In 1965, Beverly
Roberts, a student of Carmen's entered the American
Accordionists' Association Virtuoso Championship
Competition and won first place. This allowed her to
represent the AAA (USA) in Malta that year at the
Confederation Internationale des Accordeonistes (CIA)
world championship accordion competition. Beverly placed
first in the competition and was crowned World Accordion
Champion for 1965. Below you can see and hear Beverly
describe that experience in her own words:
In 1965, Beverly
Roberts, a student of Carmen's entered the American
Accordionists' Association Virtuoso Championship
Competition and won first place. This allowed her to
represent the AAA (USA) in Malta that year at the
Confederation Internationale des Accordeonistes (CIA)
world championship accordion competition. Beverly placed
first in the competition and was crowned World Accordion
Champion for 1965. Below you can see and hear Beverly
describe that experience in her own words: