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17-Nov-2023
Midland Accordion Festival 2023, West Bromwich – UKby Rob Howard |
Barry Smith, event organiser
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Leonard Brown
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Igor Sayenko
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David Vernon
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Northern Lassies
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Performers picture
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| This year's Midland Accordion Festival, held at the Mercure Birmingham West Hotel in West Bromwich, from November 10th to 13th, was a full-on weekend of accordion music. From the moment the festival began on Friday afternoon with sets from Jovan Rnjak and Helen Rich, it was music all the way, with something happening all the time. The festival included a trade show, featuring the accordion books authored by Rob Howard, the Birmingham Accordion Centre, Squeezebox UK, and Caroline Hunt’s antique accordions display. The orchestra workshops were all well attended, culminating in excellent performances on Sunday afternoon, followed by the usual raffle in aid of the Birmingham Children's Hospital. The workshops were Vintage Orchestra (MD Jean Hanger), Scottish Orchestra (MD Helen Rich), Intermediate Orchestra (MD Nigel Pasby), and Elementary (MD Jean Hanger). Helen Rich filled in at late notice for Angie Lukins, who missed the festival through illness, and did a splendid job. The main guests were Igor Sayenko (Ukraine), David Vernon, Leonard Brown, Stefan Andrusyschyn & Denise Leigh (soprano), Julie Best & Jean Corrighan, The Northern Lasses, and Barry Smith & Roger Crawford (drums). Their performances offered a great variety of styles and entertainment, supplemented by excellent support from Harry Hussey, Helen Rich, Rosemary Wright, Nigel Pasby & Helen Newton, Jovan Rnjak, and Anne & Stewart Towe. Barry Smith, to whom all present owe a huge debt of thanks, was the organiser of this great jamboree of squeezing. For further information email: accordions2010@hotmail.co.uk |