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| NZAA Secretary Heather Masefield, helper Lisa Yelavich, and NZAA committee member Jessica Chen working in the draw room. |
NZAA Competitions Secretary Megan Jennings
and Rosie Parker |
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| Eric Max and his mother Mandy Ma |
Jan Olsen and Dennis Lovatt |
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| Shirley Yelavich |
Corey Jeffries and Christine Johnstone
at the front desk. |
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NZAA Committee member Catherine Giorza
in charge of the cafe. |
NZAA Committee member Patrick Lui is setting up the trophy display. |
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| NZAA President Sonja Palinich. |
Ashton Phillips |
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| Eric Max |
Jia Jia Cui (China), 7 years was the youngest competitor |
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| Jessie Chen |
Angela Chen |
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| Caroline Wang |
Reina Lin |
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Sitong Li |
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| Sven Balvan |
Christy Chen |
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| Jaedon Hendry |
Finlay Macdermid (Sydney, Australia) |
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| Andrew Redepennning |
Andre Samotoi |
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| Jia Jia Cui (China) and parents |
and now with their teacher, well known Chinese teacher Wang Yi Ping who was also a member of the jury panel. |
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St Kentigern Piano & Accordion Trio
Yvonne Jin (piano), Adam Perry and Maia Perry. |
Compere and NZAA committee member Stephen Cope. |
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| Sven Balvan |
Valerie Tay |
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| Emma Wollum (USA) |
Reina Lin |
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| Jaedon Hendry |
Melinda Wang |
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| Catrina Lin |
Angela Chen |
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| Andrew Redepenning |
Ben Drury |
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| Adam Perry |
Christy Chen |
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| Marina Jin (Sydney, Australia) competing in the South Pacific Junior Accordion Virtuoso Entertainment Championship 18 years and under. |
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| Musicale Accordion Orchestra, (left to right) Dennis Lovatt, Jan Olsen, Antoinette Rodahl, Heather Masefield, Catherine Giorza, conductor Megan Jennings. |
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| Stephen Cope beginning the prize giving. |
Ashton Philips |
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| Eric Max and Jessie Chen |
Teacher Wang Yi Ping accepted the 1st prize
for Jia Jia Cui (China) |
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| Angela Chen |
Caroline Wang |
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| Reina Lin |
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| Sitong Li |
Andrew Redepenning, Jaedon Hendry, Sven Balvan |
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| Christy Chen |
Andre Samotoi, Finlay Macdermid |
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| Sven Balvan, Emmma Wollum (USA). |
Valerie Tay |
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| Reina Lin |
Jaedon Hendry, Andrew Redepenning, Catrina Lin |
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| Melinda Wang |
Christy Chen, Angela Chen, Ben Drury |
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| Adam Perry, Marina Jin (Sydney, Australia) |
Adam Perry NZ Accordion Championship Class 11, Junior Virtuoso Entertainment. |
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| Jia Jia Cui (China) |
Robbie Chen, |
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| Jessie Chen |
Angela Chen |
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| Angela Chen |
Catrina Lin |
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| Robbie Chen |
Eric Max |
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| Ben Drury |
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| Melinda Wang |
Stephen Cope |
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| Andrew Redepennning |
Finlay Macdermid with an Elvis impersonation |
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| Finlay Macdermid as Elvis |
Alanah Jones and Annabelle Ding duet. |
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Huang He, recent competitor at Klingenthal in Germany performing Round I
of the South Pacific Virtuoso Entertainment SP258. |
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| Festival Performance - Maestro Accordion (Russia) accordionist Olga Perfentyeva. |
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| Festival Performance - Maestro Accordion (Russia),
Konstantin Korchagin (guitar), Nikita Batalov (double bass) and Olga Perfentyeva (accordion). |
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| Prizegiving |
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| Sven Balvan, Andrew Redepenning |
Andre Samotoi, Finlay Macdermid |
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| Melinda Wang |
Jia Jia Cui (China) |
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| Reina Lin |
Andrew Redepenning and Emma Wollum |
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| Valerie Tay and Jessie Chen |
Eric Max |
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| Angela Chen |
Catrina Lin |
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| Robbie Chen, Andre Samotoi |
Sven Balvan |
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| Ben Drury, Melinda Wang |
Eric Max |
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| Andrew Redepenning |
Finlay Macdermid and Stephen Cope |
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| Alanah Jones and Annabelle Ding |
Jia Jia Cui (China) |