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WMAS NEWS UPDATE
April 19, 2024
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Dear WMAS members and friends!
The club enjoyed a fun and exciting afternoon when virtuoso accordionist Elena Stenkina paid us a visit last Sunday, April 14, to perform a concert, discuss technique, and provide tips to those of us brave enough to “approach the podium” and play something for her to critique.
Elena hails from Moscow, and she played some Russian pieces, as well as selections from other parts of the world, including Astor Piazzolla’s dramatic “Libertango.”
She performs dance steps as she plays, and a short video on our Facebook page provides evidence that Mike Rubin and Robert Ford did a pretty good job when they volunteered to dance alongside her.
The day’s greeter, Phillip Kancianic, got the afternoon off to a great start with music from Fiddler on the Roof. Phillip teaches music at Herndon High School and will be part of the pit orchestra when the school presents the musical May 3-5. See https://herndondrama.org/ if you’d like to attend.
Thanks to everyone who made our April meeting such a success! We were pleased to welcome some new accordion fans and welcome back a few members we hadn’t seen for a while.
NEXT MEETINGS
Mark your calendars! The next WMAS meeting, a jam session and play-along, will take place on Sunday, May 19, at 4 pm, at the usual venue, Sleepy Hollow United Methodist Church. If you’d like to serve as greeter or play a few tunes for the group that day, please let Robert Ford know. (The WMAS secretary (Mara) will be away the entire month of May and may not be able to respond to emails replying to this update or the upcoming meeting reminder.)
Our annual member concert will take place on June 23. Please start working on a solo (or duet, trio, etc.) to perform for the club and guests that day. We’ll also need a greeter.
Check out the WMAS website: www.washingtonaccordions.org
The club enjoyed a fun and exciting afternoon when virtuoso accordionist Elena Stenkina paid us a visit last Sunday, April 14, to perform a concert, discuss technique, and provide tips to those of us brave enough to “approach the podium” and play something for her to critique.
Elena hails from Moscow, and she played some Russian pieces, as well as selections from other parts of the world, including Astor Piazzolla’s dramatic “Libertango.”
She performs dance steps as she plays, and a short video on our Facebook page provides evidence that Mike Rubin and Robert Ford did a pretty good job when they volunteered to dance alongside her.
The day’s greeter, Phillip Kancianic, got the afternoon off to a great start with music from Fiddler on the Roof. Phillip teaches music at Herndon High School and will be part of the pit orchestra when the school presents the musical May 3-5. See https://herndondrama.org/ if you’d like to attend.
Thanks to everyone who made our April meeting such a success! We were pleased to welcome some new accordion fans and welcome back a few members we hadn’t seen for a while.
NEXT MEETINGS
Mark your calendars! The next WMAS meeting, a jam session and play-along, will take place on Sunday, May 19, at 4 pm, at the usual venue, Sleepy Hollow United Methodist Church. If you’d like to serve as greeter or play a few tunes for the group that day, please let Robert Ford know. (The WMAS secretary (Mara) will be away the entire month of May and may not be able to respond to emails replying to this update or the upcoming meeting reminder.)
Our annual member concert will take place on June 23. Please start working on a solo (or duet, trio, etc.) to perform for the club and guests that day. We’ll also need a greeter.
Check out the WMAS website: www.washingtonaccordions.org