May 2012 - Arizona Accordion Club

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Paul Betken played his version of “Making Whoopee,” then played something he referred
to as a “fingering nightmare” - then a Billy Joel song and a Jango Rinehart song,
finishing up with “Over the Rainbow” and “Aren't You Glad You're You.” Thanks,
Paul.
Jan Mundy, accompanied by her husband Bruce on bass, played a couple songs.
Thanks you two. We love to hear you play
A new member, Tom Azzarelli, played a couple of songs, one of them an Italian song -very
well received.
Now it was “Stump the Band” time! The “Band” consisted of Jack Dermody, Paul Betken,
Lester Rossner, Leigh Dechaine, Jerry Szymanski, Chuck Voinivich, Rolf Shuler, Bob
Dozak, Jan Mundy, Dennis Humlicek, Ted Lee, and Tom Azzarelli with Jim Winning on
drums and Bruce Mundy on bass.
They played “Making Whoopee” and followed up with such ‘band stumpers’ as “Honey
Suckle Rose,” Lester Rossnerʼs original polka “Anna's Polka,” “Twelfth Street Rag,”
“Come, Josephine, In My Flying Machine” and lots more.
Anyhow, out of nineteen requests, the band knew and played sixteen! Not too shabby for a
first-time-around ‘Stump the Band.’ It wasn't a giant crowd, but fairly normal for May after all
our out-of-staters go home, and everyone sure seemed to have fun - we're hoping to do something
similar in June! Hey, it's summertime in Phoenix, and having a good time is what summer
is all about!
Now for a quick “as my Dad always said” -
“Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday,
lying in a hospital bed dying of nothing”
See you June 18th