Congratulations to the youngest SA AA member, Levi Burroughs on receiving the Rose City Accordion Camp Scholarship, a $500 prize plus certificate! Levi loves playing the accordion and has participated on many of the SA AA ZOOM meetings. He just started the accordion this past year. Levi is 13 years old.

The Rose City Accordion Camp held their event the last week of August 2021 at the Collins Retreat Center in Eagle Creek Oregon. About 40 people attended. The Camp organizers including Roberto Ferrero and Fran Maddox and others gifted several scholarships to young accordionists from across USA. Levi’s teacher Mike Smetanka is also a member of SA AA and was pleased to hear that Levi had won an award.

The Rose City Accordion Club was formed in 1996 by a group of people who love playing this fantastic musical instrument. They are a non-profit organization created exclusively for educational purposes within the meaning of section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code. RCAC membership continues to grow. Currently there are 95 members ranging from teenager through senior citizen, amateur players, professionals and folks who do not play the accordion but love to listen to the music it produces. They publish a monthly newsletter (Accordion Talk) which is provided free to all members and also host an accordion camp each summer which next year (2020) will be held at the Collins Retreat Center, located between Estacada and Sandy, Oregon. Many members go out into the community and play without remuneration at senior citizen centers, schools and retirement communities.

The club meeting will be held Saturday, October 16 between 1:00 – 3:00 PM at: Oak Grove Community Hall 14496 SE Cedar Ave. Oak Grove, OR Corner of Maple and Cedar off of River Road