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London
Accordion Festival - England
  The
London Accordion Festival will take place on December 8th & 9th
at the Wembley Conference Centre in London. Festival goers will
be treated to a variety of entertainment by international and local
performers such as Gervasio Marcosignori, Vladimir
Zubitsky, Frederic
Deschamps, Owen
Murray, Simone
Zanchini/Hallo Mr. Sax, Jack Emblow, Frank Marocco, Corrado
Medioli, Romano Viazzani, Gary
Blair, David Lukins, David
Farmer, Jean Pierre Goncalves Lima, Veli and Susanne Kujala,
Mauro Carra, Vincenzo
Abbracciante, Djordje Gajic, Jerome
Richard, Marielle
Roy, KODA, The Czardas Duo, The High Society Dance Orchestra
and students of the Royal Academy of Music.
On December 7th the "Czardas Duo" (which includes
accordionist Ian Watson) will play and talk about the festival on
the "In Tune" show on Radio 3. For further festival details email:
info@londonaccordionfest.com
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New Accordion Festival - Finland
Contributed by Dr Herbert
Scheibenreif Manager of Friedrich
Lips Productions
On November 16th and 17th a new accordion festival
"Accordion Days in Spirit of Kuhmo" was held in Tammisaari, South-West
Finland. The event included three main concerts with performances
by accordionists Jukka-Pekka Kuusela, Kalle Välimaa (Artistic Director)
and flutist Riitta Saikkonen. Their programmes included works by
Gagnidze, Derbenko, Piazzolla, Jokinen, Trojan, Lundquist, Holminov,
Scarlatti, Franck and Mendelssohn. In addition the world premiere
of "The Sunset of Our Time" (for two accordions by Finnish composer
Juha Jokelainen) was performed.
Over 30 young musicians took part in work shops
given by Kalle Välimaa (chamber music) and Jukka-Pekka Kuusela (solo
repertoire). The festival was so successful, another is planned
for next year. For details contact: Kalle Välimaa, Raasepori Music
Institute, Raaseporintie 6-8, 10600 Tammisaari, Finland.
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Accordions Worldwide 5th Anniversary
Celebrations
"Flashback - 5 Years Ago"
Bolkovski 60th Birthday Celebrations - Russia
On November 30th a concert took place at the Palace
of Youth, Ekaterinburg, Ural in honour of Leonid Bolkovski's 60th birthday.
Forty years ago, he was a founder and the first conductor of the accordion
orchestra "Bayanists of Ekaterinburg", which under his direction has participated
in many Russian and International competitions and festivals, as well
as performing many concerts in Russia and touring internationally to Greece,
Italy, China and Germany. For further details see Past
News
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Accordionists at Santa Parade -
New Zealand
Contributed by Christine
Adams
The North Shore Accordion Orchestra (conducted
by Lionel
Reekie) performed at the recent annual Santa Parade in Auckland.
An audience of over 40,000 children and adults enjoyed their varied
program, which included "Radetsky March" and "Snoopy's Christmas".
A few days later the orchestra entertained at
the Hillsborough Village with a variety of solo and orchestral pieces.
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Tango
for Four (which includes accordionist 
On
December 1st a presentation evening was held at the Fircest United
Methodist Church in Tacoma, Washington for the book entitled "Music
Through the Dark" written by Bree Lafreniere and Daran Kravanh.
The book is an extraordinary story of Daran's experience of Cambodia's
holocaust during the 1970's. Daran was a target for execution himself,
but his talent for playing the accordion saved his life!
Prior
to the actual book presentation, young Cambodian classical dancers
performed to "set the scene". Following the book's presentation
the audience gave a standing ovation. Daran and Bree autographed
a large number of books and CD's that were sold. All proceeds will
be donated to the Orphanage Center in Cambodia along with other
donations received. 
Contributed
by Rolf E. Wittich
Miss
Cybelvis Monroe will entertain at a "wacky festival of fun" (kicking
off a weekend of The Denver Cacophony Society's 2001 Santacon),
held from December 21st at the Bluebird Theater in Denver.
The
X International Competition of Accordion "Cantabria" was held from
November 16th to 18th in Spain. The event began with a Welcome Concert
with a performance by guest accordionist Gorka Hermosa and the Holy
chorus María of Solvay who performed with the "Acordes Cantabros"
Accordion Orchestra. Bandoneonist Enrique Telleria was a member
of the jury and also entertained at the event.