6th International Istanbul Music and Dance Festival organized by FOMGED Youth Club in Istanbul, the magical city where Asia and Europe meet.

Folk Dance, Music and Singing Seminar Balkanfolk 2008 is 11th Balkan Folklore Workshop.

In the program of Balkanfolk 2008 are included the next courses:
- Bulgarian folk dances;
- Greek folk dances;
- Serbian folk dances.

Traditional music instruments:
gaida, kaval, dvoyanka, duduk, gadoulka, tamboura, tapan, tarambouka.
Accordion (Bulgarian and Serbian music),

Bulgarian singing and Bulgarian Language.

For more information and registration please visit at: Workshop site

Place:
Didimotiho – Evros, Thrace, Greece.
80 km north of Alexandroupoli city, close to borders between Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria.

Description:
The seminar will take place in Didimotiho – Evros – Thrace, in Greece, in a region rich both in history and tradition. Visits and fests with people in villages nearby where tradition is still alive (dances, songs, clothes, cooking). Two excursions will take place in order to see other regions of Thrace where swimming in the sea will be possible.
Departure day will be the 27th of July 2008.

Teaching:
Thrace (Evros)  Ziogas George
North Thrace (Eastern Romilia)  Doropoulos Vangelis
Asia Minor, Northeastern Aegean islands  Kanaryelis John (Yannis)

There will be 4-5 hours of instruction daily and every night music and dancing with the teachers.

Accommodation
Hotel in Didimotiho, in bedrooms with two beds and bathroom, refrigerator, television, air-condition. The hotel also has bar, pool and very good, friendly service. Bedrooms with one bed are also available with an extra charge.

Price
€650 per person. The price includes accommodation with breakfast, dinner, nights with music, two (2) excursions, fests. For those who are not interested in attending the dances training but to participate to the other events, the price will be €550 per person.

Contact for information
1. Maryse: 0033 1 46 27 92 04 (residence) – 0033 1 56 60 47 51 (work)
e-mail: marysefabre@wanadoo.fr
mobile phone: 0033 6 81 20 73 79

2. Zoi: 0030 6944770915 (all day)

3. John (Yannis) Kanaryelis:
e-mail: john_kanaryelis@yahoo.gr

For those interested in attending the seminar please call to entry until 20 March 2008, the latest.

Friday, July 18th 2008,
8 - 11 PM
Admission $12 (students $6)

Stanford International Dancers is very pleased to sponsor another workshop led by Daniela Ivanova teaching Bulgarian, Macedonian and Serbian dances.

Daniela is an accomplished, professional folk dance teacher and performer.
She is also a very gifted choreographer and a researcher of the South Slavic folk dance culture. Daniela had degrees in philosophy, literature and cultural studies from the Institute of Music and Choreography, Sofia, and from the Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski. She was a full time teacher in choreography and co-founder of the Medena Pitka school ensemble.

She was artistic director of the Tropanka folk dance group (New Bulgarian University), choreographer of the Zornitza University students' folk ensemble, and a choreographer of student ensembles in Bulgaria, Banat and Besarabia. With these ensembles she toured France, Israel, Romania, Malta, Belgium, the Netherlands, Slovakia, and Mongolia. Her talent as an artist helps Daniela to be a very good educator as well. Her fine singing and very charming personality make her workshops more fun than work.

We meet at Flex-It Aerobics Studio, 425 West Evelyn Avenue, Mountain View, 3-1/2 block east of Castro Street, immediately past Minton's Hardware and Lumber. For more information or more detailed directions, please call Ginny at (408)733-5529.

Dear Friends,

Antakya Dance Academi and IOV-Intern.Festıvals Comm. Member of Turkey will organıse "International Antıoc Cultures, Arts, and Folklore Festival " 19-24 in July 2008.

The committee would like to invite six Folkdance group (adult/young) under the cultural basic exchange conditions.
Our all aim is peace in all over the WORLD.
Regards,
Arif Sönmez

Form

The eleventh International Folklore Festival Veliko Tarnovo will take place on July 19 - August 02, 2008. As organizers of the event, we have the ambition to enrich the participants' list with ensembles from many attractive cultures and ethnic origins.

