1 50 1 https://omeka-test.library.appstate.edu/files/original/19d5505d4de29c1046f4993d793ebd73.pdf ec7208a87d335ca2dcc425c494a70618 PDF Text Text 'Sancti~nonious Seven'Socko Leo Finkelstein wasn't feeling up to par after he sold his pawn shop on Pack Square about three years ago. He consulted his doctor. Leon Feldman told him now that he was retired, he needed a hobby. Leo decided to resume the piano lessons he had dropped when he graduated from high school in 1923. He asked Fritz Albertson who plays dinner music at the Great Smokies Hilton to give him lessons. · Pretty soon the two of them were accompanying fellow members of the Asheville Lions Club when they sang "The Lions' Song" and "America" at meetings. One by one, other Lions decided to "help them out" until they became a real band and got invitations to play for other groups. The band called itself "The Unholy Six," partly because a Catholic priest, Father Ralph Neagle, had joined the ranks and played the drums wearing his clerical collar. The "Sanctimonious Seven" became the "exhuberant eight" Wednesday. Band members are (L-R): Father Ralph Neagle, Lt. Charles Long, Ben Skillman (seated), F. Jack Cole, David Albert· son, L e o Finkelstein, Fritz Albertson and D. Blackwell. (Staff Photo by Ewart Ball) As Leo tells it, "First we got invited to play at Father Neagle's church and then at my synagogue, but they wouldn't put our name on the program." By {his time, the "Unholy Six" had become seven and had a lot of invitations to play at churches. So the band decided the name "Sanctimonious Seven" would be more appropriate. Nancy Brower Playing A Polka The band has performed for political doings at the Governor's Western Residence, for several Asheville civic clubs, most Lions Clubs in this area and, members claim, for a fashion show sponsored jointly by Lillie Rubin and Bell's Traditionals. The "Sanctimonious Seven" band had eight members romping through "The Beer Barrel Polka" at this week's Lions' luncheon at the S & W Carousel. Leo was thumping on the piano and Fritz was giving that special lilt to a polka that only an accordionist can. Jack Cole had forgotten hi!! cares as a city councilman and president of Carolina Federal Savings and Loan Association and was sawing away on his granddaddy's fiddle. Lt. Charles H. Long of the Highway .Patrol was scrubbing on the washboard. When the P,Olka realiy got rollicking, the commander of Troop G gave a few clangs on the cowbell and a blast on his police whistle. Father Neagle, chaplain at the Veteran's Hospital, was beating the drum and cymbals with brushes and wearing a beatific smile on his face. Not Second Fiddle Ben Skillman of the Blue CrossBlue Shield office here was playing "co-violin." "I don't play second fiddle to any Democrat," he said, as he plied his bow in competition with Jack Cole. Cole admits he can't read music and adds, " Ben can." Robert F. Moore, counselor for N.C. Services for the Blind, and the band's "banjo plunker" was out-oftown, so D. Blackwell was sitting in for him. David Albertson, son of Fritz and a professional musician like his dad, was filling in the gaps with some good guitar playing. Dave usually plays the . bass, but he didn't want to lug the big instrument around in the snow. After the barrel had been rolled out, the band played some oldies like " When You Wore a Tulip" and "Yes, Sir, That's My Baby." Then .it swung from "Sweet Georgia Brown" to "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" with Fritz doing things on the piano accordion that made you think there was a horn in there somewhere. The "Sanctimonious Seven," which claims a repertory of 72 tunes, does its only practicing a t Lion' s Club luncheons. When it was announced that Cole was going to sing a 1925 ditty "discovered in an old piano bench," the Lions groaned collectively. Undaunted, Cole belted out "The Asheville Blues; I wish that I was there, a'standin' on Pack Square. I've got those Asheville, North Carolina blue ooo ooo ooos." � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Leo Finkelstein Papers Description An account of the resource This collection contains materials relating to Leo Finkelstein, resident of Asheville, North Carolina, the Asheville Lions Club, and the Beth Ha-Tephila Cemetery in Asheville. It contains computer discs, notes, scrapbooks, book drafts, correspondence, photographs, programs, fliers, and other materials related Leo Finkelstein, his wife Sylvia, and the Lions Club, Elks Club, and Jewish Community in Asheville, North Carolina. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Finkelstein, Leo, 1905-1998 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sanctimonious Seven Socko by Nancy Brower Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 107_cd1_09_santim Description An account of the resource An article written by Nancy Brower about the music group "Sanctimonious Seven" that Leo Finkelstein joined when he started learning piano after his retirement from pawnbroking. 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