NewsletterAMERICAN ACCORDIONISTS’ ASSOCIATION A bi-monthly publication of the American Accordionists’ Association September-October, 2016 From the Editor Welcome to the September 2016 edition of the AAA Newsletter. The AAA was recently represented at the 69th Coupe Mondiale in Rostov-on- Don, Russia by President Mary Tokarski (AAA Delegate and member of the In- ternational Jury) and her student Nathan Chapeton who proudly competed for the AAA in the Junior Virtuoso Entertainment Competition. The first Coupe Mondi- ale in Russia, the festival was organized by well known AAA guest artists over the years Alexander Poeluev and Vitatcheslav Semionov, as well as renowned accor- dionist Yuri Shishkin. Please see the enclosed article for a full report and list of Prize Winners. Once again my sincere thanks to the AAA Past President Linda Reed and Board of Director Rita Davidson for their kind assistance with the AAA Newsletter. Items for the November/December Newsletter can be sent to me at
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