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fine afternoon togeth-er. Everyone is invited to attend. Do you have college age music family members or friends? They will be amazed at the New Age songs that Jona-than Engels has pre-pared to play in his showcase. He will al-so play a variety of ac-cordion favorites for the ALSI audience.

Join us August 11th at the ALSI meeting for a fun afternoon. Bring your accordion and share a song or two. There will also be a workshop on har-mony and improvisa-tion led by Bob Page.

Best wishes,

Gordon —

Music Mystery Word:

“in modo di:”(Answer found elsewhere in

newsletter)

by Gordon Kohl

Oh what fun it is to play duets at ALSI. For me it was a fantastic meeting at ALSI. I re-ally enjoyed playing Fiddler On the Roof songs with the superb accordionist, Linda Hibbert. The mixing of instrumental sounds on our Concerto digital accordions with reed voices was a thrill. I hope that other accor-dionists will join in the duet “Dueling Accordi-onists” fun time.

The benefit for me in playing group songs is the fine tuning to my

ear and the continual re-mastering of a vari-ety of musical voices,harmonies, accompa-niments and tempos. One can just enjoy the interaction of mel-ody and harmony for multiple musicians.

Play outs are good preparation for the spectacular Septem-ber heritage music festival at ALSI Sep-tember 8th or just play for neighbors or friends.

Mr. Al Jacobs played a superb pro-gram for July. At any age, a musician who wishes to play an mu-sical instrument can and will succeed. So much of how we think about our musical performance is very important to the actu-al playing of each se-lection.

August 11 is al-most here and we should enjoy another

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

AUGUST 2013

EDITION

August 2013Volume 20 Issue 8

NEWSLETTER

Inside this issue:

President’s Message

1

General Info. 2

Happiness at ALSI

3

Photos 4

Showcase Review 5

Coming in September

6

Credits 8

Calendar 9

Playing Around 9

Silent Reed 7

Coming Events 7

Harold J. Estok FounderALSI and REED BLOCK

President:Gordon Kohl619-395-0454

Presidents Emeriti:(Founder) Harold Estok

Ron GriffinKjell HolmesGloria Ensign

Vice President:Mary Lou Erwin

619-448-9588

Meeting Coordinator:Bill Barr

619-337-1111

Editor/Secretary:Helen Estok Schoell

619-584-4970

Treasurer &Ensemble Director:

Vicki Eriqat619-563-5586

Recording Secretary:Sharon Marotte

619-286-3948

Newsletter/Webmaster: Bob Page

760--815-4783

ALSI MEMBERSHIP AND GENERAL INFORMATION

MEMBERSHIPS: current member renewal for twelve month term; the fee is $100 Gold, $25 U.S.A., $26 Canada, $27 for International delivery. (Current members can upgrade to gold membership at any time). For new members; partial year memberships can be purchased. Use this calculation as follows: Subtract $2 for each month that has elapsed for the calendar year. Therefore, if you are joining with a USA club membership in July, six months have elapsed, so 6 times $2 would be $12 to deduct and the formula would be: $25 - $12 = $13, thus the payment would be $13. Make check or money order payable to ALSI and send to: Helen Estok Schoell, at P.O. Box 151357 San Diego, CA 92175. The REED BLOCK is published once each month for delivery to members prior to the next meeting. (Meetings are the second Sunday of each month). Your input to the REED BLOCK is invited and should be submitted to Helen Estok Schoell or email to Bob Page at [email protected] or email to Mary Lou Erwin at: [email protected]: Unless otherwise indicated, all articles were written by the Editor. Unless so stated, no article is to be construed as an endorsement. Articles not written by the Editor may contain comments that do not necessarily reflect the views of the Editor or ALSI. If you disagree with anything in The REED BLOCK or to post corrections, please let us know in writing.SPECIAL NOTICE TO RECORDING ARTISTS: If you have an audio/video CD/DVD you would like reviewed and written up in The REED BLOCK, please send us a professional copy and a short biography of the artist; include names, dates and places to the ALSI address above. Please include the price of the item including shipping and handling. If you want the package returned after the review, please include return postage with the package.CUT-OFF DATE: All contributors to The REED BLOCK please note: For next month all material is due fourteen days before the next meeting, accordingly the due date for the September 2013 issue is: August 26, 2013. This includes all items such as articles, upcoming events, playing around, accordion workshops, advertisements and ensemble schedules. Please make sure your material is received, in writing or email, no later than that date. Please submit your input to Helen Estok Schoell (at above ALSI address) or email to Bob Page at [email protected] or Mary Lou Erwin at [email protected]. Thank you for your cooperation. ADVERTISEMENTS: Members may place one small ad per year at no charge, business cards are $6/per issue or $60/per year, quarter-page is $15/per issue, half -page is $25/per issue, full -page is $50/per issue, one -page event flyer is $25/per issue. Cost is doubled for ads placed by non -members. (All ads must be accordion related).MEETINGS: The club normally meets at 1:00 - 4:00 P.M. on the second Sunday of each month at the Mt Miguel Covenant Village, 325 Kempton Ave, Spring Valley, CA.

STEERING COMMITTEE; Next meeting is on August 14th 10:30 am at the Coco’s Restaurant in Mission Gorge area at 10430 Friars Road .

NEXT CLUB MEETING will be on Sunday, August 11th from 1:00 to 4:00 pm at Bailey Hall in the Mt. Miguel Covenant Village in Spring Valley and will feature Showcase by Jonathan Engel and a workshop on Harmony and Improvisation (recorded by Frank Marocco) led by Bob Page.

A.L.S.I. is on the WEBwww.accordion-club-sandiego.org

Links are found there toAccordion clubs in the Western United States

Volume 20 Issue 8

HAPPINESS AT ALSI

In Bailey Hall at Mt. Miguel Village325 Kempton Avenue

Spring Valley, CA In Bailey Hall at Mt. Miguel Village

325 Kempton AvenueSpring Valley, CA

In Bailey Hall at Mt. Miguel Village325 Kempton Avenue

Spring Valley, CA

HAPPINESS at ALSI

by Sharon Marotte

July 14, 2013 – ALSI had another great meeting. As always some of our players entertained folks around the village: Marty Weinstein – Crider, Jerry Odling – Cafeteria, Sharon Marotte – Brandel. Bill Barr was the MC for the day & Jack Marotte was working the sound board. Al Jacobsplayed the piano as folks were arriving – it is nice to have music to welcome us.

The day’s performers were:� Margarita Romero was our first

player. Her songs were: Echoes of Vienna and La Strella. Thank you, Margarita, for playing for us…..come back again.

� Farrie Ann Nichols was our sec-ond player of the day. She played and sang a couple of songs: New York, New York – Sophmore polka – and Wayward Wind. Good to see Farrie Ann - her doggie is so cute, all dressed up for ALSI.

� Ron Griffin was in town so he played for us: Spanish Eyes, On Wis-consin Polka, Gay Ranchero, & Sabor a Mi. Always good to see Ron at our meetings.

� Gordon Kohl & Linda Hibbertplayed a duet, both playing their Concerto accordions, with all the

bells & whistles going. They played songs from Fiddler on the Roof. It was really good.

� Linda Hibbert played a solo – Fu-niculi, Funicula. Great job, Linda!!

� Gordon Kohl played an original song that he has arranged & com-posed. It was beautiful and we hope to hear more of his music.

� The ALSI Ensemble assembled and played 5 songs…Summer Medley, Pennsylvania Polka, Italian Favorites, De Colores, Beer Barrel Polka. The following folks played and received a great big round of applause: Gor-don Kohl, Bob Page, Kjell Holmes, Jerry Odling, Ted Hill, Marian Sowell, Jane Ford, Erika Baier & Sharon Marotte.

Special thanks to Diane Polinski for bringing a cake for refreshments. Next month we will help Al Jacobs celebrate his 89th birthday!!! WOW! —

Duet with Linda Hibbert & Gordon Kohl

HAPPINESS PHOTOS

Happiness & MusicAt ALSI

Volume 20 Issue 8

SHOWCASE REVIEW

AL JACOBS SHOWCASEJULY 14, 2013

by Bob Warner

It’s a perennial delight to have Al Jacobs do a showcase for ALSI. Ever the entertainer, Al took us on a musical journey throughout the Mediterranean that required him to draw hugely on his vast reper-toire. Normally Al would stand while performing but due to the length of his program he chose to use a suitcase from which to de-liver his music with vigor, enthusiasm and joy. Al plays with great confi-dence, rarely looking at the keyboard and playing from memory exclusively. He never gets nervous and he will stand or sit and play for as long as requested. Name a song and you can just about bet that Al will have it. He plays just about every genre of mu-sic there is and can recite interesting anec-dotes about the origins of the pieces and his experiences playing them in various parts of the world. Al began his life long association with the accordion in England and now at the tender age of 89 he continues that associa-tion at an extremely entertaining and compe-tent level.

