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30-Aug-2013
Accordions Now! 2013 A Big Success!!, New Hampshire - USAby Donna Maria Regis |
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  For the 6th year, Accordions Now! has more than lived up to its motto: “Lots of accordions, lots of music, lots of fun!!”.A attendance gathered for the 6th annual Accordions Now! Festival, co-sponsored by New Hampshire Accordion Association and Accordion Connection LLC. The entire festival was dedicated to the memory of Carmen Carrozza, the great concert accordionist and educator who passed away on June 17th. Held in at the beautiful Courtyard Nashua, August 9th/11th, Accordions Now! 2013’s lineup included Tony ‘Living Legend’ Lovello (pictured right), Joe Cerrito (pictured left), Gerry Grimo & the East Bay Jazz Ensemble, Brent Buswell, and – all the way from Norway – 15 year old national champion Einar Thokle Hovden plus Gamle Aker Spelemannslag (GAS = Old Aker Band Players). Also appearing were Donna Maria Regis, Carmen Vitanza, Nancy Leonard, Jerry Tramontozzi, Warren Johnson, the ever-popular Accordions Now! Festival Orchestra, Paul Ramunni of the New England Accordion Museum with his fascinating ‘Boxes of Stories’, and Dan Mackowiak, who co-ordinated the Just-for-Fun Play-Along Ensemble. Most of the festival’s ‘regulars’ again returned, bringing with them even more of their friends and relatives to share the outstanding music, camaraderie, and joy they have come to experience – concerts, workshops, open mike, jam sessions, Just-for-Fun Play-Along, AN! Festival Orchestra, museum exhibit and presentation, happy reunions with accordion “cousins” old and new, festive meals, cocktail reception with live entertainment, vendor displays of instruments to try/buy – in short, a great time! If you missed 2013, don’t miss 2014! |