Download print pdf 2024 schedule
Download print pdf 2024 schedule
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Picture Information: 1. Festival registration; 2. Registration helpers; 3. Registration helpers; 4. Posters advertising events; 5. Heather Masefield, New Zealand Accordion Assoc. Secretary and mother of multi world champion Grayson Masefield, Dr Robert Young McMahan, Chair of the AAA Composers Commissioning Committee, Carmela Busso, wife of Frank Busso Sr.; 6. lunch; 7. lunch.
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Picture Information: 11. Kickoff Luncheon Concert Poster; 12-14. Concert Program; 15-20. Nikolay Bine; 21-22 Concert compere Frank Busso Jr; 23-27 Dallas Vietty; 28 AAA Festival booklet; 29. Exhibit Room poster; 30. Dallas Vietty; 31-33 Nikolay Bine; 34-36 Dallas Vietty; 37 Nikolay Bine, Robert Ford, Dallas Vietty.
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Picture Information: 41-43. ABC TV News filming Frank Busso Sr and Jr.; 44. Alex Chudolij AAA member and Manager of Music Magic; 45. AAA Photo History by Joan Grauman; 46. Nikolay Bine and Frank Busso Sr. More pictures tomorrow.
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Picture Information: 51. Workshops poster; 52-56. Dee Langley Workshop. Losing the Fear of Flats and Sharps.
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Picture Information: 62. Pasta Night poster; 63. Gala Concert poster; 64-67. Gala Concert program; 68-69. AAA Festival Orchestra rehearsal; 70-74. Frank Busso Sr. and Jr. entertaining at Pasta Night; 75-77. Alex Chudolij entertaining.
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Picture Information: 81. Frank Busso Jr. compere; 82-101. Joe Natoli performing including Nine Children's Pieces which was a world premiere of these new works composed by Joe Natoli. You can see the projector for each work in the pictures. Thanks to Don Gerundo, AAA Board member, who ran the projector.
102. Dr Robert Young McMahan anouncing the 2024 AAA Elsie M. Bennett Accordion Composition Competition; 103-104. The winner was Joe Natoli with an exciting composition titled "Frenetic Tango" which was played for the audience with the music on the screen, so they could read the notes.
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Picture information: 110-118. 119 Carmela Busso and daughter Christina; 120 Christina Busso and Rita Barnea AccordionUSA.com Editor for many years;121. Carmela Busso and AAA Board member Don Gerundo; Don Gerundo and Rita Barnea; 123 and 124. AAA Festival Orchestra rehearsal conducted by Frank Busso Sr.; 125. Dee Langley; 126. Frank Busso Jr. and Frank Busso Sr. at Pasta Night; 127. Alex Chudolij at Past Night; 128. Performers Nikolay Bine and Hanzhi Wang; 129. Don Gerundo, Nikolay Bine and Hanzhi Wang; 130. Don Gerundo and Joe Natoli; 131. Don Gerundo and Joe Natoli and Robert McMahan; 132. Amber Masefield and Nikolay Bine; 133. Hanzhi Wang, Frank Busso Sr.
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