ACCORDIONS NOW! 2010

3^rd Annual Music Festival

LOTS OF ACCORDIONS

LOTS OF MUSIC, LOTS OF FUN!!

ACCORDIONS NOW! 2010 an Unqualified Success!!

The Best-Ever ACCORDIONS NOW! Festival

Unsolicited praise for ACCORDIONS NOW! 2010, held August 6-7 in Manchester, New Hampshire, USA, has been flooding in to Festival Co-Founders Suzanne “Sue” Welch and Donna Maria Regis.  Some of the highly enthusiastic comments:

Everything was perfect. You deserve to be commended. 

 ACCORDIONS NOW! 2010 was the highlight of my summer!  Congratulations to you and Sue for putting together a spectacular [event]. 

 I came away with more enthusiasm for the accordion.

 THANK YOU!!!  [L.] (my girlfriend) had an excellent time and did not realize that she liked accordion music until right then!!!

Hi Sue and Donna, High praise and accolades for a well run and fabulous weekend.

The performances of Cory Pesaturo, Don McMahon [left to right in photo, right], Tony Lovello [top photo], Mario Pedone, Mary Tokarski, Roger Allen, and Nils Lundin were superb…

Great job in all ways…

Donna, your solo performance was breath-taking, your duet with Lynda [Fish] fantastic, and the band fabulous. Nils said he has heard hundreds of accordion bands perform but “you blew the socks off of all of them.” CONGRATULATIONS ;-)

…the best accordionists I have ever observed in a live performance.

I feel honored to have been a part of the ACCORDIONS NOW! 2010 Festival Orchestra [AN!FO, in left photo].  It felt good to be a part of something…bigger than one individual. One could feel the forces generated by oneself and the surrounding players during the performance.

It was a fantastic concert!! I listened to the files and we [AN!FO]  were darn good!!  Thanks for your hard work.

 I was apprehensive coming to New Hampshire since I did not know anyone but felt comfortable right away…I also enjoyed your wonderful performance and the beautiful sound...You will definitely be seeing me again at ACCORDIONS NOW!  Keep me in the loop regarding any and all future events. Thanks again.

As usual, a great festival. Don't know how you and Sue find the time and energy to do it all… 

 On behalf of the [x] Family I'd like to say THANKS for an informative and fun weekend at your ACCORDIONS NOW! assembly this year.

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ACCORDIONS NOW! had a better turn-out than [another festival].  You did a great job.  And the people were very friendly... What a fun time...Thanks    

 I…appreciated your performance as both Conductor and Accordionist.

 Top Ten things I took from the ACCORDIONS NOW! Festival:

 1.  Experience playing to an audience during open mike

 2.  Experience from group playing to an audience

 3.  Tips from workshops

 4.  Social contact during the buffet[s] and general participation

 5.  Technical ideas

 6.  Performing ideas

 7.  An increased appreciation of accordion

 8.  A renewed enthusiasm to self improvement

 9.  Relaxation and fun

10. New accordion personal contacts

I thoroughly enjoyed the festival this year as I have the previous two.

 …my thoughts about the ACCORDIONS NOW! 2010 Festival…In a word, the program was superb. 

 Thank you for all your work and your wonderful playing

 I wish Arthur Welch would consider giving a workshop on how to do simple repairs and routine maintenance on accordions.  Just a suggestion for next year's conference. 

 Thank you [for]…the music… you and Lynda played…such a lovely piece. 

 I was glad to have some quiet time during meals to talk to people. I met…interesting people I might follow up with later.

 Well we did OK didn't we? I thought the whole thing went smoothly.

 If you are having workshops next year, Sam Falcetti has one on fingering that would be of great interest to me.  Thanks again.

I appreciate the time and effort that you, Sue and others put into the festival.

 Re: Music from ACCORDIONS NOW! Festival…wonderful - Thanks…I am more motivated…So no more excuses. I (WE) Really enjoyed Festival! We had to travel a long way - but was worth it. Thanks again and keep up the Great work. – Semper  Fidelis (Saluti a tutti)

 I've seen Tony before, but it's just amazing to watch him perform.  He's…a comedy act…but he can play the ever living Crap out of the accordion...He's Crazy! 

 The evening was far beyond GREAT.  

 I hope Tony is still able to stand and walk after that extra-energetic performance!

 Once again…many thanks for all the time and effort that you placed in pulling off ACCORDIONS NOW! 2010…also for giving me the privilege of participating in the event.

 What a wonderful day it was—

 I have been inspired.

ACCORDIONS NOW! 2010, proudly co-sponsored by New Hampshire Accordion Association and Accordion Connection LLC, was clearly an unqualified success!!  To all who made it so, many thanks from the co-founders:  

Suzanne Welch, Executive Director accman@accordionconnection.com 1-800-328-5227 and Donna Maria Regis, Artistic Director regisdonna@yahoo.com 1-603-425-1825.