The NAA (formerly known as TAA) has aimed to:

• Promote performance of all types of music on the accordion and promote the accordion as a serious musical instrument.
• Promote public interest in the accordion through public awareness, education, meetings, workshops and seminars.
• Encourage all individuals who play the accordion to be enthusiastic in their musical endeavors.

The National Accordion Association® exists to support accordionists and to encourage an appreciation of the accordion by the general public. The Association seeks to motivate accordionists in building their musical skills, knowledge, and abilities to perform with other musical instruments. Opportunities are provided for accordionists to collaborate with each other and to learn through numerous events held in various locations throughout the year.

Proposed Vision Statement:

It is the vision of the National Accordion Association to:

1. Appropriately recognize deserving accordionists concerning recordings,
developing training material, public awareness, community services,
best-written news articles, public television coverage, and accordion-
related innovations.

2. Enhance the National Accordion Convention to include a National Awards Ceremony and to expand the workshops and training sessions to include "how to win the national awards."

The NAA (formerly known as the Texas Accordion Association) was founded in 1986 by several accordion enthusiasts living in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.  The need for the association became obvious after area accordionists became acquainted with each other during the local Czech festivals and after several of the founding members were filmed in the movie "True Stories", produced by David Byrne. 

The NAA recognizes and encourages the use of all types of accordions, such as the piano keyboard, diatonic, chromatic, free bass, concertina and bandoneon.
 

Themes for the annual conventions ranged from "Lighten Up and Have Some Fun!!"  in 1998  to the "Making Accordion Dreams come true in 2000.

During the Banquet, 1999 Festival Orchestra Director - Arlene Boddicker is pictured entertaining the 1998 Festival Orchestra Directors: Charles Nunzio and Anthony Galla-Rini.  

The National Accordion Association conducts an annual convention with numerous hands-on workshops that are designed to develop performance techniques. At the 1998 Festival, accordion legend Anthony Galla-Rini conducted a 70 piece orchestra.  Some  200 accordionists from 20 States and three different countries were present.

In 1999 Arlene Boddicker directed the workshop orchestra, and in 2000, Gary Daverne (pictured to the right) conductor of the Auckland Symphony Orchestra in New Zealand, was the guest director.

Plans are under construction for the 2007 convention.
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• 1994 Who's Who in the World of Accordions
• 1996 National Accordion Sales Catalog
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