Café Accordion, Pasi Cats to play for Lavatannsit Dance, BBQ Aug. 31 in Covington

HOUGHTON -- The Café Accordion Orchestra -- a dance band for people who still love to waltz, rumba, tango, Cha Cha, swing and more -- will make their first U.P. appearance on Sunday, Aug. 31, during the Lavatannsit Dance and BBQ to be held from noon to 7 p.m. at the Covington outdoor dance Pavilion. They will perform for dancing along with the local band, Pasi Cats.

Poster for Café Accordion provided by the Pasi Cats. Click on poster for larger version.

The Café Accordion Orchestra is "an old school combo," according to the Pasi Cats' accordionist Pasi Lautala.

"Led by the quietly dazzling Dan Newton on accordion, this quintet knows the value of understatement, warmth, subtlety and easy genuine swing," Lautala says. "Café Accordion cats make happy stopovers in Paris, Puerto Rico, Columbia, Tin Pan Alley and the land of Louis Jordan. While they inject their music with good humor and expressive abandon, their high level of musicianship and passion for performance makes them an entertaining concert act as well as a great dance band. They'll make your toes tap, your eyes twinkle and your heart long for a shipboard romance..."

Here is the schedule for the Lavatannsit event, sponsored by the Upper Peninsula Ethnic Music Aliance:

12 noon - 1 p.m. Start the fun with a tango lesson by Ralph Tuttila
1 p.m. - 3 p.m. Local band Pasi Cats
3 p.m. -5 p.m. Café Accordion
5 p.m. - 6 p.m. Potluck BBQ
6 p.m. - 7 p.m. Café Accordion again!

The Covington Pavilion is located on M28 between Watton and Covington. Admission is $10 with an additional charge for the BBQ. For info contact Randy Seppala at 906-355-2459.

Editor's Note: Read more about the Pasi Cats on their Web site.