The
Vancouver Squeezebox Circle
meets
on the first Thursday of every month at
Spartacus
Books,
684 East Hastings Street.
The next session will be on April 1st
from 8 to 10 pm.
It's
hosted by
Bruce Triggs
and
Rowan Lipkovits,
co-hosts of
Vancouver
Coop Radio (CFRO)'s
Accordion
Noir radio show (every Friday, 9:30-10:30 pm on CFRO 102.7 FM
or anytime online at
http://accordionnoir.org).
Get on
the email list by
contacting
Rowan.
It's "an informal gathering of accordions and their players from around
the region. Some play, some watch, some bring
snacks. No
experience necessary, punk-rockers and polkas welcome. Set up
a
lesson, learn a lick, share a song, plan the squeezebox revolution (it
is at Spartacus Books after all.)"
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Resources:
Where
(and how) to buy an accordion (in
and around Vancouver)
Info
about playing and
maintaining accordions
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Accordion
Noir Festival
The most recent 3-day
festival (September 10-12 2009) was a HUGE success. Click
here
for festival information, (posted prior to the festival).
Todd
Wong posted photos from the
Thursday
night Squeezebox Circle event and
Friday night at Cafe Montmartre.
(Thanks, Todd!) And Alan posted video clips of the Saturday
accordion
parade down Commercial
Drive and of the
Squeezebox Circle Accordion Orchestra
accompanying Geoff Berner on stage at the Saturday concert. (Thanks,
Alan!)
But squeezebox playing happens all year round - so keep your eyes
peeled for the ongoing
Pleasing
Squeezing series of performances - with
events
posted on squeezeboxcircle.org
