It’s happened again… a sign from the hosting honchos at Word Press.com that someone over there has their eye on Cachando Chile. Turns out that the “Confessions of a Closet Accordion Lover” caught their eye and they “Freshly Pressed” it, which means that they plucked it from among nearly half a million posts and put it out there front and center for all the Word Press world to see.
If you missed the post, take a look: Confessions of a Closet Accordion Lover. Continue reading
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Tagged Accordion, Chile, Clinic, Freshly Pressed, Music, PostaWeek2011, WordPress
**This post was “Freshly Pressed” on March 30, 2011
I have just come to realize that I have a thing about accordions. Weird, you say? Cheesy, maybe? Uncool, you think? Sorry, conclude away, but I am here to confess. Truth be told, it took me a long time to realize it, but I have been enamored of the instrument since Carmella Cartino brought hers to show and tell in 4th grade. My parents didn’t take it very seriously that evening when I told them about it. We were neither Italian nor Polish—the two ethnic groups most associated with accordions in our neck of the woods.
Japanese Accordionist in Rome (I promise as soon as I find his card, I will include his name!)
Cachando Chile: Reflections on Chilean Culture 