NEWSLETTER OF THE June 2016 VISIT OUR WEBSITE at SVASociety.org and visit us on Facebook Watch our Videos on: youtube SVAS Next Meeting : Sunday July 10, 2016 at Harry’s Hofbrau The Peter Di Bono Trio -has been serenading Bay Area audiences for over 25 years. Venues range from an elegant wedding on Nob Hill, to a forest picnic in Carmel Valley. The music covers a very wide spectrum from Broadway to Bach, and back. The trio was selected to perform at the gala dinner celebrating the 50 year anni- versary of the introduction of the song, “I Left My heart In San Fran- cisco”. The performance took place in The Venetian Room of The Fairmont Hotel where Tony Bennet, who was in attendance, intro- duced the iconic piece 50 years before. Violinist, Harriet Newhart is equally comfortable playing Mozart, Mancini, or marches. Classically trained on piano and violin at The San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Harriet brings such warm vi- tality to her music that she has been a favorite of San Francisco audi- ences and musicians for her entire career. The bass player is Steve Hanson. Steve was raised on the family farm in Minnesota, and as soon as he was of age, he joined the United States Navy. He auditioned for and was accepted into the Navy Band playing horn. Steve eventually was transferred to Naples, Italy spending the majority of his naval career there, where he became fluent in Italian. Steve's bass playing style and all around musicality keeps him one of the busiest musicians in the entire Bay Area. Peter Di Bono has played nearly every type of music, and in every setting imaginable. Performances include musical theater and guest soloist with Bay Area symphony orchestras. A winner of many musical competitions, Peter won the then version of America’s Got Talent while in high school as well as The Bank Of America Award for music. His many musical styles include classical, jazz, Italian, French, German – “You name it, I do it!”. Peter has an active teaching practice with over 20 students, and is on faculty with The Community Music Center in San Francisco. On July 10th we will have a Jam Session with new music. Ken Caple will be leading this session. Bring your Accordions and join in the fun.
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NEWSLETTER OF THE
June 2016
VISIT OUR WEBSITE at SVASociety.org and visit us on Facebook Watch our Videos on: youtube
SVAS Next Meeting : Sunday July 10, 2016 at Harry’s Hofbrau
The Peter Di Bono Trio -has been serenading Bay Area audiences for over 25 years. Venues range from an elegant wedding on Nob Hill, to a forest picnic in Carmel Valley. The music covers a very wide spectrum from Broadway to Bach, and back. The trio was selected to perform at the gala dinner celebrating the 50 year anni-versary of the introduction of the song, “I Left My heart In San Fran-cisco”. The performance took place in The Venetian Room of The Fairmont Hotel where Tony Bennet, who was in attendance, intro-duced the iconic piece 50 years before.
Violinist, Harriet Newhart is equally comfortable playing Mozart, Mancini, or marches. Classically trained on piano and violin at The San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Harriet brings such warm vi-tality to her music that she has been a favorite of San Francisco audi-ences and musicians for her entire career.
The bass player is Steve Hanson. Steve was raised on the family farm in Minnesota, and as soon as he was of age, he joined the United States Navy. He auditioned for and was accepted into the Navy Band playing horn. Steve eventually was transferred to
Naples, Italy spending the majority of his naval career there, where he became fluent in Italian. Steve's bass playing style and all around musicality keeps him one of the busiest musicians in the entire Bay Area.
Peter Di Bono has played nearly every type of music, and in every setting imaginable. Performances include musical theater and guest soloist with Bay Area symphony orchestras. A winner of many musical competitions, Peter won the then version of America’s Got Talent while in high school as well as The Bank Of America Award for music. His many musical styles include classical, jazz, Italian, French, German – “You name it, I do it!”. Peter has an active teaching practice with over 20 students, and is on faculty with The Community Music Center in San Francisco.
On July 10th we will have a Jam Session with new music. Ken Caple will be leading this session. Bring your Accordions and join in the fun.
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Ken Caple President
Bill Tapogna Master of Ceremonies
Marcia Coullahan SVAS Reporter
Sunday was a packed program. Not only did we have great pre-program events with in-dividual players but our accordionists had a half hour class from Jana Maas which was rich in practical ideas to enhance the sound of our music with simple “adders , volume control, and techniques” to make our music more musical. It was a good little lesson. She then followed with a concert of her special tunes. Thanks to Janna.
Doris Sprugasci delighted us with her flawless music. She admitted that she practiced to sound that good. A good thing to keep in mind for all of us.
A very special guy got some special attention today. William DeMichelis turned 39 again today and to the delight of us all, Doris played Happy Birthday and Norma sung along. William has been a great club member not only with his limitless ability to play beautifully but the time and contributions he has made to the club. Thank you William And I hope you had a very Happy Birthday. Thanks to you all for making this a very special club.
SVAS got a pleasant start with Eric Scheel accompanied by his young friend, Caitlin. They played Italian songs. The flute and accordion are a nice combination. Do this again Eric and Caitlin.
Garland Cheatham entertained us with a variety of songs that we love to sing along with and many did. Garland has a fine repertoire that he plays without aid of written music.
Don Savant just gets better and better with his easy style with a hint of jazz. It’s always a pleasure to just sit, listen, and relax and feel his expression.
Jana Maas who has 30 years of experience teaching music in public school met her challenge with the group of SVAS members. We were all so eager to see if we could follow her instruction that we sounded like an orchestra tuning up. Jana has the patience of a saint and truly is an excellent teacher. She gave us tips on improving our technique, fills, endings plus more. The handout was very helpful and well done. Thanks so much Jana and come back as often as you can!
