in 1994.

The following year, 1995, marked a big leap for the company as it moved to the brewing and bottling facility it now occupies in Petaluma. Now, Magee and crew could start bottling their beers. Lindenbusch came on the scene at this time as “beer weasel” (director of marketing).

In 1995, Lagunitas came on board as one the Cotati Accordion Festival’s major sponsors and the primary beer supplier. It

means a great deal to the volunteer groups who work at the festival. The CAF is a non-profit organization, which supports these groups by giving back all proceeds to them. To date we have contributed more than $340,000 to these organizations. We could not have done this without the sup-port of the Lagunitas Brewing Company, Magee and Lindenbusch. We owe our success in a large part to their generosity for the last 19 years.

Lagunitas does not do conventional advertising in newspapers and magazines. Instead, the focus is on supporting and giving back to their community. Their advertising is done on college radio and public broadcasting stations and at the many events they sponsor.

Their communities are not limited to Petaluma and surrounding areas. Lagunitas supports non-profit community events all over the country. In fact, one of its em-ployees is dedicated to searching out such events and offering their beers to support

Lagunitas Brewing Company"Turning Beer into Money for a Good Cause."

the cause. Lagunitas is expanding its opera-

tion by opening a second brewery in Chicago scheduled to go online the end of this year. As their beer is shipped all over the country, a second brewery in the Midwest will be a great benefit. They can now save shipping costs from the West Coast.

Another way Tony and Ron give back to the community is to host free concerts in their amphitheater, hosting nationally acclaimed artists. Twelve concerts are planned for this year.

The brewery and “beer sanctuary” where concerts are held, is located at 1280 N. McDowell Blvd., Petaluma, CA 94954. The phone number (707) 769-4495.

The CAF is proud to be associated with Lagunitas Brewing Company and its community-minded philosophy of “Turn-ing Beer into Money for a Good Cause.” They obviously have a great deal of fun doing it too.

For more information on Lagunitas Bewery and the programs they offer, visit their website at www.lagunitas.com

Bravo! The Cotati Accordion Festival staff and volunteers thank you again.

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Jim Boggio's AccordionEver wonder what happened to it? ...Jim Boggio’s bronze statue may be the most recognizable landmark in Cotati.

It stands in La Plaza Park, where the Cotati Accordion Festival is held each year. Each year at the CAF, the statue draws groups of people who pose for a picture by it.

Boggio passed away in 1996, but his accordion remains and is on display at the Cotati Historical Society Museum, located in Cotati City Hall.

Boggio, an avid accordionist, was the co-founder of the festival, which has grown into the largest annual festival in Rohnert Park, Cotati and Penngrove.

His accordion, displayed on a clever cut out of the artist, is currently on display at the Cotati Historial Soci-ety Museum located at 201 West Sierra Avenue, Cotati (west end of City Hall). Museum hours: Every Saturday, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m and the 2nd Wednesday of each month, from 5:30 pm to 8 pm By appointment: phone (707) 794-0305 or contact us at [email protected]. ▲

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Les Amis Zydeco Motor Dude Zydeco

Formed in 1989, Motor Dude Zydecoplays zydeco — the infectious dance music of the Creole people of Southwest Louisiana. Led by Lake Charles, Louisi-ana native R.C. Carrier (vocals and rub board) and Billy Wilson (accordion), the band has performed for enthusiastic audiences in clubs, concerts, and festivals throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe.

The band took its name from Motor Dude, a horse owned by the late, great zydeco accordion wizard Boozoo Chavis. Over the years the band has taken Mr. Chavis’ words of wisdom to heart, “If you do something long enough, it gets good!”

Based in the Zydeco tradition, Motor Dude Zydeco utilizes piano accordion, button accordion, rub board, guitar, bass, drums and vocals to create its distinctive sound. Many of their songs are sung in Creole French. The quintet’s irresistible rhythms and high-energy performances are guaranteed to fill any dance floor.

Billy Wilson, Accordion: Cajun and Zydeco music veteran Billy Wilson has performed with such notables as Danny Poullard & the California Cajun Orches-tra, Dewey Balfa, D.L. Menard, Marc Sa-voy, Michael Doucet, and John Delafose. An accomplished multi-instrumentalist, Billy plays bass, guitar, fiddle, ukulele, and steel guitar as well as piano accordion and button accordion. Billy formed Motor

Dude Zydeco in October 1989.Lloyd Meadows, Vocals, Rub-

board, and Harmonica: Singer Lloyd Meadows is a consummate crowd pleaser. Lloyd’s soulful vocal stylings range from zydeco, rock, blues, and R&B, to standards. His music resume includes performances and recordings with Mal Sharpe’s Big Money, Tom Rigney, the Zydeco Flames and Elvin Bishop.

