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‘14 Years Ago’: Accordion Activities in Japan in November 2000by Rob Howard |
The Accordions Worldwide news for the week ending November 10th 2000 included three short articles about accordion performances in various cities in Japan. News from Japan On November 3rd the Celtic band ‘Caledonia’ (Tokyo), which features accordionist Jim Ediger, performed at the ‘Hiroshima Prefectural Culture Festival’ in Hiroshima. The audience enjoyed their program of traditional Irish and Scottish tunes which were played on the violin, accordion, bag-pipes, uillean-pipes, guitar, and tin whistles. Accordionist Hisaji Sugimura will perform at the annual ‘Kansai Tango Festival 2000’ in Meruparuku, Osaka on November 14th. The concert is titled ‘Cumparsita Night’. Popular group ‘Swap’, which includes accordionist Karen Tweed, will tour Japan from November 15th to 26th. The quartet will play concerts in Tenri, Hyogo Takarazuka, Hyogo Kobe, Mie Matsusaka, Osaka, Kyoto, Nagoya, with a final concert titled ‘Tribute To The Love Generation’ in Tokyo. |