Grex Accordions Conference

View Responses

Grex Accordions Item 140: American Accordion Association
Entered by srw on Sat Jul 12 21:02:14 UTC 1997:

The American Accordion Association held its annual convention in
Washington, D.C., this past week. The grand finale? The hundreds of
conventioneers gathered on the Capitol porch and played patriotic songs.
Congress was invited, but none of the politicians showed. Washington
mayor Marion Barry did declare July 7-11 "Accordion Week" in the
nation's capital, though.

27 responses total.

#1 of 27 by srw on Sat Jul 12 21:02:46 1997:

The above was posted only to confuse newbies who think that this conference
has something to do with squeezeboxes.

#2 of 27 by e4808mc on Sun Jul 13 00:55:35 1997:

was not.  Was posted to remind us that we have yet to organize the accordion
field trip to listen to real accordions talk and watch them play in their
native habitat.

#3 of 27 by void on Sun Jul 13 16:01:14 1997:

   what about concertinas?

#4 of 27 by font on Mon Jul 14 04:34:08 1997:

We do not discriminate by any standard.  We'd even call a piano an accordion.
(This is official)
But seriously, if it's concertinas, it's still within accordion
realmafication.  Hey, I nearly bought a concertina...In Elicottsville, NY.
$55 dollars, broken.  It's even hexagonal.  Cool, huh?\
Psssst!  Movies even qualify for accordion verification.  I was thinking about
having Peter Greenways new film: Pillow Book to be an official Accordion Expo.
Anybody interested?  I think the opening is July 25.... Time to save!

#5 of 27 by e4808mc on Mon Jul 14 19:48:08 1997:

everybody knows that concertinas are accordians kept behind barbed wire and
starved to death.

#6 of 27 by font on Tue Jul 15 01:51:06 1997:

:-0

#7 of 27 by srw on Tue Jul 15 05:40:32 1997:

That must be right. I never heard of accordion wire.

#8 of 27 by void on Tue Jul 15 22:01:56 1997:

   there are concertinas available in ann arbor.  i keep thinking i
ought to get one...it might be a quieter way to assuage my longing for
a set of bagpipes.

#9 of 27 by font on Thu Jul 17 05:34:45 1997:

<font drools politely> Where?  Where?

#10 of 27 by srw on Sat Aug 2 05:06:04 1997:

Bagpipes are a blast.

#11 of 27 by font on Mon Aug 4 01:45:57 1997:

organs are an even bigger blast.

#12 of 27 by void on Mon Aug 4 03:42:27 1997:

   re #9:  saw a concertina at herb david a while back.

#13 of 27 by font on Tue Aug 5 19:33:34 1997:

How much?

#14 of 27 by void on Tue Aug 5 20:39:03 1997:

   don't remember...maybe we could plan a herb david outing.  you could
ask about concertinas and i could ask about bagpipes. :)

#15 of 27 by font on Wed Aug 6 00:59:15 1997:

And look for tapes of Gammalon Thrash.  :-)
I am game...

#16 of 27 by srw on Sat Sep 27 05:47:11 1997:

I am somewhat interested in bagpipes, too. Did anyone go?

#17 of 27 by font on Tue Sep 30 03:28:38 1997:

Not yet.  I haven't heard any times for meeting thrown into the
suggestion pot yet.

#18 of 27 by raven on Tue Sep 30 12:11:04 1997:

Yes let's go, I can drool on electric bazoukis, and fretless basses.
Drool only alas for capital hath not server me well.

#19 of 27 by orinoco on Tue Sep 30 22:35:50 1997:

Why not fretless bazoukis and elecric basses?  Or fretless electricity and
bass bazoukis?  
Would you like vespers with that?

#20 of 27 by snowth on Wed Oct 1 22:49:46 1997:

Only if it's a singular vesper.

#21 of 27 by font on Thu Oct 9 02:04:24 1997:

I believe they are packaged in singles or packs of ten.  A ten pack is
cheaper, though.

#22 of 27 by snowth on Sun Oct 12 03:11:24 1997:

They usually are.

#23 of 27 by void on Sat Nov 1 06:42:59 1997:

   bullfrog parts in a ten-pack?

#24 of 27 by orinoco on Sat Nov 1 21:21:57 1997:

Which is, in turn, fed to the bullfrog.
Which is assembled out of parts bought in a ten-pack.
And so, the great cycle of life continues.

#25 of 27 by font on Sun Nov 2 07:03:13 1997:

That's right, folks, you get ten complete bullfrogs, with some assembly
required.  (I mean, we aren't getting many the "natural" <ewwwww> way, So why
not market them?  There are needs, after all...I mean there is no other
reasonable and environmentaly concious way to get rid of mosquitoes besides
eating them)

#26 of 27 by srw on Wed Dec 24 19:33:09 1997:

Void may have stumbled on an Anheuser Busch marketing strategy.

#27 of 27 by font on Sun Dec 28 09:54:06 1997:

Oh, like *they* need marketing strategys. They have *millions* of dollars to
waste there....why do they need that for free?

Response not possible - You must register and login before posting.