World Concertina Day events!

[Daniel Hersh]

We've pulled together information about all the planned World Concertina Day in-person and online events that we know about into one web page at https://concertina.org/world-concertina-day-events .  I think it's a pretty impressive list!  If you're planning something that isn't yet listed that you'd like us to include, contact us at wcd@concertina.org to let us know.

 

Daniel

for the ICA World Concertina Day team

[Daniel Hersh]

There's a new participatory online World Concertina Day event!  It's the World Concertina Day Video Challenge which was put together by two players in Germany.  Check it out!

Edited January 25, 2022 by Daniel Hersh

[Daniel Hersh]

World Concertina Day (Sunday February 6) is less than a week away! Too many great events to list in one post - check them out at https://concertina.org/world-concertina-day-events .

[Ex Libris]

A really impressive list Daniel. I’m working with Colin Whyles on a short film for World Concertina Day which includes a symphonion solo! We’ve also made a fascinating link between the instrument and some Victorian sheet music. 

[Takayuki YAGI]

Hi Daniel,

Do you have a hashtag for celebrating World Concertina Day on Instagram or Twitter? There doesn't seem to be one at the moment, but how about using #worldconcertinaday ?

[Daniel Hersh]

2 minutes ago, Takayuki YAGI said:

Hi Daniel,

Do you have a hashtag for celebrating World Concertina Day on Instagram or Twitter? There doesn't seem to be one at the moment, but how about using #worldconcertinaday ?

Yes, that would be fine!

[CraneDriver]

I'm been using #worldconcertinaday too!  There's so much going on now, it should be a super event!

[Takayuki YAGI]

It looks like a lot of people on Twitter are enjoying the day (although there are many Japanese due to the time difference).

https://twitter.com/search?q=%23worldconcertinaday&src=recent_search_click&f=live

[David Barnert]

Some great stuff here. Cohen B-K, of course, and Randy and Jim, but who is this “goisagi” person? Really nice work. And what kind of instrument? I had just about convinced myself from the layout and the fingering that it was a Hayden when I noticed some bellows reversals that wouldn’t make sense outside the context of Anglo.

[Takayuki YAGI]

45 minutes ago, David Barnert said:

Some great stuff here. Cohen B-K, of course, and Randy and Jim, but who is this “goisagi” person? Really nice work. And what kind of instrument? I had just about convinced myself from the layout and the fingering that it was a Hayden when I noticed some bellows reversals that wouldn’t make sense outside the context of Anglo.

Yes, "goisagi" is an anglo player in Japan.

[gtotani]

12 hours ago, David Barnert said:

Some great stuff here. Cohen B-K, of course, and Randy and Jim, but who is this “goisagi” person? Really nice work. And what kind of instrument? I had just about convinced myself from the layout and the fingering that it was a Hayden when I noticed some bellows reversals that wouldn’t make sense outside the context of Anglo.

Goisag-san's instrument is Clover of Concertina Connection with Jeffries layout, I believe.

Edited February 7, 2022 by gtotani

[Lakeman]

Massive thanks and congratulations to you Daniel, and the other three in the ' core' team for putting this together. Must have involved many hours of work. A truly impressive mega-concert of brilliant players and varied music from around the world.Fantastic to think it is now going to be ' out there"  and more and more people, hopefully, will visit and discover our amazing instrument."Let the music keep your spirits high."

 

 

[Guest]

7 hours ago, gtotani said:

Goisag-sani's instrument is Clover of Concertina Connection with Jeffries layout, I believe.

That is what it says on @goisagi's Tweet: "(BWV Anh 116 Menuett : Clover Concertina : Jeffries layout)"

 

[Jim2010]

Wonderful performances. Congratulations to the performers and organizers for making this event such a success.

[RAc]

On 2/7/2022 at 9:55 AM, Lakeman said:

Massive thanks and congratulations to you Daniel, and the other three in the ' core' team for putting this together. Must have involved many hours of work. A truly impressive mega-concert of brilliant players and varied music from around the world.Fantastic to think it is now going to be ' out there"  and more and more people, hopefully, will visit and discover our amazing instrument."Let the music keep your spirits high."

 

 

Couldn't agree more - it is apparent that a lot of heart blood has found its way into the organization of rhat remarkable WCD. Thanks so much to everyone involved!