| Friday, January 30, 2009 |
Members of the 121st General Assembly of Delegates met in Bratislava for their annual Winter Congress. Hosted by the Methodical Center of Prof. Marta Szokeová for Accordion (MCA) under the direction of CIA Vice President Tibor Racz, this is the second time the CIA has held their Winter Congress in Slovakia.
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On Friday afternoon, members of the Executive Committee held their meetings, followed by a welcome reception and dinner for the attendees. All events were hosted at the Holiday Inn Bratislava.
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Pictured are Tibor Racz (Vice President), Kimmo Mattila (General Secretary/Treasurer),
Kevin Friedrich (President), Raymond Bodell (Vice President), Frederic Deschamps (Music Committee Chairperson)
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| Welcome Reception and Dinner |
Methodical Center of Prof. Marta Szokeová for Accordion (MCA) held a welcome reception and dinner for the Delegates and Guest Artists for the Winter Congress.
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Pictured above are members enjoying this social event.
Pictured below left Guest Artist Julien 'Speedy' Gonzales (France), CIA President Kevin Friedrich, Guest Artist
Grayson Masefield (New Zealand) and CIA Music Committee Chairperson Frederic Deschamps. |
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| Saturday, January 31, 2009 |
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Above: Delegates of the 121st General Assembly Winter Congress
Below left: Delegate Mindaugas Labanauskas (Lithuania) (center) from the CIA's newest member the Kaunas Accordion Society, addressing the General Assembly.
Below right: Guest Artist Grayson Masefield from New Zealand.
Grayson performed the work by Gorka Hermoza (Spain) called Fragelissimo |
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Below left: Guest Artist Peter Maric (Serbia) who performed Impasse by Frank Angelis (4th Movement),
and Valse a Margot by Richard Galliano |
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Above: Grayson Masefield performing Pinscher Tango Jérome Richard and Julien 'Speedy' Gonzales performing Tango for Claude by Richard Galliano and a Medley of French Waltzes by Jérome Richard |
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Back row left to right:
Kevin FRIEDRICH, Herbert SCHEIBENREIF, Mirco PATRINI,
Werner WEIBERT, Aleksandar
NIKOLIC, Günther ZEILINGER, Frederic
DESCHAMPS,
Mindaugas LABANAUSKAS, Kimmo MATTILA, Raymond BODELL
Front row left to right:
Vjera
ODAK-JEMBRIH, Anna BODELL, Grayson MASEFIELD,
Julien GONZALES, Peter MARIC, Reeda LABANAUSKAS and host Tibor RACZ. |
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Winter Congress Guest Artists: Grayson MASEFIELD,
Julien GONZALES, Peter MARIC
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| Slovakian Evening |
Tibor RACZ, Artistic Director of the CIA Member the Methodical Center of Prof. Marta Szokeová for Accordion (MCA) hosted the guests for evening of Slovakian hospitality.
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Above: Host Tibor RACZ (left) with CIA President Kevin Friedrich and right,
with Chairperson of the
Music Committee Frederic DESCHAMPS.
Below left with Günther ZEILINGER and right are
Herbert Scheibenreif, Vjera
ODAK-JEMBRIH, Mindaugas LABANAUSKAS and his wife Reeda. |
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Above: Delegates enjoying an evening together and below, Aleksander NIKOLIC,
Mirco PATARINI, Peter MARIC and Frederic
DESCHAMPS.
Below Right: 2008 CIA Honorary Vice President and Coupe Modale Organizer Anna BODELL (United Kingdom)
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Julien GONZALES (France). |
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Above left: Grayson MASEFIELD and fellow New Zealand born accordionist CIA President Kevin FRIEDRICH.
Above right: Mr. and Mrs. Werner WEIBERT and Herbert SCHEIBENREIF all from Austria. |
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| Walking Tour of Bratislava |
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| Sunday, February 1, 2009 |
Sunday saw the closing session of the General Assembly, followed by a farewell lunch, and some free time for further sightseeing.
A detailed report of activites including Award recipients and other CIA business actvities from the General Assembly will be mailed to CIA Members. |
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