NEWSLETTER OF THE

May 2015 SVAS NEXT MEETING:

June 7, 2014 at Harry’s Hofbrau

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Richard Yaus Many accordionists have expressed an interest in playing in a larger accordion ensemble/orchestra. Richard has created this opportunity to the local accordion community. He kicked off the Accordion Orchestra Project III on April 25th with the first of four rehearsals. This practiced event would be scheduled to play at the Silicon Valley Accordion Society meeting in San Jose on June 7. This event is made possible by some of the Bay Area’s fin-est accordionists and their friends devoted to bringing accor-dion orchestra music to San Francisco’s backyard and en-hancing the accordion landscape within the area. Both the

San Francisco Accordion Club and the Silicon Valley Accordion Society are endorsing this event. For any future Orchestra Project information contact Richard at: ryaus@earthlink.net

Boogie on the Avenue is coming on May 16th & 17th. Visit downtown Campbell for the Cajun festivities and enjoy your Clubs three Bands play there hearts out for two days. There will be great food, lots of beer and wine galore. Have some ga-tor on a stick and dance in the streets with thousands of festival goers.

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Bill Tapogna Master of Ceremonies

Ken Caple, President

Did you miss a meeting performance? You can view some of it on youtube. To View Pam’s Videos from past meetings: Go to youtube.com, type in accordionpam in the search field

(next to the magnifying glass on top) for videos from the club .

Sue Douglas SVAS Reporter

Thank you all for coming to the SVAS Picnic. We had a great variety of music and musicians. I can’t remember when we had so many different people playing for us. It was a great musical session. I did have some comments from you folks about the event that I would like to pass on. As you know our entrance fee this year was waived. This $ 5.00 charge is used to pay for the room. Because we went through the HHB food line we were not charged for the room. This was the good news but I saw that many people did not have lunch. I had a comment that it was nicer when we had it catered and the food was available in our room. This of course would restrict the selection and be a bit more expen-sive. I would like some feed back on this from whomever has a comment to make.

The second comment I heard was that people liked the layout of the chairs with the band on the dance floor. In June we will have to do it this way because of the size of the orchestra that will be playing. In general if you like this layout let us know and we can do it some of the time or everytime.

I wish to thank Barbara Corsiglia for organizing the players. She did a great job on this and keeping up with the staging.

I hope to see you enjoying Boogie on the Avenue in downtown Campbell next week. Your Club bands will be there playing for two days to raise funds for our Club. Ken

Marcia Coullahan Sue Douglas Sandie Stut Walters Bill & Gloria Tapogna Ivan Klitgaard Garland Cheatham Doris Sprugasci

Notice

The July SVAS meeting has been changed from July 5th to July 12.

The second Sunday of July is to avoid the Holiday weekend. Eric Scheel and

Roldan Vigil

Barbara Corsiglia Music Coordinator

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ACCORDION TEACHERS:

Peter Di Bono: San Francisco (415) 753-1502 Lynn Ewing: San Carlos (650) 453-3391 Sharon Walters Greyhosky: Daly City (650) 731-6010 Lou Jacklich: San Lorenzo (510) 317-9510 Marian Kelly: Portola Valley (650) 854-1896 Richard Yaus: San Bruno (650) 832-1740 Mike Zampiceni: Sunnyvale (408) 734-1565 Norma Zonay-Parsons: San Jose (408) 244-2762 Sheri Mignano , Petaluma (707) 765-1657 Ernie Beran: Aptos, reeds@baymoon.com (831) 238-4961

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Please invite your friends to join our SVAS Musical

Event The more the Merrier

We all love music, espe-cially Accordion Music

Please plan to see your SVAS Accordion Bands at BOOGIE ON THE AVENUE on: May 16 th & 17th in Downtown

Campbell, CA

It was fun to hear Marcia Coullahan start out our May picnic music with Julida Polka, Yessir That’s My Baby and Five Foot Two. Next, Sue played a couple of waltzes. Then Sandie Walters played You Belong to My Heart, Fascination and when she played Tick Tock Polka, I saw feet tappin’to the beat. Bill and Gloria Tapogna took us “back in the day” with By the Light of the Silvery Moon. With the Italian love song, Bill displayed good glissando at the end note. Gloria adds definite note tone with her recorder. They played Red Sails In the Sunset and Where the River Shannon Flows. Eric Scheel also displayed good glissando on the first few notes when he played Hernando’s Hideaway. Roldan with his bass saxophone, accompanied Eric as they played Whatever Will Be Will Be, Pennsylvania Polka, Amore and Tennessee Waltz. Ray and Roldan’s wife danced to that one. Ivan Klitgaard played My Darling waltz, a melody that he found on sheet music that a generous lady SVAS member donated a while back. Then he played Party Time Polka. When he played Helena Polka, he did a good job shaking the bellows and emphasizing the notes.

