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| NZAA Committee members Tamba Young and Jenna Murray as they organise the trophy display. |
Joined by another NZAA committee member George Xu. |
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| NZAA Competitions Secretary Megan Jennings. |
NZAA Committee member Jessica Chen working in the draw room where all the contestants first arrive. |
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The Perry family - one of a number of accordion families. Left to right: Craig Perry, Maia, Hui-Leng and Adam Perry.
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Megan Jennings with competitions helper Jan Olsen. |
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Competitions helper Graeme Marwick and Competitions
Co-ordinator Dennis Lovatt. |
Competitions helper Richard Hennis with Jury member and Chairman of the Accordion Examination Board of NZ, Marcel Riethmann. |
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| Shane Adams and mother Christine Johnstone |
Jenna Murray, Jessica Chen and Jury member Kristina Panzic. |
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| Stevan Dordevic and mother Mira Dordevic from Sydney. |
NZAA President Sonja Palinich officially opens the 2014 South Pacific Championships & Festival and thanks the two main sponsors Four Winds and Pub Charity for their assistance. |
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| Valerie Tay |
Maia Perry |
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| Adam Perry |
Catrina Lin |
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| Alanah Jones |
Stevan Dordevic |
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| Helen Wang |
Corey Jeffries |
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| Veronica Dowd |
Carl Dowd |
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| Craig Jeffries |
NZAA Competitions Secretary Megan Jennings (center) welcomes Russian contestant Arseniy Strokovskiy (right) and his Oksana (left) to the South Pacific Accordion Championships. |
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| NZAA Secretary Heather Masefield, Compere and NZAA committee member Stephen Cope, Anthony Davies-Jones and Campbell Bettridge, a former committee member, 3rd place getter for the Coupe Mondiale Masters Category and examiner for the Acccordion Examination Board of NZ. |
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| Former NZAA committee member Shirley Yelavich and Marcel Riethmann. Below is Angelo D'Souza. |
Jessie Chen |
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| Darth Vader Liam Lithgow with amazing lighting on his accordion and even on the ground. |
Liam even had a superb Darth Vader helmet but it proved very difficult to play the accordion with it on!!!!
See picture below at prize giving with helmet. |
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| Eric Max |
Alexandra Reekie |
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| Sonja Palinich presents the trophy to Adam Perry. |
Adam Perry |
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| Catrina Lin |
Alanah Jones |
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| Stevan Dordevic (2nd), Corey Jeffries (3rd) and Catrina Lin (1st). |
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| Helen Wang |
Craig Jeffries and Veronica Dowd |
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| Carl Dowd |
Alanah Jones, with cousins Veronica and Carl Dowd. |
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| Adam Perry and Corey Jeffries |
Jessie Chen and Alanah Jones |
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| Catrina Lin and Carl Dowd |
NZAA Committee member Tamba Young talking to the audience about sponsoring cups. |
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| Angela Chen |
Angelo D'Souza |
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| Darth Vader Liam Lithgow with his helmet |
Eric Max |
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| Alexandra Reekie. |
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| The afternoon competitions started. Jury are: Marcel Riethmann, Tamba Young, Sonja Palinich, Kristina Panzic. |
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Eastern Junior Accordion Orchestra conductor Shirley Yelavich.
Left to right: Shirley Yelavich, Liam Lithgow, Ashton Naganosa, Tinity Auckram, Grace Lithgow, Maris Lithgow, Slade Collins. |
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| Mandy Ma |
Tom Little |
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| Theodore Kulanov |
Liam Lithgow |
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| Ben Dury |
Valerie Tay |
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| Annabelle Ding |
Tom Guernier |
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| Satoshi Kincaid |
Grace and Maris Lithgow |
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| Craig and Corey Jeffries |
Eric Max with mother Mandy Ma. |
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Festival Item, North Shore Musicale Orchestra conducted by Brenden Healey.
Players left to right: Megan Jennings, Karen Ditchburn, Stephen Cope, Graeme Marwick, Atoinette Rodahl, Dennis Lovatt, Richard Hennes and Heather Masefield. |
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| They performed Semper Fidelis, Glow Worm, Beatles Magic, Those Magnificent Men and Their Flying Machines. |
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| Mandy Ma. |
Tom Little and Maia Perry |
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| Eric Max |
Catrina Lin and Carl Dowd |
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| Jessie Chen |
Annabelle Ding |
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| Satoshi Kincaid |
Tom Guernier |
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| Grace and Maris Lithgow |
Adam Perry, Angela Chen, Craig Jeffries |
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| Angelo D'Souza and Alexandra Reekie |
Craig and Corey Jeffries |
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| Eric Max and mother Mandy Ma |
Adam and Maia Perry |
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| Valerie Tay, Veronica Dowd, Liam Lithgow, Jessie Chen, Craig Jeffries |
