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24-May-2013
by Rob Howard
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 The Accordions Worldwide news for the week ending May 21st 1999 included an item concerning a special award by the National Accordion Organization of the UK to Scotsman Tom Duncan for his efforts in promoting young accordionists. After retiring from career in the Lancashire Police with the rank of Chief Superintendent, Tom Duncan turned his attention to playing and promoting the accordion, and his many laudable achievements included founding the Wyre Accordion Club, the Wyre Accordion Festival, the Morecambe International Accordion Festival, the Blackpool Accordion Festival, and the ‘Best of Accordion Music’ weekend at Prestatyn, North Wales. He and accordionist Heather Smith together published the ‘Accordion Profile’ magazine. Tom passed away on April 26th 2012 at the age of 88. Special Award Presented – England Contributed by Heather Smith On May 1st, at the National Accordion Championships in Scarborough, NAO Chairman Raymond Bodell announced (to the audience of nearly 1000 people) that the NAO had decided to present a special award to Tom Duncan. Tom is the organizer of both the annual Blackpool Accordion Festival and the ‘Best of Accordion Music’ weekend at Prestatyn, and the award was in recognition of his work in promoting young accordionists. Tom was presented a plaque by the Chairperson of the Junior NAO Committee. He was most surprised to receive this award, and in his reply expressed how honoured he felt to receive such a distinguished award and asked that those who gave up their valuable time for similar reasons should share the honour with him. |