The business meeting began about 1:15 with the following announcements: 

The March 15th meeting is as follows:

12:00 noon –doors open (except for those already at the ForScore Workshop)

12:15 – Business Meeting

1:00-2:00 --Sergei and Maria Teleshev will perform as Featured Performers from 1:00-2:00 pm at the March 15th meeting. We are so pleased to have them come and entertain us. See page 5 for more information about them.

2:15-4:00 pm—Individual solo play

4:00--Adjourn

1) Susan Schwab, Camp Director, reported on registrations for the 2025 RCAC Accordion Camp in June. To date all the rooms have been filled. There is still room in the orchestra, however all the rooms at Collins Retreat Center are full.  Participants will have to commute from home or nearby Sandy or Estacada. As of today, there are 36 orchestra players. The music for camp is almost ready to be delivered via email. As noted earlier, the ForScore workshop to incorporate mp3’s for practice purposes will be before the next meeting. 

2) Club dues need to be paid by March 1, 2025. The various ways to pay our Treasurer, Susan Schwab, are on page 5 of this newsletter.  Dues are $25/year. 

3) At the February 3 Board Meeting, donation of accordions, music and books was discussed. The consensus of the Board is that if someone wants to bring items to club meetings, they are welcome to do that. However, they also need to take them home afterwards. We have no storage space for anything. The room is only available to us for meetings. I will continue forwarding emails that I receive of accordions people are selling and/or giving away. It is important to help out our fellow musicians so that these items can find good homes. 

Performances:

Bobbie Ferrero, Roxi Klinger: Forever and Ever; Can’t Help Falling In Love With You

Bobbie Ferrero: Trumpeter’s Echo and Kajdo (Buttonbox)

Marlene Meissner: Melody of Love; (Medley) Let Me Call you Sweetheart and Springtime in the Rockies;

Susan Schwab and Jeanette Bauman: Alabama Jubilee;

Jeanette Bauman: Deenos Waltz;

Susan Schwab: Only You;

Beth McDonald: Rollin’ the Dice and Coffee Royale Polka;

Bev Spurgeon and granddaughter Louisa: German Song;

Bev Spurgeon: When the Sun Goes Down in the Desert; My Wyoming Home;

Mark Greathouse: Paso Doble

Mark Greathouse and Lynn Haldeman: Don’t Fence Me In;

Lynn Haldeman: Ode to PSU (original composition)

Leonard Kosatka: Besame Mucho and Nola;

Bob Myers: Mr. Sandman and St. Louis Blues;

Wayne Tiusanen: Penthouse Serenade and Til Then

Amber Matz: Bled (Amestoi Trio)

Wayne Nelson: Chopsticks and Till There Was You

Fran Maddox: Pappillons Musette and Valse Sans Adieu