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Saturday, 29 August 2009
DAYTIME SESSION
08:30 – 09:00 Foyer Prelude: Gary Stratton
09:00 – 13:30 Coupe mondiale - Round III
13:30 – 14:00 Foyer Interlude: Steve Maric; and Sheila Haigh & Shirley Yelavich Duo
14:00 – 15:30 CIA International Competition for Junior virtuoso Entertainment music - Round II
16:00 – 18:00 CIA WAOIII Rehearsal (closed - mandatory for all WAOIII members)
18:00 – 18:45 CIA 122nd General Assembly - Ratification of Results (closed)
19:00 – 19:30 CIA 2009 Coupe Mondiale World Accordion Championships Awards Ceremony
EVENING SESSION
19:00 – 20:00 Foyer Prelude: June & Gary Stratton Duo “Under Paris Skies”
20:00 – 22:30 2009 Coupe mondiale Finale Gala Concert & prize Giving Ceremony
  - Performances by 1st prize winners of the 7 CIA Coupe Mondiale World Accordion Championships
  - Presentation of the 2009 Coupe Mondiale Trophies & Prizes
  - CIA World Accordion Orchestra III - conducted by Gary Daverne & Joan C. Sommers
  - Roland V-Accordion Guest Artist Ludovic Beier
LATE NIGHT FUNCTION
22:30 – 01:00 2009 Coupe mondiale Farewell Celebration party
  - featuring Domenico & His Band
Saturday, 29 August 2009
Each of the 62nd Coupe Mondiale contestants were invited to perform in Round III, an own choice program of 20 to 30 minutes.

Below are three of the contestants Vladimir Anikin (Russia), Grayson Masefield (New Zealand and Mingyuan Ruan (China).
Vladimir Anikin (Russia)
Grayson Masefield (New Zealand)
Mingyuan Ruan (China)
Festival Performance by Roland artist - Ludovic Beier (France)
Junior Virtuoso Entertainment Music Competition, Round II
Alexander Prusse (France)
Wang Sa (China)
Emilien Roy (France)
Edward Giffney (New Zealand)
Jianau Tian (China)
Alexander Bodell (United Kingdom)
Members of Team China being photographed in front of the Coupe Mondiale Banner
122nd General Assembly Ratification of Results and Closing
Outgoing CIA President Kevin Friedrich congratulating and handing over the office of President to new Raymond Bodell as the 122nd General Assembly concluded
CIA General Secretary Kimmo Mattila presenting outgoing President Kevin Friedrich with an engraved Gavel as a souvenir of his term of office with the CIA.
CIA 2009 Coupe Mondiale World Accordion Championships Awards Ceremony
 
Members of the International Jury

left to right: Chen Jun (China), Jacques Mornet (France), Frederic Deschamps (France), Raymond Bodell (United Kingdom),
Ramondas Sviackevicius (Lithuania), Stephanie Poole (New Zealand), Heather Masefield (New Zealand), Li Cong (China),
Joan C. Sommers (USA), Stephen Vincent (New Zealand), Mary Tokarski (USA), Hebert Scheibenreif (Austria),
Dee Langley (USA), Graham Laurie (Scotland, UK), Alexander Silivanov (Russia).
 
 
NZAA President John Statham, Amber Masefield, Kevin Friedrich, Heather Masefield and Alison Worthington
 
