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CIA Winter Congress, Ikaalinen – Finlandby Harley Jones |
The 125th General Assembly of CIA delegates was held in Ikaalinen, Finland on March 5th and 6th 2011, hosted by the Finnish Accordion Association. Attending the meeting were representatives from Austria, China, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, New Zealand, Russia, Slovakia and United Kingdom under the helm of CIA President Raymond Bodell. Amongst the important business discussed was an excellent presentation from Prof Li Cong and Crystal Wang (picture right) on behalf of the Chinese Accordion Association who are hosting the 2011 Coupe Mondiale to be held in Shanghai 2nd - 6th October. Full information on the Coupe Mondiale website. Application for new association members from Belarus, Canada and Italy were accepted. Details of events and other ideas for World Accordion Day 2011 to be celebrated on May 6th were also discussed. |