June Contest: Send me your best accordion joke!

I've decided to launch the official "Accordion Dreams" monthly contest.

So here's the June Contest:

Send me your best accordion joke. 

The Prize:  You'll be our guest at the Sauce Piquante show at Ashkenaz in Berkeley on June 17

 

(Or I'll mail you a free copy of our CD, Sauce Piquante Live.)

Deadline:  June 16

I'll post some of the good ones!

Here's one I heard from one of my teachers (Steve Riley, if you must know!)

Q:  How many Cajun accordion players does it take to change a light bulb?

A:  Six.  One to change the bulb, and five to stand back and say, "Oh, I can do that."

Happy National Accordion Awareness Month!

Happy National Accordion Awareness Month!  

 

This strikes me as an auspicious time to launch my blog for "Accordion Dreams: A Journey into Cajun and Creole Music."   Welcome!

In the past couple of weeks, I've passed a few milestones.  The fall-winter catalog from my publisher, the University Press of Mississippi, turned up in my mailbox.  There we were on page 3:  me and my accordion, along with a synopsis for the book.    The online booksellers now list "Accordion Dreams" for sale.  Bookstore signings are in the works.

And I still haven't seen the final page proofs. Or the cover!

It's been quite a journey, this path to publication, with seven months to go.  I'll be offering updates and other assorted reflections here.  Maybe a monthly contest, with some some free stuff as prizes.  You never know.  Laissez les bon temps rouler!