April 2012 Entertainment

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Our entertainment portion of our April meeting started with Santa Rosa resident Guy Richards. Guy was our featured musician at our April meeting. Guy is an accomplished artist and a wonderful showman. He played his white Iorio Cantina accordion and performed “Oh Danny Boy,” and a lively Jewish medley.

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Next on our stage were Tom & Kay Newburg playing their twin button box accordions. They played a German song translated as “Gold Miner’s Polka,” and Kay sang as they played “Let’s Have a Party.”

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Frank Divita was our third artist. He played his Elka accordion . His set included a German song “Race Track Song,” also “Jamaica Farewell,” and “Danube Waltz.”

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Steve Balich closed out the first half of the program. Borrowing Elmo Fama’s huge Guilietti accordion, Steve Played “Jennie’s Mazuka,” “La Paloma,” “Alley Cat,” “Sheik of Araby.” Kay Newberg sang along with Steve on his last two songs “Oh, How He Lied,” and “ Marianna.”

CIMG0988-psCIMG0990-psFollowing a brief intermission Kris Nelson Introduced accomplished pianist Aldo Girabaldi who kept us spellbound with his excellent variety of old favorite songs. To finish off the night Kris introduced the Petaluma’s United Methodist Church “Open Micronauts.” They featured pianist Bob Johns, violinist Candace English, Saxophone player David Scott, drummer Al Sanerco and vocalist Kris Nelson. This talented group entertained us with “Great Balls of Fire,” “As Time Goes By,” “Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans?” We were fortunate top have all of them as our featured guests.