Oklahoma Squeezins

“Our squeezin'...is pleasin'”

The Oklahoma Accordion Club Newsletter

Meetup Info for Sunday, Nov 9, 2025 - 3:30 PM

If you can't attend the 3:30 PM meetup in person, you can experience some of it via Zoom - using the same codes (see red type below) you may have used in previous years. Zoom's musical sound quality has recently improved! So feel free to tune us in!

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5236709799Zoom

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Prez sez

Maggie Abel

Joy and musicianship abound in the accordion realm. The accordion is like a portable piano that comes in every size. It's as totable or pullable as a guitar, and anyone who's experienced a few piano lessons in earlier life has a headstart already! So join us and dive in! Love it when people send photos or newsy bits to share! The above pic shows the 10 players currently in the Tulsa Accordion Band (with some OAC folks). TAC member Irene Bookbinder reports, "Facebook...advertising is good. It's gotten our band a lot of gigs and new members." Wayne "Long May He Wayne" Turgeon and his family have returned from Australia and the Philippines. He looks forward to joining us again for the November 9 meetup. The Garage Band with its one accordion will play popular tunes at noon Saturday November 8 at Will Rogers Senior Center's 10 to 2PM Art Show, 3501 Pat Murphy Drive in OKC. Free admission. See Dick's re info on National Accordion Conference! Someone somewhere must be playing "The Chicken Dance"

Board of Directors

President / Newsletter Editor
Maggie Abel
Vice President / Treasurer
Ron Shearon
Secretary
Lois Roth
Proofer/Snacks/Birthdays
Karen West
Webmaster/Photographer
Diana Richard
President
Maggie Abel
Treasurer
Ron Shearon

Open positions: PRESIDENT, SECRETARY, TREASURER, LIVESTREAM TECH, HISTORIAN, LIBRARIAN, NEWSLETTER EDITOR

Past presidents: Barbara Duer, Dick Albreski

Website: okaccordion.club

Membership: $20 individual, +$10 family add-on. Visitors welcome.

Lifetime members

Maggie Abel
Jim & June Butricks †
William "Rusty" Dolton
Frank Gesinski †
Janet Haskin
Roland Lohmann
Frankie Martinez
Bob Mansfield
Tom Phillips
Phil Scibelli
Ophelia Woody

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Mark those calendars! — Dick Albreski

Accordion music

Check out the following sites for new and free accordion music:

Don Quattrocchi — https://donquattrocchi.com/
8notes — accordion — https://www.8notes.com/accordion/

Try em! You'll like em!

refunds are available. This year's event will mark the 40th anniversary of the National Accordion Association. The musical journey began in 1986 and has grown to be one of the most attended, respected, and anticipated events of the accordion world. The emphasis in 2026 will be "Accordion Fun Band and Orchestra." If this tempts you, make plans to attend. Music for the Fun Band 2026 will be determined by the attendees. You pick the tunes. The Orchestra will encourage additional instruments to join in for a more diversified sound. We aim to please and have one of the best meetings ever in 2026. For more and current information go to accordions.com, the National Accordion Association website or the OAC Newsletter. See you in Forney Texas on March 18th, 2026. - Dick You'll like em! November Oklahoma Accordion Club meeting. The OAC meeting will be next Sunday, November 9th, 2025, at the Messiah Lutheran Church at Portland & Northwest Expressway starting at 3:30PM. The reason for the 'heads-up' is these start our next year. The OAC was started in 2000 and has remained a respected Club because of the members. No organization can exist without support and your support is what we need! Plan to attend all remaining meetings. Bring your accordion and a friend. Next month we will have our annual Christmas Party. There will be treats, silent auction, accordion music, and friendship all around. Also, we ask you to consider your next year's membership dues starting in January 2026. They still are at a moderate $20 for an individual and an additional $10 for a family membership. Lifetime memberships are also available. Your continued support and contributions will enable the accordion to grow in Oklahoma. National Accordion Conference (not convention) will be held in Forney, Texas (21 miles east of Dallas) from March 18th to the 21st, 2026. Registrations for the TownePlace Suites are now open. Incidentally if you register now, breakfast will be included. To register go to N.A.A. website. Fee with banquet for accordionists is $200. Non-accordionists are $250. There are some no risk facts to consider. Reservations will not require payment until March 2026. Reservations may be canceled, and

https://accordions.com

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Meeting minutes

October Meeting · Sunday, October 12, 2025

The Oklahoma Accordion Club met Sunday, October 12, 2025, at 3:30 PM. Present were seventeen members (two on Zoom) and three guests - total twenty. German music was played before the meeting. aggie Abel called the meeting to order. She welcomed everyone and announced the October birthdays. We sang "Happy Birthday" to Karen West and Anne Lopez. VP & Treasurer Ron Shearon led us in the Pledge of Allegiance. We sang a verse of "America The Beautiful." The afternoon's music began with Maggie Abel and Susan Hause playing a duet called "The Donkey." Shirley Hammack performed several songs including "Can-Can Polka," "All Through The Night," and "Charlie The Chimp." Ron played "I Don't Know How This Song Ends." Frank Boyd Nov 4 Frankie Martinez Nov 9

— Lois Roth, OAC Secretary

Birthdays