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NZ Championships & FestivalHistory2008 - Saturday 31st MayThis is the Saturday daily report of the 2008 South Pacific International & New Zealand National Accordion Championships & Festival. Competition classes were held this morning in the Main Auditorium and the Drama Room of the beautiful new Raye Freedman Arts Centre in Auckland.
RESULTS FOR SATURDAY MORNING COMPETITION CATEGORIES IN PROGRAM ORDER
SATURDAY MORNING - AUDITORIUMChampionship Class C10, New Zealand Solo, 16 years and under Championship Class C8, New Zealand Solo, 14 years and under South Pacific Class SP250, South Pacific Piano Accordion Solo, 12 years and under Class C6, New Zealand Solo, 12 years and under Championship Class C3, New Zealand Solo, 9 years and under South Pacific Class SP251, South Pacific Piano Accordion Solo, 15 years and under Championship Championship Class C9, New Zealand Solo, 15 years and under Championship Class C2, New Zealand Solo, 8 years and under Championship Class C52, New Zealand Open Trio/Ensemble
FIRST FUNKORDION SECOND Ivan Liashenko, Nick Shcherbakov Qualified Class Q284, Light Classical Group Championship Class C63, New Zealand Open Entertainment Accordion Orchestra DRAMA ROOMStandard Class S118, 14 and 15 years, more than 1 year playing experience Standard Class S116, 12 and 13 years, more than 1 year playing experience Standard Class S120, 16 years and over, more than 2 years playing experience Standard Class S112, 10 years, more than 1 year playing experience
George Xu (New Zealand) made one of the memorable performances of the weekend to capture the South Pacific Open Solo Championship (Class SP256) title . This class provides provides the stepping stone to the top category SP252 class. Standard Class S114, 11 years, more than 1 year playing experience Standard Class S102, 5 years and under, more than 6 months playing experience Standard Class S108, 8 years, more than 6 months playing experience Standard Class S110, 9 years, more than 6 months playing experience
Stand out solo performer of the weekend was Grayson Masefield fresh from his success winning the NAO UK International Accordion Championships for the second time. Grayson won the top South Pacific Solo Accordion Championships title for the second year with super strong performances achieving one better marks of the weekend. Grayson has been studying in France with Frederic Deschamps. Grayson performed with immense intensity, power and concentration with huge contrasts and styles of music in his program. A very popular winner.
Jessica Chen continued her previous years successes again this weekend. In the top category, Jessica achieved a well deserved 3rd place in close competition with Christopher Thwaites. Jessica is working hard to represent New Zealand at the Coupe Mondiale 2009 being held in Auckland.
Standard Class S121, 30 years and over, up to 2 years playing experience Qualified Class Q223, Original Accordion Composition Solo, 11 and 12 years Qualified Class Q227, Entertainment Solo, 11 and 12 years Qualified Class Q239, Improvisation Solo, 16 years and over
FIRST Helen Evans Qualified Class Q242, Sight Reading, 11 and 12 years Qualified Class Q243, Sight Reading, 13 to 15 years SATURDAY AFTERNOONAUDITORIUMSouth Pacific Class SP256, South Pacific Championship, Open Solo Championship Class C12, New Zealand Open Solo South Pacific Class SP252, South Pacific Piano Accordion Solo Champion Championship Class C16, New Zealand Piano Accordion Solo Championship DRAMA ROOMQualified Class Q262, Open Duet Qualified Class Q261, 12 years and under Duet Qualified Class Q265, Open Improvisation Duet Qualified Class Q230, Ethnic Solo, 10 years and under Qualified Class Q231, Ethnic Solo, 11 and 12 years Qualified Class Q228, Entertainment Solo, 13 to 15 years Qualified Class Q229, Entertainment Solo, 16 years and over Qualified Class Q221, Light Classical Solo, 16 years and over << Back |
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At the competitions, there are many families of several generations performing and competing. We will various photos of the families having fun with the accordion. Photo left is Skylah Jeffries (left), Alannah Jones (lower) and Alexandra Reekie, displaying some of there 1st place Ribbons. All three girls are from well known accordion playing families with Alannah and Skylah being 3rd generation accordionists.
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