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Roldan Vigil played Let Me Call You Sweetheart, and he gave it a good jazz-style ending. Then he played I Want a Girl Just Like the Girl That Married Dear Old Dad, and how often do we hear that one? I love it. Then he played Baby Face.

Doris Sprugasci entertained us with the Janets Waltz and Julida Polka. Then Bill Tapogna joined her and they played El Rio Drive Polka and Tick Tock Polka fabulously!

Ron Harris played Sin. When he played I’m In the Mood For Love, we were singing that one. Roldan, with his saxophone, joined Ron. When they played Moonglow, Godfather Waltz and Pretend, Roldan included good jazz-type notes at the ends of each piece. Ron chose a couple of melodies I’d never heard before and I’d love to hear them again, including Sin and Pretend.

President, Ken Caple, displayed great glissando with the first notes of the French melody he played Petite Fluer. Then he played the Pagan Love Song, then Elmer’s Tune and Samba de Orfeu.

William DeMichelis, Dick Siudzinski and Roldan played I Don’t Know Why I Love You Like I Do, and we sang that one. When they played Cruising Down the River, Norma Zonay-Parson sang it. And when they played Anytime, the audience asked Norma to sing that one too, so she did, very well. Their last one was the Beer Barrel Polka, and we really enjoyed that.

Dennis Judd played Fascination, Julida Polka and Skater’s Waltz. And it’s been a while since we’ve heard that last one, so it’s good to hear it again.

Bill and Gloria Tapogna and Vic and Barbara Corsiglia got together and played Basin Street Blues. When they played Bourbon Street Parade, Vic sang that one. They played Dallas Blues. Then, again, when they played Doctor Jazz, Vic sang that one. They finaled with Muskrat Ramble. I want to learn that one.

Ivan Klitgaard played Let Me Call You Sweetheart, the Jalisco. When he played Ah Marie, he displayed good note emphasis. He played a Latino polka called Marianna and finished with Day Ranchero.

Doris, William and Bill played El Rio Drive Polka, O’ Detto al Sole and Iupali Iupala, three very happy up-beat melodies. Fun! Ron Harris finished off with All Of Me. And Sandie and Sue finished off with You Are My Sunshine, and some folks sang to it.

COMING EVENTS

WHEN THE ACCORDION CLUBS MEET IN THE BAY AREA ?

Accordion Club of the Redwoods (ACR) meets on the third Monday of the month. Herman & Sons Hall, 860 Western Avenue, Petaluma CA 94952. Contact: (707) 795-4060. Golden State Accordion Club (GSAC) has three divisions: 1. The Vacaville Club meets the second Thursday of the month at 6:30 PM, Pietro’s N.2, 679 Merchant St, Vacaville, CA 95687, Starting July 12, 2012 , Except for June and December. 2. The Humboldt Club meets on the third Tuesday, 7:00 PM., Humboldt Swiss Club, 5403 Tompkins Hill Road, Loleta, CA 95551. 3. The Sacramento Club meets on the fourth Wednesday of the month at 6:30 pm at the Old Spaghetti Factory,12401 Folsom Rd..,Rancho Cordova CA ,95742. Contact for all the GSAC: Carole Enneking (707) 864-2359. Good Time Accordion Club (GTAC) meets on the second Wednesday of the month at 7:00 PM, Escalon Community Center, 1055 Escalon Ave., Escalon, CA 95320. Contact Ed Sciarini (209) 545-3603. Northern California Accordion Society (NCAS) meets on the first Wednesday of the month 6:30 PM 6365 Douglas Blvd., Lutheran Church Social Hall, Granite Bay, CA 95746. San Francisco Accordion Club (SFAC) meets on the third Sunday of the month 2:00 PM . Oyster Point Yacht Club, 911 Marina Blvd. South San Francisco, CA 94080. Contact Lynn Ewing 650-453-3391. Silicon Valley Accordion Society (SVAS) meets on the first Sunday of the month, 1:00 PM at Harry’s Hofbrau, 390 Saratoga Avenue, San Jose, CA 95129. (between Kiely Blvd. and Stevens Creek Blvd. Contact: Bill Topogna (408) 984-5290.

