
WMAS NEWS UPDATE
December 24, 2024
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Dear WMAS members and friends!
Happy holidays!!
Our 22nd annual Holiday Concert on December 15 received nothing but rave reviews both from folks who have attended our concerts in the past, and from first-timers! Peter DiGiovanni created the beautiful arrangements and conducted the orchestra, coaxing the best out of the musicians -- who had put in hours and hours of practice and rehearsal time.
A few other ingredients helped make it a perfect day. Our master of ceremonies, Ken Kunec, got the concert off to a great start with a couple of lovely songs and, of course, some laughs. His jokes also filled in the short breaks when soloists/duos/trios got themselves settled and ready to play. We certainly couldn’t have done without the members and friends who decorated and set up the room, handled the door, brought refreshments and served them, and cleaned up afterwards, so thanks go to all of them. We’re also grateful to the church for hosting us, and to our great audience.
Thanks go, too, to our greeters, Peter and Halina Banas-Jones, who made sure the room was filled with music as people entered.
Here's a link to the video Peter made of the concert. Enjoy!
NEXT MEETING
The next WMAS meeting is on Sunday, January 12, 2025, at 2 pm at Sleepy Hollow United Methodist Church, 3435 Sleepy Hollow Road in Falls Church, Virginia.
On the program: elections! Our current, trusty officers are willing to stay on for another year, but if you would like to put up your name or another’s for one of the offices, please let nominating committee chair Karen Uribe know now. Otherwise we will ask members to vote in-person at the January 12 meeting or by responding to this email before the meeting.
We’ll also discuss the concert. How could we improve it? What pieces would you like to play/hear next time?
Following the election and discussion we’ll play some music together, so please bring your instruments.
Also, we need a greeter for the meeting, starting about 1:45 pm, so please let us know if you’d like to fill this role.
IN CASE OF BAD WEATHER
If the weather is bad, or the weather outlook is bad, we’ll hold the meeting by Zoom and will post a notice to this effect on our home page by 10 am Sunday morning. We will also post the zoom link there.
NEXT ZOOM MEETING
It’s been a while since we’ve seen our out-of-town members and friends, so we’d like to schedule a Zoom meeting for 4 pm on Sunday, January 26. Does that date work for everybody? Please let us know!
WMAS DUES
It’s time to renew! You can do so at any meeting, or you can mail a check to WMAS c/o Mara Cherkasky, 603 Rock Creek Church Road NW, Washington DC 20010. A membership form can be found here.
The amounts are $30 for individuals and $45 for families.
Thanks! We hope your holidays are joyous, and we look forward to seeing you on the 12th.
Check out the WMAS website: www.washingtonaccordions.org
Happy holidays!!
Our 22nd annual Holiday Concert on December 15 received nothing but rave reviews both from folks who have attended our concerts in the past, and from first-timers! Peter DiGiovanni created the beautiful arrangements and conducted the orchestra, coaxing the best out of the musicians -- who had put in hours and hours of practice and rehearsal time.
A few other ingredients helped make it a perfect day. Our master of ceremonies, Ken Kunec, got the concert off to a great start with a couple of lovely songs and, of course, some laughs. His jokes also filled in the short breaks when soloists/duos/trios got themselves settled and ready to play. We certainly couldn’t have done without the members and friends who decorated and set up the room, handled the door, brought refreshments and served them, and cleaned up afterwards, so thanks go to all of them. We’re also grateful to the church for hosting us, and to our great audience.
Thanks go, too, to our greeters, Peter and Halina Banas-Jones, who made sure the room was filled with music as people entered.
Here's a link to the video Peter made of the concert. Enjoy!
NEXT MEETING
The next WMAS meeting is on Sunday, January 12, 2025, at 2 pm at Sleepy Hollow United Methodist Church, 3435 Sleepy Hollow Road in Falls Church, Virginia.
On the program: elections! Our current, trusty officers are willing to stay on for another year, but if you would like to put up your name or another’s for one of the offices, please let nominating committee chair Karen Uribe know now. Otherwise we will ask members to vote in-person at the January 12 meeting or by responding to this email before the meeting.
We’ll also discuss the concert. How could we improve it? What pieces would you like to play/hear next time?
Following the election and discussion we’ll play some music together, so please bring your instruments.
Also, we need a greeter for the meeting, starting about 1:45 pm, so please let us know if you’d like to fill this role.
IN CASE OF BAD WEATHER
If the weather is bad, or the weather outlook is bad, we’ll hold the meeting by Zoom and will post a notice to this effect on our home page by 10 am Sunday morning. We will also post the zoom link there.
NEXT ZOOM MEETING
It’s been a while since we’ve seen our out-of-town members and friends, so we’d like to schedule a Zoom meeting for 4 pm on Sunday, January 26. Does that date work for everybody? Please let us know!
WMAS DUES
It’s time to renew! You can do so at any meeting, or you can mail a check to WMAS c/o Mara Cherkasky, 603 Rock Creek Church Road NW, Washington DC 20010. A membership form can be found here.
The amounts are $30 for individuals and $45 for families.
Thanks! We hope your holidays are joyous, and we look forward to seeing you on the 12th.
Check out the WMAS website: www.washingtonaccordions.org