- Club Night Playlist 16 November 2021, Bradwell WMC (Club Night Players)
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Date Posted: Thu, 18 Nov 2021
Club Night Playlist, 16 November 2021
THEME: Place Name
John Jones Tulips from Amsterdam; Gilly GillenOssenfeffer Katzenellenbogen-By-The-Sea
Greta Moseley & Ann Millward, duet I Love Paris in the Springtime, Manhattan, Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
Miriam Umpleby Medley – The Tour of Britain with vocals
Tony Britton Don’t Cry for Me Argentina, Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez
Derek Wilton (Harmonica) Medley including Something the Matter with Glasgow, Goodbye Sally, Siegfried Line, Pack up Your Troubles, Keep the Home Fires Burning, Tipperary
Viv (acc) & Pete Cowie Dirty Old Town (Salford), California Here I Come with vocals
Mike Richards Ashokan Farewell, Barren Rocks of Aden, The Atholl Gathering and Lamb Skinnett
Richard Millward The Streets of Laredo, Carolina Moon
Norman Brown The Lights of Old Aberdeen, Londonderry Air, We’ll Keep a Welcome in the Hillside
Geoff Capewell Isle of Capri, White Cliffs of Dover, Brasilia
John Corden Come Back to Sorrento, Streets of London
Betty Nixon & Ken Hall Irish Lullaby, Swiss Miss, Vaya Con Dios
Steve Hughes Old Bazaar in Cairo, Istanbul not Constantinople with vocals
- Xmas Party 21st December includes The Fettlers
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Date Posted: Mon, 25 Oct 2021
- NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2021
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Date Posted: Thu, 7 Oct 2021
Newsletter July/August 2021
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- Newsletter July/August 2021
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Date Posted: Tue, 3 Aug 2021
Newsletter July/August 2021
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Newsletter July/August 2021
- 20th July Virtual Clubnight Playlist (Club Night Players)
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Date Posted: Tue, 20 Jul 2021
Miriam Umpleby Minute in G (Beethoven), You’ll Never Walk Alone John Jones Latin American Medley, Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White Betty Nixon & Ken Hall Yodeller’s Farewell, Vaya Con Dios Paul Hobbs Sous le Ciel de Paris, Eternal Flame Geoff Capewell Sands of Islay, Longing for You David Attard Adios Muchachos Mix, Un Attimo A Parigi (A Moment in Paris) Barry Graham Espagna, Austrian Medley Tony Britton Sealed With a Kiss, Romance (from the film Gadfly) John Cordon La Mer, C’est Magnifique Joseph Grima La Mer, Perfidia Tracey Middleton I Dreamed a Dream, Radetzky March Mike Richards Fly Me to the Moon, Corinne
- May/Jun 2021
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Date Posted: Thu, 17 Jun 2021
Newsletter May/June 2021
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May/June 2021
- June Virtual Club Night Playlist 15.06.21 (Club Night Players)
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Date Posted: Wed, 16 Jun 2021
June Virtual Club Night Playlist 15.06.21
THEME – '80’s Music
Mike Richards
John Corden
Barry Graham
Tracey Middleton
David Attard (Malta)
Tony Britton
Joseph Grima (Malta)
Miriam Umpleby
John Jones
Greta Moseley
Ann Millward
Viv and Pete Cowie
Paul Hobbs
Steve Hughes
Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again (1986), Ride On (1980)
Drink With Me (1980), Do You Hear the People Sing? (1980)
Memory (1981), Love Changes Everything (1987)
I Know Him So Well (1984), Anthem (from Chess, 1984)
La Mamba
Eye Level (Van der Valk 1970’s theme), Walk of Life (1985)
A Woman in Love (1980), I Can’t Stop Loving You
Funiculi Funicula (1880!), Hallelujah (glockenspiel) (1984)
Begin the Begine, Hey, (1980) I Just Called to Say I Love You (1984)
Island of Dreams, Love Letters in the Sand, In the Mood
Wheels, Valse Continentale
Perhaps Love (1981), The Big Ship Sails Down the Alley (1880’s!)
