NORTHWEST ACCORDION NEWS Alpenfest Accordion on Broadway Jolly Accordion Man Polka Remembering Marjorie Rombauer 10 Things I Learned from Cruise Ship Musicians VOL. 26 NO. 4 Northwest Accordion Society Winter Quarter 2016 Northwest Accordion News NWAS News Deadlines NORTHWEST ACCORDION SOCIETY February 1, May 1, August 1, November 1 The Northwest Accordion News is a quarterly newsletter published by the Northwest Accordion Inquiries, questions, suggestions, etc. Society for and by its members. The purpose of Contact Doris Osgood, 3224 B St., the NWAS News is to unite the membership by Forest Grove, OR 97116. (503) 357-0417. providing news of its members, and articles that E-mail: [email protected] instruct, encourage, and promote the playing of the accordion. 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(503) 357-0417 address to: [email protected] Judith Ames ................................................................... (360) 904-1524 Northwest Accordion Society [email protected] 5102 NE 121st Ave. #12 Vancouver, WA 98682 Winter Quarter 2016 1 Northwest Accordion News Quarterly Update Table of Contents 2 Letter from the Editors Dear Members, 2 Quarterly Update The autumn has been busy. The transition from 3 Letters to the Editor O’fest music to music for the holiday season seems 4 Jolly Accordion Man Polka abrupt. I’m preparing for Thanksgiving travel now. It 8 10 Things I Learned from Cruise Ship will be the fi rst time in 19 years that both of my boys Musicians and their families will be together; I’m really looking 11 Alpenfest’s Ad Hoc Accordions forward to it. By the time you receive this issue, it will 12 Eastside Musicfest be nearly Christmas. 15 Divisions and Requirements for Competition 17 Music Styles for Leavenworth 2017 Life is all about change, but changes are painful. 18 Chester Pietka Scholarship Recipients This year, we’ve lost some of our founding NWAS 19 Accordion Autumnfest in Forest Grove members. My friend, Marjorie Rombauer passed 21 An Accordion in the Airport away without fanfare, which was her style. She was 23 Gem State Accordion Club smarter than all of us put together; Marjorie was a 24 Keeping Up With Gary Blair petite woman with dancing eyes and a keen interest in 25 The Accordion Life of Spokane many things along with her love for all kinds of music. 25 What’s Happening at Able To Play Music We will miss her. Studio? The Day of the Accordion is scheduled for the 27 Accordion on Broadway! Crossroads Mall in Bellevue, WA Feb. 25, 2017. The 27 Who was Roberto Carreno? day has been a great outreach to people outside of 28 Accordionists in Northeast Brazil: A Report on the accordion community. Professional performers are IV Festival Internacional Da Sanfona featured on the Market Stage. Rising Star performers 29 Santiago Jimenez Jr. Honored at the will play also. The staff at the mall has done great White House work the past couple of years with publicity on our 30 By the Way – behalf. Crossroads is a multicultural venue. Details 31 Beer, Bratwurst, Yodeling and Accordions will be posted at www.nwasnews.com after the fi rst of Attract Record Attendance for Oregon’s Alpenfest the year. 32 Coupe Mondiale 2016 As you know, the Northwest Accordion Society 32 69th Coupe Mondiale Competition Results puts on the Leavenworth International Accordion 34 Sequim Accordion Socials Celebration in Leavenworth, Washington June 15 36 Tacoma Accordion Socials – 18, 2017. Our LIAC Chairman, Bonnie Birch, is 37 Ribbon Festival in Tri Cities Washington working on the details now. Note that the competition 38 Remembering Marjorie Rombauer information is available in this issue. There are 39 Accordion Events Calendar some adjustments. The professional performers and 41 Entertainers in the Northwest workshop classes are not settled as I write. As you 42 Meet Ron Ostromecki know, the availability of performers determines what 43 Remembering Buckwheat Zydeco we can do. That, coupled with our budget makes 43 Welcome New Members Bonnie’s work challenging. Updates and more details will be found at www.accordioncelebration.org by the end of January. Time moves along quickly. LIAC will Letter from the Editors be here before you know it. Make plans today to join us in Leavenworth for the love of the accordion. Greetings! In this issue we have an original composition by Christmas is almost here! The time is really fl ying Constantine Mantini. Connie has written several by. Due to some personal events, this issue is getting pieces and has shared them with the Northwest put together a little later than we have in past year. Accordion News. We thank him for his generosity. Yet it is PACKED! We had a very WET October. The temperatures are still mild in comparison to “normal” (i.e. we haven’t we have a report from Caldwell, Idaho! More to come had our fi rst frost yet.) in the future. Are you participating in the many social events Judith Ames ([email protected]) going on? We would love to hear from you. This time 2 Winter Quarter 2016 Northwest Accordion News Letters to the Editor Dear Doris and NWAS. In the wake of my loss of Frank, I fi nd comfort in Dear NWAS, knowing how many countless hours of hard work ev- Thank you for your support. eryone has done at the NWAS to keep the spirit of the Douglas Maxwell, Mead, WA accordion alive. He would be happy. In his memory, please accept my check with a grateful heart. Dear NWAS Staff , With love, Millions of thanks for the tireless eff ort of creating a Anne Marocco, Lake Balboa, CA professional magazine time after time for all members information and enjoyment. The only thing that tends to Thank you for your great magazine! It truly is my sadden me is the passing of so many great players and favorite one. promoters of our chosen instrument. Someone I knew Paula Wallenius, Woodinville, WA personally, and others were just well known to all. We will miss these talented individuals. Dear NWAS, Thanks again, Thank you for all you do for all of us. Randall A. Tron, Sumner, WA Andy Mirkovich, Sammamish, WA Keep up the good work! I always enjoy reading the Newsletter. Tom McGough, Columbus, IN Thanks also go to Toby Hanson for making a YouTube recording of this music. Many of our members have Sorry for the delay in renewing my membership. requested that; I’m grateful that Toby could fi t that into Thanks for the memories. his very busy schedule. Mary Cook, Gig Harbor, WA As we close our 26th year of publication, we thank our faithful advertisers. Michael Arralde and Petosa Dear NWAS, Accordions have been with us since the beginning. WOW and awesome are the only two words that We owe them much for their support. Judith, Colleen, can explain how much fun it was to read and IN COLOR and I are grateful for your patience and support of this time. What a huge diff erence. Articles and updates our publishing eff orts. Our “staff ” is a volunteer unit. on so many activities and accordionists, thoroughly Regrettably errors happen from time to time and made this extra long?? quarterly great. I think from now we appreciate your for understanding. We strive to on I only need the online version and stop the hard copy. produce a quality magazine style newsletter for the That will save pennies from the cost factor from your members of the Northwest Accordion Society.