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  "Peoples
Artist of Russia" Award for Viktor Romanko – Russia
Bayan artist and professor at the Ural Conservatory of Jekaterinburg,
Viktor Romanko
was honored in the name of Russian President Vladimir Putin by Governor
Eduar Rossel (Jekaterinburg / Ural) with the highest Russian award
for artists
the "People's Artist of Russia " on June 11th. At
the following Galaconcert, Romanko
performed with the Folkinstrumentenorchestra the work " Russian
Phantasy" of Victor Gridin.
Viktor Romanko
is a very successful concert artist performing numerous concerts
in Russia and many other countries over many years. The autumn-tour
2004 will bring the well-known artist to Switzerland and to Germany.
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 Viva
Band Future Performances - Australia, Taiwan
The
Australian band, Viva with Marie Rappolit on accordion has been booked
to perform in Taiwan from 11th to 26th August at a series of Jazz
Festivals. When they return, the Melbourne based band will perform
at the Newcastle Jazz Festival.
Marie Rappolit
is attracting a lot of attention with her inspiration, cabaret style
accordion performances. The band usually performs show tunes like
Czardas and D'ans la Rue D'antibes. Marie plays using amplified accordion
(treble) and Midi (bass) which is also the bass for the band.
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Chemainus
Accordion Fest 2004 – Canada
The Chemainus Accordion Fest will be held at the Chemainus United
Church from 13th to 15th August. The Tempo Trend Studios have been
invited to again to set up their display/sales area during the Accordion
Fest. Highlights of the program include a Jam session on 13th August
and a Youth Music Awards presentation featuring performers like Dan
(accordion) and Josh Jaklich (percussion), Cowichan Valley Accordion
Club Quartet playing music of the 1930’s and 1940’s and
a performance by strolling accordionist Mary Ross on 14th August.
The Festival ends on 15 August with a performance by the Victoria
Accordion Club and a closing ceremony concert by Daniel and Josh Jaklich.
For further information, email shelaghag@shaw.ca
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Box and
Fiddle on Grampian TV - Scotland
A new television series gets underway later tonight on Grampian featuring
Scotland's Accordion and Fiddle Clubs. The series showcases up and
coming players as well some of the best established names in the business.
Five club's were visited by camera crews over the course of the winter
and spring and the program is nearly ready to go on air.
The first
box and fiddle club was started in 1964 in Dumfries. There are now
74 clubs affiliated to the National Association including one in Ireland,
another in Kent as well as an associate club in New Zealand. That
international interest was endorsed at the recent Box and Fiddle's
recent event in Perth, where Australians greatly enjoyed the performances
of those who are helping keep this style of music popular. For further
information contact Grampian TV
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Colchester
Young Children's Accordion Festival - UK
 Hundreds
of people enjoyed a day of fun in Colchester Castle Park, England
at the annual Colchester Young Children's Accordion Festival. The
festival, was blessed with good weather which had families flocking
to the park.
There was music, entertainment and plenty of fun under a pair of large
marquees, which housed accordion exhibition stands of local and national
organizations and businesses. Education and more fun was provided
through workshops.
Performances
in the main arena by local children proved so popular that organizers
had to limit the amount of time each group performed.These
included the Colchester Accordion Elementary Band run by Elaine Beecham
who were joined by the Tiny Tots (5 to 7 years) group who played ten
pieces on their own.
 The
Colchester Accordion Elementary Band is also a school which is helping
in the resurgance of the accordion in England. The Colchester Accordion
Showband, 10 times UK champions will perform next at the Colchester
Castle Park Bandstand on 25th July from 3pm to 5pm.
For further information, email elaine_beecham@hotmail.com
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New Celebrity
Interview, Vladimir Zubitsky - Ukraine, Italy
A new Celebrity Interview of Vladimir
Zubitsky is now online at www.accordions.com/interviews.
Some very interesting reading about the fromative years of bayan development
in Russia and the Ukraine and the life of this great composer and
artist.
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Salomón
Canelo Concerts in Querétaro - Mexico
There is
to be a series of concerts by Salomón Canelo in Querétaro
at 8 different locations. The concerts, to be based around the works
of this Mexican musician will be titled "Cuadros”. The venues
range from the historical center of the city to the surrounding suburbs
and are on the 8th and 21st July, 4th and 18th August, 31st August
to 8th September and 22nd to 30th September.
