Re: [Harp-L] World Harmonica Festival

[Denise <harmonicablue@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you Steve, that is what I was looking for ! I'll be watching for your
posting of the URL. ~Denise~




On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 7:12 PM, Steve Baker <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Denise asked: Is Hohner still holding World Harmonica Championships
> annually?
>
> They never did hold them annually, at least not during the time I've been
> involved. This event has been held in Trossingen, Germany every 4 years
> since 1989 and also took place in between at other locations for a couple of
> years (SPAH 1991 in Detroit, for example). We managed to change the name to
> World Harmonica Festival after TV crews showed up one time and started doing
> facetious and patronizing interviews with participants asking them who was
> the fastest. The next WHF will be taking place from October 28th - November
> 1st 2009 and will feature concert appearances of great harmonica artists in
> all styles as well as competitions, seminars and sessions. As soon as the
> website is up and the program is fixed I'll post the URL here, it's well
> worth a visit. Last time about 400 players from around the globe attended.
>
> Steve
>
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