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02-Nov-2012
Accordionists Honored at the 2012 Benny Awards, Auckland - New Zealandby Heather Masefield |
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| On Sunday October 28th Maurice Jones, NZAA President Sonja Palinich and Heather Masefield attended the 2012 Benny Awards held at the Crowne Plaza in Auckland city. These awards are organized by the Variety Artists Club and are the highest award given to performers, musicians and artists in New Zealand. With long time New Zealand accordion performers Silvio De Pra and Toni Savage both passing away recently, the NZ accordion scene has lost the 2 former Benny winners who were accordionists. It was very nice to see the photos of Silvio De Pra and Toni Savage winning their Benny Awards in the slide show presentation of previous winners. The slide show of members that had passed away during the year also featured both Silvio and Toni and there was a big banner in honor of Silvio De Pra. Angelina & Gabriella Witten-Hannah sang 3 items during the evening, dressed as angels - and they sang like angels, too! See the picture of them and the Silvio De Pra banner. There were also several really nice tributes to Silvio De Pra during the evening. One of the organizers of this superb event was Gary Daverne, well known internationally to accordionists. The Mayor of Auckland sat briefly at our table and mentioned the New Zealand Accordion Association in his speech before presenting the 2012 Benny Award. |
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