Sunday, June 9, 2013

!! June 2013! The Oklahoma Squeezins May Board Meeting Maggie Abel Board Meeting Minutes Oklahoma Accordion Club May 12, 2013 • Member Carolyn Felder moved to Utah. • The August meeting, entitled "Music From Around the World," will take place as a free concert on the second Sunday, August 11, at the Norman Train Depot Performance Center. Lucas Ross of Channel 4 will emcee, and Bob Montgomery will chair the event. There will be French, German, Polynesian, Russian, and Scandinavian music, among others. Peppy music is preferred. Performers are encouraged to get on and off stage quickly. Parents will take care of the sheet music as their children set up. • Dick said six OAC Youth -- Timothy Granger, Job and Isaac Elliott, and the three Smith sisters (Maddie, Bria, and Becca) -- are expected to take part. • Bob encouraged August players to either memorize their pieces or play them tight. Club members are invited to play either solos or duets with other members. All instruments and voices are encouraged to join in. • The September meeting will boast brats, German food, and German music. Nick Bratkovich will be asked to perform at either the OAC October or November meeting. • The December Christmas party will again collect gloves, socks, hats, and scarves for the homeless. Respectfully submitted, Maggie Abel Saturday, May 18, The Accordionaires entertained over 2,500 walkers at Stars and Stripes Park for the annual NAMI Walk, the fundraiser for the National Alliance on Mental Illness in Oklahoma. This is the third year for them to entertain the appreciative walkers, who cheered and clapped to military tunes as they passed. The awesome group received special thanks from Jackie Mashore for being the highlight of the event, and for being honorary members of the greenshirted P.A.W.S. walk team. Standing, left to right: Dan Orza, Karen West, John Buchanan, Lois Roth, and Maggie Abel Accordionaires at NAMI "A new study found that women think men holding a guitar are more attractive, even if they're not playing it. In a related story, guys with an accordion will die alone." • Jimmy Fallon