John Graham, Guitar: A twenty-year veteran of the Bay Area music scene, John is also a founding member of Motor Dude Zydeco. In addition to playing guitar with Superior Angels gospel group and rock star Bruce Springsteen in a band called Earth, John has performed and re-corded with blues men J.J. Malone, Sonny Rhodes, Freddie Hughes, and Birdlegg.

Dennis Calloway, Bass and Vocals:Dennis is a twenty-five-year Zydeco scene veteran. He cut his musical teeth tour-ing the globe with the Grammy-winning zydeco bands of Queen Ida and Al Rapone.

Willie Jordan, Drums: Willy Jor-don’s drumming is formed by his varied musical background (blues, Zydeco, rhythm and blues, soul, funk, rock, and jazz). He has performed and/or recorded with Elvin Bishop, Frank Morgan, Char-lie Musselwhite, Carlos Santana, A Case of the Willys, and Gator Beat. From 1996 to 1998 Willy toured and recorded with blues legend John Lee Hooker. ▲

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Les Amis Zydeco has its roots in the swamps of deep South Louisiana, and in the Bay Area Cajun/Zydeco dance scene. We strive for an authentic sound whether we’re playing Cajun, Creole, or Zydeco.

We love playing for dancers and hopefully that shows. Some band mem-bers are long-time Cajun/Zydeco danc-ers. We focus on dancer enjoyment by drawing on our own ingrained knowledge of what makes for an enjoyable dance evening.

We draw mostly from traditional roots, and some more modern, including, but not limited to: Amede Ardoin, Beau Jocque, Boozoo Chavis, Chubby Car-rier, Clifton Chenier, Danny Poullard, Geno Delafose, Jeffery Broussard, John Delafose, Pine Leaf Boys, Roy Carrier, Rockin’ Dopsie, etc.

Dwight Shackelford - button accordions, fiddle, vocals, washboard.

Dwight has been a member of Sonoma-based Funk/Zydeco band Gator Beat, DP and the Rhythm Riders, Sauce Piquante, and currently fronts Les Amis Zydeco.

Originally from the deep bayou community of Houma, LA, Dwight

honed his chops on Louisiana music in the vibrant Bay Area Cajun and Zydeco dance scene. He has studied with such musicians as accordionists Paul Daigle, Ed Poullard, Jeffery Broussard, Wilson Savoy, Ray Abshire, and Cedric Watson. Dwight “plays the classics” of Cajun, Creole, and Old School Zydeco, with some originals thrown in. Dwight is also working on a traditional, cajun-only, sideline project band called Bayou Noir.

Jim Scott - electric and acoustic guitars.Jim currently gigs with Mark St.

Mary’s zydeco band. He’s also played with Louisiana zydeco heavy-weight Jeffery Broussard, Kenny Menard & Andrew Carriere, Courtebleu and sat in with T Broussard, Lil Malcom, Leon Sams, Brandon Ledet, & others.

Patty Hammond - electric and acoustic bass

(other work includes Mark St. Mary, Freddie Hughes, Johnny Nitro, Tia Carroll, Lisa Kindred, Craig Horton, Birdlegg, and Sugar Pie DeSanto. She has worked with the Bay Area bands Birdlegg

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Fiddler Gus Garelick comes to the band with years of Cajun experience from such groups as Queen Ida and the Bon Ton Zydeco Band, Al Rapone and Zydeco Express, The Sonoma Swamp Dogs, and The Cajun Coyotes. Joining Gus is accordion maestro Dennis Hadley, formerly with The Cajun Coyotes and currently with The Hot Frittatas, allegra Broughton and Sam Page, vocals, guitar, and bass, with Solid Air, and drummer Don connolly, with the Sonoma County Love Choir. The Wild Catahoulas will get everyone on the dance floor. When you’re ready to “laissez les bon temps roulez,” this is the band to call!

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& the Tightfit Blues Band, Johnny Nitro and the Doorslammers, the Dave Work-man Band with John Broadway Tucker, Phil Berkowitz and the Dirty Cats, and Macy Blackman and the Might Fines.

