WMAS NEWS UPDATE
November 4, 2025
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Dear WMAS members and friends!
Our October 19 meeting, an open mic/member concert, closed out Oktoberfest season in style. We enjoyed a variety of tunes by several members including, poignantly, one of Bob Juszczyk’s favorites, “Gleboka Studzienka,” as arranged by Peter DiGiovanni and performed by him and Halina Banas-Jones (the Tuneful Twosome). A play-along followed the concert, with sheet music projected on the wall.
We were so glad to have Barbara Juszczyk with us at the meeting. Several of us attended Bob’s memorial service a few days after the meeting.
On October 26, Peter, Halina, Mike Rubin, and Joe Kulick represented the club at Sleepy Hollow United Methodist’s annual Howl-O-Ween Pet Blessing, just before the Holiday Orchestra rehearsal.
NEXT MEETING
We’re looking forward to Ken Kunec’s mini-concert at our November 16 meeting! When our November meeting rolls around and it’s time for the mini-concert, it’s almost like the start of the holiday season. Indeed, the second half of the meeting will be a rehearsal of the Holiday Orchestra.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE MEETING WILL START AT 2 PM! While we’re on Standard Time (November through February) we meet earlier so we can get home before dark.
Would you like to be the greeter for the November meeting? If so, please let us know, and then show up early and start playing about 1:45 pm to get the afternoon off to a musical start.Our May meeting, on the 18th, was small but filled with music. The Capitol Hill Accordion Orchestra Society (CHAOS), our greeters, played an extended set of favorites, and Peter DiGiovanni led a play-along afterwards.
Check out the WMAS website: www.washingtonaccordions.org
Our October 19 meeting, an open mic/member concert, closed out Oktoberfest season in style. We enjoyed a variety of tunes by several members including, poignantly, one of Bob Juszczyk’s favorites, “Gleboka Studzienka,” as arranged by Peter DiGiovanni and performed by him and Halina Banas-Jones (the Tuneful Twosome). A play-along followed the concert, with sheet music projected on the wall.
We were so glad to have Barbara Juszczyk with us at the meeting. Several of us attended Bob’s memorial service a few days after the meeting.
On October 26, Peter, Halina, Mike Rubin, and Joe Kulick represented the club at Sleepy Hollow United Methodist’s annual Howl-O-Ween Pet Blessing, just before the Holiday Orchestra rehearsal.
NEXT MEETING
We’re looking forward to Ken Kunec’s mini-concert at our November 16 meeting! When our November meeting rolls around and it’s time for the mini-concert, it’s almost like the start of the holiday season. Indeed, the second half of the meeting will be a rehearsal of the Holiday Orchestra.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE MEETING WILL START AT 2 PM! While we’re on Standard Time (November through February) we meet earlier so we can get home before dark.
Would you like to be the greeter for the November meeting? If so, please let us know, and then show up early and start playing about 1:45 pm to get the afternoon off to a musical start.Our May meeting, on the 18th, was small but filled with music. The Capitol Hill Accordion Orchestra Society (CHAOS), our greeters, played an extended set of favorites, and Peter DiGiovanni led a play-along afterwards.
Check out the WMAS website: www.washingtonaccordions.org