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

The ninth of our annual 10 days seminar on Greek traditional dance will be held July 1- 11 2008 in Ammouliani. This year’s repertoire will consist of dances from Petrota, Evros (Thrace), Neohorouda, Thessaloniki (Macedonia), and lesser known dances from Pontos – all taught by Kyraikos Moisidis; dances from Promahous, Almopia (Macedonia), taught by Petros Selkos; and dances from the island of Kalymnos, taught by Anna Mavrou. Also, songs from the above mentioned areas will be taught by Katerina Douka while Yiannis Amarantides will present the corresponding regional dress. As a supplement, lessons on percussion instruments as well as traditional bead work will be offered by Tasoula Kosmidou to those interested, for an additional small fee. Daily lessons, both morning and afternoon, will last about 4 – 4 ½ hours and will be given in English. At the start of the seminar each participant will receive a packet which will include written information concerning dances and regions, song texts as well as music CDs and the official seminar T-shirt.
During the span of the 10 days numerous “glendia”, dance parties, with live music and the participation of various performing troupes, are planned. There will also be a boat cruise around Mt Athos, the “Holy Mountain” or another excursion.

Fest at the square of Ammouliani

9th Seminar of traditional greek dance with Kyriakos Moisidis will be held in Ammouliani - Halkidiki, Greece from 1 to 11 July 2008.

Another dance and singing teachers:
Petro Selko (dances from Almopia - Macedonia)
Anna Mavrou (dances from the island of Kalymnos)
Yannis Amarantides (presentation of traditional costumes)
Katerina Douka (traditional songs)

On the small island of Ammouliani will be held my ninth ten days dance seminar. Very soon I will anounce all the region from where dances and songs will be taught. There will be also lessons for daoul, tuberlek and other similar instruments as well as lessons of how to made up traditional embroderies. Participants will be from all over the world and the main language will be english.

Come to dance sing and play traditional Macedonian music and instruments near one of the most beautifull lakes in the world - Ohrid Lake, protected by UNESCO, produced by Goran Alachki & friends, the best teachers and instrumentalist in Macedonia...

Welcome in Macedonia!

Dance and Music Festival in Istanbul July 6th - July 14th, 2008
Registration deadline is June 12th, 2008.
Sign up now at www.folktours.com
Folk Tours
Tayyar Akdeniz Director of Folktours

The biggest choir competition in the world, the World Choir Games, will begin on 9 July 2008 in the Austrian city of Graz. Once again, thousands of singers from all over the world will come together in peaceful competition to determine the champion of all choirs. Why don't you represent your country with your choir, along with the rest of the world's choirs! The Austrian public broadcaster, ORF, and other TV and radio stations will be covering the competition and will broadcast one of the big evening events.

For the first time, the festival is also open to brass bands, folklore ensembles and traditional dance troupes.

4th International Folk Dance and Song Festival in Belgrade from 9th till 15th July 2008 within the C.I.O.F.F. network of festivals
is organized under auspices of the Municipality of Belgrade.

The 50th World Festival of Folklore Schoten will be held from 11 to 18 July, 2008.

In 1959 members of a folklore group and the local tourist association founded The World Festival of Folklore in Schoten in order to promote folk art by presenting it to the public in a beautiful setting, being the historical castle and its surroundings.

The festival takes place every year from Friday before through Friday after the second Sunday in July. Eight to 10 high quality foreign dance ensembles present their program to an audience totalling 30 to 35.000.

It is an amateur festival and therefore meant in the first place to non-professional folk art groups of a high artistic standard. For the sake of preservation the organisers prefer authentic folklore, but they accept adaptation to the stage.

Kasteel van Schoten
Kasteeldreef 61
2900 Schoten
Belgium

Tel: +32 (0)3 658 10 58
Fax: +32 (0)3 658 13 99

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

When:
Saturday July 12th, 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 PORTERO 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
andturn RIGHT on ORCHARD AVE, it's the third house on the left,
#6112.

Phone # there is 510.234.1880