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14-Nov-2014
by Rob Howard
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 The second Midlands Accordion Festival took place from November 7th/9th at The Quality Hotel, Dudley, Birmingham, and was voted a huge success by its attendees. This was a non-stop feast of accordion music in different styles, enjoyed by all who attended. The guests included: Jovan Rnjak – popular standards on accordion and vocals, Helen Rich – mainly accordion classics by the likes of Frosini, the Deiro brothers, Graham Romani, Frank Marocco, etc, Sarah Chant – Country & Western songs on midi accordion, Alan Young – jazz and swing on accordion and piano, Roy Hendrie – accordion in the Scottish style, Malachy Cairns – Irish songs and tunes on the Elkavox 83, Harry Hussey – jazz and popular requests on accordion, Nigel Pasby & Helen Newton – classical music duets on accordion, Rosemary Wright – many styles on accordion, and The Master Butchers Band, featuring Barry Smith on accordion – manic fun music that brought the festival to a crescendo on the last night. There was also a brilliant impromptu performance from David Lukins on the last day during a hiatus in the afternoon workshops concert. The well attended workshops were Elementary Band (MD Rosemary Wright), Vintage Band (Adrienne Griffiths), and Scottish Band (Angie Lukins), culminating in concert performances on the last day. The trade show included The Birmingham Accordion Centre, Limex Midi Systems (Roy Hendrie), Robaccord Publications, Accordina (Alan Shute), and Accordion World (Karina Fodden). For further information email: accordions2010@hotmail.co.uk |