REPORTS
[Box and Fiddle magazine]
RENFREW
The icing on the cake was our Guest Artiste, Edinburgh virtuoso
accordionist David Vernon. We had David several years ago and I'm
glad to say he's still 100% entertainment with mind blowing playing
and humour to match. Watching this man playing is a lesson in accordion
technique – if you could slow his fingers from the usual blur
that is: his Roulette Wheel piece was mesmerising playing. From
note-bending to reels played on the basses it was a hard choice
to watch left or right hand. Clamour for an encore was obligingly
complied with, bringing to a close a wonderful evening of music
by David.
MONTROSE
The guest artist for the evening was accordion maestro David
Vernon from Edinburgh. It is hard to describe the talents of this
player and he has to be seen and heard to appreciate the incredible
dexterity involved with playing tunes on the bass and keyboard alternately,
along with his wry sense of humour. A talented, entertaining guest
artist.
CAMPSIE
David Vernon played for our guest spot, and he took us on a tour of
the world with music from every corner along with a few traditional
selections, played impeccably. He has an extraordinary talent - one
comment from a member of the audience was that he must have been born
with an accordion on. David did admit to practising constantly as
a youngster, which has paid off. He interspersed his playing with
stories and jokes, and left us in awe of his talent.
EAST KILBRIDE
The icing on the cake has to be the performance of our guest artiste
David Vernon. His varied programme of Continental, Jewish, American
and Russian music had us all captivated. His ability to play using
either hand alternately jigs and reels is amazing. By the way, his
jokes had us in stitches as well. Well done David.
BEITH
Our first meeting of the year saw a smaller than usual audience, presumably
due to the snow. Those who did attend were treated to a world tour
of music and jokes from David Vernon - absolutely first class performance.
PREMIER [NORTHERN IRELAND]
At our March meeting we were delighted to welcome back David Vernon,
the highly accomplished accordionist from Edinburgh - and what an
evenings entertainment he had lined up for us. His theme for the night’s
music was a world tour, and the selections bore that out. The fingering
on "The Roullette Wheel" was unbelievable to say the least,
and note perfect into the bargain ! A real treat was something we
had not seen the likes of before - a series of tunes played entirely
on the left hand, and these included some tricky enough tunes to play
normally on the right hand [ e.g The Harvest Home, The Soldiers Joy
and The Masons Apron ]. This was absolutely superb and shows just
how much ability this man really has. This was without doubt one of
the best evenings we have had in a long time [ not to mention the
terrific patter also ], and we are already looking forward to David’s
next visit. Our thanks to him for all his efforts.
GALSTON
We had another excellent meeting at our December club on the 13th
of the month. Our guest David Vernon, making a return visit, again
did us proud. His presentation would be well accepted worldwide, as
he has worked hard at the whole issue, which highlighted the music
of various countries - some known and some not so well known - but
never the less very interesting to listen to and expertly played on
the accordion. Jimmy Shand said he liked the accordion to stand up
for itself. Well, in Davids hands, it does just that. As well as being
entertained, we had a musical education.
PHOENIX
Wednesday heralded another great night within the Argyll Arms Hotel,
Ardrishaig with our special guest David Vernon. The audience was treated
to a musical extravaganza from David, playing piano accordion completely
acoustic, which totally enthralled those who appreciate music to a
high standard. As if that was not enough, David entertained between
musical selections with jokes and stories, which were appreciated
and enjoyed by all those present.
CASTLE DOUGLAS
Our guest artiste for the February meeting was Dumfries born David
Vernon, now a professional accordionist residing in Edinburgh. The
large turnout was treated to a night to remember; his accordion playing
was out of this world, plus his many quips and stories, a truly great
entertainer. He used to be one of our local players before going full
time, which accounts for the huge audience. Everyones verdict - a
super show.
EAST KILBRIDE
Our guest for the evening was David Vernon. Once again, a superb musical
performance, with music from all over the world. French mussette,
American, Italian, Spanish, Chinese and some Scottish favourites.
Incidentally, he kept the audience in stitches with his one liners
and jokes.
DUNFERMLINE
The March meeting was such a success that some local players never
got a chance to perform. There were twenty accordionists alone and
I am sure this was all down to our guest artist David Vernon, who
gave us a great performance. Thanks once again to David for a fantastic
session of music and laughter.
