The eighth International Competition-Festival for the Youth ‘Folklore without Limits’ will be held from 20 to 26 June 2008 in the town of Dobritch and the seaside resort Albena, under the aegis of Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Bulgaria – Music and Dance Department.

The festival is an annual celebration of unique, eternal and ever various folklore traditions and a representative forum of singers, instrumentalists, choirs, orchestras and ensembles.

For contacts:
12, Bulgaria Str.
9300 Dobritch
Bulgaria
Tel./ Fax: ++359 58/ 605 710; 600166
Tel.: ++359 58/ 605 458, 605 710, 602 146, 602 103;

Michele Simon, renowned local Balkan and Greek singer, will be leading a
community sing at Stanford Folk Dancers this Friday evening, June 20th.
Request dancing will take place throughout the evening, from 8 until 11 pm,
while the singing will occur between about 8:30 and 9:30 in a separate
room. Admission is $8, or $4 for students.

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

Greek violin workshop with Giorgios Leftheriotis - USA

There will be an afternoon workshop for all on Saturday June 21st

What: Greek violin workshop with Giorgios Leftheriotis, tunes taught by ear, bring recorders, all instruments welcome

When: Saturday June 21st, from 2 to 4 PM

Where: the home of Hector Bezanis, 6112 Orchard Ave., Richmond, CA (just over the border from El Cerrito)

Cost: $25 per person

Directions: if coming up I-80 from Berkeley, pass Albany and El Cerrito and take the POTERO AVE. exit. Turn RIGHT on POTRERO AVE,
go1 block to SAN PABLO. Turn RIGHT on SAN PABLO, continue 1/2 mi.
(1 light) to Bayview. Continue on past Bayview a very short block and turn RIGHT on ORCHARD AVE, it's the third house on the left, #6112.

Phone # there is 510.234.1880

When: Saturday June 21st, from 2 to 4 PM

Where: the home of Hector Bezanis, 6112 Orchard Ave., Richmond,
CA (just over the border from El Cerrito)

Cost: $25 per person

Directions: if coming up I-80 from Berkeley, pass Albany and El
Cerrito and take the POTERO AVE. exit. Turn RIGHT on POTRERO AVE,
go1 block to SAN PABLO. Turn RIGHT on SAN PABLO, continue 1/2 mi.
(1 light) to Bayview. Continue on past Bayview a very short block
and turn RIGHT on ORCHARD AVE, it's the third house on the left,
#6112.

Phone # there is 510.234.1880

Every year an International folkloristic dancefestival is organised in which many members of the "Boalserter Skotsploech" participate. The organisation has been placed with an independent foundation.
The festival will take place every last full week of june during the "Heamielfeesten" (harvestfeast).

Dear friend,

I write you from International folk dance festival “Lauarin” from Donostia – San Sebastian in the Basque Country (Spain).

We are looking for a group that would be interested in participating in our festival from 26th to 29th of June.

If you are interested in this offer, please send us some information about your group, photos and / or dvd of your performances.

Attached to this e-mail you can found the general conditions of the festival.

Josu Boneta
“Lauarin” International Folk Festival
Goizaldi Dantza Taldea

Easo kalea 45 Behea
20006 Donostia
Spain

General conditions

Balkan Festival Workshops Zetten will be held from June 26 to June 29 in Social Cultural Centre, "de WANMOLEN", Schweitzerpark 2, Zetten (near Arnhem), The Netherlands.

PROGRAMME:
• The organizers will be present at 16:00 hours on Thursday June 26.
• After 16:00 hours the participants will be able to obtain their festival badges, set up their tents, etc.
• Thursday evening: BALKAN FEAST – DANCE FAVORITES OF THE PAST" Conducted by Helen van Bochove.
• The first lessons will start on Friday, June 27 at 09:30 o'clock. There will be continuous lessons the whole day on Friday and Saturday, and on Sunday until 14:30 hours.
• Friday and Saturday evening: Ball with the teachers and orchestra.
• Friday and Saturday night after the evening folk dance programmes, we shall meet, talk, sing and dance together until early in the morning at the Balkan Corner.

TEACHERS
DANCING-CLASSES
Ben Koopmanschap from Albania to Croatia
Dick v.d. Zwan Greek
Ersin Seyhan Turkish
Eddy Tijssen Bulgarian
Silviu Ciuciumiş Roumanian

SINGING-CLASSES
Hedwig Schoots Balkan

MUSICAL ACCOMPANIMENT
Orchestra SULTAN - Balkan Ball
Orchestra TREDIKI - Greek, Bulgarian

ORGANISATION:
Silviu Ciuciumiş
Aarhuispad 22, 3067 PR Rotterdam,
The Netherlands
Tel. +31-10-421 86 22
Fax 010-455 60 65

Photo: Arjen Tempel www.tempel-fotografie.nl

For more information and Registration please download brochure.

Brochure in english

In the occasion of awarding Professor Timothy Rice, Director of the “Herb Alpert School of Music” at the University of California, Los Angeles with the Order of “Sv. Sv. Kiril I Metodii” second class from The President of the Republic of Bulgaria, Georgi Parvanov, for his significant contribution to the scientific study of Bulgarian musical folklore and for the popularization of Bulgarian culture in the United States of America
AND
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary and 30 year professional artistic career of Ivan Varimezov, musician-bagpiper, solist at the Orchestra for Bulgarian Folklore Music at the Bulgarian National Radio, conductor of Ensemble “Pazardzhik”, and currently, Adjunct Professor of Bulgarian Folklore Music at the Department of Ethnomusicology at the University of California, Los Angeles,

We are pleased to invite you to join us in celebrating these two occasions marked by a formal concert on June 27, 2008 from 7:00 pm in Concert Hall #11 at the National Palace of Culture in Sofia, Bulgaria.

The Concert will feature performances by:
- The “Balkan Ensemble” from the University of California, Los Angeles – Directors Tzvetanka and Ivan Varimezovi
- Folk Ensmeble “Pazardzik” – Director Atanas Cholakov
- Orchestra “Sredetz” and “Male Folkloric Group” – from the town of Sredetz – Directors Tzviatko Zhekov and Ivan Chervenkov
- The Folk Orchestra of The Bulgarian National Radio – Director Hristofor Radanov

June 27, 2008
from 7:00 pm, Hall 11
National Palace of Culture in Sofia, Bulgaria

Seminar of traditional greek dances of the islands and Asia minor will be held during from Saturday afternoon, June 28 to Sunday morning, July 6, 2008
Seminar organized by Christiana KATSAROU (Ikaria and islands) with the participation of:
Christos THEOLOGOS (Asia Minor),
Apostolis MARIOLAS (Limnos) and
Efthimios EVANGELOU (Samos)
on the island of IKARIA, in the Aegean sea, Greece.

Flyer in english