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NAO UK Championships & Festival 2010 - UKby Anna Bodell of Charnwood Publications |
The National Accordion Organisation of the United Kingdom (NAO) UK Championships 2010 will be hosted in Blackpool, from 23rd–25th April 2010. The event will take place at the Metropole Hotel and has again attracted over 430 entries in various solo, duet, ensemble and orchestra categories. The 2010 festival again features: - on the Friday evening, the UK National Finals of the Roland V Competition. This category is organized in conjunction with Roland UK and has 10 finalists who have been selected to compete in the Junior and Senior Categories. - the NAO Composers’ Competition – a very important opportunity for the promotion of new music for our Instrument; - The qualification selection for the 63rd CIA Coupe Mondiale to be held in Varazadin, Croatia. International members of the jury include Kevin Friedrich (picture upper left, USA), Herbert Scheibenreif (Austria), Julien ‘Speedy’ Gonzales (picture, lower left, France), Antonio Spaccarotella (Italy) as well as Djordje Gajic, Frederick Parnell, Alistair Gillespie, Angelina Brittain and Douglas Ward from the UK. Traditional favourites are happening again in 2010 with the Celidh on Saturday night with Gary Blair and his band and the Trade show in the Metropole Hotel during much of the event. Full further details email: naouk@btinternet.com |