above left: Raymond Bodell and Kevin Friedrich with Anna Bodell and Graham Laurie (UK)
and above right: Kevin Friedrich with delegates from Finland Sari Rytkola, Minna Plihtari and Sirpa Sippola
Contestants in the Junior Virtuoso Entertainment Music Competition
Contestants in the International Competition for Ensemble Music
Contestants in the International Competition for Ensemble Music
Contestants in the Virtuoso Entertainment Music Competition
Contestants in the International Competition for Piano Accordion
CIA President with Yicheng Gao (China) Coupe Mondiale 2nd Prize Winner
CIA President with Mingyuan Ruan (China) Coupe Mondiale 3rd Prize Winner
Coupe Mondiale top place winners Grayson Masefield with Mingyuan Ruan and Yicheng Gao awaiting results announcement
CIA President Kevin Friedrich
with Coupe Mondiale contestant Angelo Miele (Italy) 4th Place
CIA President with Meng Qian (China) - 6th Place in the Coupe Mondiale
CIA President with winner of the Virtuoso Entertainment Category Grayson Masefield
CIA President with Haiyu Liu (China) Virtuoso Ent. Music - 2nd Prize
CIA President with Wan Yizhong (China) Virtuoso Ent. Music - 3rd Prize
CIA President with
Cory Pesaturo (USA)
Contestants in the Digital Accordion Category
Larysa Bodell, Cory Pesaturo and Sarah Assis
CIA President with Jianau Tian (China) Jnr. Virtuoso Ent. Comp. - 1st Prize
CIA President with Romas Morkunas (LIthuania)
CIA President Kevin Friedrich with New Zealand contestant Edward Giffney
CIA President Kevin Friedrich with French contestant Alexandre Prusse
CIA President Kevin Friedrich with Qi Ma (China), winner of the Junior Coupe Mondiale
CIA President Kevin Friedrich congratulating 2009 Coupe Mondiale Champion Grayson Masefield
Some members of Team New Zealand including International Jury Member/Teacher and Guest Artist Stephanie Poole, Campbell Thwaites, Jessica Chen and George Xu (contestants in the International Competition for Piano Accordion), Heather Masefield (International Jury Member and Coupe Mondiale organizer), Grayson Masefield (Winner of the 62nd Coupe Mondiale and International Competition for Virtuoso Entertainment Music), CIA President Kevin Friedrich, Stephanie Panzic (Contestant in the International Competition for Piano Accordion), Edward Giffney (Contestant in the Junior Coupe Mondiale and Junior Virtuoso Entertainment Music Competition and Bor-Kuan Song (contestant in the Junior Coupe Mondiale)
 
 
Presentation of the 2009 Coupe Mondiale Trophies & Prizes
The capacity audience at the Bruce Mason Center (more than 1,000 people), attending the Closing Ceremony Concert featuring the
World Accordion Orchestra III and the Top Prize Winners in each of the seven Categories
Above and Below: Outgoing CIA President receiving the
CIA Merit Award for
his Contributions to the International Accordion Movement
CIA President thanking host nation NZAA President John Statham for his outstanding leadership and support from Team New Zealand. John received a lengthy ovation in appreciation for his work.
NZAA President John Statham giving his closing speech.
Some of the beautiful hand crafted Kauri trophies ready to be presented at the Awards Concert and Closing Ceremony
Haiyu Lui (China), 2nd Place winner of the International Competition for Virtuoso Entertainment Music
Winner of the Digital Accordion Competition Cory Pesaturo (USA)
Above left: International Competition for Digital Accordion contestants Sarah Assis (Brazil) 3rd Prize and right: Larysa Bodell (United Kingdom) 2nd Prize.
Note: Larysa Bodell won 1st Prize with the vote of the Audience, who were invited to select their winner.)
Composer Gary Daverne receiving the Award for the Best New Original Composition
Composition: Koriana by Gary Daverne
The work was performed by Edward Giffney, New Zealand
New Zealand Contestant Edward Giffney receiving his 3rd Place Award from
CIA General Secretary Kimmo Mattila
and CIA President Kevin Friedrich
Winner of the Virtuoso Entertainment Competition Grayson Masefield (New Zealand) receiving his award and performing
Winners of the International Competition for Ensemble Music - Blue Dream Chamber Group from China
Blue Dream Chamber Group from China receiving their award and right: Noteable Soundz from New Zealand
Winner of the International Competition for Piano Accordion He Qian (China)
Winner of the Junior Virtuoso Entertainment Music Competition Jianau Tian from China
Qi Ma (China), winner of the Junior Coupe Mondiale
Romas Morkunas (Lithuania) Intl. Competition for Piano Accordion - 3rd Place
Festival Performance by Roland artist Ludovic Beier (France)
Xu Peng (China) Intl. Competition for Piano Accordion - 2nd Prize winner
CIA President with Yicheng Gao (China) Coupe Mondiale 2nd Prize Winner
CIA President with Mingyuan Ruan (China) Coupe Mondiale 3rd Prize Winner
Winner of the 62nd Coupe Mondiale Grayson Masefield (New Zealand)
Above and Below: 2009 Coupe Mondiale Winner Grayson Masefield with CIA General Secretary Kimmo Mattila (Finland),
CIA President Kevin Friedrich (New Zealand) and CIA President Elect Raymond Bodell (United Kingdom)
Second Prize Winner in the Digital Accordion Competition Larysa Bodell with her father Raymond Bodell and Chinese Delegate Chen Jun,
and right, with Italian Delegate Spaccarotella.
Late Night Function - 2009 Coupe Mondiale Farewell Celebration Party with Domenico & His Band
Domenico Taraborelli (Australia) and his band
Entertainer Maurice Jones with Staff member Iva Bruna (Fiji)
Coupe Mondiale After Party