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15-Oct-2010
Roland US V-Accordion Festival, Los Angeles - USAby Rob Howard |
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 The annual Roland US V-Accordion Festival was held on September 18th at the Roland US headquarters in Los Angeles, California.The winners were: Junior 1st - Andre Fry, Annapolis Maryland. Andre won a Roland V-Accordion FR-3X. In July Andre won the 2010 AAA’s Elsie M. Bennett Composition Competition, Junior Division, with his composition ‘Czardas’. 2nd - Johan Richard Knoff, Randolf, Vermont Senior 1st - Christopher Gorton, Providence, Rhode Island. Christopher won a Roland V-Accordion FR-7X and will represent the USA on October 16th at the 4th International V-Accordion Festival in Rome, Italy. 2nd - Svetlana Ivanchenko, Dallas, Texas. This year Roland US instituted a ‘Ron Lankford Outstanding Performance Memorial Award’. This award was presented by Faith Lankford, Ron's widow, to junior finalist Hannah Robbins, Elm Creek, Nebraska. Joe Natoli, a Roland Corporation US V-Accordion Product Specialist, performed an outstanding version of his composition ‘Waltz for Ron’ as part of a tribute to the late Ron Lankford. Sergio Scappini rounded off what had been an outstanding festival with a brilliant concert performance, culminating with some famous opera arias, finishing with ‘Nessun Dorma’. As Sergio performed, pictures of Italy moved across the screens in Roland US's media center. For further information email: steven.albini@rolandus.com |