Dave rogers - percussion, vocals.Dave is also a core member of the

Tamsen Donner blues band, and Swing Thing. Dave began playing pro in 1980 on drums, percussion, piano and vocals. He has more than 100 compositions under his belt and 5 CDs released. He started “Logo-manMusic” publishing company in 1996. He’s also engaged in recording, production and instruction. He has performed in over a dozen countries, including China, Japan, Thailand, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and Senegal, Africa.

www.lesamiszydeco.com ▲

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Lady of Spain in the People’s Key of C

on the radio in the late 1940s. Specifically, he played the piece on a talent search-type show and won the $5,000 grand prize with it. He also initially popularized Tico-Tico. [So it is not strange that the opening track of the anthology of American accordion music, ‘Legends of the Accordion’ (Rhino, R2 71847) starts with Lady of Spain by Dick Contino]

Lady of Spain became a true accor-dion cliche from weekly national televi-sion exposure by Myron Floren. It, along with Tico Tico and the Clarinet Polka and Carnival of Venice, became accordion standards. Nowadays everybody dreads Lady of Spain because it's seen as

extremely corny. At the Northwest Ac-cordion Society Social Monday night, I was talking with another player about L. of Spain. He claimed that the song ruined the accordion and that L. of Spain is the reason that nobody takes it seri-ously. I disagree. I love Lady of Spain. A month ago I did my two-year review (I’m a composition major at Cornish College). I had to perform before the music faculty to decide if I could continue my degree at Cornish. Rather than write a “serious” piece, I wrote and performed my World Tour Variations on Lady of Spain where I did the piece in various styles (Russian, Fr. Musette, Irish, etc.). The faculty loved it and I was invited to return and finish my degree. Moral: love it or not, Lady of Spainis here to stay. Ole! ▲

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sweet Moments of Confusion

Drawing from classical technique, improvisation and traditional folk styles, cellist Myra Joy and accordionist Diana Strong weave together complex rhythms and captivating harmonies to create a rich tapestry of sounds, ranging from delicate and subtle to playful and bold.

Our new album is now available on Bandcamp and CD Baby!

Sweet Moments of Confusion performs original instrumental compo-sitions inspired by folk traditions from many corners of the world, particularly Northern and Eastern Europe. They produced their debut self-titled album, released in summer 2012, and perform across the West Coast.

The project is the result of nearly 8 years of collaboration, which began with new arrangements of traditional Celtic, Scandinavian, and Balkan tunes, and developed into a finely crafted repertoire

... original compositions inspired by folk traditions from many corners of the world

of original work. Deeply informed by an Old World aesthetic yet infused with a distinctly modern voice, the music moves seamlessly between tradition and innovation.

About our nameOur name came from this quote

from an appreciative listener: “Some-times, there are these sweet moments of confusion when I can’t tell which instrument is playing what.” The phrase describes not only the way the sounds of our instruments blend together, but also something about the artistic process in which we find ourselves. Often, it is the moments when things are uncer-tain, when we find ourselves pleasantly disoriented, that lead us to fruitful surprises.

Myra Joy - cello: began playing cello at six years old and holds a degree from

San Francisco Conservatory of Music. In 2007, she released an album of original compositions. She is a founding member of Elameno Quintet and Sweet Moments of Confusion.

Myra Joy enjoys living and teaching on the north coast of California.

Diane Strong - accordionMusic has always been an essential

part of my life. I began studying piano at age 7 (Susan Waterfall was my prima-ry teacher), and throughout my young adulthood I avidly practiced classical repertoire and informally composed. At the same time, I grew up surrounded

Simka’s name was chosen from theYiddish word for celebration. Simka has been playing at Bar and Bat Mitzvahs, weddings, parties and charity events in the North Bay for over six years. Besides klezmer music, the band’s repertoire in-cludes Israeli folk dances, jazz standards, tangos, polkas, fiddle tunes, and what the band affectionately calls “café music” – accordion-based tunes that invoke the feeling of the “old country.”

Band originators Leta Davis (violin) and Andy Weinberger (guitar), as well as drummer David Ross, live in Sonoma. Leta, who has played violin since she was eight years old, was classically trained. Andy moved from the East Coast to open a book-store in Sonoma, and he brought with him a genetic disposition for klezmer and jazz. David, besides being a versatile drummer, is also a classical pianist. David and Leta, who are married to one another, also perform classical piano and violin pieces together. Bass player David Ballo, the newest member of the band, lives in Santa Rosa and was a founding member of Limonim, one of Sonoma County’s earliest klezmer bands.

