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Dear All Harmonica Lovers Wish you all very happy and prosperous new year. Lets meet at Cubbon Park on next Sunday for 1st meet up of new year on 8th of January 2012! It would be great if you all can confirm your visit by though e-mail.

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Dear Harmonica Friends, Christelle Berthon is an exceptionally talented harmonica player of French origin and now based out of Australia. Her performance was recently broadcasted on KRVM radio featuring women in music. It was a long wait that day and her broadcast never happened while I waited for it till just before I left for office. But she graciously accepted my request to share her

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Friends,Brendan Power thrilled the Bangalore audience with an entirely different harmonica sound in the opening performance that I attended in Opus. I keep going back to the video again and again. Hope it has the same effect on you all. Enjoy !!

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Bangalore's very own Carnatic vocalist and harmonica player Saitejas Chandrashekar made us proud by sharing the stage with Brendan Power at Opus, Bangalore on 25th of November 2011. Watch this video

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Friends, Guess what. Brendan Power, the harmonica virtuoso from UK, visited and performed at Opus, Bangalore on November 25, 2011. And our very own Vasudev Prabhu, the super talented blues harmonica player shared the stage with him. Here is the link to the video of that performance. Hopefully, we will have Vasudev coming for the December 4th meetup. So be sure to join us at Cubbon Park. You may

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Friends,Its been some time since our last meet at Cubbon Park. Hoping to see you all there coming Sunday 04-Nov-2011, at 10.30am, behind Central Library building.-Kapilesh

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Gentlemen, We have indeed been inactive for quite a while now. However, there is something exciting waiting to happen. For those who are a part of Harmonica India Yahoo group would indeed be aware that Mr. Brendan Power, a harmonica virtuoso based out of UK, is planning to visit India between November 22,2011 to December 2, 2011. His prowess on chromatic as well as diatonic harps needs no

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Calling harmonica club members to come out of their hibernation and get into action. With new year on the door steps, lot more to be seen !!

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6th of June was a special day. 4 members of Bangalore Harmonica Club - Chandrashekhar Khare, Avinash Kulkarni, Kapilesh Kale and Shobhit Kumar, went and performed their first ever performance at Asha Jeevan, an old age home, at Bangalore. It was like seeking blessings from our own parents and grandparents. And they indeed received and blessed us whole heartedly with all the love in their kind

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Hi friends, its quite sometime that we met and it was like a 'strategic time out' for THCB activities... while we catchup after a short interval, please find 2 video uploads of Kapilesh Kale, along with a short message from Kaps himself... "Dear Friends. I have uploaded my songs on youtube.com Please have a look and drop in your comments. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eauvGOnaYdQ http://

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Friends,We will meet at cubbon park on Sunday 29 Nov, 10.30am behind central library building.The agenda will be, briefing of anniversary celebration event on 13 December.So join us there.Cheers,Kapilesh

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Dear Friends,I still cant believe the that Mr. Dara Mistry is not with us anymore.It was not long before his sudden end, he had given me call and had told that now that he will have some time and would like spend it with Harmonica Club Members.We were planning to have his session in coming meet and he had promised that he will be happy to give one.In fact myself, Avinash had contacted him few

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Hello Friends,The Bangalore harmonica club will have its meeting as usual at Cubbon Park tomorrow i.e. 13-Sep at 10.30amThe place will be behind Library Building.Mr. Debashish Datta will take the session on Harmonica Playing and Tips and will answer our questions too.So see you all there.Cheers,-Kapilesh

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Yup thatz a Harmonica? But it’s played like a flute, violin, clarinet, piano…WOW “Wonderstruck”, were the audience at KYRA, Indiranagar, Bangalore. A little instrument which every body would have too-too-ed, in their child hood, took the stage this time, with Western Classics and Jazz played on it.(Apr 13th 09) As Mr.Abe mentioned, it was indeed a double treat to listen to 2 great Harmonicists,

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Not often, we come across occasions which re-ignite the Spark , Inspire and Motivate us to revisit and pursue our passions. One such occasion was this, ‘meeting Shri Prakash - a renowned accordion player who has excelled and mastered the instrument.’…read further…  As part of our learning process we met Shri M B Prakash, at his residence in Basavangudi, Bangalore.  Having traveled widely across

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An interview with Shri Gautam Choudhury...Shri Gautam Choudhury, settled now in Holland for the last 40 years, is one of the finest Harmonica Players from India. He was associated with Shri Salil Choudhury for a long time in his musical journey and has done several recordings along with Salil da. Gautamji emphasizes on learning the Basic Theory of Music to learn Harmonica. “Internet is a ocean of

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Mr.Raja Rao, started playing harmonica in1954, during his engineering college days. Seeing a classmate who played in one of college function, Mr.Rao got motivated to start playing . Interested in Classical music, he plays and teaches Violin. Loves to play film songs and some Carnatic tunes on the Harmonica. A civil engineer by profession, was in Cambodia during his last assignment with UNDB.

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Watch out Jacob Mathews playing his “Hohner Pucker”…Mr.Jacob Mathews, started playing the Harmonica at an early age of 8 years, he has learnt if from his brother who played the harmonica. Jacob recalls with a giggle, how his brother didn’t allow him to touch the harmonica during his childhood. One fine day Mr.Jacob successfully, picked it up and start playing. Quite active during his childhood

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Mr.Dara Mistry, a familiar name in the Harmonica circles in the country, has been playing the Harmonica for almost 61 years, which he started at the age of 11 years. Recalling his memories, he stresses on PRACTICE, which used to be 2 hours for him every day. Mr. Mistry has had his lessons from Mr.Damri, the Harmonica legends, who happened to be his fathers close friend. Mr.Mistry's expertise

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The 11th Jan , meet up of the Harmonica Club, was a very happening one seeing a turnout of 28 participants, thanks to DH & Deepa for the same. Now coming to the crux... this article proved to be a volcano erupting out some hidden diamonds to the surface, trust me, not the raw stones, but polished, glittering one with reflections as bright enough to guide and motivate the Harmonica Club Bangalore

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Link to the story which appeared in Deccan Herald, Bangalore on 29 Dec 08... http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Dec292008/metromon20081228109335.asp

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The next meetup of the Harmonica Club, is scheduled on 21st December 08, at the Cubbon Park, Bangalore. Near The Central Library (red building near Rose Garden), at 10.00am to 11.30 am. Email us : theharmonicaclub@gmail.com

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The transition…From 4 to 12…From Hero’s & Towers to Hohner’s & Suzuki’s…We are seeing the transition, starters, amateurs, learners & then of course one Master to lead…The second meet up saw a turnout of 11 members, all enthused about the instrument with the eagerness to share and learn.Mr.Chandrashekar Khare, one of the finest players, also associated with the Gujarat Harmonica Club, played “Aaja

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The Harmonica Club, Bangalore, came into being 9th Nov 08, at Hotel Airlines, Bangalore with 5 mouth organ / harmonica enthusiasts coming together….This club is formed with an objective of promoting & popularizing the most fascinating and melodious musical instrument, ‘Harmonica’ or ‘Mouth Organ’, thro meet ups and workshops.The club also aims to facilitate mutual learning from the members, and

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Our Chweet n cute audience... Rishita Deep Moni Hazarika Vineet Anand, Mannu seen recording Sandeep & Avinash

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