- Club Night Playlist 20 September 2022
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Date Posted: Wed, 21 Sep 2022
Steve Hughes Spanish Romance, Sound of Silence, Maria Elena, In the Summertime, Take 5
Rosie Galley & John Cordon
(accordion duet)MacDuff Maggie, Via Condios, Maggie’s Farewell to Odessa, Irish Medley
Tony Britton & Pete Cowie (vocals) I Belong to Glasgow, I Love a Lassie, Keep Right On, My Love is Like a Red Red Rose, Bluebells of Scotland, Skye Boat Song
Elizabeth Brixton (English concertina) Teddy Bear’s Picnic, Sarah’s Song, I’ve Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts, Autumn Leaves
Mike Richards (with backing tracks) C’est se Bon, Blue Bossa, Bye Bye Love, Don’t Blame Me, Working Man (with vocals)
Paul Hobbs What a Wonderful World, You Raise Me Up, Where is Your Heart, Highland Cathedral, Answer Me, Ferry Across the Mersey
Viv & Pete Cowie (vocals) World of Our Own, Banks of the Ohio
- August Club Night Playlist 22. Theme - Animal or Bird (Club Night Players)
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Date Posted: Thu, 18 Aug 2022
August Club Night Playlist 22
Theme – Animal or Bird
Intro background music, Paul Hobbs. Music during break, Barry GrahamSteve Hughes Running Bear, Feed the Birds, Tarantella (the dance of the spider) Napolitana
Betty Nixon Mockingbird Hill, Old Shep
John Cordon Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs
Jacqui Flather La Cucaracha (The cockroach), Bare Necessities
Derek Wilton Old Bull and Bush, How Much is that Doggie in the Window, Spread your Tiny Wings
Barry Graham Glorious Mud, The Hens March Over the Midden, Ghost Chickens in the Sky
Paul Hobbs La Vie En Rose, Misty, I Believe, Any Dream will Do, Danny Boy
Miriam Umpleby Wimoweh – Audience participation, 4 part community singing
- July -August Newsletter 2022
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Date Posted: Wed, 3 Aug 2022
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- June 2022 Club Night Playlist
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Date Posted: Sat, 25 Jun 2022
Steve Hughes Emily, Maria Elena Derek Wilton Rosemarie, Jambolaya ( My Yvonne) harmonica John Plumb Goodnight Irene, Ramona (Songsheet) Betty Nixon Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair, Bill Bailey Norman Brown I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen, Jimmy Brown,
Anna MarieJohn Corden/Rosie Galley Ronas Voe medley Steve Houghton La Marche des Accordeonistes Lyonnaise,
Second to NoneSteve & Cathryn Houghton Snow Bird (accordion/vocal} Mike Richards Duke of Perth, Georgia, Sloop John B (vocals) Paul Hobbs May Each Day, Something Stupid, Peg 'O My Heart Barry Graham My Little Dark Rose, Suzette,
The Grand March (Verdi‘s Aida)Miriam Umpleby Run Rabbit Run (with moves!)
- May/June Newsletter, 2022
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Date Posted: Wed, 8 Jun 2022
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- Club Night Playlist 17 May 22 (Club Night Players)
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Date Posted: Thu, 19 May 2022
Geoff Capewell Golden Coach, Ich Liebe Dich, White Cliffs of Dover
John Plumb Georgia on my Mind, Midnight in Moscow, Am Spinette
Paul Hobbs More, Happy Birthday Sweet 16, The Last Waltz
Betty Nixon La Paloma, Cucaracha, Scottish Medley
Derek Wilson A wonderful 11-minute medley of 11 old-time songs. (Harmonica)
Steve Hughes
Spoken words and music Bosun Bill
Mike Richards
Morenita Do Brazil, La Cumparsita, Leaving of Liverpool (with backing track and vocals)
Miriam Umpleby Happy Birthday to John P, Red Red Robin and Mockingbird Hill singalongs, Chicken dance (with actions!)
