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Mario Pedone is the Founder and President of the Houston Accordion Club and a Professor of Accordion. |
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Milton Wright is the Sheriff of Fort Bend County. He loves polkas and performs regularly in Fort Bend County area. |
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Vince Ramos is Master of Cerimonies and is a representative of accordion and keyboard manufacturers |
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Stephen Regina received an accordion as gift from his grandfather when he was 11 years old and has been a student of Mario ever since. He has an affinity for the French language and music. |
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Joe Brikha played the accordion as a teenager. But luckily for us, with the support of his wife, he has rekindled is love for music. Joe is also a student of Mario. |
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Dolores Baumann has recently begun studying music and accordion and is a student of Mario. |
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Becky Simmons has been an accordion lover for a long time,but began taking lessons from Mario in October 2003. |
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Tom Zeracheck returned to the accordion after a 40 years and is having a great time getting to know the music, the instrument and the people. |
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Dr. Daniel Corredor acquired his first accordion as a young man by trading his bicycle and his love for music has endured through the years. |
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Lorine Smith has been playing a diatonic accordion since she was sixteen years old and performs regularly in the Houston area. |
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Ross plays a bayan and a piano accordion. |
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Joe Regina is the Treasurer &Webnaster of FBCAC and has been taking lessons from Mario since June of 2004. |
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Marilyn Monsivais is famous for her enthusiasm with the accordion and her stump fiddle creation. She is also a student of Mario. |
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Pino Virga is a native of beautiful Sicily and a professional accordion player that performs nightly at Carmello's Italian Restaurant. |
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Wolf Kayser has been playing since he was a child and his enthusiasm most be contagious because his son Blair is also a virtuoso. |
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Blair Kayser has been playing the accordion since he was four years old. Eleven years later he's still going strong. |
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Jerry Sanchez is a professional piano player, but he also plays the Jazz on the accordion like he really wants to start a riot. |
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John Helton has been playing the violin for over 50 years and playing and teaching the piano for 40 years, but about 5 years ago he decided to give the accordion a try. |
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Pedro Gemin was born in Peru but makes his home in Houston now and is an enthusiastic accordion player. |
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Patsy (aka Amazing) Grace |
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