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December 2016

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SVAS Next Meeting : Sunday January 8, 2017 at Harry’s Hofbrau

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Ken Caple President

Bill Tapogna Master of Ceremonies

Presidents Letter: This month is a Merry Month. Time for Happiness and Cheer. We always have a good time at our meetings and this month was no exception. Upon arrival at Harry’s we found that the room had been double booked. The “Corvette Owners Club” had also been booked. After some searching and negotiation we found that we could take over the Bar area. What better place for music during the holidays.? We were a little cramped but it all turned out well. I wish to announce the election of our newest Board Member. Lou Buonomo has agreed to join our Board of Directors. He and his wife Karen have been helping out at the front desk for some time now. He started playing the accordion one year ago and is making great pro-gress to the point that he is joining in with the Jam Band performances that we have been having. Welcome aboard Lou, I am sure you will be a big help to our organization. Unfortunately because the photographer was in the Jam Band we didn’t get pictures of our large group in the preprogram. II would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. I hope to see everyone next on January 8th - the second Sunday due to the Holiday. - Ken

MaryBarbara Zorio SVAS Reporter

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Welcome New Members: Mei Lu & You Chien; Connie Tan

There was no better place to kick off the holidays than at Harry’s Hofbrau the first Sunday of De-cember which, by the way, is where we found SVAS getting into the yuletide spirit! Thanks to maestro, Ken Caple’s fine organizational skills, SVAS’s own JAM Band offered up one hour chock filled with holiday cheer and ho-ho-ho enthusiasm! You can’t beat those old-time favorite holiday songs that are always just perfect for an audi-ence sing-a-long accompanied by 13 accordionists joined by Barb Corsiglia on bass guitar and Gloria Tapogna on recorder. Welcoming the arrival of the holiday season with a dazzling display of musical talent was the beautiful and talented Doris Sprugasci who treated us to a medley of accordion favorites. Played with her characteristic technical skill and joie de vivre, Doris treated us to several accordion standards including Pennies from Heaven, Upali Upala and It Had to be You. Sledding in from Greenfield, she surely did spice up our meeting with her performance - all the while smiling and seeming to enjoy every moment! Music has always been a staple of the most merry time of year. Hubert Kallabis , playing his amazing Zupan ac-cordion shared some old-timey favorites and then took us on a musical tour around the world with tunes such as Am Abend auf der Heide, Blue Hawaii, South of the Border, and Spanish Eyes. Hubert’s performance offered up a dis-play of virtuosity and pizazz. Waltzes and polkas were all part of the rich banquet of songs Hubert presented to us.

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It takes special skills to prepare and serve food that is as pleasing to the eye as to the taste buds. Applause all around was expressed to all those who brought treats to this month’s event. Special appreciation to the cooks and bakers who shared their many culinary talents by treating us to two whole tables full of delicious goodies, both sweet and savory. To the accompaniment of Roberta Rosa’s interpretation of White Christmas, Bob Stanfield announced this month’s raffle winners Pam Kawashima, Karen Bouanamo, Linda Hoffman, Barb Corsiglia, Rudy Pivk, John Mendez, Marilyn Portchy, Florence Lam and Jesse Aripez.

Karen Linda John Rudy Pam Barbara Marylyn Jesse

Florence

ACCORDION CLUB MEETING SCHEDULES IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

Accordion Club of the Redwoods (ACR) meets on the third Monday of every other month beginning in February 2017. Herman & Sons Hall, 860 Western Avenue, Petaluma CA 94952. Contact: (707) 795-4060. Golden State Accordion Club (GSAC) has three divisions: 1. The Vacaville Club meets the second Thursday of the month at 6:30 PM, Pietro’s N.2, 679 Merchant St, Vacaville, CA 95687. 2. The Humboldt Club meets on the third Tuesday, 7:00 PM., Humboldt Swiss Club, 5403 Tompkins Hill Road, Loleta, CA 95551. 3. The Sacramento Club meets on the fourth Wednesday of the month at 6:30 pm at the Old Spaghetti Factory,12401 Folsom Rd..,Rancho Cordova CA ,95742. Contact for all the GSAC: Carole Enneking (707) 864-2359. Good Time Accordion Club (GTAC) meets on the second Wednesday of the month at 7:00 PM, Escalon Community Center, 1055 Escalon Ave., Escalon, CA 95320. Contact Ed Sciarini (209) 545-3603. Northern California Accordion Society (NCAS) meets on the first Wednesday of the month 6:30 PM 6365 Douglas Blvd., Lutheran Church Social Hall, Granite Bay, CA 95746. San Francisco Accordion Club (SFAC) meets on the third Sunday of the month 2:00 PM . Oyster Point Yacht Club, 911 Marina Blvd. South San Francisco, CA 94080. Contact Lynn Ewing 650-453-3391. Silicon Valley Accordion Society (SVAS) meets on the first Sunday of the month, 1:00 PM at Harry’s Hofbrau, 390 Saratoga Avenue, San Jose, CA 95129. (between Kiely Blvd. and Stevens Creek Blvd. Contact: Bill Topogna (408) 984-5290.

