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13-Jun-2008
Roland U.S. Corporation's First Ever Virtual Accordion Festival, Los Angles – USAby Ron Lankford |
 Los Angeles - Music Giant Roland U.S. Corporation has put its considerable resources behind development of a line of virtual accordions in its campaign to bring the accordion back into the mainstream of American music. Recognizing that the International resurgence of the accordion's popularity has taken off with American audiences as well, Roland is catching the eye of the American public by supporting a search for America's finest Accordionists by holding its first annual U.S. National Competition.One lucky participant will win a trip to Rome, Italy to perform in the International Accordion Festival to be held on November 7th and 8th 2008. In addition to the Rome trip, the U.S. First prize winner will receive their choice of the world renowned Roland FR-7 or FR-7b V-Accordion. Participants 18 and older will perform in the Senior Soloist Division (the only division open to those in the U.S.) for a chance to win 5000 Euros. Select lucky finalists who have their 5 minute solo audition tapes selected will be flown along with the guest of their choice to the Saturday September 20th competition to be held at Roland's U.S. Media Center in Los Angeles. In addition each of these finalists will receive loans of Roland’s FR-7 or FR7b on which to perform their 5-minute solos in whatever genre of music they excel. Amateur and/or professional players have an equal chance of winning and are both invited to send their 5-minute video tapes to Roland using their own stand alone. Accordions of any type (no special effects, audio files, mp3s, or etc, will be allowed). Interested parties should contact Roland US for details and entry forms at their web site www.rolandus.com/v-accordion. |