olivigus
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Just came across this and thought it quite fabulous. The caption is 55 Accordions in Concert - the 1st UMKC Accordion Orchestra Concert in the Spring of 1961. The lady in red is Professor Joan Cochran Sommers, who grew up playing in accordion groups, created her own accordion school for young people, and then taught accordion at the college level and took her orchestras all over the world to perform. She retired from teaching at the University of Missouri, Kansas City (UMKC) Conservatory of Music in 2000. I gotta get me a ball gown... and 54 other happy accordionists!
