Anthony Galla-Rini's 99th Birthday
January 17-19, 2003 San Diego, CA


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ATG Galla-Rini 99th Birthday Orchestra, Anthony Galla-Rini, Conductor
 
Rehearsal for the Concert
 
Birthday Banquet and Concert Program
 
Lesginka ………………………….………… Aram Khachaturian
Jamaican Rumba ……………………………... Arthur Benjamin
The Hallelujah Chorus …………...…… George Frideric Handel
Martin Music Accordion Orchestra
Randy Martin, Director
Fullerton, CA

Dicitencello Vuie………………………….……Falvo and Fusco
French Medley ………………… ……….… Various composers
Betty Jo Simon, Accordion Soloist
Overland Park, KS

The Minute Waltz …………………….………. Frederic Chopin
Vivo …………………………………….……………… John Gart
Scherzo …………………………………………….…. John Gart

The "K" Trio - minus One!
Mary Tokarski and Julie Cardona
North Haven, CT

Presentations to Anthony Galla-Rini

 
Amy Jo Sawyer

on behalf of The Viennese Accordion Ensemble

Faithe Deffner
on behalf of Ernest Deffner Affilliates, Titano Accordions, PanCordion
$500.00 Gift Certificate Awarded to Anthony Galla-Rini


Joan Sommers, ATG President
on behalf of The Frederic Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw, Poland
and The Polish Accordionists' Association


Barbara Anne Martindale
on behalf Leo Aquino and Canadian Accordionists

Joseph Petosa, Jr.
on behalf of Petosa Accordion Company

Dr. Carmelo Pino, AAA President
on behalf of The American Accordionists' Association
$500.00 Donation to ATG Galla-Rini Fund from AAA


Kevin Friedrich, CIA President
on behalf of The National Accordion Organization of the United Kingdom (NAO)
The New Zealand Accordion Association (NZAA)
The Queensland Accordion Club, Australia
The Confederation Internationale des Accordeonistes (CIA, IMC-UNESCO)


Joan Sommers, ATG President
on behalf of ATG Officers, ATG Board of Directors and all members of the Accordionists and Teachers Guild, International (ATG)

Presentation of the First

'ATG International Accordion Hall of Fame'

to

Anthony Galla-Rini

Galla-Rini 99th Birthday Orchestra Prgoram
 
 
Paragon March "Official March of the ATG"…...........Anthony Galla-Rini
A Dream (Ein Traum), Op. 48, No. 6…….......................…Edvard Grieg
March of the Siamese Children from "The King and I"…Richard Rodgers
Ol' Man River from "Showboat"……...............................… Jerome Kern
(all music composed and/or arranged by Maestro Anthony Galla-Rini)
Grand Finale
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

The Anthony Galla-Rini 99th Birthday Celebration Accordion Orchestra
Anthony Galla-Rini, Conductor

Orchestra Members
 
Stella Allison, Sheila Anderson, Kari Andrews, Ernst Angst, Erika Baier, Dave Bargender,
Bart Beninco, Bonnie Birch, Joe Blasco, Arlene Boddicker, Julie Cardona, Alfred Cerutti,
Suzi Chandler, Katrina Cheung, Donna Connor, Vic Corsiglia, Anthony Crews, Larry Demian,
Larry Denier, Richard J. Denier, Gloria Ensign, Vicky Eriqat, J. Elke Ertle, Lynn Ewing,
Lou A. Fanucchi, Mary Anne Garcia Flores, Kevin Friedrich, Eldeen Gilbert, Joseph F Greco,
Michele Greening, Teresa Greening, Karen Halgren, Nancy Hefley, Kjell N. Holmes, Leif Holmes,
Mary Lynn Hughes-Ruckl, Valerie Keiser, Michelle Konnerth, Esther Lanting, Barbara Lockett,
Sharon Marotte, Debbie G. Martin, Emily Martin, Kristen Martin, Sarah Martin,
Barbara Ann Martindale, Brian Money, Alicia Munoz, Jerry Odling, Dawn Owen, Sundi O'Mara,
Ariel Oxman, Marissa Oxman, Joanne Pilgrim, Seraphin Leo Reis, Amy Jo Sawyer,
Michele Boddicker Scheffler, John Simkus, Betty Jo Simon, Joseph Smiell, Robert L.Smith,
Joan Cochran Sommers, Pat Striplin, Barbara Scott, Cathy Sommers Tiritoglu, Mary Tokarski,
Cathy Sue Weiss, Sharon Walters, Brian H. Wessel, Lois Yale, Paula Yankopoulos,
Emily Jost, (Timpani)

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