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Robert Bonfiglio with the Plano (TX) Symphony Orchestra – Saturday, October 19th

CELEBRATION OF AMERICAN MUSIC Héctor Guzmán, conductor Robert Bonfiglio, harmonica Sat, Oct 19, 2024 | 8 PM ROBINSON FINE ARTS CENTER SPAH and HOOT Discount: Buy one, get one free, or 50% discount if you use the code word HARMONICA on Checkout here: A TRIBUTE TO ELVIS PRESLEY – Plano Symphony Orchestra   Concert dedicated […]

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SPAH Announces dates and Location for the 2025 SPAH Convention

SPAH is pleased to announce that the SPAH Convention will return to San Antonio, Texas August 12-16, 2025. We will gather at the Hilton Palacio Del Rio on the Riverwalk in the city center, hosted by the Alamo HOOT Club in San Antonio.

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2024 SPAH Convention, Tulsa OK – Featured on News on channel 6 TV in Tulsa

We are pleased to advise you that News on 6, Channel 6 TV in Tulsa, has featured the SPAH Convention 3 times in the past two days. Most recently, here Take a look!

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SPAH 2024 – Press Release

Society for the Preservation and Advancement of the Harmonica Presents the 61st Anniversary Convention in Tulsa, OK Tulsa, OK. – August 5, 2024 – The Society for the Preservation and Advancement of the Harmonica (SPAH) is pleased to announce its 61st Annual SPAH Convention, to be held in Tulsa, OK. August 13-17 at the Tulsa […]

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2024 SPAH Convention T-Shirts

If you told us you’d like a T-shirt when you arrive in Tulsa, check out the design for this year! These will go fast, so stop by the table to purchase yours when you arrive! (We will have a few available for if you didn’t tell us your size when you registered)

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Blown Away on the Bayou, Harmonica & Blues Summit, Returns to Underground Honky-Tonk

Harmonica & Blues Summit Returns to Underground Honky-Tonk Third annual Blown Away on the Bayou takes place October 16-20 in Sunset, LA SUNSET, LA – Blown Away on the Bayou, a harmonica and Blues summit, returns for a third year, October 16-20, 2024, at the Whirlybird in Sunset, Louisiana, to celebrate and teach the rich history […]

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Registration to attend the 2024 Convention online is now open!

SPAH is pleased to announce that those wishing to attend the 2024 Convention online can now register here. Discounts are available for early registration, so register now!

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Every Harmonica Player Should Go to The SPAH Convention – Luke Clebsch

SPAH friend Luke Clebsch at harmonica.com has written a cool “first timer” review about attending the SPAH Convention in St. Louis in 2023. Take a look at his article here.

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2024 Election for SPAH President and Vice President

  (As published in the recent issue of Harmonica Happenings)   We have an election in progress to pick the new SPAH President and Vice President for the next three years         2024 SPAH Election Procedures It is time for SPAH members to elect their new President. We currently have just one […]

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Buddy Greene, Nic Clark teach the Harmonica Workshop at the 2024 Kerrville Folk Festival. SPAH member 10% discount!

For two decades, the Kerrville Folk Festival has produced one of the premier Harmonica Workshops in the USA. Three days with workshop Director Rob Roy Parnell, and two other instructors: in 2024 that’s Buddy Greene and Nic Clark, plus Michael D’Eath. We spend 3 days together, in the center of the most prestigious songwriter festival […]

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