· Highlights of Victoria Accordion Club meeting

· Sunday May 7th, 2006.

Band Report

• Patty Forman reminded the band of the performance at St. Patrick’s school on May 27th to raise money for the Cancer Foundation.
• There will be no performance at Folk Fest this year.
• The band is booked for Chemainus on Sunday Aug. 13th -- no specific time yet.

Old Business

· Ron Sera and Dennis Harley made a practice CD of band tunes and copies were given to all band members. Perhaps a band recording, to raise revenue, could be considered in the future.

· Mary Ross will play the next Schnitzel Dinner on June 1st.
Robert Hildenbrand will play for Mother’s Day.  Who will play for Father’s Day?

· Patty has not found a graphic artist yet to design a logo and T-shirts for the club, but will have something ready for Chemainus Festival.

New Business

· An alternate band rep is needed for the month of August because Gerhardt Herndler will be away.

· Beverly Blain is looking for an accordionist to join her band.  They want a versatile player.  Her number is 381-9550.

· Two young accordionists who bravely played the songs that we all struggled through in our own lessons long ago entertained us; each received a bursary for their performance.

· Joe Morelli gave a wonderful workshop to help us enliven our playing.  He recommended two books: The Art of Practicing -- A Guide to Making Music from the Heart   by Madeline Bruser & Effortless Master by      Kenny Werner. The club members were very impressed with Joe’s presentation; he had lots to offer to all levels of accordionist.

· VAC met with Shelagh Godbolt to talk about Chemainus Accordion Festival August 11-13, 2006.  

Next Meeting June 4^th.

• The Theme for playing at the next meeting is "Hollywood."

Irv Lang and Joe Morelli play duet	Joe Morelli shows how improvising is done, and gives advice and tips during workshop
Young student accordionists show strong promise as future musicians