The heart of Simka is, of course, the

accordion, beautifully played by Ruth Ed-wards, who also lives in Sonoma. Ruth is also known to Cotati Accordion Festival enthusiasts as the official “Lady of Spain.” Before Ruth joined the band, Leta pined for an accordionist but didn’t know how to conjure one up. One day, Ruth showed up on the rehearsal doorstep versed most-ly in French, Italian and polka music, but with a keen desire to learn klezmer. She has since mastered the exciting rhythms and textures of klezmer music, while also slyly weaving in the smooth romance of French and Italian tunes which are so appealing on the accordion. The musical excitement that was sparked on that first day at rehearsal has never let up.

“The real signature of our band,” says Leta, “is that we have a great time play-ing this music together. We are so happy when we play! That’s why we chose the name Simka.” The band has a wonderful chemistry, and anyone listening to their CD, Café Society, can hear it in a second. For information and bookings, contact Leta Davis at 707-996-5233 or at

[email protected] ▲

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Northern California’s liveliest ensemble for European and International café music: Italian, French, Mexican, Brazilian, and more. The Hot Frittatas consists of fiddle, mandolin, accordion, guitar, and cello. Their third CD, “What’s Next?” was released in the Fall of 2009, continuing a musical journey which began with Caffe Liscio (2001), followed by Invitation to the Dance (2004). Their spirited performances include the Cotati Accordion Festival, The San Francisco Mandolin Festival, Rohnert Park’s Festa Italiana, Portland Oregon’s Festa Itali-ana, the Folk Alliance West Conference, in Phoenix, Arizona, and concerts from Pasadena to Portland. They have played wineries, restaurants, house concerts, and Italian weddings throughout the Bay Area and have written original music for televi-sion and film, as well as appearing on the nationally syndicated radio show, West Coast Live, in San Francisco, and “Says You” on NPR. A great band for dancing, dining or enchanted listening.

Band Members:Gus Garelick (violino e mandolino).

Gus studied classical violin as a child in Detroit, Michigan, but also listened to his Eastern European relatives playing tradition-al Russian, Jewish and Italian music on the mandolin. As a kind of detour to his clas-sical career, he discovered Bluegrass music while attending the University of Michigan, and things were never the same! Since the early 70s, he has played Bluegrass, Country, Cajun, jazz and of course classical violin and mandolin with groups, including the late Jim Boggio and The Sonoma Swamp Dogs, Queen Ida, Al Rapone, and the Berkeley Mandolin Ensemble. In addition to the Hot Frittatas, he now leads The Gravenstein Mandolin Ensemble, in Sebastopol.

Dennis Hadley (fisarmonica). Dennis’ two musical mentors were Frankie Yankovic and Hank Williams. Growing up in the East Bay in the 1950s, playing accordion didn’t

make him the most popular kid on the block. But when Zydeco and Cajun music came on the scene, he was more than ready to jump in. Meanwhile, he was exploring other styles of accordion, as well, including Italian and Gypsy and French Musette. He now lives in Ukiah, California, where he plays on one of his five accordions and still likes Frankie Yankovic, this time with a trace of Italian and Cajun spices.

Don coffin (chittara e mandolino). Don was raised in an Italian/Irish house-hold in Petaluma, California. He has been performing music for international audiences since the late 60s. From 1971 to 1978, he recorded and toured with his wife, songwriter Kate Wolf. In the 80s, he toured Europe with The Eclecticatz, an acoustic trio playing Celtic, Cowboy, Country and Swing. Since then, he has continued to play Irish, Italian, Bluegrass and Country music. He now lives in Lake County where he produces local concerts and participates in music programs in the Lake County schools. He also hosts an early morning Bluegrass radio show in Lakeport.

Gail Sharpsteen (violincello). The new-est addition to the Hot Frittatas, Gail lives in Calistoga and has studied and performed in classical and Baroque music settings for most of her life. She also learned to play the tenor banjo, and accompanied her late father, jazz clarinetist Tom Sharpsteen. She is a member of the Nota Bene Baroque Ensemble, in the Napa Valley, and also plays mandolin and mandocello with the Gravenstein Mandolin Ensemble.

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with traditional folk music from all over the world (especially Balkan music), because of my family’s connection to a vibrant music community and our yearly music camps. In 2006 I discovered the accordion, and haven’t put it down since.

My newest project is Sweet Moments of Confusion, with cellist Myra Joy and many other talented collaborators. I also recently joined up with the Red Hot Chachkas (klezmer fusion), and perform with ensembles throughout the Bay Area, including many collaborative projects involving dance, theater and music. I taught at Zambaleta community world music and dance school, and continue to teach group and private lessons. You can find me performing solo at Cafe Divine in SF every second Thursday (7-9pm), and at Saul’s Deli in Berkeley most Saturdays (6-8pm). ▲

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The Internationals™ actually startedunder a different name ... but that was so long ago that it’s hardly worth mention-ing. The accordion was practically a new instrument back then, the saxophone was considered a novelty item (some would still say it is...), and drum heads were still made from actual animal skins that drummers had to hunt for on their own!.

