Sunday, August 14, 2016

Hello everyone. The fourth annual Oklahoma Accordion Club Concert at Czech Hall was a great success. We had over 300 in attendance, and they appeared to enjoy themselves. The participants from our Club did a wonderful job, and Lucas Ross entertained the crowd between acts. Lucas has a gift for entertaining an audience with his down-home humor. The concert went 45 minutes too long, so we will have to work on ending a little sooner next year. We have to find a way to move participants along a little faster, and not take so much time between acts. At the September 11 meeting we will celebrate our Septemberfest. The Club will provide a banquet of German food for members and their guests. The delicacies will include brats, hotdogs, sauerkraut, German potato salad, and dessert. We will also play lots of polkas and waltzes. Call Karen West at 405/949-0394 to make reservations by September 8 so we know how much food to prepare. Here are a couple groups playing polkas that I found entertaining. "Trumpet Echo Polka" by the Big Squeeze Band https://youtu.be/aUAH-T5-RQ0 "Tiroler Polka" https://youtu.be/dRm0E54lM_g See you at the meeting, • Barbara arbara Duer 100010 Hefner Village Terrace Oklahoma City, OK 73162 405/721-9657 BDuer@sbcglobal.net ACTING VICE-PRESIDENT Tom Phillips Holdenville, OK 405/712-1240 TomScPh@AOL.com TREASURER Milo Shedeck 12805 Castlerock Court Oklahoma City, OK 73142 miloshedeck@cox.net SECRETARY Maggie Abel Oklahoma City, OK HISTORIAN/LIBRARIAN Karen West Oklahoma City, OK accordion_karen@yahoo.com PAST PRESIDENT Dick Albreski Oklahoma City, OK juaccord@hotmail.com NEWSLETTER EDITOR Frank Gesinski 8035 South Irvington Tulsa, OK 74136-8404 918/492-1715 OKAccordionClub@sbcglobal.net WEBMASTER Diana Richard Diana.l.richard@gmail.com WEBSITE http://www.okaccordions.com/ Lifetime Members • Jim & June Butricks • William "Rusty" Dolton • Janet Haskin • Roland Lohmann • Frankie Martinez • Bob Mansfield • Tom Phillips • Phil Scibelli • Ophelia Woody The Prez Sez Barbara Duer Advertisements