Box and Fiddle
Year 26 No 10
June 2003
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May 1953
Charlie Todd found this gem in a local paper of 50 years ago :-
A suggestion that there should be an Accordion Class at the Perthshire Music Festival caused consternation at Saturday’s annual meeting of the Festival Association.
The proposal came from Mr James Fairweather, who said the accordion was a very popular instrument. He thought an Accordion Class for Under-15’s would attract a good attendance of the public on a Wednesday afternoon session.
Mr Bruce McKerchar commented – “I think it would be too painful for words. I don’t consider the accordion a musical instrument – it’s an instrument of torture”.
“Boogie-woogie” would come next”, suggested Colonel A. Gomme-Duncan, M.P. for East Perth and President of the Association.
The Chairman, Mr David T. Yacamini, was afraid the next step would be ‘the inauguration of a class for bagpipes”.
Charlie Todd found this gem in a local paper of 50 years ago :-
A suggestion that there should be an Accordion Class at the Perthshire Music Festival caused consternation at Saturday’s annual meeting of the Festival Association.
The proposal came from Mr James Fairweather, who said the accordion was a very popular instrument. He thought an Accordion Class for Under-15’s would attract a good attendance of the public on a Wednesday afternoon session.
Mr Bruce McKerchar commented – “I think it would be too painful for words. I don’t consider the accordion a musical instrument – it’s an instrument of torture”.
“Boogie-woogie” would come next”, suggested Colonel A. Gomme-Duncan, M.P. for East Perth and President of the Association.
The Chairman, Mr David T. Yacamini, was afraid the next step would be ‘the inauguration of a class for bagpipes”.