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International Accordion Culture Exchange Event

First part was a seminar about the Confédération Internationale des Accordéonistes (CIA) activities with President Mirco Patarini, Secretary General Kimmo Mattila, Ambassador Kevin Friedrich, Public Relations Harley Jones and CIA Music Committee Deputy Chairman Grayson Masefield all speaking for the Confédération Internationale des Accordéonistes.

Next was Prof Li Cong, President of the China Accordion Association, a CIA Premiere member, who spoke about the importance of the international contribution of China to the accordion and the two enormously successful Coupe Mondiales held in China in 2011 and 2019.

The second part of the Cultural Exchange was the discussion about Cooperation between the World Accordion Museum Alliance (Kevin Friedrich), The Xinjiang Museums Association, the Tacheng Regional Museum Association (Yin Chunmao) and the Tacheng Accordion Museum (Cui Yankun). That was followed by the signing of a Memorandum of Cooperation between the organisations.

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Guinness World Record Challenge for the Largest Accordion Ensemble

This was a most amazing event. The level of planning and organisation was exceptional. Over 100 school buses were organised to bring all the players to the stadium. Imagine 5,000 plastic stools that can be staked, over 5,000 red t-shirts which looked so effective en masse, the circle painted on the ground with a number, a sticker on each accordion with the same number. The circle painted on the ground kept all the accordionists seated in good lines for easy counting. A large team of counting verification staff were trained and the conductor for the event was China Accordion Association President Prof. Li Cong.

It was lots of fun to be part of this amazing world record performance which after the success was followed by accordionists entertainment to the 5,282 accordionists and a similar number more in the audience.

Street Food Party With Accordion Entertainment

Statute Visit and Hotel Supper party