♫ Who’s Playing??? ♫ William DeMichelis—Music with an accent, 408-375-0001, accordionist.sanjose@comcast.net

Reno di Bono plays the second Friday of each month at Montavalle in Scotts Valley, dancing to the Blue Moon Trio. Joe Domitrowich/Alpiners: see www.alpinersusa.com or www.capricious-accordion.com or call 408-255-1259 Mike Zampiceni - Accordionist 408 734-1565, Plays on Friday nights at Paesano Restaruant (Reservations required) AbsolutAccord: Schedule Concerts with Norma Parsons (408) 246-3073, www.absolutaccord.com Sunday 7 : Schedule Concerts with Bob Stanfield (650) 888-3701 Happy Days Band: Schedule Concerts with Ken Caple (408) 892-2760 Due Zighi Baci– Schedule Performances with Sheri Mignano @ sfmignano@yahoo.com Ernie Beran— Plays at the Tyrolean Inn Restaurant in Ben Lomond, CA every Saturday 6:00-9:00 pm ,

SVAS BOARD of Directors / Officers

PRESIDENT: KEN CAPLE, 408 892-2760

VICE PRESIDENT: BILL TAPOGNA , 408 984-5290

SECRETARY: ART MAGGIO , 408 269-4122

TREASURER: BOB STANFIELD , 650 888-3701

DIRECTORS: SCOTT WILLIAMSON DICK SIUDZINSKI, 408 736-5153 SCOTT BADER PAM KAWASHIMA, SUE DOUGLAS

WEBMASTER: PAM KAWASHIMA pkawashima@outlook.com

NEWSLETTER: KEN CAPLE, 408 892-2760

SVAS REPORTERS: SUE DOUGLAS , MARCIA COULLAHAN MARYBARBARA ZORIO, GEORGIA SUTHERLAND

Coming Events at SVAS: Sunday June 7 , 2015 Meeting : Doors open at 1:00 pm

1:10-2:1:45 pm Open Play, Anyone can play

1:45-2:00– Master of Ceremonies Remarks

2:00-3:00pm Happy Days Band

3:00-3:15pm Break & Drawing

3:15-4:15pm Richard Yaus Orchestra, followed by Gregoriiy (of Absolut Accord)

July— August—Steve & Mike Trucco September– Denis D’Aoust

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Lets Please support our Clubs Professional Musicians

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NOTICE TO ALL PROFESSIONAL

ACCORDIONISTS

Paul Pasquale of Accordions International will be at our SVAS August 2 meeting to play and dem-onstrate the newest model of the Concerto Digital/Acoustic Accordion that he has designed and built. This is the latest professional system that has been designed for the Pro. The instrument selections, sound quality and ease of use is awesome. If you are interested in seeing and hearing the finest in-strument that money can buy please attend our meeting. If you would like to attend and spend additional time talking with Paul, contact me in advance and I will schedule time for this meeting. Ken Caple

A Special Thank You

I wish to Thank Julio Tosto for Donating his accordion to our Club. We were suc-cessful in selling this instrument which brought in $ 400.00 to our operations. This type of donation helps keep our club going and providing top entertainment to come in and play for us. Thank you again Julio . Ken Caple

"Cotati Accordion Festival tickets will be available at our June and July meetings. $15 for one day tickets (instead of $19 at the gate), and $27 for two day tickets (instead of $29 at the door). Flaco Jimenez, one of the featured artists, fell and broke his hip, so he has cancelled his performances for the remainder of the year. He will not be playing at Cotati this year." Bob

B00gie on

the Avenue

May 16 & 17th 2015 On the Corner of First St & Campbell Ave.

Downtown Campbell, CA

Silicon Valley Accordion Society meetings held first Sunday of each month at Harry's Hofbrau, 390 Saratoga Avenue, San Jose, corner of Kiely. Doors open at 1:00, Music

begins at 1:15, Meeting begins at 2:00 p.m. door fee $5, under 16 no charge.

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