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• Alliance for California Traditional Arts
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Ger Mandolin Orchestra Backstory

Inspirational story of Avner Yonai’s discovery of his grandfather’s 1920s and 1930s Polish mandolin orchestra on Tablet Magazine.
Plucky Move A picture of his Polish grandfather’s mandolin orchestra inspired Avner Yonai to start his own by Alexander Gelfand.