From the beginning, Bobby has been the core of the band — starting his playing career while still in high school. Stevie, on the other hand, came along during Bobby’s college years. By com-parison, Jan is practically a newcomer. And then there’s the true “newbie” in the group, Tom. So what follows is a (very) brief account of how this band got to where it is today.

Bobby Maggiora returned from college and almost immediately began to miss his performing days in high school. So of course, he almost immediately put together another band!

Bobby contacted a couple of his old high school buddies, and the band was off and running. But they wanted a bass player, so Bobby invited Stevie McGin-nis to start sitting in. Bobby and Stevie had met at college and became fast friends, so it was only natural that they would want to keep playing together. It turns out that Steve, who was known to most of us as a tuba player back then, was a pretty decent bass fiddle player

as well. (Stevie didn’t play bass guitar at this point because no one but those good-for-nothing long-haired freaks like the Beatles included an electric bass in the band. Of course, everyone knew that “rock-and-roll” wouldn’t last and the Beatles were nothing but a flash in the pan... but I digress.)

Stevie can sing! He quickly became the lead vocalist on many of the band’s numbers. So it wasn’t long before Stevie was a permanent part of the newly named band, The Internationals™.

Over the years, The Internationals™ have historically played primarily as a quartet. Early on, it was two accordions, bass and drums. Later, it was accordion, trumpet, bass and drums. And then for a spell, it was just a trio... you guessed it: accordion, bass and drums.

Enter Jan Meere. Jan had been playing for many years in his father’s band. But as time went on, he started to venture out to other bands now and then. As it turns out, the experience of playing with a number of different bands helped him to develop into quite the versatile musician.

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play by listening to Clifton’s music. Andre demonstrated an innate musical ability and his skill quickly grew. Andre played his first song, Willis Prudhomme’s version of “Give’m Cornbread” in the backyard of his grandparent’s home, for his delighted family. He soon began playing Clifton Chenier’s music on stages all over Northern California.

Andre Bio PictureHis grandparents continued to host

Louisiana musicians and this exposure to his heritage allowed him to develop his love for, and mastery of, traditional French Creole music. By age twelve, with the help of his mother, Andre formed his own band,

“Zydeco Magic.” Andre’s repertoire grew by leaps and bounds as he was regularly in-vited to play with numerous visiting bands, such as the late John Delafose, his son, Geno Delafose, and many local Zydeco and Cajun bands, including the late Danny Poullard (California Cajun Orchestra).

Andre is a virtuoso on all the accordion types, single row, double row, triple row and piano key. He effortlessly moves across types to deliver an energetic two-step, traditional Creole waltz, hard-driving blues or a blend that is his own sound. Although Andre’s instrument of choice is the accordion, he also displays talent on bass guitar, rhythm guitar and drums. Thanks to his parents and grandparents he sings traditional songs in original Creole French and his voice has matured into rich and soulful tones. He is

a gifted composer and songwriter and his music and CDs feature many of his original tunes. As quoted from an article published in Eh Toi magazine 2002, “There is no accordion player in Zydeco that uses his left hand as well as Andre Thierry.” While playing Washington, D.C. in 2003, the Washington Post called Andre a “master” at “pumping out fast, funky rhythms on an instrument not usually associated with earthy syncopation. A versatile student of the music, Thierry can’t be lumped into Zydeco’s old-school R&B-influenced camp or its nouveau, rap-inspired one: He and his band, Zydeco Magic, lay down both soul-ful, traditional slow-dances and bottom-end-booming kinetic groovers.”

The San Francisco Bay Area, which is home to some of the best blues musi-

cians in the world, showed its appreciation by presenting Andre Thierry and Zydeco Magic with the West Coast Blues Hall of Fame award for “Best Zydeco Group” in 2008. Andre continually raises the bar for Zydeco musicians worldwide. At only 33 years old, he is already a legend.

Andre Thierry & Zydeco Magic will capture your attention and serve up an unparalleled musical experience that captivates your soul. If you like to dance, Andre will have you moving your feet all night long. As the late great Clifton Chenier once said about Zydeco, “if you dance, your aches and pains will disap-pear.” Andre’s love of all things musical and his passion for playing for his audi-ences delight dancers and music lovers everywhere. ▲

Andre Thierrycontinued from page 25

"Thierry is among the best of both the West Coast and the Gulf Coast, and he combines youthful vigor with

a mature appreciation for his inherited tradition.” — Michael Tisserand, author of The Kingdom of Zydeco

Youkali

Youkali serves a rich and satisfy-ing cultural experience to audiences of all ages through their enthusiastic stage artistry and their “post eclectic” interpre-tations of musical styles from around the world. Our repertoire mixes their original compositions with international folk and dance music.

