Sunday, February 9, 2020

was held on February 9 at the Messiah Lutheran Church in the Multi-Purpose Room. Eighteen members and three guests attended. The Jam Band practiced before the meeting. Players were Anne Lopez, Toni Paulding, Barbara Yuill, Karen West, Barbara Duer, and Lois Roth. aggie Abel called the meeting to order at 3:30 pm. She said that T. Z. Wright and Larry Gering called to tell her they had hoped to be at the meeting, but had to change their plans at the last minute. Dick Albreski is attending Jim Whitten's funeral service this afternoon, and will come to the meeting afterward. • Members, please pay your Club dues to Tom Phillips. • Guests were introduced. Crystal Hanshaw and her father, A. D. Hall, brought an accordion to sell. It belonged to Crystal's mother. • Anne and Sil Lopez's guest was Anne's mom - Cassi Radicelli. • Barbara Duer began the music program. She performed "Trompeten Echo Polka" (a Slovenian polka from Shelia Lee's website), and followed up with "Calliope Rag." • Wayne Turgeon asked about the history of Ragtime. Barbara said she will do some research on the subject. • The Trio (Barbara Duer, Karen West, and Lois Roth) played three songs for Valentine's Day: "I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby," "I Can't Stop Loving You," and "You Light Up My Life." • Ron Shearon gave a presentation on tuning an accordion using a computer program. He removed his accordion's keyboard and showed us the reeds. It's an aluminum accordion, and is 75 years old. He said that dust, rust, and smoke will put an accordion out of tune. After the presentation he took questions from the group. • Dick told us that he had been to member James Whitten's funeral. • The music continued with The Dynamic Digital Duo (Maggie and Ron) playing "Vive L'Amour" on their digital instruments. • Maggie gave a mechanical pencil to each person at the meeting. The pencils have smudge-free erasers for use on sheet music. • Anne and Lois performed "You Made Me Love You" and "L-O-V-E." Sil sang "Besame Mucho," accompanied by Anne on accordion. • The music concluded with Wayne playing "Tennessee Waltz." He told us he has lived in Edmond for 29 years. • Maggie gave us the church door codes. • We gave Karen West a big Thank You for taking charge of the refreshments at every meeting. • Fun Band players are going to Tulsa on February 19 to rehearse with Tulsa members. Our next meeting will be on Sunday, March 8. Come and enjoy the pizza and music! Contact Karen to make your reservations by noon the day before, preferably ASAP. Meeting adjourned.