Roland UK National Finals
Published on 2009-05-15
The UK final of the 3rd V Accordion Festival took place on April 24th in Blackpool Lancashire. This year, the Festival ran in conjunction with the National Accordion Organisation's (NAO) championships.
The NAO is a national organisation which caters for the main body of British accordionists and numbers almost every well-known name in the accordion world among its members. In January 1950, the the NAO was officially admitted as a founder member of the Third Constitutive Assembly of the Confederation Internationale des Accordeonistes (CIA).
The 9 Junior and 7 Senior V Accordion Festival entrants played to an audience of over 150 people. While the judges made their decision, the audience were entertained by Mario D'Amario who performed on the Roland FR-1.
Leah Langton won the Junior section. Archie Main won the Senior section and will represent the UK in the international contest later this year.
Footage of both winning performances can be found on You Tube:
