The I C A - International Concertina Association

Subject: The I C A CONCERTINA Players
From: The Sandman
Date: 26 Aug 20 - 03:28 AM

I would recommend, concertina players living in Ireland join this organisation,International Concertina Association they have an interesting quarterly magazine called Concertina World, members have access to a large library of concertina music.

Subject: RE: The I C A
From: Raggytash
Date: 26 Aug 20 - 04:09 AM

I thought for a moment Dick you had joined the Irish Countrywomans Association !!

Anyone Googling ICA will come to that first !!!!

Subject: RE: The I C A
From: GUEST,Martin Ryan
Date: 26 Aug 20 - 04:15 AM

For a moment, I thought I was on the wrong page ...

Regards

P.S. In Ireland, ICA usually stands for Irish Countrywomens Association - the local equivalent of Britain’s Womens Institute (WI).

Subject: RE: The I C A
From: GUEST,Martin Ryan
Date: 26 Aug 20 - 04:15 AM

Snap!

Subject: RE: The I C A
From: The Sandman
Date: 26 Aug 20 - 05:13 AM

sure i wouldnt minding joining that too and putting a bun in an oven

Subject: RE: The I C A
From: GUEST,Mike Yates
Date: 26 Aug 20 - 05:25 AM

And there was me thinking that the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London had opened a folk club!

Subject: RE: The I C A
From: GUEST,Modette
Date: 26 Aug 20 - 05:55 AM

I was hoping the Irish Citizen Army had been revived and had declared vengeance on golf club diners.

Subject: RE: The I C A
From: Black belt caterpillar wrestler
Date: 26 Aug 20 - 07:17 AM

I seem to remember that the initials were also used in some computing society activity, and perhaps they had a civl service usage as well.

It got very confusing at times!

Robin (lapsed member).

Subject: RE: The I C A - International Concertina Association
From: GUEST,Michael Gordon
Date: 27 Aug 20 - 04:56 AM

Concertina

You’ll think I’m crazy,
You’ll think I’m strange,
When I try to explain how I feel.
But you still cannot play
After all of these years.
Hard to believe it.
But all you can play is a hornpipe or two.
And maybe a snatch of a jig.
The lads are all fed up with you.

How could you let it happen?
Why did you choose?
To spend half your life playing reels?
Sitting in on our sessions, ruining tune after tune.
It’s just not music
Squeezing away without much of a clue
And no sense of rhythm at all.
I can’t bear to listen, thank you.

Don’t play me your concertina.
The truth is you never practised.
All through the winter
You skipped the lessons,
Do us a favour
Now skip the sessions.

And as for fortune and as for fame
I don’t think they will trouble you.
Listen to the musicians,
You are wrecking their heads.
You cause confusion.
They’re becoming abusive; they’re threatening to leave
If you don’t put your squeeze box away.
I implore you; please listen to me.

Don’t play me your concertina,
The one that your uncle left you.
I just can’t listen
‘Cept from a distance.
Too many bad days
You need assistance.

Have I said too much?
There’s nothing more I can say to get through to you.
But all you have to do, is ask the lads, to know
That every word is true.

Chorus:

Subject: RE: The I C A - International Concertina Association
From: Guran
Date: 28 Aug 20 - 01:44 AM

I warmly support joining International Concertina Association as being one of its most durable members alive... after 39 years... I am slowly catching up with the average age of members when I was associated..but the organisation is much younger nowadays...

Staying alive playing concertina, particularly in public, however is an art in itself and keeping physically fit is essential. One exercise that all concertina players ought to practise daily is shown here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q01G-mLDdnk&list=RDq01G-mLDdnk&start_radio=1

Subject: RE: The I C A - International Concertina Association
From: The Sandman
Date: 28 Aug 20 - 02:11 AM

I keep fit by cycling daily/

Subject: RE: The I C A - International Concertina Association
From: Guran
Date: 28 Aug 20 - 02:34 AM

The exercise I suggested above may be studied more in detail here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMvL8rV1ssI

As with any bodybuilding routine you start with a light weight and after while you can manage a heavier weight/concertina as shown in the example

I´m afraid cycling is not so effective unless you play the concertina also in the procedure...you dont use your arms for cycling anyway...

Subject: RE: The I C A - International Concertina Association
From: Guran
Date: 28 Aug 20 - 02:37 AM

I forgot....it comes about 27 minutes from the start of the film

Subject: RE: The I C A - International Concertina Association
From: The Sandman
Date: 28 Aug 20 - 02:59 AM

Your link does not work

Subject: RE: The I C A - International Concertina Association
From: Guran
Date: 28 Aug 20 - 05:36 AM

I cant see why....they do for me...anyway both are here, try it again

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xwMS6cPcUs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMvL8rV1ssI&t=1601s

Subject: RE: The I C A - International Concertina Association
From: GUEST
Date: 28 Aug 20 - 06:32 AM

good music