- BAND CONCERT BETHESDA CHAPEL, ALBION STREET, HANLEY. from 12pm
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Date Posted: Sat, 14 May 2022
The North Staffs Accordion Band will be playing at the Bethesda Chapel, Albion Street, Hanley ST1 3RS, from 12 p.m. on Saturday 14th May supporting the fundraising efforts of the Chapel Trust to complete the renovations thereof. The Chapel will be open to the public till 2 pm with no admission fee charged.
- Queen's Platinum Jubilee Party
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Date Posted: Thu, 5 May 2022
- Fundraising Concert for Ukraine raises £1100
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Date Posted: Sun, 24 Apr 2022
We are delighted to announce that the fundraising Concert for Ukraine held on Friday 22nd April at the Kidsgrove Town Hall raised £1100 for the Ukraine charities through the Disasters Emergency Committee. A big thanks to everyone involved in organising the event and the performents, the North Staffs Accordion Club, City of Stoke on Trent Male Voice Choir and soprano Denise Leigh with accordionist husband, Steffan Andrusychyn, not forgetting Master of Ceremonies, Philip Eardlay.
- Club Night Playlist 19 April 2022 (Club Night Players)
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Date Posted: Thu, 21 Apr 2022
Club Night Playlist 19 April 2022
Barry Graham
Theme from the Navy Lark, The Man at the Nor’ (with vocals)
Amanda Hilmarsson and
Elizabeth BrixonLandmanna Langum, Vettabergs Skagga, Under a Blue Heaven (accordion duet)
John Corden
Songs of the Sea, Hearts of Oak, Sloop John B
Paul Hobbs
Stranger on the Shore, La Mer
Viv and Peter Cowie
Shoals of Herring, The Sinking of the Reuben James
(duet - accordion and vocals)
Norman Brown
Do you want your Old Lobby Washed down? Galway Bay, Mountains of Mourne, Golden Light of Old Aberdeen
Derek Wilton
Red Sails in the Sunset, Anchors Away, Rule Brittania
Betty Nixon
Over the Waves, The Mariners’ Hymn
Miriam Umpleby
(Medley with vocals) – Now is the Hour, Tipperary, Pack up your Troubles, White Cliffs of Dover, We’ll Meet Again
- Fundraising Concert in Aid of Ukraine Refugees
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Date Posted: Wed, 23 Mar 2022
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- Queens Platinum Jubilee Party
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Date Posted: Wed, 23 Mar 2022
- March Club Night 2022 Playlist (Club Night Players)
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Date Posted: Mon, 21 Mar 2022
Club Night Playlist. 15 March 2022
Derek Wilton Sound of Music, Edelweiss, Doe a Deer
Gennaro Fiondella C’est ci Bon, Indifference, O Sole Mio, Can’t Help Falling in Love and Fly me to the Moon (with vocals), Electrico, Come Prima,South American Joe, Besame Mucho, Luci e Ombre (Light and Shade), Anna Polka, Flight of the Angels, Faena (Gypsy Kings)
Barry Graham Variations on a Ukranian Theme
Mike Richards Sorrento Thoughts, Medley (After all Those Years, Bunch of Thyme,
Maggie), Galway Girl (accordion and vocals)
Viv and Pete Cowie Streets of London, Rambling Boy (accordion and vocals)
Genarro Fiondella My Florence, Dinah, Tutto Pepe (Italian Polka), Saetta, Sapore Di Sale (Flavours of the Sea), Come Back to Sorrento, Cubanola, Crazy Accordion
- March Guest Night
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Date Posted: Tue, 22 Feb 2022
Our March Guest Night will be held at the Bradwell Workingmen's Club, Bradwell Lane ST5 8JA at 7.30 p,m, on Tuesday 15th inst. Admission £5.
