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15-Apr-2011
Big Squeeze Accordion Contest Semi-Finalists Announced, Houston – USAby Rob Howard |
 The 2011 ‘Big Squeeze Accordion Contest’ semi-finalists have been announced and these are: Malcom Rossyion (19), from Houston; Isaiah Tellez (12), Houston; Rito Peña (12), San Antonio; Ignacio Morales (15), Dallas; Joseph Garcia (14), Victoria; Omar Garza (16), Mission; Ernesto Villansana (16), Mission; Rogelio Garcia (17), San Benito.The semi-finals take place in Austin on Saturday April 30th, 2.30pm, at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, and will open Austin Latino Music Month. Up to four finalists will be selected to compete at the Houston’s Miller Outdoor Theatre, 22nd annual Accordion Kings & Queens Festival, on June 4th. The afternoon will be filled with music, headlined by accordionist Debra Peters & The Love Saints. Also performing will be Keyun and the Zydeco Masters, featuring Keyun Dickson, last year’s Big Squeeze winner. Rounding out the afternoon’s program will be Conjunto Rio Jordan with Esteban Jr. & Ricardo Jordan, continuing their father Esteben ‘Steve’ Jordan’s legacy, often referred to as “the Jimi Hendrix of the accordion” as well as ‘accordion wizard’. The Big Squeeze contest, organized by Texas Folklife, is open to Texas accordionists, 21 years of age and younger, and open to all genres of accordion-based music, including Cajun; German, Czech, Polish, Tejano, Conjunto, and Norteño, Western, and Zydeco. The Big Squeeze 2011 grand-prize-winner will receive a prize package valued at $4500, including a $1,000 cash prize, a brand new Hohner accordion and recording time at the historic Hacienda Records in Corpus Christi, as well as promotional support from SugarHill Records, Hohner, Inc., Hacienda Records and Texas Folklife, and other professional opportunities. For further information email Cristina Balli, Program Director: cballi@texasfolklife.org |