Great Line-up of

Club Players—June 16!

    A wonderfully pleasing evening of accordion entertainment is set for Tuesday June 16 when ten outstanding club players will be featured at the Salt Lake Area Accordion Club at South Valley Unitarian building, 6876 So. Highland Dr. (2000 East), half-mile south of I-215 freeway exit 8.

   Most of their names or faces may be familiar—but it has been some time since some of them have played at a club event. Here is the list of this “great line-up” (alphabetically):

---THE ACCORDS: Glenna Archibald (Spanish Fork), Susan Henshaw and Joan Weitzeil, both of Orem , are always an impressive trio, enjoying playing their pieces themselves as much as audiences enjoy hearing them. They’ve played at festivals up and down the large metropolitan area.

---JOHN CEDERLOF, of SLC, played solo for the first time earlier this year—and people thought he was a “wow”! Where has this “surprise” been? (Answer: hiding out in the Play Along Group.)

---WAYNE ECKMAN, of West Bountiful, who took the entire second half of our November event last year as the night’s “Spotlight Player” is a fine, smooth MIDI performer who plays some of the “oldies” that people want to hear.

---RAY HEDBERG, of Murray, owner of Ray’s Fasteners business and 40 or 50 vintage automobiles, has rarely played at our events, but everyone who heard him several years ago play the pre-meeting music loved hearing it and have wanted him back ever since. We finally snagged him!

---RALPH HUBRICH, of Sandy , is simply the finest accordion repairman in the entire intermountain area, a former full-time accordion teacher/performer before he worked for UTA when the accordion world went into deep-slowdown several decades ago. His numbers always bring cheers!

---BRYSON MCKAY, of south Salt Lake Valley , a student of Yvonne Mueller is a youth who club members have seen grow and mature in both size and musically. It is always special to have “the players of tomorrow” refine themselves before our eyes.

---YVONNE MUELLER, of Draper, our newsletter’s super designer, is as anyone knows who has attended Salt Lake Area Accordion Club events an accomplished player who plays at Snowbird’s Oktoberfests with the PolktaTonics, has been a restaurant evening player, and is always a real treat to hear.

---JANET TODD, of Holladay, seen by all who attend the Salt Lake Area Accordion Club and, co-incidentally the subject of a recent BYU article reprinted in this issue, is the club’s vice president and leader of the popular Play Along Group, former international jazz champion and world “Old Time” duet champion, one of the headliners at this year’s prominent Leavenworth, Washington Accordion Celebration where she also is adjudicator of competitions and a major workshop presenter.

   Pre-meeting music will be by the Play Along Group, which includes everyone who wishes to bring their instrument and join in the fun. Music begins at 6:15 p.m., with additional musicians gradually joining in as they arrive—somewhat similar to the refreshments! The main event starts at 7 p.m.

   A $4 charge is the fee at the door, but all youth 15 and under enter free to help pass the accordion on to the next generation.

    For more information, call (801) 272-3263 or e-mail jaja64@msn.com