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Welcome
to the 60th Anniversary CIA Coupe Mondiale
co-hosted
by the
Accordionists
& Teachers Guild (ATG) / American Accordionists' Association
(AAA)
in conjunction with the AAA/ATG Competition and Festival
13-18 August,
2007- Alexandria, VA (Washington
DC) USA
2007 Coupe Mondiale
- Review of Tuesday, August 14, 2007
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Watch live
from the Kennedy Center fo the Performing Arts in Washington DC
Wednesday, August 15, 2007, 6:00 PM - USA
East Coast Time |
-University of Missouri-Kansas City Accordion Orchestra, Joan
Sommers, Director
-Martin Music Center Accordion Orchestra (CA), Randall Martin, Director
The concerts are held at 6:00 PM each night (US East Coast Time),
and broadcast live around the world on the Internet at the time
of the performance, as well as archived for viewing at anytime in
the future.
A series of accordion concerts will be held at the Millennium Stage
at the famed Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, during the
2007 CIA Coupe Mondiale World Accordion Championships. The 'Performing
Arts for Everyone' on the Millennium Stage program is designed to
introduce the Kennedy Center, and make music available from a variety
of artists from around the world to all, by providing a performance
open to the public and free of charge 365 days a year.
Please visit the link below to view
these exciting concerts as they happen.
www.kennedy-center.org/programs/millennium
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CIA
Music Committee Meeting |
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Members of the
CIA Music Committee met prior to the General Assembly to work
on matters pertaining to the 60th Coupe Mondiale. Pictured:
Harley Jones, Frederic Deschamps (Chairperson), Raymond Bodell
(Secretary), Joan Sommers (Vice Chairperson) and Jörgen
Sundeqvist.
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118th
General Assembly of Delegates |
The CIA conducted
the first session of the 118th General Assembly of Delegates
at 1:00 PM. Items discussed included the work of the
newly formed Advancement and Development Committee,
reform of the CIA Statutes, the development of the CIA
Archives and future activties that take the Coupe Mondiale
all the way through 2016.
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Executive
Committee |
Music
Committee |
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USA - Kevin
FRIEDRICH |
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France -
Frederic DESCHAMPS |
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United Kingdom
- Raymond BODELL |
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USA (ATG)
- Joan SOMMERS |
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Austria -
Herbert SCHEIBENREIF |
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Sweden -
Jörgen SUNDEQVIST |
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Finland -
Kimmo MATTILA |
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Fiji - Harley
JONES |
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Fiji - Harley
JONES |
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United Kingdom
- Raymond BODELL |
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France -
Frederic DESCHAMPS |
Advancement
and Development Committee |
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USA-ATG -
Joan SOMMERS |
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Italy - Mirco
PATARINI |
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Delegates
in Attendance |
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Norway -
Lars ARNEVIG |
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Austria -
Walter MAURER |
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Spain - Iñigo
AIZPIOLEA |
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Austria -
Weiner WEIBERT |
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United Kingdom
- Graham LAURIE |
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China - Li
CONG |
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United Kingdom
- Elaine BEECHAM |
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China - Chen
JUN |
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United Kingdom
- Gina BRANNELLI |
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Croatia -
Vjera ODAK-JEMBRIH |
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USA (AAA)
- Linda Soley REED |
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Croatia -
Tatjana LAUIC |
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USA (ATG)
- Joanna Arnold DARROW |
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Denmark -
Peter ANDERS |
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USA (AAA)
- Faithe DEFFNER |
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Germany -
Günther ZEILINGER |
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USA (AFNA)
- Sylvia PRIOR |
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Germany -
Peter NEBL |
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Netherlands
- Ron Van OVERBRUGGEN |
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New Zealand
- Heather MASEFIELD |
Guests
in Attendance |
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New Zealand
- Amber MASEFIELD |
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Serbia &
Montenegro - Vojin VASOVIC |
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New Zealand
- Carol YAN |
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Kazakhstan
- Anatoli GAISSIN |
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Appologies
for Non-Attendance |
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Vietnam -
Dr. Lu Quang MINH |
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Australia-ASA
- Elizabeth JONES |
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Switzerland
- Peter FREY |
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Macedonia
- Zorica KARAKUTOVSKA |
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Slovakia
- Tibor RACZ |
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Russia -
Viatcheslav SEMIONOV |
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Spain - Angel
CASTANO |
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Portugal
- Paulo Jorge FERREIRA |
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Portugal
- Carlos SEMEDO |
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The
historical first meeting of the newly formed CIA Advancement
and Development Committee including Joan C. Sommers (USA)
as Vice Chairperson and Mirco Patarini (Italy) as Chairperson
took place at the CIA Headquarters Hotel, the Holiday Inn
in Alexandria, VA. This committee reports to the CIA Executive
Committee and has already begun formulating proposals for
the promotion and advancement of the accordion and the CIA
and the various activities it carries out, as well as choosing
potential new members for the committee.
