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Originally posted by SYNTH_GUY:

That's great. I will never forget my adventures with the accordian. I studied under Molinaro. I competed and won CT state, northeastern and went on to win the AAA United States Championship in Harrisburg, PA. Too bad the accordian isn't that popular here in the states, if it was else where I and even you with a state championship would have agents hounding us. I play several instruments now, I actually played with big names on keyboards and believe it or not the accordian was used in the background on two recordings, from what I remember and one thing that keyboard and piano background guys ask me all the time is how did you get so fast. Only an accordian player can run those keys. I'm glad your getting back into music I wish you the best of luck, you'll love it I'm sure, there is lots of money to be made if you play your cards right.

Thank you for the well wishes. I agree with you about the differences regarding recognition of accordion players. Back then, RI College had a hard time accepting the accordion as a performance instrument. Maybe enough people don't aspire to play classical on it? Not sure. Yes, Europeans definately have a different concept than we do. I'm glad J. Sommers and some others have succeeded in trying to change our views.
p.s. Did you compete in Wash DC nationals in '76? I'm pretty sure that was the year it was held there...if so, we probably competed in the same categories...lol.