Grayson Masefield was honored at the 2018 Las Vegas International Accordion Convention. The Citation reads: “In recognition of your distinguished contribution to accordion music, education and culture through artistry and performance.”

Grayson Masefield joins 19 years of honorees.

Honorary Conductors
2000 – Art Van Damme
2001 – Dick Contino
2002 – Myron Floren
2003 – Gina Brannelli
2004 – Joan Cochran Sommers
2005 – Peter Soave
2006 – Iona Reed Pukara
2007 – Walter Ostanek
2008 – Carl Fortina
2009 – Pete Barbutti
2010 – Frank Marocco
2011 – Angelo Di Pippo
2012 – Jeff Lisenby
2013 – Joey Miskulin
2014 – Stas Venglevski
2015 – Mary Tokarski
2016 – Mario Pedone
2017 – Gordon Kohl
2018 – Grayson Masefield

Lifetime Achievement
Anthony Galla-Rini
Pete Barbutti
Gina Brannelli
Tony Lovello
Joan Cochran Sommers
Dick Contino

The pdf file of Grayson from a young child until today is taken from the Power Point shown at the convention: 2018LVAward.pdf
Great grandpa Alfred Jones played accordion and each generation since played accordion.

A full report including pictures and video of the many activities and concert by all the well known performers listed below is online at: 2018LasVegas