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Herbert
Scheibenreif (Vice President), Kimmo Mattila (Secretary
General/Treasurer), Kevin Friedrich (President), Raymond
Bodell (Vice President), Frederic Dechamps (Chairperson
of the Music Committee) and Harley Jones (Public Relations
Manager).
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Kevin
Friedrich, Raymond Bodell and Frederic Deschamps
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Honorary
Member Walter Maurer, Inigo Aisp and Werner Weibert
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Joan
Sommers, Joanna Arnold Darrow and Faithe Deffner (2007 CIA
Honorary Vice President and Coupe Mondiale Organizer)
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Vjera
Odak-Jembrih, Tanja Lajic and Mirco Patarini
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Jörgen
Sundeqvist, Gunther Zeilinger and Ron Van Overbruggen
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Graham
Laurie, Elaine Beecham and Lars Arnevig
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Amber
Masefield, Heather Masefield and Gina Brannelli
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Chen Jun,
Li Cong
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Raymond
Bodell, Frederic Deschamps and Harley Jones
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Draw
for Playing Order |
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Team
New Zealand waiting to make the draw for playing postition
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Contestants
gathering for the Draw
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Amber
Masefield processing the Draw positions
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Contestants
gathering to make the Draw
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Kennedy
Center for the Performing Arts |
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A series
of accordion concerts will be held at the Millennium
Stage at the famed Kennedy Center for the Performing
Arts, during the 2007 CIA Coupe Mondiale World Accordion
Championships. The 'Performing Arts for Everyone' on
the Millennium Stage program is designed to introduce
the Kennedy Center, and make music available from a
variety of artists from around the world to all, by
providing a performance open to the public and free
of charge 365 days a year.
Above: Akkordeonorchester Hof (Germany), Günther
Zeilinger - Director
Below: Jerosh Accordion Orchestra (Canada), Maureen
Jerosh, Director
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Grand
Opening Concert |
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The Vice
Mayor of Alexandria, VA, the Honorable Mrs. Pepper attended
the Grand Opening Concert to present the Mayor's Proclomation
declaring the City of Alexandria, Virginia 'Accordion
Week' from 13-18th, 2007. Mrs. Pepper also presented
the Key to the City of Alexandria to CIA President Kevin
Friedrich.
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The
Showstoppers Accordion Orchestra and Dancers under
the direction of Rosita Lee Latulippe from New Hampshire
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Show
Stoppers and Dancers peform an American Salute
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Amy
Jo Sawyer who performed one piece entitled 'There
Will Never Be Another You' and dedicated it to Faithe
Deffner, 2007 Coupe Mondiale Organizer
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Amy
Jo Sawyer, Mary Tokarski and Faithe Deffner
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Jeff
Lisenby (former CIA Coupe Mondiale Contestant)
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Mary
Mancini and Mario Tacca former CIA Coupe Mondiale
Contestant)
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Accordeonova
from Denmark
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Happenings
in Alexandria |
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2007 Coupe Mondiale
co-sponsored by:
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Accordionists
& Teachers Guild, International (ATG)
Joan C. Sommers - President
2312 W. 71st Terrace
Prairie Village, KS 66208
Phone: 913-722-5625
E-mail: sommersjoanc@sbcglobal.net
Internet: www.accordions.com/atg |
American
Accordionists Association (AAA)
Linda Soley Reed - President
152 Home Fair Drive
Fairfield, CT 06825
Phone: 203-335-2045; Fax: 203-335-2048
E-mail: aaa1938@aol.com
Internet: www.ameraccord.com |
We invite you
to join us at one of our future events:
details to be announced shortly
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