As it was said in our calendar column, this convention is going to take place in Sacramento, California, from the 11th to the 15th of August in the Radisson hotel, with the support of Bud Gardner and the "Harmonicoots" association.
The SPAH (Society for the Preservation and Advancement of the Harmonica) was born 1n 1962 in Detroit, Michigan. It federates more than 40 harmonica associations in USA which makes it quite unique.*
Every year, people from everywhere are meeting there... at this Uncle Sam's rendez-vous. Concerts, open stages, workshops, conferences, excursions, closing dinner and more are offered to you, to your liking.
Concerts, featuring : Jason Ricci, Christelle Berton, Steve Baker, Jia-Yi He, Joe Filisko, Charlie Musselwhite, etc.
A visitor package for all the convention events will cost you 220 $.
WE WISH A GREAT SUCCESS TO THIS CONVENTION
Jean Labre
France Harmonica Founder President
IHO Europe vice President
Information : http://www.spah.org & Bud Gardner, Head Coot, Harmonicoots 916/781-2830 and
Radisson hotel reservation : http://www.radisson.com/SPAH
courtesy convention room rate : 99 $ per night
*People may notice that USA is the first in the foreigners top ten visiting the http://.www.jeanlabre.com website, with 5636 visitors out of 36.089 (XITI statistics).
photo Harmonica Happenings SPAH magazine Published July 12th 2009
