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05-Jun-2009
AAA Competition & Festival in Memphis, TN July 15-19, 2009by Rita Davidson Barnea |
 The 2009 AAA Competition will be from July 15 – 19. The events will take place at the Holiday Inn Suites at the University of Memphis, TN. Mary Tokarski, Festival Chairman, is presenting a festival, competitions, concerts, workshops, Festival Orchestra, a performance at Graceland and much more! Among the top entertainers will be: Tony Lovello, (Liberace of the Accordion), Joe Natoli (winner of the recent Roland V Competition in Los Angeles), Randy Martin, director of the Martin School in Fullerton, California, who will conduct the AAA Festival Orchestra, Frank Busso, Sr. who will conduct the performance at Graceland. The Thursday evening entertainment will feature “Riders in the Sky” who have been playing original and classic cowboy songs for more than thirty years. The highly appealing Jeff Lisenby Ensemble will perform on the Friday evening concert on July 17. Several new categories will be included in this year’s events including: AAA Digital/Electronic International Entertainment Competition, as well as a solo category honoring “The King”, Elvis Presley. There will be an International Piano Accordion Competition with prizes funded by the Carmen Carrozza Scholarship Fund, Maddalena Belfiore Entertainment Competition for Female Accordionists. This competition is sponsored by the Mauro Greco family, under the auspices of the AAA. This year also marks the beginning of the Elsie M. Bennett Composition Category. All entry forms and information are available now as .pdf files on the AAA web site. |