In honor of his granddaughter Laura he be-gan his program with “LAURA’S THEME” from the movie DR. ZIVAGO. His Mediterranean journey started with departure from Barcelona to “GRANADA”, one of the grandest pieces ever transcribed for accordion. France was

the next music stop with Al playing what I be-lieve was a part of the “ORPHEUS IN HADES” overture by J. Offenbach. The infectious bounce of “NEVER ON SUNDAY” from Greece was next. “HAVA NAGILA” was played with great affection and energy along with audience participation. For the music of Lebanon he presented a tantalizing arrange-ment of “MISIRLOU”. For Turkey we heard “MUSTAFA” again played in a ‘belly dancing”

style. The stop in Italy be-gan with “ARRIVEDERCI ROMA”, and continued with a spirited tarantella. The “BLUE DANUBE “ of Straus and Vienna was next which then led on to Germany playing a popular Octoberfest drinking song. For Hungary Al played the difficult “MONTI’S CZAR-DAS” in good style and tempo. For Romania he played a peasant piece re-lated to the “ROMANIAN RHAPSODY” symphony. The tour ended in Russia

with the much loved “DARK EYES”.

From then on Al took audience requests such as “SABOR A ME”, “BRAZIL”, a familiar tango, “LA VIEN ROSE”, “CEST SI BON”, “UNDER PARIS SKIES”, “DON’T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA” and finally a salute to New York using various pieces suggestive of that city. This is where Al is really in his element.His program was played with style and good technique. It’s clear that Al loves the instru-ment he has devoted so much of his life to. I take nothing away for his age. Al is a young 89 and I hope he continues to play the way he did today for a long time to come. —

COMING IN SEPTEMBER

— WOW —HERITAGE DAY

ISHERE!

JOIN US ON SEPTEMBER 6THFOR SANDWICHES

AND OTHER TREATS AT BREAK WITH BEAUTIFUL

ACCORDION MUSICMEETING STARTS AT 1 PM

AND ENDS AT 4 PM

ADMISSION $5GUESTS $6

BRING A FRIENDBRING YOURACCORDION

AND COSTUME!

AT MT MIGUELCOVENANTVILLAGE

325 KEMPTONSPRING VALLEYIN BAILEY HALL

Volume 20 Issue 8

ACCORDION COMING EVENTS

AFNA ACCORDION FESTIVAL in the Los Angeles area on August 10th & 11th. Ac-cordion and piano competition and an adult accordion orchestra experience. Contact Gor-don Kohl for more information at: 619-395-0454.COUPE MONDIALE Aug. 17th to Aug. 25th, 2013. Competition and Concerts in Vic-toria, British Columbia. For more information e-mail: [email protected] ACCORDION FESTIVAL will be held on the weekend of August 17th & 18th in the village of Cotati south of Santa Rosa. The Woodstock flavor of the event will feature World-class International Accordion Elite in-cluding Renzo Ruggieri, Cory Pesaturo, Frank Petrilli, the Steve Balich Polka Band among many others. Come for a pleasant weekend in the park with great continuous entertainment. For more information contact Scott Goree at 707-664-0444.“THE BIG SQUEEZE” 5TH ANNUAL ACCORDION FESTIVAL on Sunday Sep-tember 29th from 10 am to 4 pm at the Or-ange County Market Place in Costa Mesa, CA. Featured accordion artists will include Gordon Kohl (who will appear at 11 a.m.). For more info. Call 949-723-6660 or visit www.ocmarketplace.com. LAS VEGAS INTERNATION ACCORDI-ON CONVENTION Oct. 28th to Oct. 31 at the Gold Coast Hotel in Las Vegas Nevada. This annual event features lunch and evening concerts, workshops and an international ac-cordion orchestra. Featured artists include: Dick Contino, Mario Pedone, Stas Venglevski, Gigi Rabe, Joey Miskulin, Peter and Mady Soave, Jeff Lisenby and our President, Gordon Kohl. Joan Cochran Sommers will conduct the Inter-national Accordion Orchestra. The theme this year is “The Carnival of Venice Extravaganza”. For more information contact Paul Pasquali at 801-485-5840. —

Carmen Carrozza passed away this last June 17 at the age of 91. He was born in a small town Solano in Calabria, Italy on July 20, 1921. He emigrated to the USA with his family

when he was nine years old. They settled in the town of Chappaqua in Westchester, New York.

In 1937, he graduated from the Pietro Deiro Ac-cordion Conserva-tory in Greenwich Village where he was awarded the highest honors and a gold medal for his performance. His professional debut

took place in 1947 at the Philadelphia Academy of Music. He went on to triumph with appear-ances throughout the concert halls in the Unit-ed States. His success on the concert stage was matched only by his contribution to the devel-opment of accordion literature.

On March 17, 2002 Maestro Carrozza was honored by the American Accordionists Associ-ation and was the first recipient presented with the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award. Shortly after this award the Carmen Carrozza Scholarship Fund was established in the Spring of 2002 to promote the advancement of prom-ising young accordionists and the commission-ing of new works for the accordion.

