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27-Sep-2013
‘The Big Squeeze’ Orange County Accordion Festival, California – USAby Rob Howard |
 The 5th annual The Big Squeeze festival takes place on Sunday September 29th, 10am until 4pm, at the OC Fair & Event Center in Costa Mesa, CA. Performing are a variety of accordion based bands and soloists playing everything from jazz and blues, rhythm and funk, to Cajun and Tex- Mex, to Latin and tango.Featured bands include Grammy nominated Lisa Haley & the Zydekats, featuring accordionist Gee Rabe, who will also perform with Porterhouse Bob and Down to the Bone, an eight piece New Orleans influenced funk and rhythm and blues group. In addition to playing, Rabe will also offer a free lesson workshop for amateur diatonic button and piano accordion players, which means those with some playing experience. Rabe will be joined by Otono Lujan, also a teacher and accordionist for the band Conjunto Los Pochos. Los Fabulocos, also performing,will play music from their Mexican-American heritage, plus Zydeco, Conjunto, and Cumbia rhythms. The highly accomplished and versatile Cory Pesaturo, recent winner of several competitions, will perform as a solo accordionist. Other soloists include Peter Robuffo, Lou Fanucchi, Gordon Kohl, and Jim Gilman. The festival also features free zydeco dance lessons, an Accordion Road Show with Jeffrey Iacono, Borsini Accordions, Accordion Apocalypse accordion and accessory sales as well as free accordion repair and rebuild tips all day by Skyler Fell, mobile rock ‘n’ roll accordionist Bryan J, gourmet food trucks and free face painting. |