Stan asked participants in the workshop to complete a questionnaire. One particular question provoked some surprising and amusing responses:

Q: Did the procedure of using the button number system provide difficulties for you, and should there have been more instruction and practice of this part of the workshop?
A: I was not used to it, but it is intuitive and I caught on fairly quickly.
A: Nope, the button number notation is very clear. I can't imagine a more intuitive system. Very natural.
A: The button number system was easer for me than I thought it would be. I had tried the number system a wee bit, but didn't spend much time practicing it. I need someone there telling me to practice. I definitely don't have that at home.
A: The button number system was a good way for us as true beginners. It helped get a better feel for the sound of the different keys.
A: Yes, definitely. The only thing is making the correlation between the numbers and the actual notes on a scale. For people whose ear is as "tinny" as mine, it would be nice to be able to say what note we're playing.
A: No, but the next time I do a workshop I will bring some stick-on numbers for my fingers.

Following are participant comments drawn from their responses to the questionnaire:

Keila Efford: I found out about the workshop from an aunt who lives in Lab. City. She saw it advertised on television, then called to inform me about it…I went home that day, and now know Auntie Mary off by heart!! After the workshop, I went to O'Brien's Music Shop and picked up the beginners book that you recommended. I also now know how to play many of the songs which are in that.

Deon Boland: I really liked the part on playing your accordion in other keys which is very helpful to me with a single row.

Lisa Crewe: Although I have been playing the accordion on and off since I was 13, you taught me how the instrument actually works, which is very good to know when playing. I didn't understand the accordion before. I just played it. I have always wondered why the top two keys didn't fit into the scale, and why the push and pull reversed halfway down the row of keys. It all makes more sense now.

Theo Coombs: The interaction and variety in the group. It was wonderful to see so many aspiring accordion players in the same spot. That, and the set of reels that Stan and Jean played at the end. Wonderful!

As you can well imagine, the accordion workshop was a cacophony of sound. Bill McKim summed it up, "…everyone was playing something different and it was noisy - hard to hear myself."