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Josey the Crazy Snow Dog geerabe 16 views Josey's first time in the snow at Mammoth Lakes, CA, while we were on break from the Zydekats....
L.A.'s Accordion Diva "Gee" Rabe with Lisa Haley & the Zydekats 2012, Part 3 geerabe 40 views Part 3 of a show with Lisa Haley & the Zydekats playing Rafters in Mammoth Lakes, CA, 2/25/12. Lisa Haley, Fiddle "Gee" Rabe, Accordion Chuck Alvarez, Guitar Andy An...
MUS309 F11: Valens Group Version of La Bamba geerabe 26 views Music making by MUS309 students. Most are non-music majors....
MUS309 F11: UmYeah Version of Feliz Navidad geerabe 21 views Music making by MUS309 students. Most are non-music majors....
MUS309 F11: Santana Cover geerabe 40 views Music making by MUS309 students. Most are non-music majors....
MUS309 F11:Originals Perform Feliz Navidad geerabe 7 views Music making by MUS309 students. Most are non-music majors....
MUS309 F11: The Unknowns Perform Mariachi Del Bronx geerabe 15 views Music making by MUS309 students. Most are non-music majors....
MUS309 F11: Macarena geerabe 10 views Music making by MUS309 students. Most are non-music majors....in this case, they chose to dance the Macarena (Latin American music unit).
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MUS309 F11: LosGatos LaBamba Version geerabe 34 views Music making by MUS309 students. Most are non-music majors....

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Hello Everyone! Welcome to "Gee's" YouTube page. Aside from my "professional" bio, I will try to add more personal biographical information when I have time. My main instruments are the accordion and steel drums, although I think my real passion lies in the instrument that many make fun of - the accordion. My other interests include fitness and animals.

I look forward to gaining new friends from all over the world! I wish everyone good health and happiness....

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With all the injustice that goes on in the world, and all the destruction human beings cause toward other living beings and the environment, each one of us can play a role in reversing these human-made problems. Start by living a proactive life to make a positive change....

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Ms. Gigi "Gee" Rabe is currently finishing a Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology at the University of California, Los Angeles. At UCLA, she was the recipient of a university stipend during the spring of 2002, a Thayer Special Collections Fellowship during the fall of 2002, and the recipient of a Fine Arts Trust Award for 2002-2003. She is also the 2002-2003 recipient of a grant from UCLA's Institute of American Cultures and the Bunche Center for African American Studies. Ms. Rabe holds an M.A. degree in Ethnomusicology from UCLA and a B.M. degree in Performance with an emphasis in Commercial Music from California State University, Long Beach. Her main research interests include popular music and culture, smooth jazz, worldbeat, tango, the international music industry, Balkan music, and Caribbean music. She has conducted research on ska music in Jamaica, England, Canada, and the United States and is working on a dissertation entitled "Politics, Economics, and Religion in Ska: The Formation of Jamaican Identity."

An accordionist since 1975, Ms. Rabe has won major awards for her performance, including the Accordion Federation of North America's virtuoso (Western classical) and virtuoso jazz competitions in 1984 and 1985 respectively. Her teachers have included Corry (Reysbergen) Smith, Glenn Stead and LaVoy Halle (Western classical); Frank Marocco (jazz); Pepe Motta (Argentinean tango); Milen Slavov, Petar Ralchev, and Ivan Milev (Bulgarian accordion); and Sunny Sauceda (norteno). In 2002, her article "Aspects of Regional Difference and Performance Technique in Bulgarian Accordion Music" was published in the journal Musical Performance.

As a steel pannist, Ms. Rabe has performed professionally since 1986 and has worked and studied with Trinidad's famous Len "Boogsie" Sharpe and Robert Greenidge. She has also recorded for television, radio, and film. Her recent sideline debut on the last season of the television sitcom "Friends," aired on February 12, 2004. In addition to playing steel drums, Ms. Rabe has studied Latin percussion with master percussionist Francisco Aguabella.

As a teaching associate in the UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology, Ms. Rabe has taught discussion classes on the subjects of music of Mexico and the Caribbean, music of Europe and the Americas, the Cultural History of Rap, and South American music. She has been a lecturer at CSU Northridge since 1995, starting their steel band program, which has become one of the largest on the west coast.

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