Celebrate World Accordion Day (May 6th) and Star Wars Day (May the 4th), with a special performance showcasing John Williams’ thrilling Star Wars music the way it was meant to be heard: On accordions.

Dee Langley and the Masked Accordions, a 20-member accordion ensemble will be performing the triumphant Star Wars theme, jaunty music of the Cantina Band and the menacing Darth Vader Imperial March at a May 2nd show at 6:30 pm at Waite Park Wesleyan Church in Minneapolis, USA.

The eclectic, irresistible, pay-what-you-can performance will also include a classic French musette, big band favorites, Simon & Garfunkel and one of the Monkees’ greatest hits alongside two fiery works by Rimsky-Korsakov. There will also be a special musical tribute to the Twin Cities inspired by the “St. Paul Waltz,” a hit for Minnesota polka legend “Whoopee John” Wilfahrt, and Bruce Springsteen’s “Streets of Minneapolis.”

The Masked Accordions are an accordion ensemble led by the legendary Dee Langley, an award-winning, professional accordionist and instructor from Minneapolis who has performed with the Minnesota Orchestra, the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, at the Guthrie Theater and with Theater Latte Da. She is a recipient of the McKnight Fellowship for Performing Musicians and an inductee of the American Accordion Hall of Fame. She is also the founder and coordinator of the NE Accordion Festival and a former orchestra director for Ethnic Dance Theatre.

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