Such excitement in Chemainus this weekend...there was an accordion festival. Accordion players and bands came to Chemainus from all over and played on the streets, in cafes, and they planned to have a concert in the park on Sunday.
Faunette and I were so excited to be going out to see them and Lynne told us that Jonesy and Ken from Victoria were coming too. Jonesy plays the accordion too and she brought her accordion with her and .... she brought an accordion for both of us! We were so excited because now we would not only see them but be part of the festival.
I vaguely remember tickling the ivories with my feathers a long time ago, but an accordion is like a sideways piano!...and you have to remember to pull it in and out. We practiced and practiced, and when I started singing, the darn garden egret started to sing and she was a bit off key! We sat on the porch of the B&B and as passersby heard us, they even applauded. We knew we had done real good!
We were ready to hit the big time!
Saturday arrived and we were ready for our debut! Because it rained (for the first time in 6 weeks!) the concert was held in the Church Hall instead of the Park Bandshell. They didn't have our names on the program, but we wowed everyone with our harmonizing! We even had Lynne and Jonesy up dancing! What great fun it was!
Jonesy, thank you for giving us our first accordions and helping us to play.
Playing with Steve Cramaro from Powell River and Mary Ross from Victoria. They are really accomplished so it was a good thing we practiced ahead of time with Jonesy. Faunette kept falling down because she wasn't holding her accordion properly. Or it could have been all the practicing that tired her out, but we were having a good time anyway. I can't wait for next year!
