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| NZAA committee member Tamba Young beside the table of trophies for the weekend. One of Tamba's tasks is to collect back the trophies from last years winners, so she is definitely smiling at her successful work. |
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| Competitions Co-ordinator Dennis Lovatt |
Former New Zealand Champions Campbell Bettridge and Paula Harris, both with high Coupe Mondiale placings sitting with jury member Rosanne Rosario. |
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| Competitions Secretary Megan Jennings with draw room helper Graig Perry. |
Tyler Battista and commttee member and former NZ Champion Jessica Chen, also another Kiwi with a high Coupe Mondiale placing. |
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| Three generations, left to right, Nita Rotherham (mother of Gail), Veronica Dowd, Gail Dowd, Carl Dowd and Steve Dowd. |
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| Craig Jeffries and Corey Jeffries offering to help at the door! Supervising is 2013 Honoree NZAA Life Member Christine Johnstone and Shane Adams. |
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| Stephen Cope and Antoinette Rodahl |
Margaret McArthur, aunt of Paula Harris, from Wellington |
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| Renee Jeffries and former AATA Australasian Champion and NZAA committee member George Xu. |
Former New Zealand Champion Marcel Riethmann and teacher Shirley Yelavich. |
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| Jury: Marcel Riethmann, Paula Harris, NZAA committee member Jenna Murray and Roseanne Rosario. |
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| NZAA President Sonja Palinich opens the 2013 South Pacific International and New Zealand Accordion Championships. |
Announcer NZAA committee member Stephen Cope. |
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| Contestants waiting behind stage to peform. |
Corey Jeffries and Adam Perry behind stage. |
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| First contestant to peform for the 2013 event was Maia Perry. |
Valerie Tay |
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| Angela Chen |
Helen Wang |
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| Catrina Lin |
Veronica Dowd |
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| Ben Hurley |
Craig Jeffries |
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| Annabel Ding |
Carl Dowd |
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| Jessie Chen |
Stephanie Rooke |
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| NZAA Secretary Heather Masefield, Karen Swanson and Satoshi Kincaid. |
Peter Robinson |
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| John Arthur |
Andrew Glover |
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| One of the last competitors for the morning was Alexandra Reekie who performed |
Basso Ostinato and achieved the highest mark of the morning competitions session. |
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| Prizegiving for the morning session. Valerie Tay and Maia Perry |
Angela Chen and Catrina Lin |
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| Angelo D'Souza and Benjamin Hurley |
Veronica Dowd |
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| Carl Dowd and Stephanie Rooke |
Andrew Glover and John Arthur |
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| Margaret McArthur, former NZAA Secretary for many years Marie Jones with well known Wellington entertainer and former director of the Hutt Valley Accordion Orchestra Gary Stratton. |
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| Jury: Sonja Palinich, George Xu, Roseanne Rosario and Kristina Roper. |
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| Eastern Accordion Orchestra conducted by Lisa Yelavich |
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| Grace and Maris Lithgow |
Richard Hennes and Stephen Cope |
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| Bridget Gillbanks |
Liam Lithgow |
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| Ben Drury |
Helen Wang |
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| Alanah Jones |
Chris McMenamin |
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| Angela Chen |
Teacher Stephanie Poole with Adam and Maia Perry |
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| Stephanie Rooke and Catrina Lin |
Benjamin Hurley |
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| Bridget Gillbanks |
Maia Perry |
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| Valerie Tay, Jessie Chen, Liam Lithgow and Craig Jeffries. |
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| Annabelle Ding |
Ben Drury, Corey Jeffries and Adam Perry. |
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| Angela Chen |
John Arthur and Chris McMenamin |
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| Alanah Jones |
Helen Wang |
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| Alexandra Reekie |
Grace and Marie Lithgow |
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| Catrina Lin |
Bridget Gillbanks, Chris McMenamin and Peter Robinson. |