Our Guest for the evening will be:Gennaro Fiondella. see attachment:
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- Zoom Concert 15.01.22
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Date Posted: Wed, 16 Feb 2022
CLUB PLAYERS Paul Hobbs
(North Staffs)Don’t Cry for Me Argentina - Andrew Lloyd Webber
Hymne to Love – Marguerite Monnot
Fly Me to the Moon – Bart HowardBarry Graham
(Chester)Clarinet Polka
My Florence. – Guido Deiro
Czardas - MonteRob Howard
(Stockport)Simple Gifts – 19C Hymn tune adapted in the 60’s by Sydney Carter as Lord of the Dance
A set of polkas – Astley’s Ride/Swedish Rhapsody/Jenny Lind Polka/Waves of Tory
Trumpet Voluntary – Jeremiah ClarkeJanis DeVille
(Black Country)I Will Always Love You – Dolly Parton
The John Dunbar theme, - from Dances with Wolves
Amarillo - Neil Sadaka & Howard GreenfieldGUEST PLAYERS David Attard (Malta) Tango Maestro – Paolo Bagnasco
Jerusalem – Master KGAnne-Marie Devine Moon River
Jolly Cabbellro
Danny Boy (with Sean O’Neill)
Irish set (with Sean O’Neill)
Bel Viso
Cajun Ceili & Anne Marie Cajun CeiliHelen Rich Hand Grenade Throwers – G Deiro
Indifference – Murena & Columbo
Tarantella – Fugazza
Sicilian Serenade – Frosini
Amor, Amor, Amor - Ruiz
Quick Silver – P DeiroTracey Middleton American Husband in the Kitchen at Buzzards Bay (reels)
I Don’t Know How to Love Him – Andrew Lloyd Webber
Paris Accordeon (French musette) – Albert Delaroy
Chestnut – Playford Quintet
Parisian Holiday/Plaisance Fox (Polka)
Money Money Money - AbbaJulie Best Triumph March
Style Musette
I got Rhythm
Accordion Samba
Bel Fiore
Here Comes the Sun
Toby
- Newsletter January/February 2022
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Date Posted: Thu, 3 Feb 2022
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Jan - Feb Newsletter 2022
- Playlist for Zoom Club Night 18 January 2022 (Club Night Players)
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Date Posted: Thu, 20 Jan 2022
Greta Moseley Love is a Many Splendored Thing, Love Me with All Of your Heart Mike Richards Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head, Fly Me to the Moon Amanda Hilmarsson Harry Lyme Theme (The 3rd Man), Up a Lazy River John Cordon Old Man River, Four in the Morning Tony Britton Fiesta Espana, Searchlight Tattoo Geoff Capewell Maggie, Que Sera Miriam Umpleby Trumpet Voluntary, Yours Norman Brown The Old Spinning Wheel, Do You Want Your Old Lobby Washed Down John Jones Engelbert Humperdinck Medley Barry Graham Caprice (Yvette Hohner), Tico Tico Mike Beese English Country Garden Steve Hughes El Condor Pasa, Take 5
- January Club Night
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Date Posted: Mon, 17 Jan 2022
The January Club Night, to be held at 7 pm on Tuesday 18th January will be a Zoom event with entertainment provided by club members. The link to the event is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86129273078?pwd=dTNJV0RiVlYwTWV1L3J5M2FQajJXZz09
- CLUB - PRIVATE YOUTUBE CHANNEL
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Date Posted: Sun, 26 Dec 2021
As well as our popular public YouTube channel 'accordion tv - north staffs' our club members are able to view our private channel with it's playlists which are available as Assets in our Members section of the Club Website https://www.northstaffsaccordionclub.com
Members can see the Assets via https://www.northstaffsaccordionclub.com/dbpage.php?pg=membersonly
To become a member visit https://www.northstaffsaccordionclub.com/dbpage.php?pg=membership
- All Live Events Cancelled
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Date Posted: Tue, 14 Dec 2021
All live events cancelled due to one of our members having the Omicron variant of Covid 19 within the family.
- Merry Christmas Everyone
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Date Posted: Mon, 6 Dec 2021
- NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2021
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Date Posted: Sun, 5 Dec 2021
Newsletter November/December 2021
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- 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.
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