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Next me
e
ting
wi
ll
be Satur
da
y M
ay 1
0th
Az America
n Ita
lia
n Club
7509 N. 12th St. Phoenix, AZ 85020 (602) 944
-3090
Elmer
Faser p
assed on M
arch 24,
20
25
born
on Nov
em
be
r 19
,
19
40
E
lmer born
in
Do
dg
e, N
D
. E
lm
er pla
y
ed
h
is w
a
y
th
r
ough Colleg
e as a
w
orking
musician
while
s
tu
dy
-
ing at Minot State T
each
er
s C
olleg
e. E
l
mer t
au
gh
t
Ameri
c
an
H
ist
ory and
Social Stu
dies. Elmer
c
on
tin-
ued h
is ac
ad
emi
c s
tu
die
s, ear
ning a Mas
t
er
’s d
eg
r
ee
in edu
c
ation
fr
om the Un
i
v
er
s
ity
of N
orth
Da
k
o
t
a
.
E
lmer an
d f
amily mo
ved to the Phoenix a
r
ea
in 1986
wher
e E
l
mer f
o
cused on f
a
mil
y and chur
ch. La
t
er
Elmer an
d h
is wi
f
e mo
v
ed to Sun City W
es
t. E
lmer
support
ed live
music and e
xpr
es
sed a n
ev
er
-ending
lov
e f
or
th
e a
c
c
or
d
ion
. As a
y
oung f
amily man
he
c
on
tinu
ed to p
la
y
w
eek
end gi
gs, mo
s
t not
ab
ly
with
th
e Mus
t
a
ngs in
the
197
0’s a
n
d H
al
’s q
u
art
e
t in the
1980’s. He serv
ed as pr
esiden
t of the Minot Musi-
cians As
socia
tion, Loc
al 656 In h
is la
t
er y
ear
s, as the
house acc
or
d
ion
p
la
y
er f
or Hau
s Murp
h
y
’s Ger
man
R
es
t
a
u
r
an
t
in d
o
wn
t
o
wn
Gl
en
dale, AZ w
earing a
p
air
of Lederhos
en. In
2016 E
lm
er
w
as c
er
e
moniou
sly
induct
ed
in
t
o the Da
k
o
t
a
Music As
sociation
H
all
of
F
ame. He w
as a
long
time me
mber of the Minot E
lk
s
Lodg
e, Su
n City
E
lk
s Lodg
e and the
Ariz
o
na Acc
o
r
d
i-
on Club.
He will be mi
ss
ed.
The Ari
zona Acc
ordion Club
Pag
e 2
Offic
ers
Presiden
t
V
ac
an
t
Vic
e Presiden
t
V
ac
an
t
Secret
ary
V
ac
an
t
T
reasurer Diane Mar
den
Bo
ard Of Directors
P
aul Betk
en
(602
) 471-9310
Chuck V
oinovich
(480) 451-
4416
Dennis Humlicek (
602) 944-2854
Diane Mar
den (
60
2) 309-
3730
Leigh Dechaine
(623) 582-3746
F
ace Book ARIZ
ON
A
ACCORDION
CL
U
B
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eb
sit
e:
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z
onaa
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or
dionclub
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om
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AY M
EM
BERS
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e
t
e Dona
t
ella *
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ed
Lee * Dr
. Jon V
an
Such * Joh
n Cesin
g
e
r
* Jo
e Kin
o
* Al M
on
ti
Helen Criscio *
Flac
o J
imene
z * T
o
n
y Lo
v
el
lo * Fr
an
k
M
ar
occ
o * An
th
o
n
y Galla
-Rin
i
M
yr
on Flo
r
en
* Art
V
an
Dam
m
e * Ar
t
M
e
tzler
* Len
n
y Simmons * Fr
an
k Y
ank
o
vic
Happ
y Music Cen
ter
Happ
y Music Cent
er in Dallas, TX is dedica
t
ed to f
os
t
ering joy
thr
ough music. HMC Pr
esident Johnn
y Y
oung and the Nation-
al Accor
dion Association (NAA) Con
vention Coordinat
or Rick
Cus
t
er rec
ogniz
ed Lori Beth Br
ook
e as a Happ
y Music Ambas-
sador
. She said.”
...music brin
gs jo
y…when we pla
y mu
sic, we
c
on
nect with other
s on a le
v
el that tr
an
scends wor
ds and
unit
es
us as on
e.
”
F
or more
inf
ormation visit
http://www
.happymusiccen
t
er
.or
g
The Ari
zona Acc
ordion Club
Pag
e 3
Mary
An
n P
au
l a fir
s
t time v
isi
t
or
. Mary An
n w
as b
r
ough
t to the
me
eting by Henry Slama,
they b
oth
liv
e in
V
err
ad
o in
Bu
ck
e
y
e, AZ
Mary An
n is fr
om Ala
sk
a.
Henry Sla
ma
our Head
liner
this month.
Henr
y is
heading back to Canada for the summer
. When
he’s in Arizona, he lives in V
errado
, a master
planned communit
y l
ocated in the cit
y of Buc
k-
ey
e, AZ. Henry pla
yed
F
erryboat Serenade
Ga
y Mood
Come Back to S
orrento
La Compar
sita
Hung
arian Dance #5
Blue Danube W
altz
Hejr
e K
ati (Czar
das)
Henry makes up his own lyrics to famous
songs
Drinking all Da
y (Mar
garit
aville)
Y
ester
da
y (Golfing V
er
sion)
Accordions We Pla
y (Jingle Bells)
T
ak
e Me Home Desert Roads (Country Roads)
Mary
An
n p
la
y
ed
Liech
t
ens
t
einer P
o
lk
a
S
wed
i
sh
P
olk
a
Villag
e
T
a
v
ern P
olk
a
Suzie'
s P
olk
a
Joan
and R
od c
ouldn
’t h
elp b
ut
dan
ce.
Dale Mathis br
ough
t Elmer Fasers Bel
tuna
Accordion to the meetin
g to s
ell
for
the family. It has been sold, beau
tiful
sounding
accordion. Dale played ...
I Love to Pol
k
a
Jus
t Be
cause
Mar
i
e Elai
ne
Ra
ymond P
olka
I’m in the Mood f
o
r Lov
e
R
on Brzoska
R
on Brzoska pla
yed
Little Slug
g
er Polka
Her
e’s that Rain
y Da
y
Slovenia
n Ho
me P
olka
Don’t Cry for me A
rgentina
Green Val
ley Wal
tz
Euclid Ve
ts Polka
The Ari
zona Acc
ordion Club
Pag
e 4
The Ari
zona Acc
ordion Club
Pag
e 6
The Ari
zona Acc
ordion Club
Pag
e 7
Elkav
o
x f
or sale $900
Call
Dick Wadnal 480-244-7233
Bose Speaker for sale, aski
ng $800.00
Deb Gregor
y
602-402-5310
The speaker comes with
a microphone, case,
owners guide and dus
t c
over
.
Our CL
UB DUES ar
e DUE January 2025.
Thank you f
or supporting the club every single year with y
our
attendance, y
our perf
ormances, y
our friendship, and y
our dues. Tha
t combo k
eeps us aliv
e and ex
cit
ed
—
and will allow us to host the meetings at Az American It
alian Club and to in
vite the pla
y
er
s we enjoy the
mo
s
t
.
P
ay d
ues for 2
025
12
803
W
Desert
Glen
Dr.
Sun City
West
Az.
85
37
5
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ub
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