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...mayoral proclamation establishing this week "Dale Wygant Appreciation Week" in Juneau. Wygant is a well known local accordion player who has played at many community events over the years, often with his Oompah Polka Band.The proclamation was...
...Lodge, Sons of Norway of Juneau. The dance is $5 per person, and free to children 12 and under. Dale Wygant, accordion player will be joined by The Polka Band: Ken Guiher on trumpet, Brian Van Kirk on alto saxophone, Paul Shannon on trombone...
...Altan is a bigger band than McLaughlin's ever brought to town. The band features twin lead fiddles and a lead accordion player as well. Guitar and bouzouki accompany the melody instruments. A bouzouki is a stringed instrument similar to a...
...The classical duo of Joseph Petric and Guy Few will take the stage for the first half of the concert. Petric, an accordion player extraordinaire and Few, a pianist and trumpeter, will play the music of Bach, Chopin, and 20th century English...
...which commissions new musical compositions for unusual combinations of musicians. "Normally you don't bring an accordion player from Italy, an erhu player from China and a composer from Germany and put them together," composer Martin Brody...
...Frank Bergstrom at The Dance Loft. Call 523-1995. Scandinavian folk dance workshop, with Mayor Bruce Botelho and accordion player Dale Wygant, 1:30-4:30 p.m. and 7-8:30 p.m. Saturday, March 25, at the Juneau Yacht Club. Afternoon...
...band was made official. They started out with only one horn player, Mike Stanley, still with the band, and an accordion player, Dale Wygant, as well as timbale player Marc Ramonda. The group went through many changes, and reached a turning...
...Altan is a bigger band than McLaughlin's ever brought to town. The band features twin lead fiddles and a lead accordion player as well. Guitar and bouzouki accompany the melody instruments. A bouzouki is a stringed instrument similar to a...
...you hear in the New York St. Patrick's Day scene. It's more what you hear in Ireland," said Furlong, the accordion player for the trio An Rua. "This is more geared toward the traditional tunes that we learned from our parents and grandparents...
...Band played the Folk Festival in 1988.) Around the same time, he met Dewey Balfa, who asked him to be the backup accordion player in his band. Riley played with Balfa until his death, in 1993. "(Dewey) was such a great musician, and he...