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Free
Metronome
Gift by Renzo
Ruggieri - Italy
Famous
jazz accordionist and tutor Renzo
Ruggieri has made an electronic metronome that you can download
free from Accordions Worldwide to your computer. This excellent metronome
is a gift by Renzo Ruggieri to all accordionists and musicians. Download
by clicking this link
(705KB).
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A
Service of Thanksgiving for the Life of Myron
Floren - USA
Contributed by Faithe
Deffner
 An
emotional memorial tribute "In loving remembrance of Myron
Floren" took place on August 6, at the Ascension Lutheran Church
in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, where the family has worshipped
since the mid-60s. Myron died at home on July 23, 2005 at age of
85.
A near life-size picture of Myron, youthful grin on his face and
accordion in his arms stood near the pulpit, looking out at family
and friends who had assembled for this final farewell. Remembering
the biblical enjoinder to "make a joyful noise unto the Lord,"
the Rev. Dr. Jan L. Womer told the congregants that this had been
Myron's lifetime work.
Myron himself provided the music for the memorial from among the
hundreds of titles he recorded over the years: Fughetta, Sentimental
Journey, How Great Thou Art, The Lost Chord, and Battle Hymn of
the Republic. Rev. Womer spoke of Myron's lifetime spent in delighting
audiences. "We shall not look upon his like again."
A full
report of this memorial
service and the life of Myron Floren.
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 AFNA
50th Annual Music Festival - USA
The
Accordion Federation of North America will be hosting its 50th Annual
Music Festival 12th to 14th August in Los Angeles. Special events
include a Reunion Banquet on Friday for all former and present Queens
& Kings for both Accordion and Piano. Also, jazz great Frank Marocco
will offer a music seminar on Saturday at the Sheraton Gateway Hotel,
LAX in conjunction with the 50th Annual AFNA Music Festival.
The Seminar is scheduled to include a question and answer period at
the end. Take advantage of this rare opportunity to ask Mr. Marocco
about anything related to playing music in Hollywood movies, shows,
commercials, etc... Find out what it takes, how to get started, and
much more! The festival will end with a free concert on Sunday afternoon
featuring top winners and accordion bands.
For further information e-mail afna@musician.org
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New Accordion Record in St. John's - Canada
 On
Saturday 6th August, there was a new world record set, for the largest
crowd to all play the accordion. Organizers, who needed 645 people
to set the record, said 989 participants officially signed registration
forms. The results will now be submitted to the Guinness World Records
book. The previous record was set in July this year by 644 players
Kimberley at the International Oldtime Accordion Championships.
Dubbed
the "Accordion Revolution," the St Johns event drew participants
from beyond Newfoundland and Labrador, including other provinces and
the USA. The campaign became something of a summer phenomenon, with
many people who had never even touched an accordion signing up to
get involved.
 The
"Accordion Revolution" drew players of all ages and talent
levels, from seasoned professionals to absolute amateurs, armed with
accordions, concertinas and hand-me-down squeezeboxes. Starting as
a slow waltz, the players picked up tempo, as thousands of onlookers
clapped in time.  Saturday's
event attracted scores of children, teenagers and young adults.
Organizer
Dave Penny said the biggest problem wasn't getting the musicians together.
"We were all in different keys, and we had to get everyone in
the same key," he told reporters. Penny admitted the whole thing
started off as a bit of a joke to promote the festival, which became
a tremendously successful promotion of the accordion.
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Stolen
Accordion - Denmark
 This
Stolen Accordion
site is steadily increasing in size as people send in information
about their stolen accordion. It does not matter if the accordion
was stolen some years ago. If it is listed here, there is a greater
chance that one day your accordion will be found again.
All listings (including a photo) are free. New addition to the site
this week is from Finalfred Larsen of Denmark who had his La Melodiosa
accordion stolen in April this year. See Stolen Accordion site for
more information.
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Le
Carrefour Mondial de l'accordéon 2005
Each
year, renowned accordionists captivate, amaze and fill with wonder
an enthusiastic audience by delivering performances that rival each
other in virtuosity and originality. This year is the 17th event and
will take place from the 1st to the 5th of September.
Once again, the event promises great musical moments with performers
from England, USA, France, Italy, Uruguay, Scotland and of course
Canada who will rendezvous to make this event unique, original and
unforgettable.
World music, comtemporary music, classical music, swing musette, jazz
and light music, is part of the wide range of styles and genres. The
audience can also try a few dance steps in the Bal Musette or join
the quadrilles, waltzes and contredanses in the soirées dansantes
du Québec. Conferences and exhibitions completes a program
that explores the many-faceted aspects of this instrument.
For further information, email: accordeon@montmagny.com
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Entirely updated site with new products and information of the italian
accordion/harmonica manufacturer Beltuna
of Castelfidardo.
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New site from
the Italian accordion bellows producer Marconi
from Castelfidardo.
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New site - South
East Accordion Association, The: encompasses Alabama, Florida,
Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.
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New site from
french accordion shop (school/repair) Accordez...Accordéons
in Paris lead by Gilles Brislance.
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New site of Håvard
Svendsrud, formerly of Norway, has established himself as a professional
performer of both classical and traditional entertainment music
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New site of Lidia
Kaminska , Polish accordionist, energetic and captivating performer,
now USA resident selling her new CD's.
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A site promoting
the exciting new CD
recording of Vladimir Sidorov, with repertoire ranging from classical
to contemporary.
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Yehuda
Oppenheimer releases a grade 3 arrangement of 'Serenade'
and a grade 3 arrrangement of 'Contredance'.
This is music composed by Yehuda Oppenheimer. Samples of the music
are available online. The music is in eSheet format, able to be emailed
to your computer. Purchase with credit card
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New
site of young Austrian accordion star and first prize 100/100 winning
artist Nikolas
Lazic.
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New
Article: A detailed article about the 2005 Vivian Vivo Stolaruk
Memorial International Entertainment Competition for Accordionists
run by the AAA
in July is now on line.
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Bishop
Michael Osei Bonsu is no stranger on the Ghanaian music scene and
his latest album Yebedi Nkunim (we shall be victorious) has become
a favourite of many music lovers in the country. The title track
has been listed among the top twenty songs on the local music chart.
Ever
heard of 'Accordion Pill'? Finding ways to release drugs slowly
is a major target of pharmaceutical companies. A Jerusalem startup,
Intec Pharma, has developed an 'Accordion Pill' which looks like
a conventional capsule, but once inside the stomach it unfolds like
an accordion and positions itself as a controlled-release platform.
Commedian
Judy Tenuta and her Accordion - USA
The
second Beogradski Tango Festival (International Belgrade Tango Festival
2005) will take place in Belgrade from the 8th to the 11th September.
Featured are dancers from Argentina, Japan, Hungary, Slovenia, Bulgaria
and other countries dancing. Also featured is the quintet Beltango
of Serbia with Aleksandar Nikolic playing bandoneon and accordion.
A
new