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06-Feb-2009
by Rita Davidson Barnea
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  The 2009 NAA Convention will take place at the Hyatt Hotel in Richardson, Texas, from March 12th to 14th. The theme for 2009 is ‘Networking in Action, It's All About The Accordion’. The 2009 Accordion Convention is sponsored in part by ‘The Roland Road Show’, by Roland Accordions and Concerto Accordions International.Mary Tokarski is serving as the 2009 Convention Music Director. Some of the award winning performers will include Mary Tokarski, the "Gene Van Accordion Orchestra & Entertainment Showcase," and Joe Natoli who was the winner of the first ever U.S. V-Accordion Festival in Los Angeles on September 20th 2008. The National Accordion Association Convention will offer many exciting workshops. New this year will be the introduction and incorporation of electronically generated music with traditional accordions. Sponsors of these new workshops include presentations by Roland Accordion Company and Concerto Accordion Company. Among the many interesting workshops will be: ‘Accordion Dreams: A Journey into Cajun and Creole Music’, by Blair Kilpatrick; ‘The Accordionist’s Spine’, by Ian Blair Fries, M.D; ‘Entertaining Children!’, by Andrea Jansen; ‘2009 Diatonic Accordion Techniques’, by Ron Pivovar; Shelia Lee from the Bay Area Accordion Club; Central Texas Accordion Association (CTAA), and the Multi Ethnic Cultural Association of Central Texas (MECA); MIDI Workshop Utilizing Roland V Accordions by Dan Kott, Joe Klaus, Ron Lankford, and Yesenia Sanchez and many more! During the National Accordion Convention there will be workshops, jam sessions, accordion bands, a swap shop, and a National Polka Party and Concert on Friday night featuring: 4th Generation (Wesley Kucera),Sound Connection (Houston), Chris Rybak, and the legendary Pivovar Trio! There will be ‘Orchestra Performance Training Workshops’, with Dee Langley, and Nick Ballarini and their groups. Some of the exhibitors will be: Roland Accordion Company, Accordion-O-Rama, Petosa, Accordion Embroidery by Carol Willenberg, Accordion Stuff by Debra Peters, MECA and the Kohl Music Company. For further information please visit the National Accordion Association (NAA) website or contact Norman Seaton - email: natlaccordion@sbcglobal.net |