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Editors
Note
The TV broadcast of the Coupe Mondiale
Gala concert (see news item below) is one of many professional TV
productions happening each year that feature accordion excellently.
Sometimes
the accordion is featured as a solo instrument. In recent years, the
accordion is being featured much more in groups and bands - another
sign of the continuing maturity of our beloved accordion and the fact
it is becoming more closely integrated with other musical instruments
and the mainstream world of music. The importance of chamber music
and groups/bands containing an accordionist is growing steadily.
Harley
Jones
Acccordions Worldwide Director
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Second
“Jamberoo Fork Music School Classes - Australia
  The
Illawarra Folk Club is pleased to present the second Jamberoo Folk
Music School to be held on the 6th to 11th July at Jamberoo Valley
Lodge. The club also organizes since 1985 the annual Illawarra Folk
Festival at Jamberoo, with many international guests and very large
audiences.
This
folk music school has five days of instrumental and vocal tuition,
sessions, concerts, dances and great times. Classes on offer are
piano accordion, fiddle (advanced), fiddle (beginner to intermediate),
guitar, and voice. In addition to these classes will be: extra music
focus sessions, concerts, dances and a good social time while developing
musical skills. Musicians of all levels are welcome. The piano accordion
tutor is Polly Garland,
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26th
Far West Button Accordion Jamboree - USA
 The
26th Far West Button Accordion Jamboree willl be held on the 28th
to 30th May in the Sons Of Italy Hall, Fontana, California. The Jamboree
includes at least 3 days of music and dancing with at least two bands
playing all the time. This event, organized by the Fontana Slovene
Button Accordion Club also includes an accordion contest as part of
the event. At the same venue is a Valentine’s Dance organized
on February 15th.
For further
datails email: fbac@fontanabuttonaccordionclub.org
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Mordern
Accordion Exposition - France
Contributed
By: Domi Emorine
 On
the 25th of January, near Reims was an exposition of modern accordion
in many different styles. The event was the creation of Bernad Cavanna,
well known composer and director of the Conservatory of Gennevilliers
(near Paris).
There were musicians performing on several different stages at once.
For example, in the hall, accordionists played to receive the public.
In another side of the hall, it was "Tour de France" where
the people can pedal on a bicycle and the quicker they pedal, the
faster the accordionist plays. Also in the hall, the people can see
different video about story of the accordion and a display of old
instruments. On the main stage, some different artists, played, danced
and sang.
 The
artists included: Pascal
Contet, Franck Angelis, Isabelle Janvier, Paris
Moscou Duo (Roman Jbanov and Domi Emorine), Nicolas Massoutie,
Amélie Castel, Carmela, Corrinne (pianist), Deborah and Jeanne
Sarah Deledicq (singers).
The styles
of contemporary music performed were: techno, French musette, Argentine
music, Russian folk, jazz. The public found the exposition very interesting
and a real discovery of the versatility of the accordion. The sound
and lights was also artistic with the big screens. It was a very good
creation.
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The
Texas Accordion Association
Show - USA
The
Texas Accordion Association
(TAA) announces its annual convention to be held in the Dallas
area from 11 to 13 March 2004. The numerous workshops will feature
folk through jazz with featured guests coming from across the USA
and as far a field as New Zealand.
There will be numerous performance opportunities both solo and with
the Festival Orchestra. This year, the Festival Orchestra will be
conducted by composer and conductor Gary
Daverne. Gary Daverne is the Musical Director of the Auckland
Symphony Orchestra in New Zealand.
For further details e-mail: nns5522@dcccd.edu
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Buyer
Beware! Possible Internet Fraud
Here is
the report by an accordionist in the USA. “Lately in a matter
of a few days I've been bombarded with very very suspicious email
offers for a reedless accordion after I had bid on a reedless accordion
on eBay. I know that these guys are con artists. Certainly I didn't
want to tell you about it from experience after losing money to a
con man.
I was filled
with "righteous anger" and I called the Police to ask them
if we can launch a sting operation to catch these guys right in the
act. The officer told me that he just spoke to a person who had lost
US$30,000. The person wired the money to Europe for a car that doesn't
exist! I know that we accordionists are just too sensible and intelligent
to fall for such brazen frauds.
This is just a friendly reminder: Caveat Emptor - Buyer Beware!!!
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Sata-Häme
Accordion Festival - Finland
 The
Sata Häme
Accordion Festival
will be held on the 29th June to 4th July at Keturi, Ikaalinen. Set
amidst the idyllic parks and wooden houses of lakeside Ikaalinen,
this annual accordion festival attracts about 30,000 visitors and
some 800 Finnish and foreign performers every year.
Annually at this huge event, Finnish accordion music is heard alongside
styles from many other cultures, including French musette, Russian
music, Argentine tango, accordion jazz, American Tex-Mex and zydeco,
plus lots of Latin American rhythms.
For further details email: juhlat@satahamesoi.sci.fi
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Guy
Klucevsek in Concert - France
Composer and accordionist Guy Klucevsek will be performing solo in
Bordeaux on the 31st of January at the Theater Jean Nilar-Eysines.
The concert is sponsored by Musique de Nuit. His program will include
his 12-piece collection, The Well-Tampered Accordion.
For further details email: Guysqueeze@aol.com
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VIVO
in Concert Tour - New Zealand
 Tatiana
Lanchtchikova will be touring New Zealand as part of the VIVO
trio, performing at various locations from the 6th to 23rd of April.
Vivo consists of three members when performing locally in Auckland,
and when recording for CD's. They are: Miranda Adams - herself (violin),
and Tatiana Lanchtchikova
- (accordion), and Yevgey Lanchtchikov (bass). They are offering their
acoustic trio to prestigious wine establishments throughout NZ. With
their new CD "Jealousy
- Tango Music" selling fast, and a weeks performing at the
International Arts Festival in March, you won't want to miss out on
Vivo.
Their recent
tour of the South Island was a great success, with one critic writing:
"Together they captured the hearts of the audience with wonderful,
passionate tangos...they drew out all the sensuality and subtlety
of the tango... the first half a well chosen selection of romantic
and classical music for violin and piano"
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Workshops
at Balkanfolk 2004 - Bulgaria
Dance, Play, Sing,
Have Fun!
  We
offer you this unique opportunity to attend practical seminars for
Balkan folk music at Balkanfolk 2004 held annually in Bulgaria. For
the 8th year, admirers of Balkan folk music will come to learn more
about the customs, the culture and the traditions of the Balkans and
the beauty of Bulgaria. Balkanfolk 2004, the only one of its kind
in Europe is also a meeting of participants from all the continents.
It is being held from 17th to 30th July in the resort town of Bankya
situated on about 20 km from Sofia.
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 Accordion
Information Required
Accordionist Kellner
is trying to identify the make and model of the accordion his grandfather
in Germany used to have (picture circa 1935). He is hoping to find
one the same. If you have any information please email: kellner@cox-internet.com
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The
31st Annual International Association of Jazz Educators Conference
concluded January 24th with presentation of the Jazz Education Hall
of Fame Award to Sammy Nestico and concert by the Vanguard Jazz
Orchestra with special guest Slide Hampton. Ten thousand registrants
attended the 4 day event which featured workshops, panels, concerts
and exhibitions in two halls. 
Masters
of Mexican Music - Mexico