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brianread

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Melodeon player in "Who do you think you are"
« on: July 19, 2017, 03:34:57 PM »
So I spotted a melodeon player (was it a Tommy?) in last weeks "Who do you think you are?" The victim was a dancer (one of the judges from Stricly), who discovered one of his great Grandfathers had come from Ashton under Lyme (just down the road from me) and gone to Australia to make his fortune and had become a Clog Dancing Champion. They demo's some with a Melodeon and fiddle to provide the essential music.

Any one from that side of the world want to confess, or know the player? It was filmed in Sidney as far as I recall.

Here's a link:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08y6ct1

About 55 minutes in.
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D/G Oakwood (new model), D/G, C /F, Bb/Eb and E/A Liliputs,
A STREB!!,
2.5 D/G Self made Emmanuel Pariselle, D/G Pokerwork,
and Wolverton Advanced G/D Anglo Concertina and C/G  1937 Wheatstone.
all played "lefty" with mostly an extra air button, except the Concertinas which I play the conventional way round.

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Re: Melodeon player in "Who do you think you are"
« Reply #1 on: July 19, 2017, 03:37:26 PM »
Check this forum thread and all will be revealed!

http://forum.melodeon.net/index.php/topic,20841.0.html

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I think I'm starting to get most of the notes in roughly the right order...... sometimes!

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Re: Melodeon player in "Who do you think you are"
« Reply #2 on: July 19, 2017, 04:14:10 PM »
Quote from: Thrupenny Bit on July 19, 2017, 03:37:26 PM
Check this forum thread and all will be revealed!

http://forum.melodeon.net/index.php/topic,20841.0.html

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oops - missed that - thanks for the link - glad to see that the player is "of this parish"/
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D/G Oakwood (new model), D/G, C /F, Bb/Eb and E/A Liliputs,
A STREB!!,
2.5 D/G Self made Emmanuel Pariselle, D/G Pokerwork,
and Wolverton Advanced G/D Anglo Concertina and C/G  1937 Wheatstone.
all played "lefty" with mostly an extra air button, except the Concertinas which I play the conventional way round.
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