January 2012 - Arizona Accordion Club

Page 2The Arizona Accordion ClubMENU for February 20th, 2012 - Meatloaf, mashed potatoes, gravy, vegetable and roll. or those who choose to fast Anne Z is making:Roast veggies with olive oil and serve them over rice. Along with peanut butter filled celery so there's protein!JANUARY 16TH Meeting - THE SQUEEZEBOX BAND with MOLLIE BUSTA and TED LANGE by Raye DonatellaHappy New Year! I hope you have a year of good health and lots of love! Speaking of love, one of our special members,Phyllis Benguhe, made it back to our meeting this month! Phyllis suffered asevere stroke some time ago and is finally recovering enough to attend themeetings once more. Now, here is where the love comes in - she needs a rideto and from the meeting sometimes - her son will bring her when his scheduleallows it, but if he can't bring her, she needs some love from someone to helpher out. Those of us who have to be there early to set up the room and takecare of the door would not be able to do it as the time for her to sit therewould be much too long. She lives fairly close to the church, so if this is apossibility for your help, please give her acall at 602-330-3460. All of us would begrateful!Now for the pre-meeting music by JayStevens played and sang a huge variety oftunes to get the evening started - beginningwith ―Jambalaya‖ and including “Have ITold You Lately That I Love You,” “Una Paloma Blanca,” “Yellow Bird,” several polkas,“Tell MeWhy Youʼre Leaving Me,” “Volver, Volver,” and lots more. All that music andbanter—wow, Jay - that was really great - you need to do that more often!Elmer Faser and Henry Neiss - Henryʼs from North Dakota - played next. They did“Twelfth Street Rag,” “Red Raven Polka,” and “Give Me Your Heart Back” waltz. Istarted to say that was ―nice‖ but I won't do that to you again, Henry! (Henryʼs last nameis pronounced ―nice!‖) Next up was Sam Pecorilla, who played several beautiful songsthat got folks up and dancing, ending with “Que Sera Sera.” Thanks, Sam. He said he'll come back towards the end of theevening and play some more. Dr. Howard Van Orden played for us next - a tribute to Myron Floren - which began with“Let's Have a Party” and finished with “The Polka King.” We enjoyed that.Our headliners took the stage - direct from Toledo, Ohio - the Squeezebox Band, with Ted Lange on accordion and buttonbox, and Bobby Earl on drums, and starring Mollie Busta, who plays accordion, keyboard, saxophone, trumpet, clarinet,button box, slide trombone, and flute. (I have a hard time playing the TV.) Well, that was about the most fun you can havewith music!! Audience participation is theirforte - they began with “The Happy Wanderer”and followed with a huge variety ofmusic - Czech, German, Polish, English andmore - all danceable, all clappable, (is that aword?) all smile able—just great!! What a performance!!If you didn't get one of their CDʼs,you missed some great listening. Naturally,one of my favorite songs they did was Tedsinging “I Just Donʼt Look Good Naked AnyMore.” They played polkas - lots of polkas -including one that Mollie wrote, and waltzesand just anything that sounded musical!( Continues page 4 -> )