Do you play the Mandolin? Challenge the Guiness on Crete! (Video)

Posted by keeptalkinggreece in Music

Do you play the Mandolin?  Are you interested in joining the World’s largest MANDOLINATA for Guiness Book of Record?
 
Michalis Marakomichelakis from Heraklion, Crete has started the initiative to gather 400 Mandolin players and hit the Guiness Record!
 
 
You can join by
sending e-mail to
mix12@windowslive.com  and  enyaik@gmail.com
or call him directly 6985 606113 (mobile)
Michalis’s blog   in Greek here
 

Press Release and Details in English:

“This is an initiative which, apart from the fun of participation in Guiness, here can be involving people from all over Greece, with a view to creating mandolin in Crete. We appeal to beginners and experts in the mandolin on the grounds that this figure will be many roles that they can play both, beginners and advanced musicians.Once the application forms (the telephone number  
6985 606113 leaving name and phone or sending e-mail addresses mix12@windowslive.com & enyaik@gmail.com) will reach four hundred people will be sent to all the material (songs) the concert to start working either by themselves or with the help of their teachers to others. Then, after sharing in groups (depending on the role of each group) into the orchestra will make some final rehearsals with the controller and conductor orchestra Mr. Marakomichelakis  Michael.In summary, our goal is to create a mandolin in Heraklion and a parallel first presentation, along with Guinness.We also want to show the importance of how much has been established on the mandolin in Crete and in Greece generally.We want everyone to play and the event has meaning and substance.Information can anyone see the group on Facebook MANTOLINATA THE LARGEST IN THE WORLD IN HERAKLION CRETE, as well as on the website – blogspot: mandolinguinessrecord.blogspot.com.”
 
No, Captain Corelli won’t participate, unfortunately…
  
Video Upload: Michalis – First Song for the Mandolinata