You are invited to attend the 2010 American Accordionists’ Association (AAA) Festival which will be held at the Sheraton Harrisburg Hershey Hotel in Harrisburg, PA from July 14-18 2010. Performances will take place at Hershey Park.
The event will have all types of accordion music with something for everyone! There will be many exciting and fun filled events taking place at the AAA Festival this year including a Press and Squeeze Party on Wednesday evening, a massed band performance at Hershey Park on Thursday followed by a cabaret night on Thursday evening. The Luncheon Concert is scheduled for Friday and the breakfast/meeting on Sunday morning.
On Friday morning a unique program will take place: A children’s program with an accordion “petting zoo” and a presentation of the book, “An Accordion! What Is That?” by Karen Malan-Uribe, Joan Grauman and Mary Tokarski. This is the first time that an accordion “petting zoo” will be part of the festival activities.
Mary will read the book and perform. Joan will distribute crayons and colored pictures of Buzz Treble, the bee guide in the book. Karen will talk about the creation of the book. Following will be the “petting zoo” in which the children will be able to hold and play a 12 bass accordion!
The American Accordionists’ Association (AAA) is delighted to announce that Dr. Emilian Badea will conduct this year’s festival orchestra on Saturday evening, July 17. The orchestra is open to all registered participants and will rehearse at the Festival. There will also be a Junior Orchestra this year for younger performers who may have not had the experience of playing in a group.
This is a wonderful opportunity to be part of an accordion orchestra! Music for the Festival Orchestra, Junior Orchestra, and Massed Band is online.
Accordionist, bassoonist, musicologist, conductor and educator, Dr. Emilian Badea is a member of the National Music Honor Society “Pi Kappa Lambda”, the International Double Reed Society, the American Accordionists’ Association and the Accordion Teachers Association of Massachusetts. He is on the music faculty of the University of Massachusetts. New School of Music Cambridge and Bookline Music School and maintains his music studio in Natick, MA.
Several important competitions will take place during the festival including: The 2010 Maddalena Belfiore Entertainment Competition for Female Accordionists Competition) the 2010 Elsie Bennett Composition Competition; the 2010 Carmen Carrozza Scholarship Competition; and the 2010 Digital Accordion Competition Rules.
Many well known accordion artists will perform at the AAA Festival including: Dominic Karcic and Ray Oreggio, Dr.Robert McMahan, Joseph Natoli, John Moceo, Bruce Gassman, Beverly Roberts Curnow, Vladimir Mollov , Annie Moger, Mary Tokarski, The Busso Trio, Martynas Levickis, The Potomac Ensemble, and The Alex Meixner Band.
For hotel information: www.sheraton.com/harrsiburg 717-564-5511. Please mention American Accordionists’ Association to get the special room rate: $109 for single, double, triple, and quad.
For further information view the AAA website or email: AAA1938@aol.com. You can find information about the Festival on Facebook.
