Ljubljana (Slovenia), Aug 28 : Slovenian accordionist Zoran Zorko has set a new Guinness world record with a marathon accordion performances that lasted 35 hours and 32 minutes, Xinhua reported.
Pete Barbarich played his accordion until the day he died. "When my dad was 93, we played my son's wedding," Barbarich's son, Paul, who dabbles in accordion, told IndyStar. "Poor guy was so nervous, ...
Button accordion world champion Denis Novato is living his dream by presenting his instrument in a different way than most of his fellow musicians in Slovenia.
The whole fun thing is a big part of what the event, now in its sixth year, is all about -- not to mention the reason it has grown behind the Slovenian-American community. “We have three guiding goals ...
Sixteen-year-old Matt Frank just wanted to be heard at the Slovenian Society Home in Euclid. The Concord Township teen’s fingers whisked across the keys on his diatonic button box accordion. “I just ...
The twins, 58, blind since birth, are regulars at the monthly jam sessions at the Slovenian National Home. They wear dark sunglasses, matching outfits in cheerful patterns of florals or stripes, and ...
"For Slovenians, this is a great achievement," said Tony Hiti, a Euclid architect and the son of a Slovenian immigrant. "A win would have been better, and I'm a little disappointed, but at the end of ...
When Bob Russ was a child in East Helena, his family prohibited him from learning his grandparents’ native Slovenian language. But they didn’t prohibit him from playing the accordion. In fact, they ...
Organizers recently announced that people will have the chance to celebrate the fruit of the vine Old Country-style at SNPJ Farm’s colorful, musical Slovenian Grape Festival on Sept. 24. The polka ...