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EVALUATIONFriday, 10:00 a.m.Monique BellemareReine St-LouisSandy ZeraJulian GoldenbergLiuba PakGracie BernardiFelipe GonzalesDarien WilliamsRandy HarrisFernando CostaGia Ciccone

EVALUATIONFriday, 4:00 p.m.Tor StumoNathan Chapeton

OPEN SOLO JUNIOR & INTER-MEDIATEThursday, 10:00 a.m.Alexandra ReekieNathan ChapetonCody McSherry

Liam McCoolTor StumoLiuba Pak

OPEN ORIGINAL SOLOJUNIOR & INTERMEDIATEThursday, 11:30 a.m.Nathan ChapetonCody McSherry

Liuba PakAlexandra ReekieTor Stumo

FOUNDERʼS SOLO JUNIOR &INTERMEDIATEThursday, 12:30 p.m.Cody McSherryNathan ChapetonAlexandra Reekie

Tor StumoLiam McCool

OPEN ETHNIC SOLO JUNIOR &INTERMEDIATEThursday, 12:00 p.m.Nathan ChapetonAlexandra ReekieCody McSherry

Julian SchwarzLiuba Pak

OPEN POP SOLO JUNIORETTE& INTERMEDIATEThursday, 12:00 p.m.Angela Falcetti

Tor Stumo

STANDARD SOLO PREP, ELE-MENTARY &INTERMEDIATEThursday, 10:30 p.m.Gia Ciccone

Angela FalcettiFelipe GonzalesRandy Harris

STANDARD SOLO INTERMEDI-ATEThursday, 10:30 p.m.Gracie BernardiDarien Williams

ADULT OPEN SOLO & ADULTETHNIC SOLOThursday, 9:30 a.m.

Monique BellemareYimeng Huang

OPEN DUET INTERMEDIATE &SENIORThursday, 11:00 a.m.Tor Stumo & Nathan ChapetonJulian Schwarz & Tom Hasler

Monique Bellemare & Reine St-LouisMike Bulboff & Cody McSherry

STANDARD DUET ELEMENTARYThursday, 11:00 a.m.Felipe Gonzales & Darien WilliamsRandy & Ruby Harris

OPEN SENIOR ENSEMBLESaturday, 10:00 a.m.Crystal Ballroom

Alamo Angels EnsemblePhilly Squeeze

OPEN SENIOR BANDSaturday, 10:30 a.m.Crystal Ballroom

Busso Senior OrchestraENTERTAINMENT AAASaturday, 11:00 a.m.Grand Ballroom

Alamo AngelsBusso Festival Orchestra

AAA 2013 Festival - August 14-18 - New York, NYCompetition Schedule

ALL SOLO AND DUET CATEGORIES WILL BE HELD IN THE HERALD SQUARE SUITE

The ExhibitsSutton Place SuiteNew Yorker Hotel

Wednesday • Thursday • Friday • Saturday

ACCORDION GALLERYGunaidyi Lazarov, Landing, NJ

Siwa & Figli models Super Quattro Artist, Super Quinta, and Super Cobra.

BUSY FINGERSAnnette & Tommy Doyle, Indialantic, FL

Dino Baffetti, Zero Sette from Bugari Armando, The Music Maker 50 from MusichTech and a new

model from Victoria.

EMILIOʼS ACCORDIONSEmilio Magnotta, Stamford, CT

Dino Baffetti • Bugari • Music Tech Reedless

ERNEST DEFFNER AFFILIATESFrank Busso, Jr., Alexandria, VA

Titano Accordion Company • PANcordion, Inc.Pigini Accordion Company • Roland V-Accor-

dions • Ernest Deffner Publications

GIOIA PRODUCTIONSMario Tacca and Mary Mancini,

Cortland Manor, NYRecording, Performance Productions, Publishingsheet music and music books for Accordion, andCD Production. CDs and music including "Jazzin'the Accordion,” a collaboration from Mario Tacca

& Vince Corozine.

JANPRESSJoseph Natoli, Wooster, Ohio

Original accordion music, arrangements, & transcriptions, CDs and books by Joe Natoli(Adult Accordion Method) and Ralph Stricker

(Jazz Theory & Improvisation Studies for accordion).

