Posts Tagged ‘Resurgence’

June is National Accordion Awareness Month. National Accordion Awareness Month was established in 1989 to promote the accordion, help spread the word about the resurgence in popularity in the accordion and to educate people about the accordion.Did you know…

* The piano accordion is the official musical instrument of the city of San Francisco.
* Actress Lucy Liu plays the accordion
* The accordion is a member of the reed family, not the keyboard family.
* China is the largest manufacturer and exporter of accordions in the world.

Dr. Doolittle is the name of a much-loved character from children’s literature. The doctor does not treat human patients, rather animals because he can “speak their languages.” The Dr. Doolittle stories were first published in 1920 and have gone on to be represented in musical, animated and feature film.

Dr. Doolittle is the creation of Hugh Lofting. Lofting was born in 1886 to Irish and British parents. He was educated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, receiving a degree in civil engineering. (more…)