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Daily Reports - Sunday 3rd June 2018
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| Andre Samotoi | Andrew Redepenning |
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| Emma Wollum (USA) | Annabelle Ding and Alanah Jones |
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| Annabelle Ding | Sitong Li |
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| Compere and NZAA committee member Stephen Cope | Melinda Wang |
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| Ben Drury | Tim Sinyakov |
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| Stephen Cope | Adam Perry |
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| Finlay Macdermid | Catrina Lin |
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| Wenting Yang (China) | WentingYang |
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| Huang He (China) | Huang He (China) |
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| Craig Perry, Stephanie Poole, Adam and Maia Perry | |
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| North Shore Music Makers conducted by Christine Johnstone. Players: (alphabetical order) Jessie Chen, Robbie Chen, Jim Jin, Sitong Li, Andy Max, Alina Reekie, Valerie Tay, Caroline Wang, Melinda Wang, Andre Samotoi |
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| Festival Performance: Roger Chen and Wenting Yang performing Gary Daverne's work "Song of the Far North". | Andre Samotoi |
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| Jessie Chen | Andrew Redepenning |
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| Emma Wollum | Alanah Jones and Annabelle Ding |
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| Finlay Macdermid | Catrina Lin |
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| The very competitive New Zealand Accordion Championship Class 9, 15 years & under. Tim Sinyakov, Adam Perry, Ben Drury, Annabelle Ding. |
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| South Pacific Accordion Championships, 15 years & under Tim Sinyakov, Adam Perry, Ben Drury, Annabelle Ding, Melinda Wang, Sitong Li. |
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| Stephanie Poole, Adam Perry, Maia Perry, Craig Perry. | |
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| Wenting Yang 1st - South Pacific Championships trophy presentation at the Farewell Dinner | Huang He 1st - South Pacific Championships trophy presentation at the Farewell Dinner |
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| North Shore Music Makers conducted by Christine Johnstone. Players: (alphabetical) Jessie Chen, Robbie Chen, Renee Jeffries (tutor), Jim Jin, Sitong Li, Andy Max, Alina Reekie, Valerie Tay, Caroline Wang, Melinda Wang, Andre Samotoi. |
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Finale ConcertSunday 3rd June 2018Finale Concert Sunday at 2:30 pm features: - Guests: Maestro Accordion (Russia)an instrumental ensemble popular in RussiaPLUS - South Pacific Champion Winners - New Zealand Champion Winners - Auckland Accordion Symphonietta |
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| Heather Masefield read out an obituary to NZAA Life Member Gerald Ryan ONZM. Full obituary at: Gerald Ryan ONZM | Jia Jia Cui (China), 7 years was the youngest competitor | |
| Jia Jia Cui (China) performing "The piper played the rabbit" which was adapted by her well known teacher Wang Yi Ping who was also a jury member at the South Pacific Accordion Championships. |
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| Alanah Jones and Annabelle Ding. | Roger Chen and Wenting Yang performing the beautiful Gary Daverne work "Song of the Far North". | |
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| Ben Drury, 1st place South Pacific Accordion Championships 15 years & under. | ||
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| Marina Jin (Sydney, Australia), 1st place South Pacific Junior Accordion Virtuoso Entertainment Championship 18 years and under. |
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| Emma Wollum (USA) | Lionel Reekie and Heather Jones leading the "Happy Birthday" singing for the 60th birthday of Stephen Cope. | |
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| Catrina Lin, New Zealand Open Free Bass Champion | ||
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| Wenting Yang, 2018 South Pacific Solo Accordion Champion. | ||
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| Wenting Yang acknowledges the audience clapping. | Huang He (China), South Pacific Solo Accordion Entertainment Champion. | |
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| Huang He (China). | ||
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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). | ||
