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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
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

 

CIA Music Committee Meeting
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.
 
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.
 

Executive Committee Music Committee
USA - Kevin FRIEDRICH France - Frederic DESCHAMPS
United Kingdom - Raymond BODELL USA (ATG) - Joan SOMMERS
Austria - Herbert SCHEIBENREIF Sweden - Jörgen SUNDEQVIST
Finland - Kimmo MATTILA Fiji - Harley JONES
Fiji - Harley JONES United Kingdom - Raymond BODELL
France - Frederic DESCHAMPS Advancement and Development Committee
    USA-ATG - Joan SOMMERS
    Italy - Mirco PATARINI

Delegates in Attendance Norway - Lars ARNEVIG
Austria - Walter MAURER Spain - Iñigo AIZPIOLEA
Austria - Weiner WEIBERT United Kingdom - Graham LAURIE
China - Li CONG United Kingdom - Elaine BEECHAM
China - Chen JUN United Kingdom - Gina BRANNELLI
Croatia - Vjera ODAK-JEMBRIH USA (AAA) - Linda Soley REED
Croatia - Tatjana LAUIC USA (ATG) - Joanna Arnold DARROW
Denmark - Peter ANDERS USA (AAA) - Faithe DEFFNER
Germany - Günther ZEILINGER USA (AFNA) - Sylvia PRIOR
Germany - Peter NEBL    
Netherlands - Ron Van OVERBRUGGEN    
New Zealand - Heather MASEFIELD Guests in Attendance
New Zealand - Amber MASEFIELD Serbia & Montenegro - Vojin VASOVIC
New Zealand - Carol YAN Kazakhstan - Anatoli GAISSIN

Appologies for Non-Attendance    
Vietnam - Dr. Lu Quang MINH Australia-ASA - Elizabeth JONES
Switzerland - Peter FREY Macedonia - Zorica KARAKUTOVSKA
Slovakia - Tibor RACZ Russia - Viatcheslav SEMIONOV
Spain - Angel CASTANO Portugal - Paulo Jorge FERREIRA
    Portugal - Carlos SEMEDO
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.
 
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).
Kevin Friedrich, Raymond Bodell and Frederic Deschamps
Honorary Member Walter Maurer, Inigo Aisp and Werner Weibert
Joan Sommers, Joanna Arnold Darrow and Faithe Deffner (2007 CIA Honorary Vice President and Coupe Mondiale Organizer)
Vjera Odak-Jembrih, Tanja Lajic and Mirco Patarini
Jörgen Sundeqvist, Gunther Zeilinger and Ron Van Overbruggen
Graham Laurie, Elaine Beecham and Lars Arnevig
Amber Masefield, Heather Masefield and Gina Brannelli
Chen Jun, Li Cong
Raymond Bodell, Frederic Deschamps and Harley Jones
Draw for Playing Order
Team New Zealand waiting to make the draw for playing postition
Contestants gathering for the Draw
Amber Masefield processing the Draw positions
Contestants gathering to make the Draw
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
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
 
Grand Opening Concert
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.
 
The Showstoppers Accordion Orchestra and Dancers under the direction of Rosita Lee Latulippe from New Hampshire
Show Stoppers and Dancers peform an American Salute
Amy Jo Sawyer who performed one piece entitled 'There Will Never Be Another You' and dedicated it to Faithe Deffner, 2007 Coupe Mondiale Organizer
Amy Jo Sawyer, Mary Tokarski and Faithe Deffner
Jeff Lisenby (former CIA Coupe Mondiale Contestant)
Mary Mancini and Mario Tacca former CIA Coupe Mondiale Contestant)
Accordeonova from Denmark
Happenings in Alexandria
On the August the 14th the North Shore Accordion Orchestra conducted by Lionel Reekie played a lunchtime performance at the Alexandria City Hall as part of their 2007 Spring/Summer Cultural Arts Explosion. This was held in conjunction with the USA's 231st and Alexandria's 258th Birthday Celebration. In addition to the Orchestra performances, several soloists performed including Alexandra Reekie, Eddy Giffney and Lionel Reekie.

2007 Coupe Mondiale co-sponsored by:
 
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