Come meet your accordion friends old and new at Accordions Now! Music Festival. Find out why folks return year after year to this warm, friendly gathering of accordion aficionados. The 7th annual Accordions Now! Music Festival co-sponsored by New Hampshire Accordion Association and Accordion Connection LLC takes place August 8-10, 2014 at the beautiful Courtyard Nashua [NH]. Talented artists and presenters include Tony Lovello, Glen Robertson & Catfish Howl, Brent Buswell, Accordions Now! Festival Orchestra [ANFO], Sam Falcetti, Lynda Fish, Dorean Kimball, Nancy Leonard, Dan Mackowiak & the Just-for-Fun Play-Along Ensemble, Richard Messina, Rachel Quirbach, Paul Ramunni & New England Accordion Museum, Donna Maria Regis, Jerry Tramontozzi, Carmen Vitanza, and – if you wish – you. At Accordions Now! you have many opportunities not only to listen, but to participate. On tap are concerts, hands-on workshops, open mike cabaret, just-for-fun play-along (music sent in advance, but no rehearsal), informal jam sessions, accordion museum presentation and exhibit, vendor displays, welcome and cocktail receptions with live entertainment, door prizes, festive luncheon buffet with musical welcome, gala dinner, an invitation to “sit in with the band” Catfish Howl and more. Various admission options are available to fit your busy calendar. Please note that July 11 is the sign-up deadline for ANFO [Accordions Now! Festival Orchestra]. July 11 is also the deadline for the special room rate at Courtyard Nashua. Festival Schedule is: FRIDAY, August 8 3 pm Hotel Check-in, New England Accordion Museum Exhibit 5-6 pm Informal Welcome by NHAA members, Registration, Music by Carmen Vitanza 6-7:40 pm Open Mike Cabaret, Cash Bar (food may be brought in from Courtyard Cafe) 7:45 pm Prelude Concert: Rachel Quirbach 8 pm Concert: Brent Buswell Post-Concert CD Signing, Photo Ops, Open Mike resumes, Night Owls Jam til ? SATURDAY, August 9 8:30-9:00 am Registration, Music by Jerry Tramontozzi 9am-4 pm Vendor Displays, New England Accordion Museum Exhibit 9-11:30 am Workshops by Sam Falcetti, Lynda Fish, Dorean Kimball, Times TBA 11:30 am Festive Luncheon Buffet, Musical Welcome by Richard Messina 12:00 pm Presentation: Paul Ramunnis Boxes of Stories Volume III 1 pm 3rd Annual Just-for-Fun Play-Along with Dan Mackowiak 2 pm ANFO Rehearsal; Jam Session for non-ANFO players 4 pm Concerts: Donna Maria Regis & Friends, ACCORDIONS NOW! Festival Orchestra [ANFO] 4:45 pm Cocktails [cash bar], Music by Nancy Leonard 5:45 pm Gala Dinner 7:15 pm GALA CONCERT: Tony Lovello, Glen Robertson & Catfish Howl...and YOU? Post-Concert CD Signing, Photo Ops, Night Owls Jam til ? SUNDAY, August 10 11 am Hotel Check-out, Accordions Now! Friends Say Farewell Until 2015 All accordion fans are welcome to come experience first-hand the Accordions Now! motto: LOTS OF ACCORDIONS, LOTS OF MUSIC, LOTS OF FUN!! More information: AccordionsNow@yahoo or 603.216.9582
Posted on: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 23:08:07 +0000
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