Local and remote instruction (via Skype)

LIBERTY BELLOWSMichael Bulboff, Philadelphia, PA

Hohner • Borsini • Scandalli • Victoria • Roland Ottavianelli • Brandoni • Saltarelle • Castagnari

Weltmeister and more.

MUSIC MAGIC ACCORDIONS USAAlex and Lillianna Chudolij, Clifton, NJ

ACCORDIONS: Roland • Ottavianelli • BrandoniPietro • Alessandrini • Scandalli • Giulietti •

Paolo Soprani • Bugari • Tula • G.Verdi plus ªKetron • Orla

Master and Totter MIDI • RolandAlto Professional and

SR Technologies AMPLIFIERS.

SQUEEZINARTDan and Joan Grauman, Frederick, MD

Gift items including jewelry, clothing, cigarettelighters, ashtrays, Christmas ornaments and

ceramics. Most of SqueezinArt’s items feature the artwork

of co-owner/founder, Joan Geller Grauman.

AAA ARCHIVES75 Years of Accordion HistoryJoan Grauman, AAA Archivist

Visit Joan’s workshop in the Exhibit Room onThursday, August 15 “Carnegie Hall and the Ac-cordion” and Friday, August 16 at 8:30 a.m. “The

Women Who Made a Difference”

NEW ENGLAND ACCORDION MUSEUMPaul Ramunni, Director of the

New England Accordion Museum, showcases photographs of famous ac-

cordion players and a unique collection of an-tique accordions “that tell a story.” Visit Paul’s

workshop in the Exhibit Room on Saturday, August 17 at 8:00 a.m.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2013

3:00 pm Registration Opens .............................................................3rd Floor Conference Center Foyer 5:00 pm Exhibits Open (until 9:00 pm)......................................................................Sutton Place Suite Junior Festival Orchestra Rehearsal ...............................................................Crystal Ballroom 7:00 pm Press & Squeeze.....................................................3rd Floor Conference Center (throughout) 8:00 pm Welcome Reception* .................................................................................................Kip’s Bay 8:30 pm Jam Session ...........................................................3rd Floor Conference Center (throughout)

THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 2013

8:30 am Registration Desk Opens (until 1:00)..................................3rd Floor Conference Center Foyer Workshop - AAA Archives - Carnegie Hall and the Accordion..........................Sutton Place Presenter: Joan Grauman 9:00 am Exhibits Open (until 1:30 reopen at 2:30) ....................................................Sutton Place Suite 9:00 am Workshop: Finale: The Music Writing Program Part 1 ..................................Gramercy Park Presenter: Don Gerundo Junior Festival Orchestra Rehearsal ...............................................................Crystal Ballroom 9:30 am Competition – Adult Open & Ethnic....................................................................Herald Square 9:45 am Workshop: Finale Part 2 (Advanced) ..............................................................Gramercy Park Presenter: Don Gerundo 10:00 am Competition – Open Solos..................................................................................Herald Square 10:45 am Workshop: AAA Founder - Joe Biviano...........................................................Gramercy Park Presenter: Joe Cerrito and Elliot Seif 11:00 am Competition – Duets...........................................................................................Herald Square 11:30 am Workshop: “The Magnificent Magnante”........................................................Gramercy Park Presenter: Ray Oreggia Competition – Open Original Solo ......................................................................Herald Square 12:00 noon Competition – Open Ethnic & Pop Solo..............................................................Herald Square 12:15 pm Workshop: Scandinavian Old Fashioned Dance Music Presenters: The Old Aker Band – Tore, Tone, Roar and Toril 12:30 pm Competition – Founder’s Solo ............................................................................Herald Square 1:15 PM Registration outside Crystal Ballroom for ticket sales.........................Crystal Ballroom (foyer) 1:30 pm INTERNATIONAL CONCERT* .......................................................................Crystal Ballroom 3:30 pm Festival Orchestra Rehearsal............................................................................Grand Ballroom 4:00 pm First bus departs for Bryant Park.......................................................................Front Entrance 5:45 pm Second bus departs for Bryant Park ..................................................................Front Entrance 7:00 pm Massed Band Performance - New York, New York ..............................Fountain at Bryant Park 7:30 pm First bus departs for Hotel............................................................................Fountain Entrance 9:00 pm Second bus departs for Hotel

FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2013

8:00 am Workshop: “Effective Orchestration Techniques for Digital Instruments” ...........................................................................Gramercy Park Presenter: Joe Natoli 8:30 am Workshop: AAA Archives – “The Women Who Made a Difference”.................Sutton Place Presenter: Joan Grauman

AAA 2013 Festival - August 14-18 - New York, NYSchedule of Events

Competitions, Workshops and Exhibits are open to Registered Participants only!

continued*Indicates separate charge if not purchased with event packageRooms are subject to change. Any change will be posted at the

Registration Desk located on the 3rd Floor – Conference Center Foyer.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 2013, continued

9:00 am Exhibits Open until 11:30 am; Reopen at 1:00 pm until 5:00 pm..........................Sutton Place Workshop: AAA Founders ...............................................................................Gramercy Park Presenter: Dr. Robert Young McMahan presents the life and times of several AAA Founders: Sam Roland, Abe Goldman, Sid Dawson and Byron Streep as well as Gene von Hallberg and John Gart. Junior Festival Orchestra Rehearsal ...............................................................Crystal Ballroom Registration Desk open until 11:30 am...............................3rd Floor Conference Center Foyer 9:45 am Workshop: AAA Founders “Remembering Anthony Galla-Rini” ...................Gramercy Park Presenter: Joan Sommers 10:00 am Evaluation A .......................................................................................................Herald Square 10:30 Workshop: AAA Founder – Charles Nunzio “Patton and Rommel” ..............Gramercy Park Presenter: Eddie Monteiro 11:30 am CARMEN CARROZZA LUNCHEON AND CONCERT* ....................................Grand Ballroom 1:00 pm Youth Involvement Program - Rehearsal........................................................Crystal Ballroom 1:15 pm Workshop: “Local Festivals, Competitions and Fun for All” .........................Gramercy Park Presenter: Mary Kathryn Archuleta 2:00 pm Workshop: “Accordions Around the World” ..................................................Gramercy Park Presenter: Marion Jacobson 3:00 pm Festival Orchestra Rehearsal............................................................................Grand Ballroom 4:00 pm Evaluation B .......................................................................................................Herald Square 6:30 pm Registration for ticket sales only...........................................................Crystal Ballroom Foyer 7:00 pm 75th ANNIVERSARY CONCERT* .................................................................Crystal Ballroom 9:30 pm OPEN HOUSE – ARTIST RECEPTION* .............................................................................tba

SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 2013

8:00 am Workshop: “Boxes of Memories and Stories”....................................................Sutton Place Presenter: Paul Ramunni – New England Accordion Museum 9:00 am Exhibits Open 9-12; 1-5 pm ..................................................................................Sutton Place Registration Desk open until noon ......................................3rd Floor Conference Center Foyer 10:00 am Competition - Ensembles & Bands .................................................................Crystal Ballroom Workshop: AAA Founders – “The Two Pietros” - Deiro & Frosini ...............Gramercy Park Presenter: Dr. Robert Young McMahan 10:30 am Youth Involvement Program - Rehearsal ............................................................Herald Square 11:30 am Workshop: The Art of Gypsy Jazz....................................................................Gramercy Park Presenter: Dallas Vietty (bring your accordion!) 1:00 pm AWARDS CONCERT ......................................................................................Crystal Ballroom Entertainment AAA..........................................................................................Crystal Ballroom 3:00 pm Festival Orchestra Rehearsal ............................................................................Grand Ballroom 6:00 pm Cocktail Hour (cash bar).........................................................................Grand Ballroom Foyer 7:00 pm 75th Anniversary Banquet & Entertainment*...............................................Grand Ballroom

SUNDAY, AUGUST 18, 2013

9:00 am BREAKFAST AND FAREWELL*......................................................................Grand Ballroom

*Indicates separate charge if not purchased with event package

Rooms are subject to change. Any change will be posted at the Registration Desk located on the 3rd Floor – Conference Center Foyer.

