GATEWAY HARMONICA CLUB SEPTEMBER _ OCTOBER

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1 CELEBRATING GHC The Reeder Please visit us on the Internet at News and Views by Jay Hotze It is with sadness that we have to report the passing of Donna Crain, spouse of Harland Crain. The obituary follows. The club was just recently made aware of Donna s passing, thus the lack of timelyness. Crain, Donna Lee (nee Melton), passed away, Monday, February 20, Beloved wife of Harland Crain; dearest mother of Jennifer Stuertz and David (Donna) Theiss; dear step-mother of David (Susan) Crain, Diana (William) Fore and Kelly (Greg) Bush; grandmother of Amber, Sara, Daniel, Caleb, Jessica, Julie, Tyler, Rachel, Katie and Frederick; great-grandmother of Liam, Audrey, Kennedy, Jayden, Eli, Carmen and Presley; sister of Larry (the late Jo Ann), Barry (Lynda) Melton and the late Kathy (Keith) Miller; sister-in-law of Ralph (Dee), Rhonda (Brian) Forbes and the late Robert (Peggy) Crain; our dear aunt, great-aunt, cousin and friend of many. Services: Memorial service at the SCHRADER Funeral Home and Crematory, Manchester Road at Holloway, Ballwin, Monday, 1:00 p.m. Interment Private. If desired, contributions may be made to American Lung Association. Memorial visitation Monday 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Friends may sign the family s on-line guestbook at Schrader.com. GEZA DOMBI The club lost a great and talented member on the evening of August 22, Geza Dombi had been ill the past few months and had been living in Springfield, MO in a rehab and healthcare facility. Geza is survived by his wife, Thelma. Geza s body was donated to St. Louis University so there will not be a funeral service. We understand that Thelma has also been ill but notes or cards can be sent to Thelma s daughter, Pat Hedgpeth, 1381 North Bristol Ave., Springfild, MO Pat s phone number is

2 THE GHC REEDER is a bimonthly publication of the Gateway Harmonica Club, Inc. of St. Louis, Missouri, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation and advancement of the harmonica. The club meets weekly on Tuesdays at 7:00 PM at The Rock Church, 9125 Manchester Rd., Brentwood, MO. Inquiries about membership should be directed to: Jessie Hirsch, Treasurer treasurer@gatewayharmonicaclub.org For information about club activities, contact: Bill Dulin, President president@gatewayharmonicaclub.org For additions or corrections to the Reeder, contact: Jay Hotze, Vice President and Reeder Editor editor@gatewayharmonicaclub.org To schedule a club performance, contact: Herb Huebner booking@gatewayharmonicaclub.org All other correspondence should be directed to: Audria Gebhardt, Recording & Corresponding Secretary secretary@gatewayharmonicaclub.org Information about the club s activities is also available on the World Wide Web at: Happy Birthday! SEPTEMBER Roger Lemons 2 Anita Sandefur 4 Rosemary Nesslein 7 Terry A. Smith 9 Edward Moore 10 Jim Melchers 17 Shirley Perez 17 Rainey Fahey 24 Frank Davis 25 Julie Melchers 29 Linda Jacobs 30 OCTOBER Thelma Dombi 10 Sharon Rothnel 18 Ron Schneider 24 Margaret Gustafson 25 Bill Dulin 30 From the GHC Librarian (Ernie Roberts) To You New Members Out There -- Did you know we have a library of CDs consisting of a lot of harmonica music played by some of the great groups plus some of our local yokels too? We have a few videos (VHS) and DVDs also. We have several books about harmonica players if you want to learn a little more about the great ones. Please contact Ernie if you would like to check out some of the materials. Please call me ahead of time at (636) for some of the printed materials. Happy Trails to You! Ernie Roberts Happy Birthday and Congratulations to all! ************************* Editor s Note: Please notify us if your or your spouse s birthday is missing or incorrect. We welcome publication of any member s special highlight dates! 2

3 A from Helen September / October The Gateway Harmonica Club is so pleased that the SPAH Convention will be held at the Sheraton Chalet in Westport next year. A delegation from St Louis made an excellent presentation in Tulsa and had so many positive comments about our group hosting the convention for the 7th time. This speaks well of the dedication of the members. We have already started some of the planning committees. If you would like to be involved please contact Bill Dulin or Jay Hotze. Our membership is increasing and we are so pleased to welcome our new members. They have become involved in our presentations at the various locations and events. If you are in need of a GHC shirt or vest please contact Jay Hotze as he does have a few available for purchase. We will start wearing our white shirt, red vest, black pants, and black shoes after Labor Day depending on the weather. If it remains hot we will continue with our white polo shirt, black pants, black shoes. Be sure to mark September 19th on your calendar as this is one GHC meeting you won t want to miss. Thanks to Rich Krueger, Sandy Weltman, a well-known harmonica player, is going to make a 90 minute presentation to our group. The session will start promptly at 6 PM for 90 minutes. Please make sure you bring a diatonic harmonica. Various techniques will be demonstrated and taught by Sandy. Additional sessions will be conducted and announced on September 19th. Starting in September the group will be performing our new Gig Program. FYI we will start our Christmas music very soon as we already have quite a few bookings for November and December. Prayers to those who live in Texas. The devastation is so vast it is going to take a long time for them to recover. Bill Dulin has posted a very nice tribute to Geza Dombi on You Tube. Geza recently passed away and was a long-time member of our club. To view the presentation visit Geza s Waltz. 3

4 Buddy s Practice Group that Meets at 6:00 PM 4

5 Mike Maschek sent us some photos that he believes are from a 2008 picnic. I know that at least one is not that old as Pat appears in the photo and we didn t join until Please enjoy his contribution. 5

6 SPAH 2017 CONVENTION IN TULSA, OK The SPAH Officers Kiersi Wisecarver Bill and Frank Davis Part of the GHC Delegation Fred Stover 6

7 Open Mic at SPAH Al and Judy Smith 7

8 WEEKLY EVENTS Tuesday evening meetings at The Rock Church, 9125 Manchester Rd., St. Louis, MO 63144: 6:00 PM Blues Group, led by Ed Cenatiempo Everyone welcome 7:00 PM First Tuesday of month: Business Meeting Everyone welcome 7:00 PM All other Tuesdays: Band Rehearsal Everyone welcome 8:00 PM Open Mic Everyone Welcome PERFORMANCES, CLASSES AND SPECIAL EVENTS A list of the club s upcoming performances, classes and special events is distributed each month at the business meeting. For the most up-to-date calendar of all GHC performances, classes and special events, go to www. gatewayharmonicaclub.org/calendar.htm, which takes you to our online calendar. You can view the calendar in Week, Month or Agenda (list) format by clicking on the tab of your choice. To move the display backward or forward in any view, click or in the upper left-hand corner of the calendar. Gigs and special events are shown in RED, classes in BLUE. To the right of the tabs, there is a small symbol that you can click to open a drop-down checklist if you wish to display only a specific category or categories by checking selected boxes.. GATEWAY HARMONICA CLUB 47 Orchard Lane Kirkwood, MO SEPTEMBER OCTOBER L abor D ay September 4 8