Youkali is Musical Mayhem! 3 musicians, 8 instruments, 5+ centuries of music from 3 continents.

Roxanne Oliva, M.A.: Com-poser, recording artist, and Celtic music teacher. As a multi-instrumentalist, Roxanne has recorded with various lumi-naries including Paddy Keenan and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's Tom Waits. Her self-produced recordings Box Candy and Accordion Crumbs have received interna-tional acclaim.http://roxanneoliva.bandcamp.com

Daniel Kahane: Dan started his ca-reer as magnetic front man for “Hot Lips and Fingertips,” who regularly played live at NBC television studios in Los Ange-les. His love of performance and onstage antics led him to produce 2 CD's - one comprised of children's songs. Dan has over 30 years experience teaching students (ages 5-75) stringed instruments (violin, viola, cello, guitar, mandolin and banjo). He is fluent in Spanish and has taught

workshops nationally.http://dankahane.com

Josh Fossgreen: In his early 20’s, Josh is a prodigy. He is proficient in a rainbow of styles from Samba to Ska, Baroque to Blues and beyond. Josh has toured internationally and he’s THE sought after bassist in the San Francisco Bay Area. Josh teaches music privately or in groups,

he gives lessons via internet, and coaches at children’s music camps. Josh’s onstage virtuosity is jaw dropping. http://joshfossgreen.com

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The Golden State Accordion ClubBand has been pleasing audiences with its European style music for many years. The group is sponsored by the Golden State Accordion Club and features a vari-ety of accordions including Button Box, Piano and Chromatic instruments.

Responding to audience demands, the band performs polka and waltz music of various European styles. The band prides itself on the ability to get the toes tapping, the hands clapping and the dance floor flowing.

The Golden State Accordion Club was formed in l991 and is a very active organization determined to promote the accordion family and perpetuate the enjoyment this instrument gives to all. The club is comprised of three chapters

which meet each month at the following locations; Vacaville, Humboldt County (Loleta) and Sacramento.

The club is very proud of its schol-arship and accordion loaner programs, which offer financial support and instru-ment availability to young players. The past year the club awarded 15 scholarships to youngsters ranging in age from 8 to 16. To date, we have awarded more than $50,000 in scholarships.

Just for fun, we invite you to bring your accordion or other musical instru-ments and join others in wild, raucous, noisy playing in our jam tent here at Cotati. We also hope you will be able to visit us at one of our meetings; and, if you would like more information about this club, contact Carole at 707-864-2359. ▲

mer for the group and — once again — we see a repertoire expansion for The Internationals™. This is because Tom brings not only his skills on the trap set to the band, but also his considerable skills as a vocalist.

The boys quickly realized that Tom can sing a number of songs that the band has never performed before,

some of which are in genres that they have never tackled. This expands the band’s versatility in a couple ways; a fresh influx of new tunes, and a fourth voice for the vocal harmonies. (Their a cappella strains have never sounded better!)

So there you have it, three-plus de-cades condensed into just over a dozen paragraphs. (Hey, when we say “brief,” we aren’t kidding!) ▲

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La Familia péna-Govea Tango No. 9

“The group plays with the vivacityand enthusiasn as if they were backing the master himself. Elegant, but with a wink, this San Francisco quartet offers lively Argentinean tango music with grace and fun.” — Outsight

Tango No. 9 explores tango music in all its myriad manifestations — traditional dance music, vocal ballads, tango nuevo, and more recent compositions — bring-ing an idiosyncratic twist to each. The trio of instruments — violin, piano, and trombone — may seem a far cry from the more traditional orquesta tipica, but the group’s ingenious arrangements capture a much larger sound, while the unorthodox brass instrument adds a new dimension to the mix. The group rebuilds old warhorses like “La Cumparsita” and “El Choclo,” and also digs deep into the more obscure nooks and crannies of the tango repertoire to unearth some rare gems. Tenor Zoltan DiBartolo mixes operatic training with a natural theatricality and a pop sensibil-ity honed in the trenches of late-night warehouse parties and applies it to the most romantic and heartbreaking songs the world has ever known.

