WMAS NEWS UPDATE
August 25, 2022
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Dear WMAS members and friends!
Robert Ford started as greeter for our August 21 meeting and morphed into the opening act, delighting us with a few classical/popular tunes, including “Despacito,” Mozart’s “Turkish March” (“Rondo Alla Turca”) and Chopin’s “Minute Waltz.”
WMAS President Peter DiGiovanni asked for suggestions for the Holiday Concert, as it’s already past the time that he usually starts organizing the music for that mid-December event. Please let him know what you’d like the orchestra to play.
The rest of the meeting was devoted to a play-along to music from the Firehouse Jazz Band Fake Book, projected on the wall. It was a fun exercise in sight-reading, if not producing performance-worthy music.
Upcoming Events
Stas Venglevski will star at our next meeting, on September 25. This guest-artist concert will be free for members, but we’ll ask nonmembers for an $8 donation. Let's fill up the room, so please invite your family and friends!
October 16 is our Oktoberfest, November 6 is our first rehearsal for the Holiday Concert, November 13 is our monthly meeting followed by a rehearsal, December 4 is another rehearsal, and the Holiday Concert itself is on December 11. As usual it will be preceded by a dress rehearsal.
Catching Up on Your Reading
As you may know, in the past several years Joan Grauman has been writing articles for the American Accordionists’ Association (AAA) website, more than 40 altogether. Some of them cover WMAS members and former members!
Here are ten that Joan recommends; please check them out!
Article 9: on Frank Busso, Sr.
Articles 11 & 12: on Lou Coppola
Article 21: on Joyce Palmer
Article 28: on JoAnn Pankow
Article 29: on Stella Allison
Article 30: on Rose-Marie Coppola
Article 32: two-part article on the accordion in the media spanning over nine decades
Article 33: on Peter DiGiovanni
Article 41: on Joan Grauman
We have lots of music and fun coming up and look forward to seeing you soon.
All our events are listed on the WMAS website, at https://www.washingtonaccordions.org.
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Our mailing address is:
peter@musicisforever.com