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Grayson Masefield Honored at Las Vegas International Accordion Conventionby Paul Pasquali Event Organizer |
Grayson Masefield was honored at the 2018 Las Vegas International Accordion Convention. The Citation reads: "In recognition of your distinguished contribution to accordion music, education and culture through artistry and performance." Grayson Masefield joins 19 years of honorees. Honorary Conductors 2000 – Art Van Damme 2001 – Dick Contino 2002 – Myron Floren 2003 – Gina Brannelli 2004 – Joan Cochran Sommers 2005 – Peter Soave 2006 – Iona Reed Pukara 2007 – Walter Ostanek 2008 – Carl Fortina 2009 – Pete Barbutti 2010 – Frank Marocco 2011 – Angelo Di Pippo 2012 – Jeff Lisenby 2013 – Joey Miskulin 2014 – Stas Venglevski 2015 – Mary Tokarski 2016 – Mario Pedone 2017 – Gordon Kohl 2018 – Grayson Masefield Lifetime Achievement Anthony Galla-Rini Pete Barbutti Gina Brannelli Tony Lovello Joan Cochran Sommers Dick Contino The pdf file of Grayson from a young child until today is taken from the Power Point shown at the convention: 2018LVAward.pdf Great grandpa Alf Jones played accordion and each generation since played accordion. A full report of the 2018 Las Vegas International Accordion Convention will be made next week. |