Singapore 8th Asia Pacific Harmonica Festival This Asian Festival, organized every two years, is one of the most important events of our Harmonica World.
The “Harmonica Aficionados Society” (HAS), and its President Boh Teck Keong, are privileged to host this forthcoming Asia Pacific Harmonica Festival 2010 in Singapore. Read more ... Published July 6th 2010
SPAH Convention 2010
As it was announced in our Calendar, this convention is going to take place in Bloomington, Minnesota (Land of 10,000 Lakes ), from the 17th to the 21st of August, in the hotel “Ramada Inn- Mall of America”, in the center of the city, supported by “The Garden State Harmonica Club” and “The Twin City Harmonica Society”. Read more ... Published June 28th 2010
20th France Harmonica/Harmonicas de France Festival
This Festival will take place, from the 11th to the 13th of June, in the city of Domancy, France 74700, in the French Alp mountains area, near the “Mont Blanc”. The local group "Savoie Harmonica" and the city will take part in the organization of this event, associated with the Harmonicas de France Federation. Read more ... Published May 19th 2010
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Mouthorgan Culture in the Batavian Country
Netherlands have been for a long time up among the leaders of the mouthorgan culture. The “Veldhoven Festival 2010”(*1)has been one more time, a brillant demonstration, under the sign of the diversity, celebrating at this beginning of May the 25th anniversary of the “Veldhovense Mondharmonika Vereniging” orchestra, created in 1985 by the lamented Peter Janssen. Read more ... Published June 7th 2010
Harmonica Therapy / Music for Life Following my preceding article " Musique et Santé/ L'harmonica et le souffle ", concerning Harmonica Therapy in France, http://www. Read more ... Published March 2nd 2010
Web Address Book of Friends' Websites You'll find here a list of friends' web links, all occupations included, that I particularly advise you to consult. Some are official sites of the persons, others are just websites with dedicated and interesting pages. Read more ... Published March 1st 2010
Edito | June 21st 2010
"Twenty Years Later" An opportunity is given to me to borrow the title of the famous Alexandre Dumas novel,also author of the best-seller the”Three Musketeers” of which Hollywood has accumulated the productions.
The novels “The Three Musketeers” and “Twenty Years Later” are and will remain for a long time symbol of human friendship. The phrase always quoted, “all for one, one for all”… is a dreamed metaphor to start this edito.
Yes, it was 20 years tha “France Harmonica” association was born of which I am still nowthe Founding President.
On the 11th of June 2010, a 20th anniversary has been celebrated at the foot of the "Mont Blanc” mountain, in the village of Domancy (French Alps).
A great moment, very well organized by the local association “Savoie Harmonica" associated with H2F/France Harmonica. A warm “rendez-vous” where generations merged, a celebration of which our “Musketeers” would have been proud... Memories are made of this.
The instrumental cultures do not stop getting married harmoniously. The mouthorgan is not the last, gathering influences, surfing here and there ,from a continent to another, from a Japanese koto to the shivers of Argentina tangos, from Paganini to the Parisian ”valse musette”… “All the music I love”, is singing so well our French star Johnny Hallyday.
The 8th Asia Pacific Festival, in Singapore will be the perfect illustration of our cultural adventure. I shall have the happiness to be part of it… music part, part of life.
"Life is like music, it ought to be plaid twice” (Françoise Sagan)
Harmonically
Jean Labre
Calendar
July 30th - August 2nd 2010 8th Asia Pacific Harmonica Festival, Concerts, Championships, Workshops, open stages Singapore. Info : http://www.aphf2010.org
July 30th - August 1st 2010 "Baltic Nordic Harmonica Festival", concerts, workshops, open stages Bäderstadt Pärnu Ostsee 80018 Finlande. Info : & http://www.piccolo.ee
August 3rd - 8th 2010 European Blues Masterclass Steve Baker and his guests , workshops, open stages "Le Kleebach", 5 chemin du Kleebach 68140 Munster France. Info : & http://www.stevebaker.de
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