Astor Piazzolla, the group’s first love, is single-handedly responsible for wrench-ing the tango out of the moribund 40s and 50s and plunging it kicking and scream-ing — and alive! —into the tumultuous

60s and 70s. To the traditional habañera rhythms he added classical composition techniques he had studied with legendary Parisian coach Nadia Boulanger, the jazz rhythms and improvisations he grew up with in New York City, and incongruous elements like odd meters and atonality to forge a synthesis that was a true innovation: tango nuevo. Tango No. 9 pays tribute to this master with both respectful recreations and original interpretations of pieces from the entire range of his career, from his most well-known “Adios, Nonino,” “Libertango,” and “Oblivion” to the rarely performed “Coral” and “Revolucionario.”

The group also offers tangos of more recent vintage, with band members Greg Stephens and Joshua Raoul Brody contrib-uting original compositions. And almost from their inception they cultivated a pro-lific relationship with Argentine composer Alejandro Oyuela, whose “Radio Valencia” is the title track of their second CD. Most recently Oyuela set three poems by Allen Ginsberg for the current line-up of the group, featuring DiBartolo.

Band members include: isabel Douglass - accordion; catharine clune - violinist and music director; Greg Stephens - trombonist and composer; Joshua raoul Brody - pianist; Zoltan DiBartolo - Tenor

www.tango9.com ▲

The members of La Familia Peña-Goveasing and play traditional Mexican, Ameri-can, Tex-Mex and Colombian music, including: rancheras, polkas, valses, vallena-tos, boleros, danzónes, chachas, and cumbias. The group is comprised of Miguel Govea, on guitarrón, accordion, brass and fiddle, Cecilia Peña-Govea on trumpet, percus-sion, and guitarrón, Rene Peña-Govea on accordion and guitarrón, and Susan Peña on vihuela, guitar, bajo sexto and fiddle.

The Peña-Govea family band has received acclaim for performances at: the Cotati Accordion Festival, the San Fran-cisco Ethnic Dance Festival, Berkeley’s Cinco de Mayo Celebration, San Diego’s Adams Ave. Roots Festival, Caspar’s World Music Festival, Booneville’s Wild Iris Festival, The Berkeley Free Folk Festival, El Encuentro del Canto Popular, the M.H. DeYoung Museum of Art, San Francisco’s Palace of Legion of Honor, Pac Bell Park’s grand opening, the Mexican Museum’s 30th Anniversary, and Arhoolie Records’ 40th Anniversary. They have been featured on KQED’s Arts Program, Spark, and their music has been used as the soundtrack for a PBS Documentary Series, The Meaning of Food, as well as Peter and Benjamin Bratt’s La Mission in 2010. Their first recording, entitled “René at 15,” was favorably reviewed in Latin Beat Magazine, and was recognized as one of the best CD’s of the year by El

Mensajero newspaper in 2001. La Familia Peña-Govea has released three subsequent recordings, entitled “Cohetes,” “Susan Peña’s Favorites,” and “Las Mañanitas,” all of which are available to be listened to and purchased at cdbaby.com.

Miguel teaches at San Francisco’s Community Music Center. He has recorded and performs with many Bay Area groups, including Los Compas, Futuro Picante, Los Peludos, Cascada de Flores, Dr. Loco’s Rockin’ Jalapeño Band, and Los Cenzontles. Susan, after 17 years working as a private practice attorney, now teaches Spanish at Westmoor High School in Daly City, and has taught guitar to classroom teachers with Guitars in the Classroom. Her multimedia illustrated songbook ac-companies the family’s recent children’s recording, “Susan Peña’s Favorites: Songs in Spanish and English.” René started playing button accordion at the age of 11. After graduating from the University of California at Berkeley and New York University in Madrid, she is embarking on a career teaching Spanish in the San Francisco Unified School District. Cecilia has played music with her family since the age of 8. She studies at the University of California at Santa Cruz.

For booking, contact: Miguel Govea at (415) 378-6348 or [email protected] or visit www.miguelgovea.com ▲

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special Thanks to Richard Williams and Oliver’s Market Wine & spirits Department who coordinated wine selections from the following wineries. Thanks to all the wineries who graciously supplied the wine for this year’s festival.

Name the Accordion Babe!(Answer on page 62)

These final three pages of the program are devoted to thanking all those who make the annual pro-

duction of our internationally known fes-tival possible. However, the largest thank you goes to you, our patrons, celebrating the accordion in all its imaginative uses, and directly financially aiding, through your ticket purchases, the local youth groups that are so vital to our community.

