| Joan Grauman, AAA President Linda Reed, Lou Coppola |
| Bryant Park Performance of "New York, New York led by Frank Busso Sr. Contest Chairperson |
| Accordion greats: Eddie Monteiro, Joe Cerritos, Lou Coppola |
| Former World Champion Beverly Roberts Curnow |
| Accordionist Sam Thomas |
| Editors Rita Barnea and Kevin Friedrich |
| William Trigg and Dr. Robert Young McMahan |
| "K" Duo - Julie Cardona and Mary Tokarski |
| Dr. William Schimmel |
| Joe Natoli and Mary Tokarski |
| accordionist Joe Cerrito |
| Alexander and Liza Poeluev |
| Mirco Patarini and Joan Cochran Sommers |
| Mirco Patarini, Joan Sommers, Kevin Friedrich, Liza and Alexander Poeluev with Alina Reekie in between, Elena, Alexandra and Lionel Reekie. |
| Dr. Robert Young McMahan, Beverly Roberts Curnow, Dr. Joe Ciccone |
| Mirco Patarini, Rita Barnea, Kevin Friedrich, Joan Cochran Sommers, Linda Reed, Frank Busso SR, Mary Tokarski, Joan Grauman |
| Ray Oreggio and Dominic Karcic at Bryant Park. Photo by Rob Trietsch |
| Tor Stumo performs in Bryant Park. Photo by Rob Trietsch |
| Cody McSherry at Bryant Park. Photo by Rob Trietsch |
| AAA Massed Band at Bryant Park. Photo by Rob Trietsch |
| AAA Youth Jazz Ensemble |
| Marilyn O"Neil, Youth Jazz Coordinator and Conductor Joe Cerrito with Youth Jazz Ensemble |
| Mary Tokarski, Asher Barnea, Linda Reed |
| Asher and Rita Barnea: For the first time in his life, Asher Barnea experienced a major accordion event, attending the 75th AAA Festival. He said, “This is my first immersion into the accordion world and I enjoyed every moment of it! I learned about the great versatility of the accordion in a very friendly and appealing way, meeting and hearing excellent accordionists and accordion enthusiasts. I look forward to attending further accordion events in the future with my wife, Editor Rita Barnea." |
| Prize List – New York City, August 17, 2013 ELSIE M. BENNETT COMPOSITION COMPETITION - 1ST – Andre Fry, 2nd – Joe Ciccone OPEN SOLO JUNIOR - 1st - Alexandra Reekie, 2nd - Nathan Chapeton, 3rd - Cody McSherry OPEN SOLO INTERMEDIATE - 1st - Tor Stumo, 2nd - Liuba Pak, 3rd - Liam McCool OPEN ORIGINAL JUNIOR - 1st - Nathan Chapeton, 2nd - Cody McSherry OPEN ORIGINAL INTERMEDIATE - 1st - Tor Stumo, 2nd - Alexandra Reekie, 3rd - Liuba Pak FOUNDER’S SOLO JUNIOR - 1st - Alexandra Reekie, 2nd - Nathan Chapeton, 3rd - Cody McSherry FOUNDER’S SOLO INTERMEDIATE - 1st - Tor Stumo, 2nd - Liam McCool OPEN ETHNIC SOLO JUNIOR - 1st - Alexandra Reekie, 2nd - Nathan Chapeton, 3rd - Cody McSherry OPEN ETHNIC SOLO INTERMEDIATE - 1st - Julian Schwarz, 2nd - Liuba Pak OPEN ETHNIC SOLO SENIOR - 1st - Michael Parziale OPEN POP SOLO JUNIORETTE - 1st - Angela Falcetti OPEN POP SOLO INTERMEDIATE - 1st - Tor Stumo OPEN POP SOLO SENIOR - 1st - Michael Parziale STANDARD SOLO PREP - 1st - Gia Ciccone STANDARD SOLO ELEMENTARY - 1st - Angela Falcetti, 2nd - Darien Williams, 3rd - Felipe Gonzales, 3rd - Randy Harris STANDARD SOLO INTERMEDIATE - 1st - Gracie Bernardi ADULT OPEN SOLO - 1st - Monique Bellemare ADULT ETHNIC SOLO - 1st - Yimeng Huang STANDARD DUET ELEMENTARY - 1st - Felipe Gonzales & Darien Williams, 2nd - Randy & Ruby Harris OPEN DUET INTERMEDIATE - 1st - Julian Schwarz & Tom Hasler, 2nd - Tor Stumo & Nathan Chapeton OPEN DUET SENIOR - 1st - Monique Bellemare & Reine St-Louis, 2nd - Mike Bulboff & Cody McSherry OPEN SENIOR ENSEMBLE - 1st - Philly Squeeze, 2nd - Alamo Angels Ensemble OPEN SENIOR BAND - 1st - Busso Senior Orchestra ENTERTAINMENT AAA - Alamo Angels, Busso Festival Orchestra |