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13-Feb-2009
NAO North Central Area Festival - UKby Anna Bodell of Charnwood Publications |
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 The NAO North Central Area Festival, a qualifier for the NAO UK Championships in Blackpool (24th - 26th April) was held on 7th February in Saltaire West Yorkshire. The venue with 4 competitive halls and a trade area proved to be a great success – with over 250 entries in accordion classes.Highest solo mark of the day (98/100) was awarded by jury member Djordje Gajic to Alexander Bodell. There were also excellent performances from the Craven Accordion Orchestra and Thom Hardaker who is currently a student of Oleg Sharov in St Petersburg, Russia. It was rewarding to see the new initiative in a number of local schools in Yorkshire has led to many young accordionists competing in introductory categories at an accordion festival, for the first time. Very popular also was the Ceilidh held in the evening featuring Robert Thorn and his band. The next regional NAO Area Festivals are to be in Renfrewshire, Scotland on 21st February and South East Thames the following day. Results of all the regional festivals held so far may be found at NAO website. |