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Janice Webster Brown
March 7, 2016 · Edited ·
Mary Manning (my mom) playing her accordion. She loved to play polkas.
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Raymond Staples
Raymond Staples remember your brothers taking lessons from Mr. Welch? or Welsh?
1 · March 7, 2016 at 12:58pm

Virginia Penrod
Virginia Penrod I Soooooo loved when she would play for us. I was in AWE!
1 · March 7, 2016 at 1:02pm
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Raymond Staples
Raymond Staples Odd, that I never heard her play.
1 · March 7, 2016 at 1:04pm

Janice Webster Brown
Janice Webster Brown There was an Arthur Welch who had an accordion studio and possibly my brothers took lessons there. But there was a second teacher, Al ST. CYR (just remembered his name). He put on recitals and I remember Myron Floren coming to perform at one.
March 7, 2016 at 1:25pm · Edited

Raymond Staples
Raymond Staples Yes, Arthur Welch, studio below Lincoln St maybe Dix? It was a test? and so... I know your Bros' took lessons from Him. Peter, was Ok, Johnny was better, what did the twins take? My next door neighbors son, Don Cloutier, played accordion, and to me, it was like playing bagpipes! Myron Floren? the master? hahaha, Sat. nights watchng Lawrence Welk?
1 · March 7, 2016 at 4:50pm

Janice Webster Brown
Janice Webster Brown Kathi and I took lessons from the Holy Cross Nuns, their convent was behind St. Anthony's church. Sister Saint Anthony. I have a picture of her somewhere. Kathi hated piano lessons and would torment our teacher by playing chopsticks on the practice ...See More
March 7, 2016 at 4:54pm

Raymond Staples
Raymond Staples hopefully, it wasn't the "old St.Anthony's Church" next to the new one that WE, a bunch of us "wild boy's " broke into, found candles, set them "ablaze" on the balcony, tore up missels we found, tossed them off said balcony, got caught because, "boy s...See More
1 · March 7, 2016 at 6:46pm

Janice Webster Brown
Janice Webster Brown Raymond, I vaguely remember that event, but it was nothing my parents talked much about, at least in front of my sister and I. I remember Mark, he was a good kid.. I think most of the neighborhood boys got in some kind of trouble over the years--not a single potential priest among them :D
March 7, 2016 at 7:06pm

Raymond Staples
Raymond Staples What? Father, Raymond the "Chaste"! too funny!
1 · March 7, 2016 at 7:30pm

Janice Webster Brown
Janice Webster Brown Raymond, you are killing me. I am picturing you now as Father Raymond, like one of these guys. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4q6eaLn2mY

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March 7, 2016 at 8:21pm

Raymond Staples
Raymond Staples more like, Sir Galahad: you are the keepers of the Holy Grail? first you must spank me, then, do as you wish, no, spank me, did someone say a spanking? spank me first, no me, we all must get a spanking....
1 · March 7, 2016 at 8:34pm

Karen Penrod
Karen Penrod My dad also played the accordion, and he usually played polkas.
2 · March 7, 2016 at 5:45pm

Anita Lyon Memos
Anita Lyon Memos My Dad played the piano, organ (was state Elks organist) and the accordion - anything with a keyboard! In his early married years he used to play for the polka dances that were in - I believe Litchfield along with his friend Roger Watts that played the drums!
2 · March 7, 2016 at 6:10pm

Dan King
Dan King Nice picture. Didn't know she played the accordian.
1 · March 8, 2016 at 9:18am

Janice Webster Brown
Janice Webster Brown Daniel King, the last time I remember her playing was in my late teens. By the time us kids were playing musical instruments, that is who she wanted to hear. She played really well, mostly self taught.
March 8, 2016 at 11:59am

Dan King
Dan King That's awesome. Not an easy instrument to learn to play on her own.
1 · March 9, 2016 at 7:35pm