Competitions, Workshops and Exhibits are open to Registered Participants only!

AAA 2013 Festival - August 14-18 - New York, NYSchedule of Events

The WorkshopsGramercy Park Suite and Sutton Place Suite

New Yorker HotelThursday • Friday • Saturday

THURSDAY, AUGUST 15

8:30 am Sutton Place SuiteWorkshop: AAA Archives

“Carnegie Hall and theAccordion”

Presenter: Joan Grauman

9:00 am Gramercy ParkWorkshop: Finale – the Music Writ-

ing Program – Part 1(beginner)

Presenter: Don Gerundo

9:45 am Gramercy ParkWorkshop: Finale – the Music Writ-

ing Program – Part 2 –Intermediate/ Advanced

Presenter: Don Gerundo

10:45 am Gramercy ParkWorkshop: AAA Founder – Joe Bi-

viano – Discussion andstories on the life of JoeBiviano by two formerstudents

Presenters: Joe Cerrito and ElliotSeif

11:30 am Gramercy ParkWorkshop: AAA Founder – Charles

Magnante – The accom-plishments of the “Mag-nificent Magnante”

Presenter: Ray Oreggia

12:15 pm Gramercy ParkWorkshop: Old Fashioned Scandinavian Dance Music

(bring your dancing shoes)Presenters: The Old Aker Band members Tore, Tone, Roar

and Toril

FRIDAY, AUGUST 16

8:00 am Gramercy ParkWorkshop: “Effective Orchestration

Techniques for Digital In-struments”

Presenter: Joe Natoli

8:30 am Sutton Place SuiteWorkshop: AAA Archives –

“The Women Who Made a Difference”Presenter: Joan Grauman

9:00 am Gramercy ParkWorkshop: AAA Founders – The life

and times of severalAAA Founders includingSam Roland, Abe Gold-man, Sid Dawson andByron Streep as well asGene von Hallberg andJohn Gart

Presenter: Dr. Robert YoungMcMahan

9:45 am Gramercy ParkWorkshop: AAA Founder – “Re-

membering AnthonyGalla-Rini”

Presenter: Joan Sommers

10:30 am Gramercy ParkWorkshop AAA Founder – “Patton

and Rommel” “CharlesNunzio and My Mother”

Presenter: Eddie Monteiro

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, cont’d.

1:15 pm Gramercy ParkWorkshop: “Local Festivals, Com-

petitions and Fun for allAccordionists”

Presenter: Mary Kathryn Archuleta,Dreams Fulfilled ThruMusic”

2:00 pm Gramercy ParkWorkshop: “Accordions Around the

World” Presenter: Marion Jacobson, au-

thor of “Squeeze This”

SATURDAY, AUGUST 16

8:00 am Sutton Place SuiteWorkshop: “Boxes of Memories

and Stories”Presenter: Paul Ramunni of the

New England AccordionMuseum

10:00 am Gramercy ParkWorkshop: AAA Founders – “The Two Pietros” – Pietro

Frosini and Pietro DeiroPresenter: Dr. Robert Young

McMahan

11:00 am Gramercy ParkWorkshop: “The Art of Gypsy Jazz” Presenter: Dallas Vietty

The WorkshopsGramercy Park Suite and Sutton Place Suite

New Yorker HotelThursday • Friday • Saturday

Bryant ParkBus Schedule

Please sign up at the AAA Registration Deskfor the time and number of people in your group.

No charge for performers.Spectators - $10 round trip

YOU MUST HAVE A BUS TICKET!

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SEE SCHEDULE AT AAAREGISTRATION DESK

EVERYONE WILL HAVEAN OPPORTUNITY TO

PERFORM

There are 3 performanceareas. New York, New Yorkmassed band at 7:00 pm

will be at the Fountain area.

The two other areas for performance are identified

as “Mid-Park” and theBryant Park “Statue.”

Coordinators will be at eacharea to direct performers

for start/stop times to keepthe schedule moving.


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