I ran across this teaser video for “A Few Accordions Short of a Record” — an upcoming documentary on the annual Kimberley International Old-Time Accordion Championships in Kimberley, British Columbia, Canada. It’s one of the largest accordion festivals in the world, drawing thousands for a week full of concerts and competitions. In 2005, attendees set a Guinness world record for the largest accordion ensemble with more than 644 players. (That record was broken a month later at the Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival where 989 accordionists participated.) The video suggests the film will be complete by the summer; I’ll keep my eye out for more details.
A Few Accordions Short of a Record
Posted February 3rd, 2009 in Events, Videos · 2 Comments
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2 Comments:
That’s awesome! I wish they’d have a punk-rock stage. “The Kimberley Old-Time and punk-rock Accordion Festival” it could be.
by Bruce Triggs on February 4th, 2009
Haha, that was great.
by Clayton on February 5th, 2009