Harmonica Festival, Birmingham ,UK, April 26th, 2003.

[Roger Trobridge <gopher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This year's National Harmonica League  Spring Festival will be held held on
Saturday April 26th, at the Kings Heath Cricket and Social Club, in
Birmingham, UK. Doors open around 09:30am

It should be even better than last years very successful Spring Festival,
held in nearby Knowle. 

There will be workshops covering diatonic/blues and chromatic/group music
from Ricky Cool (Blues), Mat Walklate (Irish/Blues), Laurie Garman
(Chicago), Giles Hedley (Guitar/Harmonica), Jim Hughes and his harmonica
group, Dave Shannon (amplification) and young Philip Achille (Chromatic)
will be taking part. There will be evening concert where everyone can join
in. Norman Ives will be providing advice, CDs, books and instruments.

Come along and meet fellow players of all standards and take the chance to
talk to these great pro players in person.

Admission #10 for the day for NHL members and #12:50 for non-members. Join
on the day and get the discount. Food is available.

Kings Heath Cricket & Sports Club
Charlton House 
247 Alcester Road South,
Kings Heath,
Birmingham B14 6DT 
Telephone 0121 444 1913
www.kingsheathsportsclub.co.uk 

The best way to avoid congestion is to approach from the M42 (Jcn 3) up the
A435 which runs past the door. It is about 4 miles. There are more details
on the NHL web site
http://harmonica.co.uk/sfestival.htm
and in the April issue of the NHL magazine "Harmonica World."

Contact the organiser, Tony Stokes (01216826704), if you have any other
questions or you want accomodation. 

The next big harmonica festival is Harmonica 2003 in Bristol, Oct 24th to
26th. Details on the NHL web site and in the magazine as available.

Roger