The Cotati Accordion Festival is a nonprofit organization that began as both a way to bring local attention to the value of the music of the accordion and to sup-port the performing-arts programs in our local schools. These organizations were able to purchase band instruments and continue programs which were cut due to lack of state funding.

The Cotati Accordion Festival has continued to do its part by donating all its proceeds to the local youth groups we support. We believe that to discontinue these valuable programs, that the CAF has supported over the years, would be detrimental to the education of future generations. To date the festival has donated over $360,000 to local youth programs. We plan to go into the future providing a stage on which our great accordion play-ers may perform, inserting that eternal joy of music into our lives for another week-end, and to do all that we can to provide Thank You! continued on next page

Thank You!to our volunteers, musicians,advertisers, vendors and especially to you our audience!

Volker Financial & Insurance Services

Thanks to Manuel Perez for his generous donation to our event.

Helps keep us organized!

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for our youth in the years to come. These sponsors contributed their

time, merchandise and services to the Cotati Accordion Festival, and we are greatly appreciative to all them all. ▲

If you or your organization would like to become involved and want

information on sponsorship, please call the CAF at

707-664-0444. We’d love to help you help us.

Board membersScott Goree, Executive Director Linda Conner, ProducerRichard CullinenAndrea Rock

ContributorsCotati City Council and City Staff Richard Cullinen (Our illustrous MC)Shelly, Renee, and Rachel Goree Jerry Weiss & Melanie Goodpasture

Thank you Digital Grange and Bill Kane for donating your services for the love of the CAF.

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Accolade WinesAngeline WineryErik BennetClassic WinesCline CellarsClos du Bois WineryGallo Wine CompanyHanna Winery & VineyardsJ Vineyards and WineryKenwood VineyardsKunde Family EstateMendocino Wine CompanyMirrasou VineyardsMurphy-Goode WineryOwl Ridge Wine ServicesRex Goliath WinesRob McCreryRodney Strong VineyardsSimi WineryToad Hollow VineyardsTrinity Oaks WineryValley of the Moon Winery

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Many Thanks!

Many Thanks

ThANk YOU! We couldn’t do it without these generous contributions of time, talent, merchandise and support.

Who’s that accordionist? She's Jet Black Pearl - Miss December 2013. JBP is on stage in 2013.

Joel IsquithClifton Buck-KaufmannSteve & Jennie BalichMarjorie KonradSheri MignanoDASDavid WassonAudry GondoliAlan SchumannCarol EnnekingRuth and Gary EdwardsStuart Buck Lawrence and Paula ReC.R.P.U.S.D & Robert HaleyKRSH w /Frank H ayhurst and Bill BowkerFroggyKSROKRCB and Amy ContardiKZST and Brent FarrisKBBFKPFASteve Jackson & The RideRichard Williams and Oliver’s Market Wine & Spirits Department (pg. 60 for contributing wineries)Skyler FellKelly SmithDave WilliamsLeslie & Bob HallMaurice & Linda WillisDr. Ken Shaw, DDSRalitza Varlakova, DDSSassy Salon & BoutiqueMaria Siddeley & The Yacht Club

Pat Ryan Jeanine FlatonBig Lou

Special ThanksRay Volker & Volker FinancialNorth Bay CorporationOliver’s Market & Tom Scott and Steve Maas Gilbert Reyes and Hohner AccordionClover StornettaWilton HerzRon LindenbuschJim Jacobs Tony Magee Rick Grossman & Wright ConstructionManuel Perez Debra BarettaRonnie MartinKeith BlackstoneBrian MealinKevin BenchReece BlackstoneBuck O’HareTim ClavenyArianne EskewThe Great MorganiSuzanne WhippleFriar Tucks & Cheryl Nixon and Sharon MitchellLoud & ClearMaggie MartinRoxanne OliviaCarl SchollmannJim BarrettMarian Kelley

Larson’s FeedChief Michael ParishRancho Bodega Fire DistrictAccordion Club of the RedwoodsSilicon Valley Acc. ClubGolden State Acc. ClubGood Times Acc. ClubSFACClover StornettaThe Independent Journal The Press DemocratThe BohemianYatin Shah and The Community VoiceSonoma County GazetteNorth Bay TimesLa VozBarlow PrintingSharlene KintSkyHigh Printing

Volunteer organizations Supporting the FestivalCotati City Council Education Foundation of Cotati/Rohnert ParkCotati/Rohnert Park Nursery Co-opThomas Page Elementary SchoolBoy Scout Troop #4Penngrove Elementary School PTA

And anyone else we forgot to mention

THANK YOU !

Best Regards,

Jim Barrett, Lawyer

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