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Thursday
July 4th
Arrival. Information center and ticket sale will be open.
Something unexpected might happen, and there will be music all over the place.
Friday
July 5th
9:00
Instrument and sound testing at the concert area
13:00
Opening of the Festival
13:30
Concerts by the Accordions Clubs in the Isafjord Sports Hall
17:00
Opening of a new Accordion Museum, the only one in Iceland:
Asgeir Sigurdssons Accordion Museum
22:00 Dancing in 3-4 different locals. Many orchestras from the accordion clubs
Saturday
July 6th
13:30
Concerts by the Accordions Clubs in the Isafjord Sports Hall
17:00
Concerts by the Guests of Honour:
Annika Anderson and Lars
Karlson from Sweden
22:00
Grand Ballroom Dancing in the Isafjord Sports Hall
Sunday
July 7th
The
Asgeir Sigurdsson
Accordion Museum will be open, and there will be
exhibition from the fabulous Record
collection of Sigurjon Samuelsson*
Departure.
Useful
informations:
The musician and composer Baldur Geirmundsson has written and arranged the Festival song, wich will be played by all the participants of the Festival in one huge orchestra.
There
will be plenty of camping areas with usual sercvices, there will be a
special site for campers and also is possible to get hotel or hostel
accommodation in Isafjordur or the neighbourhood during the Festival days.
To
order, contact the Travel Bureau: Vesturferdir,
Tel.: 354 456 5111, Fax: 354 456 5185, e-mail: vesturferdir@vesturferdir.is
Website:
http://www.vesturferdir.is
There
you can also find information about travels and services in the West
fjords, as well as in the page: Tenglar
in this homepage.
After
the Festival there are countless opportunities to travel into the
wilderness in the north, to the islands of Vigur and Aedey or visit some
of the small fishing villages in the area. Well there is also the
possibility to
linger about with the remaining Accordion players, play, dance and have
a great time!
Welcome to Isafjordur the first days of July, 2002!