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“What a wonderful week”, Remscheid 2008 - Germanyby Anita Pechman/Pigini Austria |
From May 13th to 17th 2008, the 34th Training Course of the German accordionist Harmonica Association NRW, DHV National Association NRW took place in the Academy of Musical Education in Remscheid, Westphalia. The 130 participants all agreed at the end of Pfingstwoche (long religious week-end in Germany): "What a wonderful week". At the final concert on Saturday sang Holger Kunz sang a new song about Remscheid, to the tune of ‘What a wonderful world’, accompanied by the Orchestra of the course, conducted by Wolfgang Russ. On Tuesday morning the local NRW-chairman and organizer, Isolde Alka, inaugurated the course and introduced the lecturers. In addition to "old friends" as Sabine and Hans-Guenther Kölz, Wolfgang Russ and Michael Rhine, others participated for the first time such as Gerhard Koschel, for the "superior orchestra playing" and Tristan Kindl for the advanced repair course. For further information email: a.brandtstaeter@netcologne.de |