Newsletter Issue #1 January 26, 2015

My Harmonicas Well, some of them. I have 17 chromatics out for repair with George at Harmonica Gallery. (Check out the Links Page.) I have boxes of Hohner Special 20’s, used by me at countless gigs, that need retuning. Others in my collection are different models with note arrangements for varying styles of music. I’ve been playing harmonicas for over 45 years; I’ve never stopped playing & studying. If I had another 100 years to play I couldn’t exhaust the possibilities. That’s one of the beauties of our little musical instrument. We’re all a work in progress. Traveling down the road of life with an old friend in my pocket, I’m never bored or lonely. My head in the clouds with a melody floating on a breeze and I’m a happy camper. Wanna jam? - Ken Korb

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2014 A Busy Year for the Harmonica Club

Last year was a full year of harmonica events. We’ve had our regular bi-monthly meetings at the Massapequa Library. We’ve attracted new members & some of the older members are still coming out to play. We’re playing many kinds of harmonicas in many styles. We’ve had a lot of fun & made a lot of new friends. Some of our members went to St. Louis to the SPAH Convention. That’s the Society for the Preservation & Advancement of Harmonica. We did shows & workshops @ Briggs Music in Huntington, Farmingdale & Seaford Libraries, nursing homes & Synagogues. We had 2 great big barbecues at Ken’s big yard. Also the annual Harmonica Dinner at a

great Italian restaurant. The Christmas Holiday Show at the Massapequa Library was a hit. We had some long rehearsals. The members worked so hard to make it a great show With that under our belts, we did a mostly blues show to a packed house at the Levittown Library.

2015 is going to be a vibrant year for the Long Island Harmonica Club

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Newsletter Issue #1 January 26, 2015

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JIA-YI HE

A few of us found time during the week to go to the Elmont Memorial Library to see Jia-Yi He from Beijing China with his classical quintet. It was a wonderful show with Jia-Yi He playing many different harmonicas showing off his wonderful harmonica talents and charming stage presence. He now lives in Brooklyn NY. I had the the pleasure of playing with Jia-Yi at SPAH in Virginia Beach and again in the parking lot at the library, this time also with our own Christine Green.

That’s me with Sonny Terry