Farewell DinnerSunday 3rd June 7pmAubergine Restaurant, 129 Hurstmere Road, Takapuna. Tickets must be pre-purchased at the competitions Adults $50, Children under 10 years $25 - Formal Dress (men tie) The Farewell Dinner includes the prize giving for each South Pacific Accordion Championship category and the Special Awards winners |
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| NZAA Secretary Heather Masefield and NZAA Treasure Amber Masefield. | this time with NZAA Vice-President Harley Jones. |
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| Superb entertainer Lionel Reekie | |
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| Olga Perfentyeva and Lionel Reekie | |
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| Maestro Accordion (Russia), Nikita Batalov (double bass), Konstantin Korchagin (guitar), and Olga Perfentyeva (accordion). | |
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| North Shore Accordion Orchestra conductors | |
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| NZAA President Sonja Palinich begins the prize presentation. | Gifts for Maestro (Russia) |
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| Jia Jia Cui (China), youngest competitor. | with teacher and well known Chinese accordion teacher and jjury member Wang Yi Ping. |
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| Special Award: Catrina Lin List of special awards is below the dinner pictures. |
Special Award: Mandy Ma |
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| Special Award to Adam Perry accepted on his behalf by teacher Stephanie Poole. | Special Award - North Shore Music Makers |
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| 1st South Pacific Solo Champion, 15 years & under, Ben Drury | 1st South Pacific Solo Champion, 18 years & under Entertainment, Marina Jin (Australia) |
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| Marina Jin and father Martin | 1st South Pacific Solo Champion, 32 years & under Entertainment, Huang He (China) |
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| 1st, Wenting Yang (China), 2018 South Pacific Solo Accordion Champion. | |
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| Sophia, Gary Daverne and Wang Yi Ping talking compositions. |
Special Awards Presented at the Farewell DinnerSamantha Rutherford Memorial Trophy - Catrina LinThis award was created in 1999 in memory of Samantha Rutherford, who passed away in 1997 aged 16 years. Samantha was a promising and talented accordionist who often chose music as the most important thing in her life. This award represents her ambition, determination, courage and drive to be excellent. It also represents her love of life, and determination to make the most of each minute. The purpose of the award is to encourage young accordionists to achieve, as well as to inspire them to always aim high in their endeavour’s, as Samantha did.The Cecil Smith Trophy - Emma WollumThis trophy is being awarded for a performance during this weekend (not necessarily a winning performance) that in some special way impresses the audience. Cecil Smith was born in New Plymouth and lived all his life there. Cecil played the cornet, piano, double bass and accordion amongst other instruments, but the accordion was his favourite instrument. In the last ten years of his life, Cecil played at old folk's homes and hospitals, giving pleasure to many thousands of people with his music. The accordion was his main pleasure in later years and he played right up to the time that he passed away. He left his accordion to his grand niece Nicole Phillips and this trophy was donated by his family who wanted to recognise his kindness and generosity and to put a little back into the musical pursuit that Cecil Smith so much enjoyed.Cocurullo Family Trophy - Mandy MaThis annual trophy has been donated by the Cocurullo Family of Dargaville as a non-musicianship award for services to music. The Cocurullo Family have been prominent in accordion affairs in Northland for many years and the purpose of this trophy is to recognise the important contribution of many non-musicians who support this event, working behind the scenes, to make this event possible.Doreen And Ben Emmett Memorial Rosebowl - Adam PerryThis trophy is awarded for an outstanding classical performance for the weekend.Emmett Family Classical Ensemble Trophy - Not awardedThis trophy is awarded for a classical ensemble performance of distinction.Ben Emmett Accordion Orchestra Commendation Trophy - North Shore Music Makers Conductor Christine JohnstonThis trophy is awarded for a highly commendable performance by an accordion orchestra. The above trophies have been donated by the two daughters of Ben and Doreen Emmett in memory of the important contribution they made to the development of the accordion in the Dargaville area from the 1950’s until their deaths in 1976 and 1990 respectively. They taught many pupils, their most famous pupil being Kevin Friedrich. |
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