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05-Apr-2013
‘14 Years Ago’ – 1999 ‘Hottest Accordionist in America’, continued…by Rob Howard |
 The Accordions Worldwide news for the week ending April 9th 1999 continued, for the third week running, the story of the ‘Hottest Accordionist in America’ competition, won by Zydeco accordionist Dwayne Dopsie, from Louisiana. ‘Hottest’ Heats Airways – USA Contributed by Faithe Deffner, President of the American Accordionists' Association Dwayne Dopsie, winner of the ‘Hottest Accordionist’ title at the finals which took place in Branson, Missouri on March 25th, played up a storm when he recently appeared on the Good Morning America Show (ABC-TV). In addition, the ‘Search for the Hottest’ promotion, jointly sponsored by the American Accordionists' Association and the Lawrence Welk Resorts, was featured on the first page of the Life Section of ‘USA Today’ with full color photos of the five sizzling finalists. On April 4th the CBS-TV Sunday Morning Show featured great coverage of the ‘Hottest’ finals woven into an essay about the accordion. Negotiations are in progress for winner Dwayne Dopsie to appear on the Jay Leno Tonight TV Show and Dave Letterman's Late Show, as well as the Late, Late Show. To date, at least 50 newspaper articles have touted the search for the ‘Hottest Accordionist’ program. According to Faithe Deffner, President of the internationally known AAA, "We believe this is the biggest, most far-reaching accordion promotional effort ever to spotlight the US accordion community and we are proud of the results which our joint efforts produced." |