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09-Aug-2013
‘14 Years Ago’ – KODA’s 1999 French tripby Rob Howard |
 The Accordions Worldwide news for the week ending August 6th 1999 reported that Scotland’s Keith Dickson Accordion Orchestra, nowadays better known as KODA, had just come back from a highly successful visit to Normandy. KODA present Scottish and popular music with a ‘Riverdance’ influenced type of presentation, demonstrating that accordion music can be presented in an up to date style that has general popular appeal. SCOTTISH ACCORDION ORCHESTRA VISITS FRANCE UK Accordion Showband Champions, the Keith Dickson Accordion Orchestra (Scotland) recently returned from a successful trip to Normandy, France. The orchestra met with the Cany Accordion Orchestra for a joint concert in the Cany market. The main event was an evening concert in Yvetot (which is twinned with the Scottish Orchestra's home district of Clydesdale). The Orchestra was very well received, performing a variety of music ranging from Scottish Traditional Reels to UK Chart Hits. They also played an encore of the France '98 favorite ‘Carnival D' Paris’, which was met with great approval from the audience. |
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