Northwest Accordion Society News

NWAS News is published quarterly by the Northwest Accordion Society to unite membership by providing news and articles that instruct, encourage, and promote the playing of the accordion.

Leavenworth International Accordion Festival

Thursday - Saturday
June 19 - 21, 2008

Sign up to play at the Gazebo!!!

Enjoy the Accordion competitions, concerts, and MORE!

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Membership
Are you a member of the Northwest Accordion Society?

Join NWAS or Renew your membership today!

Please mail ALL membership applications and renewals to:

NWAS
403 SE 98th Ave.
Vancouver, WA 98664

Dues $20.00 Regular
$15.00 Student
$35.00 Patron
(Canada - add $5.00 for postage, US Funds)
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NWAS 2007 Scholarships awarded

The Northwest Accordion Society Scholarship recipients for 2007 are Corrie Anna Sams in the 16 to 25 year Age Category and Maggie Grobey in the Age 15 & Under Category. Both are students of Patricia Bartell who teaches in the Spokane , Washington area.

Corrie is 19 years old and has played for five or six years and has studied with Pat Bartell for two years. She plays classical as well as Western songs (which she likes best) such as “Twilight on the Trail”, “Song of the Sierras” and “Riders in the Sky.” She is striving to get the skills to do her own arranging. She also has competed in the Leavenworth and Kimberley Accordion Competitions. Corrie likes to sing, do leatherwork, ride horses and write stories. She has an hours drive from her home to her accordion lessons and is running out of funds from her home school group which provides only for five months worth of lessons Her NWAS $200 Scholarship will make it possible for her wish to continue her lessons through the summer months.

Maggie Grobey, 15 years old, recipient of the $150 NWAS Scholarship, is one of eight children. The parents drive eight hours round trip from Nez Perce, Idaho every two weeks to take the children to their music lessons Maggie likes to play classical, sacred, and old-time music. She also plays harp that her father builds and sells but she said accordion comes first. She has learned to arrange hymns for the accordion such as “Great God of Wonders” and plans to enter Leavenworth and Kimberley Accordion Competitions for the first time this year if funding is available. Her goals are to teach accordion and to record Norwegian folk dance music which reflects her heritage. Maggie lives on a ranch and her hobbies include the home arts and cattle raising.

2008 Day of the Accordion Pictures

(Photos by Ed Lofquist)
Watch for more News and Pictures in the Summer Issue of NWAS News!

Photos from Day of the Accordion 2007
(Photos by Ed Lofquist)

May Fest
May 24, 2008

Pine Springs Resort
Goldendale, WA

Noon to 11 PM

Go to this link for more info!

Check out the Accordion Events Calendar for an updated list!

WRITE to us and tell us of YOUR experience at these spectacular events. Send us your photos. The NWAS depends on members to share what they experience and learn. We like to publish articles and your PICTURES!

The Northwest Accordion Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of the accordion. The NWAS News is a quarterly publication. In it you will find:

• Technical articles Original compositions
• Articles about various musicians and musical events.

• Entertainment in the Northwest
• By the Way
• Accordion Events Calendar

The Northwest Accordion News is a quarterly newsletter published by the Northwest Accordion Society for and by its members. The purpose of the NWAS News is to unite the membership by providing news of its members, and articles that instruct, encourage, and promote the playing of the accordion.
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* Advertisers
* Coming Events
* Reviews of Current Events
* Personal Information
* Original Compositions
* Educational/Technical Information
Articles (printed in the ORDER in which they are RECEIVED)

When sending newspaper articles, you must include written permission from the publisher for us to reprint as well as a glossy copy of any photographs submitted.

We prefer that the articles sent via email or disk be in MS Word or plain text format. If it is a typed, paper copy, please be sure the type is DARK so it will scan into our computer with few errors.

If you wish photos returned, you must send SASE of correct size and adequate postage.

Send articles to: NWAS, 403 SE 98th Ave., Vancouver, WA 98664 or email to n7srs@iglide.net
FAX (360) 254-5245

The views expressed by the contributors to this publication are not necessarily those of the North-west Accordion Society or its advertisers.

Wanted!

Articles, Music, Pictures for our next Issue

Deadlines:

February 1
May 1
August 1
November 1

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