The Festival is said to be one of the biggest international folklore forums on the Balkans. It is a huge national event with world fame and a unique atmosphere.

The Veliko Tarnovo International Folklore Festival has been granted the statut of a Festival of CIOFF /International Council of the Organizers of Folklore Festivals and Traditional Arts at UNESCO/.

Deadline for sending promotional materials and registration forms for participation - 31.01.2008.

for mor information: www.folklorefest.com

CHILDREN'S CAMP "ONCE UPON A TIME..."

In a small village of Kassandra, we have created "Once upon a time", with much artistic feeling and love for children and man, tradition, nature and life...

"Once upon a time...
Means holidays and relaxation! Entertainment and action! Daring and adventure! A live fairytale-like reality...

In a ravine where holly, myrtles, arbutuses rove their braches. At a place where nightingales compose their musical symphonies In a valley whose boundaries are set by pine clad mountainsides.
Near the unique natural spring of Kassandra "Patatlaka", where gurgling waters spring from the heart of the mountain...
...at a place with a climate that can be compared to no other. At New Skioni, located at the peninsula of Kassandra in the prefecture of Halkidiki, only 1 km from the northeastern part of the picturesque village. All tradition gathered in this valley which seems as if untouched by time; however you will discover that time here is never enough if you want to see everything.
With the initiative of Dimitra Papachristodoulou - Gogakou, educator by profession, who wanted to give sound principles to her children - pupils and dreamt of a live folklore workshop, we created "Once upon a time..." with much artistic feeling and love for children and man, tradition nature and life.
Children are approximately the same age, forming small groups with an older person us their team leader, stay in small modern houses.
Experienced educators and trainers have prepared special programs concerning entertainment, creative and athletic activities.
Special care to the health of children, offered 24 hours a day by a doctor or a nurse.


OUR AIMS

Because technology has made man arrogant and egocentric.
Because we think that environmental education does not work when man face environment authoritatively.
Because the "Nature-Animals-Man" triptych must retain a balance
Because man can never realize the fact that man and environment are interdependent by means of words but by experience and actions. This is the reason why we created "Once upon a time"
At its live folklore workshops you will see nature, man, animals in an interdependent harmonic and balanced relationship.
At "Once upon a time" you will see no dead exhibition areas.
You will experience live tradition, a fairytale-like reality, a game of tradition and life, of nature, man, animals, in as ideal relationship.

Contact :Mr.Arif Sönmez - turkei_iov@yahoo.com
Web sıte:www.gogakou.gr

once upon a time

Traditional village

Traditional programmes

Municipality of Ozdere, Izmir - Turkey will organıse "15th International Cultures, Arts, Sports and Folklore Festival" 3th week in July 2008.

For contact: Arif Sönmez
IOV - Intern. Festıvals Comm. Member of Turkey

ÖZDERE / İZMİR

In a region rich both in history and traditions .. in the village of LEMOS near Prespa Lake (natural border between Albania, Fyrom/ex-Yu.Republic of Mac., and Greece). Program :
- Dances lessons with teachers from Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Serbia ...
- Workshops with Instruments : Accordeon, Klarino, Drums, Violin (Albania)
Information : Yannis KONSTANTINOU - tel. 0030 6 944 946 227
Maryse FABRE - tel. 0033 1 46 27 92 04 or 0033 6 81 20 73 79

The Cork International Folk Dance Festival has, since its inception in 1995, brought folk dance troupes from some of the most diverse cultures throughout Europe and the world to perform in Cork.

In 2005 Cork City was the European Capital of Culture. In celebration of the event the festival staged groups from as far afield as Brittany, Canada, Cornwall, Croatia, Denmark, Germany, Lithuania, Poland, Sardinia, Sicily, Scotland, Holland and The Philippines. Visiting Irish groups including Siamsa Tire from Tralee, Co. Kerry and Gleann na Rí from Co. Kildare.

This year we host groups from Georgia, Hungary, Mexico and Poland along with local Irish groups from Douglas, Carrigaline Cork and Youghal.

Official web site: www.corkfolkdancefest.com