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Jana Mass entertained us with an enjoyable repertoire and pointed out the use of many of the techniques that she taught in her workshop. “All of You” using some staccato for variety, “Baby Face” 1st verse single notes, 2nd verse chorded, “Pizza Polka” very clean, in order to hear each note. Jana played a new song that she is working on, “Wrong Note Polka”. It was quite unique as you could tell the wrong notes &/or chord by where it fell in the song. It sure sounded like she played only the wrong notes that were written.
The Raffle Winners were Pam Kawashima - pig playing an accordion & lacquered box, Francis, Pam’s Mom-wine, Ann Butera-wine, George Ford-CD, Gloria Tapogna-candy, Betty Lou Willde-candy, Sue Cristallo-CD, Lou Basso-necklace, Siyuan Donnelly-CD and Mary Barbara Zorio-book, William DeMiclelis, being William, gave his gift to Doris Sprugasci.
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Doris Sprugasci put on an outstanding performance
with her upbeat choice of music. Music is such a big part of Doris’s life. I, your reporter, have seen her play in Campbell with her daughters holding umbrellas to give her a little well deserved and needed shade. You’re a trooper, Doris. We enjoyed “Alpine Polka,” ” Left Right Polka” Brazilia”, “Tic Toc Polka” and “Bogalusa Strut.” We also enjoyed some upbeat waltzes; play on her new flashy electronic Petosa.
Doris played “Happy Birthday” to William DeMichelis while Norma and the audience sang along.
Half -Time entertainment was provided by our youngest member - Siyuan Donnelly who started playing music in his kin-dergarten class in Shanghai when he was four years old. Since June, he has become a student of Mike Zampiceni. Siyuan has great stage presence. He will be our next generations shining star. We all hope more of these youngsters will take up the study of our beloved instru-ment.
It’s Annual Dues and Membership renewal time again.
As we do each year, we ask for your continued support to help keep your Silicon Valley Accordion Society alive and active with your financial contribution for membership. We have not increased our membership dues for 8 years, and feel that we can continue at the current level of $25 per year. Your annual dues help us provide quality musical entertainment and a fun afternoon each month at our meeting. Please complete the previously enclosed membership form and submit it with your check for $25. Send to Silicon Valley Accordion Society, PO Box 1513, Los Altos, CA 94023. Your check should be made payable to Silicon Valley Accordion Society.
Thank you for your continued support. Bob Stanfield , Membership chair and treasurer.
ACCORDION CLUB MEETING SCHEDULES IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
Accordion Club of the Redwoods (ACR) meets on the third Monday of the month. 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, [email protected]
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 Mike Zampiceni - Accordionist 408 569-2579, plays on Sunday nights at Paesano Restaruant AbsolutAccord— Schedule Concerts with Marian Kelly 650 954-3711, [email protected]. Happy Days Band— Schedule Concerts with Ken Caple (408) 892-2760 Due Zighi Baci– Schedule Performances with Sheri Mignano at [email protected] 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
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: DICK SIUDZINSKI SCOTT BADER PAM KAWASHIMA SUE DOUGLAS ART MAGGIO DENNIS JUDD Norma Parsons (Honorary)
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 July 10, 2016
Meeting : Doors open at 1:00 pm 1:00-1:45pm Open Play 1:45-2:30 pm Jam Band
2:30-3:00pm Ron Harris + 3:00—3:30 pm Break & Drawing Master of Ceremonies Remarks 3:30—4:30—Feature Peter Di Bono Trio
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - August 2 : Mike Marotta Band September 11: Reno Di Bono October 2: Richard & Larry Denier & Dave Dally
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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 Richard Yaus: San Bruno (650) 832-1740 Mike Zampiceni: Sunnyvale and Hayward (408) 569-2579 Sheri Mignano , Petaluma (707) 765-1657 Ernie Beran: Aptos, [email protected] (831) 238-4961
Now available at the Front Desk at the SVAS Meetings
Popular Song History
Just Because Polka
This famous song was written by Sydney Robin. It was originally recorded by Nelstone’s Hawaiians (Hubert Nelson and James D. Touchstone in 1929. It was recorded by the Shel-ton brothers in 1933. The Bob & Joe Shelton wrote the lyrics for the song. Frankie Yank-ovic’s version was later recorded in 1948. Elvis Presley recorded it in 1954 and later it was again recorded by Paul McCartney. In 1964 Al Hirt recorded his version of this song. There were 17 issues of “Just Because” in the 1950’s-60’s.
Frank Yankovic and His Yanks had the most famous version (1947). After World War II Frank went back to his home in Cleveland to resume his career as a bar owner and musi-cian. His friend Johnny Pecon, the great accordionist, was one of Franks friends and they hung out at the bar all hours of the day and night. Both of these Slovenian accordionists were the best of friends. Frank asked Pecon and his arranger Joe Trolli to create a polka-sounding bridge for the song, which they did.
The two combined their accordions and made big hits in Cleveland. Yankovic signed on with Colulmbia recording company for 26 years. Credits: Wiki, Library of Congress -KC
Rene’ Sevieri played his beautiful
accordion that he has had since he was a boy. Rene’ played completely from memory and played close to 50 tunes. He sings with ease in Italian and English. He is truly a spirited entertainer. As Jim Betto said “It makes me tired just think-ing about all that he accomplished in the time he played”. A few of the songs he played were “Brazil”, “Fernando’s Hide a Way”, “Just Because”, a couple of Tom Jones, “Granada”. He plays with such
feeling you could see the bull fight. He took re-quests, and gave away one of his CDs. Collette Ogatu answered the question, “Which group in the 60s preceded the “Beetles”? answer- “Dave Clark 5” out of England. Rene’s stamina is unbelievable, as he played one fast tune after another, and showed no sign of tiring. We hope to hear much more from Rene’ Sevieri.
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.