A Winter’s Tale (1982), Uptown Girl (1983)
Chariots of Fire (1981 theme), The Onedin Line (1971-1980 theme)
- May Club Night Playlist 18.05.21 (Club Night Players)
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Date Posted: Thu, 20 May 2021
May Virtual Club Night Playlist 18.05.21
Miriam Umpleby
Paul Hobbs
Celtic Fettlers
Mike Richards
David Attard (Malta)
Joseph Grima (Malta)
Tracey Middleton
John Jones
Barry GrahamEnglish Country Garden (Glockenspiel), Coming in on a Wing and a Prayer (accordion and vocals)
Battagliero , Pennies from Heaven
For the Jig of It, All of Me, Corriedinio (inst), Lambada (inst), Champs Elysée (inst), Quendale Bay (inst), Tico Tico (inst), You Got a Friend in Me. '(inst)' = instrumental. the others included vocal.
Whip Jamboree (accordion and vocals), Duke of Perth medley.
Historia De Un Amor, A Tempo Di Musette
French Shanty, La Foule
Carte Postale, Sway
Edith Piaf - medley
Dancing Fingers, Beer Barrel Polka
- Live Rehearsals Start (North Staffs Accordion Band)
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Date Posted: Tue, 11 May 2021
Live band rehearsals started at the Bradwell Workingmen's Club on Thursday, 20th May 2021, 8 pm. We expect to revert to Tuesdays after the 21st June if govt guidance ends social distancing.
- Programme: CHARITY CONCERT INTERNATIONALE 06.04.21
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Date Posted: Sun, 25 Apr 2021
Charity Concert Internationale, 06.04.21.
Programme:Anne-Marie Devine 1. Carnival of Venice (Neopolitan folk tune) 2. Iain MacPhail Reels 3. Leavenworth Polka 4. Derry & Belfast Hornpipes 5. Rose of Tralee, When Irish Eyes are Smiling & Irish Lullaby 6. Music for a Found Harmonium 7. Alpine Express (duet with her teacher, Sean O'Neill) Bruno and David Continenza 1. Waltz No 2 by Dmitri Schostakovich 2. Libertango by Astor Piazzolla 3. Tu Che M'hai Preso' il Cuore - You Who Stole My Heart by Franz Lehar 4. Gran Valzer by Giuseppe Verdi 5. Smile by Charlie Chaplin 6. La vita è bella - Life is Beautiful by Nicola Piovani 7. New York, New York by Fred Ebb and John Kander 8. Arriverderci Roma by Renato Rascel Barry Graham 1. Un Bel Di Vedromo - One Fine Day We'll See from Madama Butterfly by Puccini 2. Ikhav Kozak Za Dunaj - The Cossack Rode Beyond the Danube (Ukranian folk song) Stefan Andrusyschyn 1. Bach: Organ Prelude and Fugue in D minor 2. Strauss/Sharov: Blue Danube. Mario Conway Roland V8 1: Indifference by Tony Murena (arrangement) French swing musette 2: Gabriella Sensuale (original) a tango in the style of Astor Piazzolla 3: Lisabetta (original) Italian waltz. 4: Oblivion by Piazzolla (arrangement)- Hohner Gola 5: Libertango by Piazzola (arrangement) 6: Fantasia on Funiculi, Funicula (original)
- Charity Concert Internationale - Videos
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Date Posted: Sun, 25 Apr 2021
Our YouTube channel has been updated following the Charity Concert on the 6th of April. It includes a summary video of the concert and will include the player videos.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEh8EKB3aSGSeTh9NG0C8vQ/videos
The first player video is The Carnival Of Venice played by Anne-Marie Devine.