♫ Who’s Playing??? ♫

William DeMichelis—Music with an accent, 408-375-0001, accordionist.sanjose@comcast.net

Reno di Bono—plays the second Friday of each month at Montavalle in Scotts Valley, dancing to the Blue Moon Trio. Joe Domitrowich/AlpinersUSA— see www.alpinersusa.com or www.capricious-accordion.com or call 408-255-1259 Happy Days Band— Schedule Concerts with Ken Caple (408) 892-2760 Due Zighi Baci– Schedule Performances with Sheri Mignano at sfmignano@yahoo.com Ernie Beran— Plays at the Tyrolean Inn Restaurant in Ben Lomond, CA every Saturday 6:00-9:00 pm Sunday 7 Band—Plays every first Friday of the month in Los Altos in front of Le Boulanger bakery on the corner of main street and Second street in the down town area. Schedule Concerts with Bob Stanfield (650) 888-3701 Mike Zampiceni—Plays at Tee Nee Thai Restaurant on Friday nights 6:30-8:30 and some Saturdays.

SVAS BOARD of Directors / Officers

PRESIDENT: KEN CAPLE, 408 892-2760

VICE PRESIDENT: BILL TAPOGNA , 408 984-5290

SECRETARY: SCOTT WILLIAMSON

TREASURER: BOB STANFIELD , 650 888-3701

DIRECTORS: LOU BUONOMO SCOTT BADER PAM KAWASHIMA SUE DOUGLAS ART MAGGIO DENNIS JUDD Board Committee Norma Parsons Dick Suidzinski

WEBMASTER: PAM KAWASHIMA pkawashima@outlook.com

NEWSLETTER Producer: Ken Caple Editors At Large: Bob S, Pam K, Norma P, Bill T, Georgia S, and monthly Reporter

NL Reporters: SUE DOUGLAS , MARCIA COULLAHAN , MARYBARBARA ZORIO, GEORGIA SUTHERLAND

Coming Events at SVAS: Sunday January 8 , 2017

Meeting : Doors open at 1:00 pm 1:00-2:00pm Herman Schmaltzreid, Ed Massollo, Reno De Bono 2:00—3:00 pm Sunday 7 Band

3:00—3:30 pm Break & Drawing Master of Ceremonies Remarks 3:30—4:30 Feature Nordahl Grieg Lei-karring og Spelemannslag, Norwegian Folk Dance Group

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - February 5: Mario Pedone @ 3:00 pm March 5: Due Ahigi Baci @ 1:00 pm April 2: Richard and Larry Denier, Dave Dally group @ 3:00 pm

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ACCORDION TEACHERS:

Peter Di Bono: San Francisco (415) 753-1502 Lynn Ewing: San Carlos (650) 453-3391 Sharon Walters Greyhosky: Daly City (650) 731-6010 Lou Jacklich: San Lorenzo (510) 317-9510 Marian Kelly: Cupertino (650) 954-3711 Mike Zampiceni: Sunnyvale and Hayward (408) 569-2579 Sheri Mignano , Petaluma (707) 765-1657 Ernie Beran: Aptos, reeds@baymoon.com (831) 238-4961

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Roberto Rosa As an early Christmas gift to all of us, Roberto Rosa hitched a ride on Santa’s sleigh to Harry’s all the way from Santa Rosa. Roberto plays a customized Bell accor-dion with three and four sets of reeds with a double tone chamber and the latest contactless midi system. Latin jazz is one of Roberto’s specialities. Latin jazz is a genre of jazz with Latin American rhythms. Born in Puerto Rico, Roberto is the first Caribbean musician to play Latin Jazz on the accordion.

His music emphasizes percussion and South American rhythms. Roberto’s performance included jazz, merengue, bossa nova, salsa, and folkloric music. Putting his own spin on traditional Christmas standards, Roberto shared his musi-cal renditions with his very unique characteristic jazzy flair. As with any instrument, “wow-worthy” technique is what makes expert accordionists stand out and Roberto’s eclectic

mix of familiar songs filled the room and our hearts with good music and lots of holiday cheer!

Silicon Valley Accordion Society meetings held first Sunday of each month at Harry's Hofbrau, 390 Saratoga Avenue, San Jose, corner of Kiely. Doors open at 1:00, Music

begins at 1:00 pm, Meeting begins at 2:00 p.m. door fee $5, under 16 no charge.

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