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MAY 6TH IS THE 195TH BIRTHDAY OF THE ACCORDION! On May 6th, 1829, Cyrill Demian, an organ and piano maker of Armenian origin, with his two sons, Karl, and Guido, filed a patent in Vienna, Austria, for the accordion. Patent No. 1433 listed a new type of portable instrument having metal plates, close to a reed configuration, and bellows. Since the first accordion, many changes and improvements have been made to the instrument we all call our main squeeze. What are you doing to improve and advertise the accordion at this time? HERE'S A NEW WORKSHOP! CNIMA will hold a workshop in New Orleans from May 20- 25th, 2024 for piano and button accordions for beginner, intermediate, and advanced students. They are a renowned French accordion school. With over 60 years of experience, Jacques Monet and Nathalie Boucheix have trained hundreds of professionals, world champions, and amateurs of all ages. The classes and recommended hotel rooms will be at the Maison St. Charles Hotel. The cost for the workshop is $750, and the early bird registration is $650. The rooms are from $119 per night and on Friday and Saturday they are $109. For more information and registration, go to

https://cnima.com/usa.

The ACCORDION TEACHERS GUILD (ATG) 2024 Accordion Festival will be held at the Kansas City Marriott Country Club in Kansas City Missouri, from July 23 to the 27th, 2024. There will be a special Accordion World Cup event that will be held on July 26 & 27th. To compete you must be 32 years of age or younger. The first prize is $5000 and the 2nd prize is $3000. More to follow on this special event. The fees for attending the festival are: Single day Early Bird for members is $120. Nonmember Early Bird single day is $130. The full package fee for members is $475 and nonmembers $520. There are other fees to suit your attendance. The current lineup of performers includes Gorka Hermosa, the ATG Festival Orchestra under the direction of Joan C. Sommers, Grayson Mansfield, Bridge & Wolak, Nicolay Bine, UMKC Community Accordion Ensemble, Mirco Patarini, Stas Venglevski, and Das Kollektiv Duo. For best results go to the ATG website for the 2024 Festival information. The AMERICAN ACCORDION ASSOCIA- TION has announced that it will hold its annual convention from July 12-14th, 2024 in West Conshohocken (Philadelphia area), PA. They ask that you hold the date and visit () for news releases concerning this event. Joe Natoli, Hanzhi Wang, and Dallas Vietty will be some of the featured artists! There will be a festival concert directed by Frank Busso Sr. There will be performance opportunities for all attendees, three festival orchestras, vendors, exhibits, plus several food functions with live music. More data to follow as released. As future events happen, hopefully we will see them in advance, so you can make plans to attend. Keep checkin' this article! Free Accordion Music Websites For new and free accordion music, check out the following sites: Donquattrocchi.com 8notes.com/accordion Try 'em! You'll like 'em!

https://ameraccord.com