Robin Wordal\, local accordionista\, will be performing in front of the Downtown Bend Library. Stop by for a listen as she plays holiday favorites.
\nRobin has been an active member of the Central Oregon Accordion Club for the last three years. They meet onc e a month for a rehearsal and then on another day\, they play a one hour c oncert for the residents at Aspen Ridge.
\nShe learned to play the a ccordion as a child\, taking lessons from Joe Carbonatto\, a well known mu sician in Seattle\, from the ages of 7 to 14. She then left it\, but picke d it up again six years ago at the age of 68\, and has been practicing dai ly since then.
\nShe currently plays a Petosa Pro Compatto 96 bass a ccordion\, made in Italy. She also has an antique accordion that still pla ys. That one is a small Hohner\, only 80 basses. It was made in Germany in 1939. It&rsquo\;s very rare for an accordion of that age to still be play able. She takes special pleasure in using it to play Hava Nagila (a tradit ional Jewish celebratory folk song)\, since it was originally made while H itler was in power! She is most fond of the &ldquo\;musette&rdquo\; sound\ , which is famous in French music for the accordion. Both of her accordion s have that sound.
\nRobin is a retired RN. She has lived in Bend si nce 2015. She and her husband enjoy remodeling and working in the yard. Th ey have planted 60 trees (mostly pines) and hundreds of native plants in t heir yard in the last nine years. She is also a Reiki volunteer in the Can cer Center at St. Charles Medical Center.
\nRobin played in Tin Pan Alley for the last two summers for the Bastille Day celebration put on by San Simon restaurant and bar. She also occasionally busks in front of the downtown library in Bend.
\nQuestions? Contact \;lizg@deschuteslibrary.org \; \;
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