Sunday, December 14, 2014

Page January 2015 The Oklahoma Squeezins 4 December Meeting Oklahoma Accordion Club Christmas Party meeting December 14, 2014 • arbara Duer called the Christmas Party meeting to order. Twenty-seven festively dressed members and seven guests attended. • Throughout the meeting, music stopped periodically while Vice om Phillips drew raffle tickets or called an auction so winners could claim a prize such as monogrammed accordion-themed T-shirts made by Annette Zongker, wine baskets, Christmas ornaments in the shape of accordions, homemade afghans (one by Barbara and one by Beth Henson), a decorative treble clef pillow, accordion-themed potholders, a book of French music, and others. Tickets were only 50 cents each. • A box of donated winter hats, gloves, scarves, and socks was collected for a local charity, the Oscar Romero Foundation, which delivers them to the homeless. • it was announced that Today is the day members typically pay their annual club dues to Milo Shedeck. Members pay $16, and additional family members, $8. • The entertainment began when Bob Mansfield led a sing-along. Barbara played banjo, Anne and Lois played accordion, and Karen jingled the bells. The songs: “Jingle Bells,” “Silver Bells,” and “Joy to the World.” • That group (minus Karen) was soon joined by T. Z. Wright, who played guitar and sang “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.” • T. Z., Bob, Barbara, Anne, and Lois played “Silver Bells.” • Milo played “Joy to the World.” • Christopher Darr received his new member badge. • From a copy of the Norman Transcript, Bob Mansfield read an article about the Club’s annual concert. • Barbara said Czech Hall may be the site of the Club’s concert the second Sunday in August. The Hall has a prep room for musicians, and a raised stage. • Roland Lohmann wants the Club to add an additional concert at a different time of year, perhaps at the Norman Event Center. The board will consider doing so. • Mike Clark, Past President Dick Albreski, and Jerry Wooley played “I Saw the Light,” followed by “Old Time Religion.” • Barbara played a version of “Jingle Bells,” heavy on the minors, on her accordion. She also played the “French Expectation Waltz,” employing her musette sound. • T. Z., notably using his iPad instead of sheet music, played “Mr. Grinch” on the guitar, then on the accordion he played “Daddy Please Don’t Get Drunk This Christmas.” • Roland and Rod Murrow played “I’m Gettin’ Nothin’ for Christmas,” followed by the witty “Rinky Doo Café.” • Janet Haskins debuted as a soloist with “Carol of the Bells,” chosen because she has always loved to play it on the piano. • Bob and Barbara played a duet: “Up on the Housetop” from the Green Book. • Bob played something he had played at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church in Norman that morning: “Prelude in B-flat.” • Bob and George Secor played Bach’s etude, “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring.” • George soloed “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” and “The Christmas Song” (“Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire”). • After receiving a request, George explained the difference between a piano accordion and a freebase accordion. The next meeting will be Sunday, January 11, 2015. Respectfully submitted Maggie Abel, Secretary