You’ve got to hand it to Accordion City techies. Whether it’s DemoCamp, BarCamp or the Mesh conference, we can organize a great high-tech event in very little time. Now one of us — “Captain Pete” Mosley, whom I know from my days at Mackerel Interactive Multimedia — has put together a parody event: Mush: The Web 2.0 Piss-Up.
Mush takes place on Wednesday, May 17th at The Monarch (12 Clinton Street), and Pete promises “scotch, young women, bail bondsmen and more!” I may just have to drop by.
Here’s a news item from Accordion USA about an upcoming Accordion City accordion wedding, and it’s not mine!
(Wendy and I joined the band for a couple of numbers at our wedding reception. I should get around to extracting the performance and posting it online.)
On May 27th, at 1.30 PM, Acclarion, Canada’s premier classical accordion and clarinet duo, invites you to join them as they share their love for music and each other in a special Concert-Wedding to take place at the University of Toronto’s Edward Johnson Building [80 Queen’s Park Crescent].
Becky Sajo and David Carovillano were two strangers with a common interest that would unite them in more ways than one. Having met at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Music, Becky with the clarinet, and David with the accordion, it was a chance opportunity to perform together in David’s final year of his Master’s degree that would change their lives forever.
“I asked Becky to perform Ray Leudeke’s ‘Serenity’ for accordion and clarinet on my final recital based on someone’s recommendation. She responded with a husky, business-like tone that she would ‘think about it’. After agreeing to do it, we learned quickly in rehearsal that we had a lot more in common than just music. Soon, after school was complete, we were planning our future together, both musically and personally!” says David.
With their musical future looking bright, Becky and David are thrilled to share their special day with family, friends, and music enthusiasts. Joining them for the concert portion of the event will be harpist, Erica Goodman, and pianist, Angela Park debuting new compositions by David. Acclarion will perform a sixty-minute concert of ‘ear tickling music’ on stage at University of Toronto’s Walter Hall, Edward Johnson Building, to be immediately followed by their wedding ceremony on the very same stage. A cocktail reception will follow and all are welcome to attend [they ask that you email an RSVP].
My heartiest congratulations to Becky and David!
(This comes from Drew Weing’s Toothpaste for Dinner.)
A new feature in Google called Google Trends lets you see the volume for search terms over time. Here’s the result for a Google Trends search for “accordion” (correct spelling) versus “accordian” (incorrect spelling):
Caroline Hunt from Avoch, Black Isle, Scotland has spent the last 12 years collecting photos of accordions made between 1850 and 1960 for her upcoming reference book on the Greatest Instrument Ever. In the process, she’s also managed to collect 300 accordions, all of which are on display at Grantown on Spey Museum until Sunday.
Ms. Hunt’s hope is to someday start a museum of accordions in Scotland similar to the legendary one in Castelfidardo, Italy. Perhaps someday, I will donate the Lido — whose chick-magnet powers are so incredible that I haven’t dared to take it out since getting married — to this fine museum.
I wish I could go and see this collection, but I’ll have to make do with ogling the brochure [577K PDF].
(I have to attend a christening on Saturday at 11 and a cocktail party that evening, but should be able to catch a good chunk of BarCamp for a while in the afternoon and possibly later in the evening.)
Once Mother’s Day dinner has concluded, we’re off to Kickass Karaoke at The Rivoli (334 Queen Street West), starting at about 9 p.m.. I understand Tara and Chris will be there too!
Schmoozing at The Drake Hotel (1150 Queen Street West) with the rest of the folks from the Mesh Conference. Might drop by The Rhino to say hi to the folks at the Rails Pub Night.
Chicken wings at Sneaky Dee’s.
Normally I don’t do celebrity gossip, but the photo of Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise shown below was just too good not to post. The E-Meter seems to have sucked the youth out of Ms. Holmes, and don’t you think that expression looks like a silent cry for help?
