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03-Oct-2014
7th Accordions Now! Festival, New Hampshire – USAby Rob Howard |
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 The New Hampshire Accordion Association held their 7th Annual Accordions Now! Music Festival, co-sponsored by the Accordion Connection, in Nashua, NH, on August 8th and 9th at the Courtyard Marriott Nashua.The MAA was well represented there by Dan and Maryann Mackowiak, Jim and Carol Avedisian, Tony and Marisa D’Eramo and Sam Falcetti. The traditional Friday Night Jam informal session involved 8 participants, including Tony Lovello, aka the ‘Liberace of the Accordion’ and ‘King of the Bellows Shake’. On Saturday morning there were workshops on ‘The Role of Music in Healing’ by Doreen Kimball and ‘The Secret Gasperini Technique to Prize Winning Speed’, presented by Lynda Fish. In addition, there were vendor areas from Arthur Welch of Accordion Connection and Sam Falcetti of Falcetti Music, and a most interesting exhibit by the New England Accordion Museum and Paul Ramunni, owner of the museum, gave an interesting talk during lunch called ‘Boxes of Stories’. Dan Mackowiak (also the sound man for the festival) ran the popular Just-For-Fun-Play-Along-Ensemble. Entertainers on Friday included Carmen Vitanza, Jim Avedisian, Sam Falcetti, and Brent Buswell, the blind accordionist who played many numbers. Donna Maria Regis and Lynda Fish, the band Catfish Howl, and Tony Lovello all performed in concerts on Saturday, bringing the festival to a rousing climax. For further information email: regisdonna@yahoo.com |