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Accordion Lesson PH2 - Lesson 3 - Oct 5, 2010 (today)

Shelia Lee will be webcastig accordion lesson Lesson 3 - Oct 5 (today) from the Palmer Hughes book 2.Goto to www.ustream.tv and serach for accordionshelia. Click on the live chanel.

Previous lessons are saved there also and can be accessed by clicking on them.

Here is the written lesson material.…

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Added by Daniel Kott on October 5, 2010 at 8:26am — No Comments

Oktoberfest music book with lyrics

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Here are the Oktoberfest music books…

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Added by Daniel Kott on October 1, 2010 at 11:07am — No Comments

Accordion Lesson PH2 Session 3 - Oct 4 at Noon CST

Accordion Lesson PH2 Session 3 - Oct. 4 at Noon CST (Saved for future viewing)…

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Added by Shelia Lee on September 28, 2010 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Live Accordion Lessons (Keyboard & Diatonic Button)

Tune in LIVE to get your basics in accordion playing. And if that isn't convenient - the sessions will be saved for later viewing.

Mark Ropel and I (Shelia) will be hosting a 1 hour LIVE accordion lesson every Tuesday at NOON starting September 21st. There are 20 lessons planned - to follow the 20 songs in the Palmer and Hughes lesson book 2 - so if you don't have one - get one (I have them in stock - if you need one).

Or order it now from…

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Added by Shelia Lee on September 10, 2010 at 9:40am — No Comments

CTAA Sept 2010 meeting community playing

Here is the sheet music for the Sept 2010 meeting

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Added by Daniel Kott on September 1, 2010 at 9:21pm — No Comments

New Video LIVE/SAVED Accordion Lessons Planned to start in September

Hi Everyone,

I am planning to broadcast LIVE accordion lessons starting in September. These sessions will be saved for your future use and linked here to the Texas Accordion Net. These will be FREE and I plan to also monitor the Chat section - so I can hopefully answer questions from those that are watching LIVE.

I will start with:

1. Accordion Position, hand position, and bellow location

2. Basic Scales and Arpeggios

3. Basic chords - for accompaniment

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Added by Shelia Lee on August 16, 2010 at 10:41pm — 1 Comment

Summerfest at Heritage Arts Productions in Pasadena

Das Ist Lustig (That's Fun) (Valina & Ross) will be playing for the Summerfest at Heritage Arts Productions. Shelia Lee and other great players will be performing as well. It's a sort of house concert. Admission is a donation to HAPI (a 501c3). BYOB (Bring Your Own Basket of goodies) beer is allowed. Come out and exercise your sausage eating and beer drinking muscles - get them ready for Oktoberfest! Saturday Aug.14 - 1 pm to 5

Location: Heritage Arts Productions, 1547… Continue

Added by Shelia Lee on July 31, 2010 at 3:11am — No Comments

Fairbanks Alaska Summer Arts Festival

Hello Everyone,

Boy are we having a fantastic time here in Alaska - please mark you calenders AND plan to attend next year!!! Besides having 2 classes - Improv and Inter/Adv Accordion - total 2 1/2 hrs daily for 10 days - the sight-seeing alone is worth it. We have covered so much material each day in class - and there is so much time to review and build on what we have learned!

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Added by Shelia Lee on July 26, 2010 at 11:57am — No Comments

CTAA July 2010 meeting - songs for community playing

CTAA July 2010 meeting - songs for community playing

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Added by Daniel Kott on June 29, 2010 at 9:34am — No Comments

June 2010 Newsletter of San Antonio Accordion Association

SAAANLJune2010.pdf

Added by Daniel Kott on June 22, 2010 at 9:10am — No Comments

Looking for Piano Accordion

Hi every one,
Looking for full size piano accordion. If you have one for sale please contact me at mkhalifa@entouch. net

Thx

Added by Majed Khalifa on June 2, 2010 at 6:26pm — 1 Comment

Tejano/Conjunto Festival San Antonio

Boy what a long weekend - we just returned from San Antonio and the HUGE Tejano Conjunto Festival. The musicians were fantastic, the attendees were fantastic, and we had a ball meeting both. Houston Accordion Performers were privileged to be part of the Hohner booth with Gilbert Reyes. We showed Hohner's new Xtreme Accordions and Dino Buffett accordions. We also debuted out collection of Instructional DVDs and a new collection by Joe Borrego - Traditional Conjunto.

I have attached a… Continue

Added by Shelia Lee on May 17, 2010 at 10:59am — No Comments

Folklife's BIG SQUEEZE 2010 finalists

Folklife's BIG SQUEEZE 2010 finalists videos are locked for viewing. They will be available after the final competition in Houston on June 5.

Added by Daniel Kott on May 10, 2010 at 9:36pm — No Comments

Texas Folk Life Jam Music - four addtional songs - backup tracts for conjunto songs

Here are four more backup tacts for the accordion jam session at the Biz Squeeze Contest in Houston, Texas. The sheet music was previously published on a previous bloig.

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Nuevo__Laredo__background__Music.mp3…

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Added by Daniel Kott on April 28, 2010 at 12:45pm — No Comments

Texas FolkLife Jam Music

(Please click Continue to see all Files attached) I have attached the songs we will be Jamming to at the Texas Folklife Big Squeeze Pre-Concert Jam. please download and enjoy. Last year we managed to play about 7 songs - I know we will HAVE to do: Jambalaya, Beer Barrel, Yellow Rose of TX, Deep in the Heart of Tx, Cielito Lindo, and Nuevo Laredo. Then plan to end with The Eyes of Texas or God Bless America. (Note - San Antonio Rose PDF file was corrected 5-7-10)

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Added by Shelia Lee on April 28, 2010 at 12:30pm — No Comments

May accordion club newsletters - Central Texas Accorsion Association & San Antonio Accordion Association

Here is the San Antonio Accordion Assocation newsletter

SAAANLMarch2010.pdfThe Central Texas Accordion Club newsletter.

Here is the Central Texas Accordion Association Newsletter…

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Added by Daniel Kott on April 26, 2010 at 12:30pm — No Comments

CTAA sheet music for community playing at March 2010 meeting

Here is the CTAA sheet music for community playing at March 2010 meeting It is in a *pdf format (Adobe Acrobat)CTAAtunebookK_jan-feb-mar2010.pdf

Added by Daniel Kott on April 9, 2010 at 10:39am — No Comments

CTAA March meeting sheet music for community playing.

CTAA March meeting sheet music for community playing. These images are in high resolution TIFF format 600 dpi in lead sheet style.

My Wild Irish Rose - key of C

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When Irish Eyes Are Smiling - key of C…

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Added by Daniel Kott on February 25, 2010 at 11:35am — No Comments

NAA 2010 convention international americana booklet

Here is the NAA 2010 convention international americana booklet. It is not finalized yet, but has most of the material that will be covered. We will probably cover, O Susanna, Cotton Eyed Joe, and She'll be coming around the mountain. Check back for the updates.

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Added by Daniel Kott on February 3, 2010 at 12:21pm — No Comments

NAA 2010 convention international folk dance booklet

Here is the NAA 2010 convention international folk dance booklet. It is not finalized yet, but has most of the material that will be covered. The sheet music that has Shelia Lee's name will be used as is. The others may be changed somewhat as she undates the individual songs. Check back for the update. Also if you send your email address and postal mailing address and agree to learn the songs in the practice session and play in the folk dance band for the dancing session, an SD memory card will… Continue

Added by Daniel Kott on February 1, 2010 at 9:36pm — No Comments