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Viva the duo comprise Peter Rappolt-Spanish guitar and flute with Marie Rappolt-musette accordion and midi bass (left hand keys). Peter Rappolt was a recording and television artist in the 60's with his surf music compositions reaching the top 10 of the hit parades with his band The Echomen in 1963. Marie joined Peter in 1968 and toured South Vietnam, Thailand, The Philippines,Guam and Japan over a 4 year period. Notably, they performed over 400 concerts to American forces in South Vietnam in a 14 month time span. in the last decade they have performed at Festivals in Taiwan and throughout NSW, Victoria and Queensland. In 2010 they toured throughout Europe for 6 weeks promoting their CD "The Journey". The CD was produced by Peter Rappolt