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02-Jul-2010
by Rita Davidson Barnea
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| The 2010 American Accordionists' Association (AAA) Festival which will be held at the Sheraton Harrisburg Hershey Hotel in Harrisburg, PA from July 14-18 2010. Performances will take place at Hershey Park. The event will have all types of accordion music with something for everyone! There will be many exciting and fun filled events taking place at the AAA Festival this year including a Press and Squeeze Party on Wednesday evening, a massed band performance at Hershey Park on Thursday followed by a cabaret night on Thursday evening. The Luncheon Concert is scheduled for Friday and the breakfast/meeting on Sunday morning. On Friday morning a unique program will take place: A children’s program with an accordion “petting zoo” and a presentation of the book, “An Accordion! What Is That?” by Karen Malan-Uribe, Joan Grauman and Mary Tokarski. This is the first time that an accordion “petting zoo” will be part of the festival activities and children will be able to hold and play a 12 bass accordion! Dr. Emilian Badea will conduct this year’s festival orchestra which is open to all registered participants and will rehearse at the Festival. Several important competitions will take place during the festival including: The Maddalena Belfiore Entertainment Competition for female accordionists, the Elsie Bennett Composition Competition; the Carmen Carrozza Scholarship Competition; and the AAA Digital Accordion Competition. Many well known accordion artists will perform at the AAA Festival including: Dominic Karcic and Ray Oreggio, Dr.Robert McMahan, Joseph Natoli, John Moceo, Bruce Gassman, Beverly Roberts Curnow, Vladimir Mollov , Annie Moger, Mary Tokarski, The Busso Trio, Martynas Levickis, The Potomac Ensemble, and The Alex Meixner Band. For further information view the AAA website or email: aaa1938@aol.com |