Cyril Demian Accordion Patent Celebration

Accordion displays and demonstrations; Superior Mayor Paine proclamation; Joanna Darrow on accordion history; Dee Langley workshop on Eastern European and Balkan Music; Jazzlynne Skye plays an eclectic hodgepodge of music; Kevin Friedrich and Jane Christison introduce the accordion family; followed by supper at the Elks Lodge, with entertainment by Dr. William Popp, retired accordionist for the U.S. Air Force Strings.

Schedule
9 a.m. A World of Accordions Museum opens with breakfast table; general free time
10–10:30 a.m. Welcome: introductions and demonstrations
11 a.m. Proclamation presented by Mayor Jim Paine
Noon Lunch
1 to 2:30 p.m. Joanna Darrow on Stan Darrow display and influence on building AWA and what’s important about preserving accordion history
2:45 Dee Langley workshop on Eastern European and Balkan music
4 to 4:45 p.m. Jazzlynne Skye plays an eclectic hodgepodge of music people like to hear
5 to 5:45 Kevin Friedrich and Jane Christison introduce the accordion family instruments
6 p.m. Supper at the Elks Lodge next door, with entertainment by Dr. William Popp, retired accordionist for the US Air Force Strings.