Oklahoma Squeezins

“Our squeezin'...is pleasin'”

The Oklahoma Accordion Club Newsletter

Join us to listen and play at the

ATG Spring Recital watch party

Arrive at 2 PM Sunday, June 14 to watch the live Accordion Teachers Guild Spring Recital from Salt Lake City on the club projector. Regular meetup at 3:30 PM. Snacks welcome.

Meetup Info for Sunday, June 14, 2026 - 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. I'm told 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

If you are able to, this Sunday, June 14, come early (2 PM) to watch LIVE the Accordion Teachers Guild's Spring accordion recital. Adults and children will be performing via Zoom, and Frank will shine their smiling faces and talented sound on our big projector wall for all to enjoy! It'll be a great kickoff for our regular 3:30 meetup. There are more people playing or thinking about playing accordion than you realize! If you have an accordion to sell or trade, bring it to let a few peeps demonstrate it, or maybe trade it up for something more your speed or your desired heft! Heck, bring all your accordions—and all your friends! Oh yeah, and bringing a snack is okay too! That's all, folks!! ~ Maggie

Board of Directors

Vice-President
Ron Shearon
Acting Secretary
Lois Roth
Proofer/Snacks/Birthdays
Karen West
Webmaster/Photographer
Diana Richard
Secretary
Lois Roth
President
Maggie Abel

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 Butricks †
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!

THIS MEANT a LOT! Recently I played for a retirement center. A lady came up to me after I completed my performance and said, "I am 81 years old, and I never liked the accordion until today!" What a tremendous compliment!

Great Ideas Symposium 5 for Digital accordions will be held on June 21-24, 2026, at the Grand Resort in Warren, OH. This will be a live symposium event on the Korg Supreme, Roland 4X and 8X, plus the Bugari Evo accordions. Paid members cost will be $650, non-members $695 and spouse or plus 1 $395. There'll be workshops, concerts, and jams. To register to attend both the event and lodgings, go to the website gr8ideas.org.

https://gr8ideas.org

The ATG (Accordion Teachers Guild) will hold its 84th annual Festival in Salt Lake City, Utah, at the Salt Lake City Marriott University Park Hotel from July 8th to the 12th, 2026. This event will host many terrific accordionists plus concerts, competitions, jamming, and all-around accordion fun. Joey Miskulin, Radu Ratol, and Stas Venglevski are the headliners with JoAnn Sommers conducting the ATG orchestra. Joey Miskulin is also known as the CowPolka King. He started playing at the age of 13 with the Frankie Yankovic polka band. The ATG will also introduce ClubATG — an open mic back at the hotel with a cash bar. For more information go to atgaccordions.com.

https://atgaccordions.com

The American Accordion Association (AAA) holds its annual festival August 13th to the 16th, 2026, at the Marriott Philadelphia West in Conshohocken, PA. This event includes various educational and entertaining events plus foster camaraderie among accordion enthusiasts. Guests and artists include Cody McSherry, Don Gerundo, Emmanuel Trifilio Trio, Frank Busso Jr. Trio, Frank Busso Sr., Guenadly Lazarov, Joe Natoli, Nathan Chaperton, Peter Peluso, Peter Stan, Ray Oreggia, and the Accordion Pops Orchestra under direction of Al Terzo. For updates and registration, visit www.ameraccord.com.

https://www.ameraccord.com

HEADS UP!!! The next National Accordion Association Convention will be held from March 17th to the 21st, 2027 — not in Forney, Texas, the site of the last event. This next event will feature accordion bands and will be for all accordion enthusiasts, acoustic and digital, beginners and professionals. More to follow including the place in the next newsletter. Mark your calendars for this one.

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Meeting minutes

Mother's Day gathering · Sunday, May 10, 2026

Thirteen members and three guests attended.

The Oklahoma Accordion Club met on Sunday, May 10 for its Mother's Day gathering. President Maggie Abel called the meeting to order at 3:30 pm. We recited The Pledge of Allegiance. Our next meeting is scheduled for Sunday, June 14. There will be music, snacks, and fun. We hope to see you there!

Performers: Dick Albreski, Irene Bookbinder, Tom Phillips, Chris Martys, Shayla Chavis-Smith, John Warren, Robbie Rattan

— Lois Roth, OAC Secretary

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