June Is National Accordion Awareness Month

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Postby Insert Coin(s) to Continue » Sat Jun 05, 2004 6:37 am

Elvis @ Jun 4 2004, 09:26 PM wrote: Article about Accordion Appreciation Month that mentions Al.

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That's interesting. It's talking about this Allen guy and then it briefly mentions Al and then it goes back to Allen a bit too suddenly. Oh well, at least he got his name in there. They had something good to say about him.
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Postby Orthography Enthusiast » Sat Jun 05, 2004 6:58 am

“Probably the best time of day to practice the accordion is when your family is gone.”




No respect. Not even during National Accordion Awareness Month. :(

I'm just glad that quote came from Mike Allen's wife and not from the lips of Mrs. Al Yankovic.
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Postby Seva » Sat Jun 05, 2004 8:10 pm

Kevbo1987 @ Jun 2 2004, 05:16 AM wrote: Wow! A whole month to celebrate one of the most underrated and fantastic instruments in the world....the glockenspiel! :P Just kidding, of course, it's the accordion. That's awesome! :D


Underrated? According to http://www.accordions.com, it's not that bad. Yay! :lol:

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Postby Orthography Enthusiast » Mon Jun 07, 2004 7:19 am

I am deeply saddened to announce that we all missed the Ms. Accordion San Francisco Pageant. :(

It was on Saturday.
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Postby Elvis » Mon Jun 07, 2004 6:50 pm

Orthography Enthusiast @ Jun 7 2004, 01:19 AM wrote:I am deeply saddened to announce that we all missed the Ms. Accordion San Francisco Pageant. :(

It was on Saturday.


The swimsuit competition was probably quite a sight to see. :wacko:

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Postby weirdstef » Mon Jun 07, 2004 11:07 pm

Elvis @ Jun 5 2004, 07:26 AM wrote: Article about Accordion Appreciation Month that mentions Al.

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That was a neat article and a good mention of Al. Now if they would interview him too that would be cool.



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Postby autrefois » Wed Jun 09, 2004 12:16 am

Long live accordions!! :D

But they should have made National Accordion Awareness Month in October to coincide with our favorite accordion player's birthday!

I was going to say that I'd observe it by listening only to Weird Al songs that have accordion in them...but I don't trust my memory on some songs. Does a list of instruments played on all Al's songs exist anywhere? Probably not, but just thought I'd ask.
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Postby Seva » Wed Jun 09, 2004 6:59 pm

Orthography Enthusiast @ Jun 7 2004, 09:19 AM wrote: I am deeply saddened to announce that we all missed the Ms. Accordion San Francisco Pageant. :(

It was on Saturday.


Looka that!!!

http://www.accordions.com/index/squ/en_ ... 5_28.shtml

Find there an article abut this pageant, and see this amazing photo of an accordion lady with curly hair and glasses that is definitely an Al fan!!! :lol:

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Postby CurlyFries » Mon Jul 12, 2004 7:38 pm

Ok ok, its not june anymore.. BUT
The Accordion Convention is in town! Ok, not Gloucester, but its in Boston.. but I dont think i can go.. seeing as how i have to work tomorrow and the concert is on wednesday! and it ends thursday.. well heres the website
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Postby Prosthetic_Lips » Mon Jun 05, 2006 3:54 am

In case anyone forgot -- yes, I'm resurrecting a 2-year old topic -- it is once again Accordion Awareness Month.

I guess we should ... um ... be more ... aware ... um ... of the ... accordions around us?

The same guy quoted in the Ms Accordion San Francisco pageant is interviewed again for AAM (from today's SF Gate):

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Keep polka-ing! And keep an eye out for any accordion music this month ... preferrably a certain WAY album?
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