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http://www.accordions.com/news.aspx?d=29-Apr-2016&lang=es&s=11695
29-Apr-2016
by Rob Howard
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 The Accordions Worldwide News for April 26th 2002 included an article about that year’s Blackpool Accordion Festival, held at the now closed Pontins Holiday Centre. This annual festival is nowadays held at the Norbreck Castle hotel, and this year’s event is set for May 8th to 13th. Details were posted in last week’s news, and the poster left.Successful International Accordion Festival – England The International Accordion Festival took place in Blackpool from April 9th to 14th. Orchestral workshops, which included Elementary (Peter Whiteley), Intermediate (Brian Jenkins), Scottish (Gary Blair), Vintage Accordions (Heather Smith), Youth Swing Band (Ray Bodell) and Children's (Larysa Bodell) took place each morning and afternoon. A celebrity concert was held each evening, followed by Scottish dancing to the music of Gary Blair & his Scottish Dance Band. Harry Hussey also played "After Hours Jazz" each evening. A special Russian Orchestral workshop was conducted by Vladimir Ushakov (Russia) and Svetlana Stavitskaya (Latvia), who also performed evening concerts. Other performers included Dermot O'Brien, KODA, Calum McKinnon, Gary Blair, Heather Smith, Johnny Coleclough, Larysa Bodell, The Tamesiders, Justin Ryan, William Langton and Lindsay Garvin. Adrienne Sharpe (who organised the daily "Free & Easy" sessions) and Peter Whiteley played music for ballroom dancing. Other events included an accordion auction and trade stands by John Douglas Music, Geoff Holter Accordions, The Music Room, and Electronic Accordions. The festival concluded with a grand concert with entertainment by each of the orchestral workshop groups. |