It’s Time to Prepare for Leavenworth
June 14 – 17, 2012
By Doris Osgood
Scheduling has begun for public performances at the gazebo and grange in Leavenworth during the International Accordion Celebration. Prepare Bavarian/ethnic/audience friendly music for your performances downtown. Bavarian attire would be great!
Check the web site: www.nwasnews.com for the gazebo and grange schedules. You cannot sign up on line; you can see what opportunities are available. The competition/workshop schedules will be posted on the celebration web site: www.accordioncelebration.org After you reference those sites, contact Doris Osgood for times that would fit your schedule. Doris will schedule the performers and the roster will be updated on line regularly. To sign up for performance contact: dorisosgood@frontier.com , 503-357-0417.
Chairs are provided at the gazebo, but bring your own music stand if you need one. The last date to schedule performances via email and phone will be June 11. See Doris in person in Leavenworth after that..
An army of volunteers will be needed. Contact Frank Bruchner or Bonnie Birch to indicate the times you’d be available to work. "Frank Bruchner" <sqzbox@dishmail.net>;"Bonnie Birch" <bonniebirch@msn.com>
The parade will be at 12:40 PM on Saturday during the celebration. Rod Miller has listed titles on the celebration web site of music likely used during the parade. Most will be in the key of C (Edelweiss is in G). Prepare tunes like: Happy Wanderer, Du Du, Wooden Heart, Edelweiss, Beer Barrel, and Lilli Marlene. Come to the Festhalle about 15 minutes before parade time for a brief rehearsal and marching orders. Everyone is welcome to join in.
Remember to check the web site for updates. The schedules are subject to change. See you in Leavenworth – June 14 – 17, 2012 – for the love of the accordion.
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Bursaries Offered
The Leavenworth International Accordion Celebration committee is excited to announce that bursaries will be available for young competitors for the first time this year! We have long desired to make this offer and feel it can be done in 2012. The term, “bursary”, is more widely used in Canada; for those in the United States the “bursary” is likened to a scholarship. To receive a bursary amounting to $100 a young person must:
*be age 18 or under (on or before June 14)
*participate in one individual competition category
*submit a handwritten letter stating their goals, interest, and plans for studying and playing the accordion plus their reason for qualifying for the cash gift
* Submissions will be addressed to the Leavenworth International Accordion Celebration Committee in care of: (Canadian entries) Rod Miller 3675 Anderson Road Kelowna, BC V1X 7V8 ( 250-807-2083 rodmiller55@shaw.ca) and (U.S. entries) Doris Osgood 3224 B Street Forest Grove, OR 97116 (503-357-0417 dorisosgood@frontier.com). Letters must be post marked no later than May 31, 2012.
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