Patrons squeeze plenty of fun out of accordion festival

Accordion player Gee Rabe, of Culver City, with Lisa Haley and the Zydekats plays Zydeco at The Big Squeeze, the 2nd Annual Orange County Accordion Festival. The accordion event featured a wide range of musical styles that feature accordions.

Leeza Elliot, 10, of West Hills, right, keeps cool under an an orange umbrella as she watches an accordion performance at the 2nd Annual Orange County Accordion Festival at the The Orange County Market Place.

Members of the Reunion Ensemble play polka music at The Big Squeeze, the 2nd Annual Orange County Accordion Festival at the The Orange County Market Place.

Entertainer Thessaly Lerner, left, of Los Angeles, Hudson Pischer, center, 4, of Redondo Beach, and Simone Vaca, right, 7, of Whittier, take part in a children's accordion parade at The Big Squeeze was the 2nd Annual Orange County Accordion Festival.

Victoria Byrun, 6, of Lakewood, right, is fascinated by Lisa Haley and the Zydekats.

Attendees are moved to dance by Zydeco tunes by Fontenot and Pappion Old Style Creole Band at the Orange County Market Place.

Juan Lopez, left, of Anaheim, meets Coral Kline, of Beverly Hills, every year to dance together at the Annual Orange County Accordion Festival at the The Orange County Market Place.

Bob Dietsch of the Reunion Ensemble, delivers polka tunes at the 2nd Annual Orange County Accordion Festival at the The Orange County Market Place.

Phil "Mr Squeeze" Parlapiano is an LA singer and songwriter with a love of the accordion. Parlapiano and Lynn Coulter joined forces to play as Mr Squeeze and the Medicine Man.

Luisa and John Aceves, of Orange, take to the dance floor as Conjunto Los Pochos play Tex-Mex tunes. Luisa Aceves is originally from San Antonio.

Thessaly Lerner, left, of Los Angeles and Hudson Pischer, right, 4, of Redondo Beach, play their toy accordians as they take part in a children's accordion parade at The Big Squeeze was the 2nd Annual Orange County Accordion Festival in Costa Mesa Sunday.

World Digital Accordion Champion Cory Pesaturo was the first student to major and graduate in accordion at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. Pesaturo was featured at The Big Squeeze Sunday.

From left, Richard Yenovkian, of Lucerne Valley, "Little John" Fontenot, 9, and his grandfather Joe Fontenot, both of Rosemead, belt out old style Creole music. The Fontenot and Pappion Old Style Creole Band's Zydeco tunes drew a crowd to one of the smaller stages at the Orange County Market Place.

Juan Lopez, of Anaheim, lets loose to some Tex-Mex rhythms by Conjunto Los Pochos to strong applause. Lopez is also a fan of Lisa Haley and the Zydekats.

Otono Lujan, left, and Ernesto Molina, right, of Conjunto Los Pochos deliver a festive dose of accordion-based Tex-Mex tunes.

Phyllis Brown, left, of Santa Ana, and Diana Chacon, right, of Seal Beach, sing along to "Volare" with perfomers Jeffery Iacono and Cory Pesaturo at The Big Squeeze, 2nd Annual Orange County Accordion Festival .

Accordion player Gee Rabe, left, plays zydeco tunes with Lisa Haley, right, of Lisa Haley and the Zydekats, during the finale act of The Big Squeeze, the 2nd Annual Orange County Accordion Festival. The accordion event was held at the The Orange County Market Place.

Accordion player Gee Rabe, left, and Lisa Haley, right, of Lisa Haley and the Zydekats, perform Zydeco numbers at The Big Squeeze, the 2nd Annual Orange County Accordion Festival. The accordion event was held at the The Orange County Market Place.

Hudson Pischer, 4, of Redondo Beach, concentrates on playing his toy accordion during a children's parade at The Big Squeeze, the 2nd Annual Orange County Accordion Festival at the The Orange County Market Place Sunday.

Accordion player Gee Rabe, of Culver City, plays with Lisa Haley and the Zydekats at The Big Squeeze, the 2nd Annual Orange County Accordion Festival. The accordion event featured a wide range of musical styles that featured accordions.