He was past president and an active govern-ing board member of the American Accordion Association (AAA). He continued to promote the accordion through educational workshops at education institutions throughout the coun-try. He will be greatly missed by family, friends and the entire accordion community. —

SILENT REED

by Mary Lou Erwin

I had a family commitment on the same day as the July meeting and I missed all of you so much. But, I heard wonderful things about the meeting. It was told to me that Jane Ford and Helen Estok Schoell did a fine job signing people in and collecting the dues for the day. Jane and Hel-en, thank you for your awesome support.

Support was also given by Sharon Marotte when she brought all the supplies for break time and she even did the set up. Sharon made the coffee too and the coffee went perfectly with the wonderful cake that Diane Polinski donated to ALSI. Our ever faithful soundman, Jack Marotte, was on hand to make sure all our fantastic players could be heard.

Bill Barr did it again. He orchestrated the performers into a perfect July performance for all to enjoy.

I wanted to thank Hildegard and Juergen for sending us a postcard all the way from Germany. They sent their lovely regards to all of you and said to say hello. They will be returning to the US in August and they hope to see everyone soon.

I hope to see you all in August. Until then keep safe and happy. —

Mary Lou

Happy Birthday to you all!

08/05 Al Jacobs08/11 Shirley Wisley08/17 Lora Holmes08/20 Lawrence Kaiser

CREDITS

Harmony and Improvisation Harmony and Improvisation

WorkshopWorkshop

led by Bob Page.led by Bob Page.

This hands on session in Beginning Har-This hands on session in Beginning Har-mony and Improvisation Studies will be mony and Improvisation Studies will be held at the conclusion of this coming Au-held at the conclusion of this coming Au-gust meeting on the 11th at approximately gust meeting on the 11th at approximately 3:00 pm. It will feature a recorded session 3:00 pm. It will feature a recorded session narrated by narrated by Frank MaroccoFrank Marocco and each at-and each at-tendee will receive a copy of a workbook tendee will receive a copy of a workbook that is part of the presentation. Topics will that is part of the presentation. Topics will include: Chord Symbols, 7th Chords, include: Chord Symbols, 7th Chords, Modes, Left Hand Fingering for Chords, Modes, Left Hand Fingering for Chords, Summertime & Blue Moon Improvisation Summertime & Blue Moon Improvisation Samples and Improvising over Chord Samples and Improvising over Chord Changes. Bring your accordion and join us Changes. Bring your accordion and join us in this informative and delightful recorded in this informative and delightful recorded presentation by presentation by Frank MaroccoFrank Marocco, There , There is no charge for this Workshop. is no charge for this Workshop. ——

AUGUST MEETING WORKSHOP

Volume 20 Issue 8

ALSI MEETING CALENDAR

PLAYING AROUND

“Please share date,

time and location

of public appear-

ances. Submit

these, in writing,

complying with the

cut-off date, to

Mary Lou Erwin or

Bob Page.”

Louis Fanucchi

Most Tues-day’s at Café Zucchero in Little Italy from 7-10 pm.Most Wednes-day’s at

Romesco’s in Bonita from 7 to 10.Most Thursday’s at OPERACAFFE in San Diego from 6:30 to 9:30 pm.Most Sundays from 2-5 pm at Sa-lerno’s Winery in Ramona. (More info. at 619-948-3774 or online at www.loufanucchi.com)

Gordon Kohl

Gordon plays Casu-als and Special En-gagements. He is both a solo accordi-onist and appears with a Combo.

For more information and availability. please call Gordon at 619-395-0454.Music Mystery Word:in modo di: in the art of, in the style of

August 11thShowcase with Jonathan Engle.

&Workshop led by Bob Page.

September 8thSeptemberFest &

Heritage Celebration.

(

C U S T O M C R A F T E D —

October 13thOctoberfest in Balboa Park.

November 10thShowcase with Gigi Rabe.

December 8thHoliday Music Celebration.

Monthly Newsletter

ALSI Statement Of

Purpose:

� ALSI is San Diego’s forum for appreciat-ing and performing accordion music, including the MIDI electronic accordion

� We welcome mem-bers who enjoy lis-tening to or playing accordion music.

� We have an accordi-on ensemble group, monthly meetings, local concerts featur-ing local and interna-tionally famous per-formers, an annual picnic and a monthly newsletter.

AUGUST 2013

EDITION

The REED BLOCKc/o Helen Estok Schoell

P.O. Box 151357San Diego, CA 92175

On August 11thJoin us at the ALSI meeting as we welcome

Jonathan Engel Performing a Showcase for us.

And stay with us for a recordedFrank Marocco Workshop

on Harmony & ImprovisationLed by

Bob Page.

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