Presidents Message

Tony Mustaro

Dear Friends,

Our next meeting will be on Monday August 15 at the usual time. Fun band will meet at 6:30 as usual.

I have had various phone calls regarding the change to bi-monthly meeting as opposed to monthly meetings. Of course, that can be discussed and I will open the topic for discussion at the August meeting. The board would welcome your ideas on this topic.

If you would like to express your opinion on this matter or if you know another member who has strong feelings on this matter please attend the meeting and make your ideas known.

The club is selling discounted tickets to the Cotati Accordion Festival again this year. Please see Art Clark regarding tickets. This is a chance to save some money and support your club at the same time.

Diane has done a excellent job on our Facebook page and we have had lots of attention from the accordion world as people ask to join it. Check it out.

The club welcomes Skyler Fell and her Accordion Apocalypse Repair Shop to her new Petaluma location on Bodega Avenue. We are hoping to see Skyler and her friends at our next meeting.

Looking forward to seeing a good turnout this month.

Tony Mustaro
President
Accordion Club of the Redwoods

JUNE ENTERTAINMENT

Felicia McFall

Felicia played tunes from old TV shows. Her playlist was “Hooray for Captain Spaulding – Bert Kalmar/Harry,” “Ruby,” “Anywhere The Heart Goes – Henry Mancini,” “Love is All Around – Sonny Curtis,” “Nadia’s Theme – DeVorzon/Botkin,” and finished with “Theme from Room 222 – Jerry Goldsmith.” Some of which I recognized, very good Felicia, come back soon.

Frank Devita

Frank always tuns a good playlist, starting with “Tutti Mi Ciama,” “Snow Flake Waltz,” “Jenny’s Muzurka,” “All of Me,” “If I Give My Heart to You,” “Sentimental Journey,” “Opali Opala,” “Roll 0ut the Barrel,” “That’s why The Lady is a Tramp,” and finished with “Caracal (Dos Porallas).” Always good to listen to Frank.

Steve Balich

Steve was in great form this night. His playlist was a delight to listen and dance to. He started with “Happy Wife Polka,” “Schneider Polka,” “Magic Is The Moonlight,” “Iupali,” “ La Pastorella,” “The Sweet Nearness of You,” “Cha Cala Boom (I’ll Wait for You),” “Jalisco,” “Sioux City Sue,” “ I Can’t Help It If I’m Still in Love with You,” “ I Can’t Stop Loving You,” “Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?,” and lastly “Arriverdici Roma.” Then Steve Groupies(next page) joined in for a rollicking good time!

Steve and his groupies

Our July Pasta audience

August Cotati Accordion Festival

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The Cotati Accordion Festival is being held on Saturday and Sunday, August 20 and 21.
Steve Balich Jr. plays on Saturday and Sunday, from 1PM to 5PM.
Tickets are now available.
One-Day Tickets are $17 ($19 at the gate)
Two-Day Tickets are $27 ($29 at the gate)
I will have tackets at the next meeting or call me at 707-584-5800. I can mail them or sell them when I see you at the next dances.
Art Clark

Presidents Message

Tony Mustaro

Dear Friends,

Our next meeting will be on Monday October 17 at the usual time. Fun band will meet at 6:30 as usual.

Unfortunately, I will be on vacation during the week of our next meeting so I will not be able to attend. I say unfortunately because I will miss some great music which we have lined up for that meeting. Steve Albini will be performing – I believe on his Concerto accordion – so you will hear some great acoustic accordion sounds.
I also spoke with George Simko, our long-distance member from Lubbock, Texas and he will be here for the October meeting. George will need the loan of an accordion for that event, so if you can accommodate him in that department please let me know and I will pass along your information to him. (Ooops, George cannot join us. He thought we were talking about September meeting and there was none. So, no George this meeting!)
Don Fertig, our long-time member told me that he will be dusting off the keys of the Hermann Sons piano and playing a few tunes for the meeting as well. I think that I will have to ask Don to give a repeat performance in the near future as I will not be here to listen to him in October.
I’m happy to report that ticket sales for this year’s Cotati Accordion Festival netted the club treasury a total of $117.00. Thanks and kudos to Cathy Patton and Art Clark for volunteering to handle all of the work involved in this activity.
I will remind all of you that we are planning our annual Christmas Dinner Dance this year for the first Saturday in December, so mark that date on your calendar well in advance and try to encourage some friends and family members to attend this year. As always it’s a great deal for a great evening of entertainment. Please remember that we always need volunteers to help with setup, serving, and cleanup for this event. Contact me or any other officer or board member to add your name to the volunteer list this year.
I am happy to relay that we had a very good turnout for our August meeting and I hope that this is the start of an upward trend in attendance. I also welcome your comments on the every other month meeting policy. You can find my email address in this issue of the Reedwooder and if you prefer to use regular mail, my office address is 2323 Fourth St.
Santa Rosa, Ca 95404-3211.
Best wishes go out to member Basil Taylor who has been feeling under the weather, and to sister Good Time Accordion Club member Ed Sciarini who has just undergone bypass surgery. Get well soon.

Tony Mustaro
President
Accordion Club of the Redwoods

OCTOBER ENTERTAINMENT

Xavier de la Prade

Xavier de la Prade, play list was a rousing sing along with “Red River Valley,” “Home on the Range,” “Chevaliers de la Table Ronde,” and “Aupres de ma Blonde.”

Sheri Mignano

Sheri Mignano, playlist was most entertaining. She started with a “Flamingo (a rumba),” “Lady of Spain” (a paso doble), “Sway” (a cha cha),”and finished with “Hernando’s Hideaway” (from Pajama Game Musical – habanera tango).

Ken Kelzer

Ken Kelzer, playlist consisted of ‘Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy,” “Oh Danny Boy,” and an old favorite of Ken’s “Ripple.”

Elmo Fama

Elmo Fama, our 92 year old youngster, entertained us with “Shanty Town,” and from Dean Martin “Non De Monte Car,” and finishing with “When Your Smiling.” Lately I cannot get that tune out of my head. I wake up with it and walk around with it. Thank you Elmo!

Frank Divita

Frank Divita, playlist was as always great, starting with “Pennies From Heaven,” then a medley from Frankie Yankovic, “The Canary Song,” and finishing up with “Upali Upala” (never sure how to spell it or which comes first. But, I did not have to ask him what the tune was!.)
Stanko Pecavar
Stanko Pecavar, WOW, the good lord only knows what he is playing. It was waltzes and polkas. He told me it was a famous Slovenia composer, Slanko Ansenik (sp? Again, could not read his writing. But not important, his music is the greatest and not sheet music! He does not read it anyway. What a Night!