For further information, email salomoncanelo@hotmail.com
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French
Cafe Accordion Music – USA
 Popular
musette band Cafe Accordion Orchestra have released their latest recording,
a CD titled, “Le Disque Français.” CAO have described
this CD as a tribute to the band’s “love affair with French
music, its passion, romance, and beauty.”
The new CD named “Le
Disque Français” contains a lot more French music than
their 5 previous recordings having a total of 12 French music tracks.
For more information, email daddysqueeze@yahoo.com
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Alexander
Korbakov in Concert - UK
Contributed
by Mike O'Regan
 A
capacity audience witnessed a true virtuoso performance by Alexander
Korbakov on 3rd July at Soar Valley. The concert was one of those
occasions where everything just "gelled". Everything being,
a knowledgeable audience and a player at the top of his form.
Alex played
a varied program, from Chopin to Rimsky-Korsakov, via Leroy Anderson
and Michel LeGrand on his custom built bayan plus interludes on his
old concertina (complete with bells!). The accompanying program was
provided by the Leicester Accordion Orchestra led by Karolyn Broadhead.
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 17th
NBN Newcastle Jazz Festival - Australia
The 17th Newcastle Jazz Festival will be held in Newcastle, approximately
2 hours drive from Sydney. The festival has become a 'must visit'
for Jazz fans, considered one of the most important ‘mainly traditional’
Jazz festivals held in Australia. The festival begins with a pre-festival
Jazz offering on the 27th of August at the Clarendon Hotel and Finnegans
Hotel. The festival proper is on the 28th and 29th August and one
of the main accordionists to be featured is Marie Rappolt of Viva.
An added attraction of the event is the beautiful nearby beaches of
the Port Stephens area and the nearby world famous Hunter Valley wineries.
For further information, email secretary@newcastlejazz.com.au
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Accordion
Player Spreads Music and Laughs - USA
Contributed
by Karen Heinselman
She doesn't have CDs or T-shirts to peddle, but when Judy Fasse comes
to play, it typically draws an audience. She sings, she tells jokes
and of course, there's her accordion which has made Judy Fasse the
center of attention at the Community Nursing Home in Clarksville.
Her eyes
sparkle as she clutches her accordion. For two decades, the Waverly
retiree has volunteered her musical talents in nearby towns including
Waverly, Shell Rock, Denver and Cedar Falls. Besides nursing homes,
she also plays at church and hires out for birthdays and anniversaries.
"I can't say it is a profession. It's not. It is a gift of love,"
she says. "I have so much fun I think that is kind of catching."
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Hieb
Accordion Sisters Bring a Family Flavor - USA
It started at a family reunion about 10 years ago in Rapid City,
South Dakota. "We picked up the accordions and started playing
together and liked what we did," said Martha Reichert, the oldest
of five instrument-playing sisters between the ages of 65 and 80.
Even though the sisters had all played piano and accordion since they
were young -- growing up on a farm in Hague, North Dakota - the family
reunion marked the birth of the Hieb Accordion Sisters as a music
group. Recently, the sisters played together at an event celebrating
Hague's centennial year. "We played four hours that night for
a big dance," Holy said.
The Hieb
family moved to Rupert in 1941. Their father began farming with his
eldest sons. "We come from Lawrence Welk Country" Reichert
said of their hometown, which was a few miles away from Strasburg
where Lawrence Welk was born.
The Hieb
sisters' parents -- August and Anna Maria Hieb -- who had 11 children,
were acquainted with the Welk family, but the children did not know
Lawrence Welk personally. "He was a big shot," Reichert
said. "We liked his music and wanted to play it, too," she
added. The Hieb family still makes music when they get together. Older
brothers Leonard and Art join the sisters with musical instruments
at the reunions. "Our family reunions are one big jam session
and never lack for music," Holy said. Story by y Lorraine Cavener,
Times-News correspondent.
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Daily
News Updates of the 
The
Victoria Accordion Club is going to have a Beer Garden Accordion
Fest on July 18 from 12 noon to 7pm at the Victoria Edelweiss Club.
The Victoria Accordion Club recently announced the induction of
a new executive to the club ranks. The new executive is Australian
accordionist and teacher 