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05-Nov-2010
New Accordion Club Opens With Festival, New Jersey – USAby Rob Howard |
 On Sunday November 7th the Acme Button Box Club in Westmont, New Jersey, opens in grand style with a one day festival. Throughout the day, from 9am to 4pm, there will be performances and an accordion market where anyone who has an instrument they would like to display for sale may do so, by prior arrangement. All festival events are free.The new Acme Button Club will meet each Friday evening beginning at 8pm, and all meetings – including the festival on November 7th - will be held at the Acme Accordion School & Musikgarten, 322 Haddon Ave, Westmont, NJ 08108. The festival begins at 10am with a workshop presented by Stanley & Joanna Darrow on the ‘Art of Practicing a Musical Instrument’. Benefits derived from musical involvement will be discussed. These include the long term physical, emotional, and social skills. There will be a group photograph taken at 12 noon, and all attendees are requested to participate, preferably with an accordion. At 1pm there will be a concert featuring the Westmont Philharmonia Accordion Orchestra, Westmont Accordion Clubs, the ACME Accordion School Junior Band, Preparatory Band, and Musikgarten Ensembles. There will also be performances by Cajun/Zydeco button accordionist Rik Kaplan, from Washington DC, and Dee Langley, from Minneapolis, who will present specialty ethnic music of the Balkan countries. |