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 Dreamland
Faces (Jitters Martini Bar, Friday, November 7,
9:30 p.m.)
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| web site: www.dreamlandfaces.com |
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 Patrick
Harison Band (Jitters Martini Bar, Friday, November
7, 11:30 p.m.)
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| web site :www.patrickharison.com |
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 Dee
Langley (Friday, November 7, 5:30 p.m., Kramarczuk's)
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| When Dee Langley first played the accordion
at the age of four, she could not have known that
her love for the instrument and her passion for
music would eventually reap her numerous first place
honors, take her to Europe, and earn her several
guest appearances as accordionist with the Minnesota
Orchestra and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. As
a professional, Dee has participated in seminars
and symposiums on accordion styles and techniques
in Chatel, France and Klingenthal, East Germany.
She also has performed with the Dolina Polish Folk
Dancers and Ethnic Dance Theatre as well as officiating
as Director of The EDT Folk Orchestra. Concert tours
of Poland, France and the Czech Republic, respectively,
being a few of the highlights of her tenures with
these companies. Dee is also proud to one of the
five inhabitants of Rogaria. *listen
to Dee* |
| web site: www.airaccordion.com |
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 Machinery
Hill with accordionist Datta
(Saturday, Nov. 8, 5:30 p.m., Kramarczuk's)
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Machinery Hill is a Mpls based band that blends
ska, klezmer, celtic, rock, American folk & many
other colors into their own style. A lot of instrumentals
and many well crafted lyrical salads. Machinery
Hill is a 1996 winner of a Minnesota Music award
for best world beat CD & 1999 MMA winner for specialist
recording. They have performed along with such diverse
acts as BeauSoleil, BuckWheat Zydeco, Frente, Phish,
Black 47, Brave Combo, Eugene Chadbourne, Jimmy
Carl Black and Queen Ida; and have headlined at
The Great River Folk Festival,among others.
*listen
to Datta with Machinery Hill* |
| web site: home.att.net/~szimmy/ |
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 Ken
Mahler (Friday, November 7,
6:00 p.m., Kramarczuk's)
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| www.accordionheaven.com |
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 Larry
Malmberg (Saturday, 2p.m., November 8, Northeast
Middle School)
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| Like most accomplished accordionists,
Larry Malmberg began his extraordinary career at
a very early age. His musical career glitters with
significant names. Dina Shore, Pavarati, the Minnesota
Orchestra, the Minnesota Opera and the St. Paul
Chamber Orchestra. At 84 he still tours with the
Golden Strings. The ensemble (with Cliff Brunzell
and Clyde Anderson) entertains often in prominent
establishments as well as farming community auditoriums
and dancehalls. Larry and his friends play it all-classical,
jazz, polkas and popular music. *listen
to Larry* |
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 Jerry
Minar (Sunday, November 11, 1 PM)
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Jerry Minar, of New Prague, Minnesota, was
one of the organizers of the Czech Country Concertina
Marching Band and manufactures Hengel concertinas
and is one of the guiding forces of the Czech Area
Concertina Club. A life long dedication and love
of the accordion and concertina has earned him the
2006 "Lifetime Accordion Award".
*listen
to Jerry* |
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 Daddy
Squeeze Trio (Friday, November
7, 9:30 p.m., The Times Bar and Cafe)
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| The Daddy Squeeze Trio is a fun
and adventuresome group that believes having a good
time makes great music even better. They can swing
the standards, generate Latin and rock grooves,
and surprise their audience with slightly twisted
covers of forgotten pop tunes. Imagine, if you can,
a banjo and accordion treatment of “Cat Scratch
Fever” or “Smoke on the Water”, a bewigged rendition
of Frank and Nancy Sinatra’s “Something Stupid”,
a Tango/Klezmer treatment of Cher’s “Bang Bang”,
or a Tom Waits-influenced beat poetry reading of
“Takin’ Care of Business”. The Trio also offers
Louisiana-style dance music, Tex-Mex, Brazilian
Forro, Cumbia, French Musette, Gypsy Swing, and
has become a showcase for Dan “Daddy Squeeze” Newton’s
original songs and tunes. *listen
to Dan* |
| web site: www.daddysqueeze.com |
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 New
Riverside Ramblers (Friday,
November 7, 7:00 p.m., Kramarczuk's)
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| web site: www.newriversideramblers.com |
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 Orkestar
Bez Ime with accordionist Dee Langley (Friday,
Nov. 7, 11:15 p.m., Times Bar and Cafe)
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| The Upper Midwest's finest Balkan
and International dance band's trilogy of International
folkdance music is complete with the release of
their third CD, "Nice Driveway Vol 3: Rogarian Baba-que".
Using a mix of folk and modern instruments—including
accordion, clarinet, dumbek, flute, guitar, kaval,
tambura, violin and voice—the group (Colleen Bertsch,
Dee Langley, Katrina Mundinger, Natalie Nowytski,
and Tim Wahl) stays close to traditional Eastern
Europe through its Rogarian melting-pot sensibility.
Join OBI for the music of Armenia, Bosnia, Bulgaria,
Hungary, Kosovo (Albania), Macedonia, Moldavia,
Romania, Rusyn, Serbia, Sweden and, of course, Rogaria.
*listen
to OBI* |
| web site: www.rogaria.com |
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 John
Scaffeo (Saturday, November
8, 2:00 p.m., Northeast Middle School)
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| NEAF favorite Canadian, eh? This performance
is guaranteed to be a most memorable experience
with artistic interpretations and excellent technique.
John lights up the stage.*listen
to John* |
| http://www.abeautifuldifference.com/accordion.html |
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 Hank
Thunander (Saturday, November 8, 2:00 p.m., Northeast
Middle School)
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| Hank began his musical
career at the age of nine in a small town in Bessemer,
Michigan. Recognized for his achievements, Hank
was awarded the Army Commendation Medal for his
outstanding leadership and performances in Special
Services Entertainment. Hank has repeatedly awestruck
crowds with his various styles of music at night
clubs, festivals, casinos, ballrooms and theme parks
throughout the U.S. His extraordinary talet includes
a cast number of ethnic themes, big band, polkas,
old-time, country, 50's-60's-70's, standard, light
rock, classical melodies, spiritual, patriotic and
holiday tunes. *listen
to Hank* |
| web site: www.wirthentertainment.com/hank_thunander_polka.htm |
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 Dan
Turpening (Saturday, November
8, 7:30 p.m., Kramarczuk's)
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| Daniel Turpening is a Minneapols-based musican
specializing in accordion performance and repair.
He is a certified Accordion Repair Technician and
a teacher at the West Bank School of Music. Daniel
has studied extensively with renowned teacher Dr.
Helmi Harrington and attended accordion festivals
in Moscow, Russia and Chicago, IL. He performs at
weddings, parties, plays and puppet theatres. Daniel
also enjoys sharing his love of music as a street
performer and performs in this capacity at every
opportunity. |
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 Wild
Hollow, (Saturday, November
8, 2p.m., Northeast Middle School)
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| Wild Hollow specializes in instrumental
innovation, changing the faces of familiar classical
compositions with impeccable artistry. They also
introduce audiences to the unique sounds of Eastern
European folk music. Colleen Bertsch (violin), Dee
Langley (accordion), and Katrina Mundinger (clarinet)
met as members of Ethnic Dance Theatre Folk Orchestra
and also perform with Orkestar Bez Ime. Wild Hollow
enables them to draw on their years of classical
training and perform works by Handel, Mozart, Kreisler
alongside the exciting ethnic music they have traveled
far and wide to find. |
| web site: www.myspace.com/wildhollow |
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