- Playlist for Club Night 16 March 2021 (Club Night Players)
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Date Posted: Wed, 17 Mar 2021
Club Night Playlist, 16th March 2021
Greta Moseley
Miriam Umpleby
Barry Graham
Betty Nixon
Ken Hall
John Jones
Tracey Middleton
Rosie Galley
Norman Brown
Tony Britton
Viv & Pete Cowie
Mike Richards
Paul Hobbs
Moira Hague
John Corden
Tracey Middleton
Summertime, Take me Home Country Roads
Serenade (Haydn), Tulips from Amsterdam (with vocals)
Scheherazade (3rd Movement)
I Can’t Stop Loving You
Mockingbird Hill
Sweet Caroline, You’re Too Good to be True
Rumbata, Accordeon in Switzerland, Tango medley, Only Love
Star of County Down, McDuff Maggie
Crystal Chandelier, Please Release Me
Somewhere My Love, Love is a Many Splendored Thing
Athenry, End of the World (both with vocals)
Under Paris Skies, The Ferryman (with vocals)
When I Fall in Love, Durham Town
Moira recounted a joke
Athenry, La Mer
Musette for a Magpie, Passedoble medley, La Bamba,
Cubanola (Frosini)
- Charity Concert Internationale
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Date Posted: Sat, 6 Mar 2021
For more information, see: https://www.northstaffsaccordionclub.com/charityconcert
- Play List for Club Night 16 Feb 2021 (Club Night Players)
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Date Posted: Tue, 16 Feb 2021
Club Night Playlist 16 February 2021
THEME – Love Songs
Mike Richards - Fly Me to the Moon, Sloop John B
John Plumb – I Wish You Love, Hello Young Lovers
Richard Millward – Falling in Love Again, Run Rabbit Run
Geoff Capewell – What Now My Love, Answer Me
Ann Millward – Love Walked In, Embraceable You
John Cordon – Have I Told You Lately, Some Enchanted Evening
Viv & Pete Cowie – I Just Called to say I Love You, Mona Lisa
Paul Hobbs – Yours, Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
Moira Hague – Eriskay Love Lilt, Ae Fond Kiss
Norman Brown – Answer Me, I Love You Because
Miriam Umpleby – Scarlet Ribbons, Love Changes Everything
Steve Hughes – When the Girl in Your Arms, Venus in Blue Jeans
Betty Nixon – Love Me With All of Your Heart}
Ken Hall – She wears My Ring } Duet – Francis Wright Waltz,
Greta Moseley – A Lovely Way to Spend an Evening, After You’ve Gone, Love Letters in the Sand, Island of Dreams
Barry Graham – Mon Dieu, L’Accordionist
Rosie Galley – Give Me Your Heart, Wooden Heart
The Houghtons – ‘Those Canaan Days’ from Joseph
- January Club Night with guest player Barry Smith
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Date Posted: Thu, 21 Jan 2021
Barry Smith playing the 'Heimarc Waltz'
Our guest player at our January 'Zoom' club night was our good friend Barry Smith from the Black Country Club, organiser of the Midlands Accordion Festival and editor of the Accordion Post magazine. Along with some 20 club member performances, Barry kept us entertained with a varied programme including a couple of his own compositions, as is this video piece. Many thanks Barry.
Barry's composition, 'Heimarc' is named after his children, Heidi and Marcus, and can be found on our YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEh8EKB3aSGSeTh9NG0C8vQ/videos
or Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/northstaffsaccordionclub
Barry is being interviewed at 9.15 am on Sunday 24th January 2021 on Wolverhampton Radio (FM 101.8 MHz).
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- Accordion Profile discontinued,
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Date Posted: Sat, 16 Jan 2021
Heather Smith, editor of the 'Accordion Porofile' had decided to discontinue publishing the magazine with immediate effect. Our chairman has sent the following message to her: Dear Heather,I'm sorry to hear that you are going to discontinue publishing the Accordion Profile, Heather. It has been a huge part of the accordion scene of the country. With the lack of live music activity through the pandemic it must have been desperately hard for you over the past months and it is probably wise for you to retire and gain more time in your life for other things.Our very best wishes from the North Staffs Accordion Club where we hope to see you again as a guest in the not too distant future.
Best Wishes,
1steve Hughes
- Christmas Video - O Holy Night
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Date Posted: Wed, 16 Dec 2020
‘O Holy Night’ is a well-known Christmas carol composed by Adolphe Adam in 1847. The North Staffs Accordion Band members created this festive video during the 2020 lockdown, and wish you a very merry Christmas. This is a stereo recording so, best listened to on headphones.
'O Holy Night' recorded by members of the North Staffs Accordion Band.
Members of the band recorded their parts at home on numerous applications/devices including smart phones, apple devices, windows devices, and formats including .mpa, .mp3, .mov, .aup The sound files were then aligned on Audacity, and mixed down with minimal amendments.
- Club's YouTube Channel
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Date Posted: Thu, 27 Aug 2020
Our new YouTube channel has been running for 2 months and already has had 1,595 hits and 50 hrs of viewing. We'd love more viewings and subsribers. Please make our day by viewing and subscribing.
Click the link below to access the channel.
For more information, see: www.youtube.com/channel/UCEh8EKB3aSGSeTh9NG0C8vQ/videos?view_as=subscriber
