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25-Jan-2013
‘14 Years Ago’ – TV search for America’s sauciest accordionist…by Rob Howard |
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 The Accordions Worldwide news of January 29th 1999 included a report of a search for the ‘sauciest accordionist’ feature on the Jay Leno TV show in the USA. The finalists were Terri Conti (New Jersey), Dwayne Dopsie (Louisiana) (pictured-left), Phoebe Legere (New York), Tim Padilla (California), and Jason Stephen (Missouri), and the event was held at the Welk Resort, Branson, Missouri. The winner turned out to be Zydeco accordionist Dwayne Dopsie. The jury members, who judged the contestants while considering: overall talent, entertainment value, charisma and professionalism, were Larry Welk (son of Lawrence Welk), John Bahler (Music Director for the Welk Resort), Joan Castle (‘Queen of Piano’ at the Welk Resort and long time cast member of the Welk Show), Art Van Damme (accordion jazz legend), Dale Buse (well known pianist), Gail Lennon (singer/songwriter), and Faithe Deffner (President of the American Accordionists' Association). HOTTEST ACCORDIONIST TO PERFORM ON TELEVISION - USA Contributed by Faithe Deffner, President of the American Accordionists' Association Last week Jay Leno, host of the ‘Tonight Show’, announced the search for the ‘sauciest accordionist’ to the many millions in his TV audience. He will feature the winning entertainer on his program. A number of other TV shows are already showing interest in having the winner perform. ‘USA Today’ also ran an article on the "Search for the Hottest" campaign on January 20th 1999. |