FESTIVAL CONDITIONS:
International Folklore Music and Dance Festival ’’NEOS MARMARAS CUP 2013.’’ is being held for the 12th time, under the patronage of the Neos Marmaras municipality. It is gathering folk dance groups and music bands from all over the world, who like to meet new people and spend holiday week in Greece, singing and dancing together.

Festival organizers are Municipality of Neos Marmaras, Mayor Mr.Georgios A.Kaplanis, and PARADISO Club Travel Agency, Belgrade, Serbia.

Festival is competitive and is open for all groups, no age limit. Winners will be awarded by special cups and medals. Propositions of the festival competition will be sent to groups later.

Competition part of the festival is not obligatory, only for groups that apply. All other groups take part in the review night.

There will be 5 winning categories: best performance-dancing, best orchestra-music, best choir-singing, best costumes, best scenery.

Also, there will be some ’’friendly’’ awards: best animation, most cheerful group, etc.

Groups will have two performances at the festival. Each group has to prepare 5-15 min. of quality program. Performances are on the open air stages, concrete.

It is not necessary to have live music. It is also allowed to perform using CD, but it has to be of a good quality recording.

Accommodation of participating groups is organized in the 3 star hotels, in apartments and studios with 3 and 4 beds in rooms, with bathroom, TV, refrigerator, on a half board basis (breakfast and dinner-open buffet). For double rooms there are additional fees.

Each group will get diploma for the participation to the festival, as well as DVD from the festival after the festival is finished.

Every group will get official brochure of the festival with the presentation of the participating groups, in English.

The group has to bring its national flag and board with the group name for the parade.

If the weather is nice for swimming, every group has to take care about their member safety.

Every group must have one English speaking person. Organizer will give an English speaking guide for every group who will be responsible for contact 24h a day.

Number of participating groups is limited for each festival, so the places will be given to the groups who send their pre-payment first - 20€ per person (this amount is not refundable if the group cancels their participation).

Each group has 1 free place for 25 persons who pay.

The groups have to organize their travel to and from Neos Marmaras.

For the groups that are coming with their own bus there is a free parking place in the hotel area.

For the groups that are coming by plane, the organizers provide transfers for the performances free of charge.

Also we can provide airport transfers (on group request we will send the offer). The nearest airport is Thessalloniki and the bus price depends on the number of people in the group, approx. 30eur per person, return ticket.

If group needs visa, it is responsibility of the group to arrange it!
Organizers can only give invitation letter to groups and can not interfere to visa issuing process and make extra contacts to embassies.

The groups are recommended to have insurance policy for all their members.



Application form, together with 2-3 group photos and short biography, should be sent latest until 31.January 2013.
Contact person: Mrs.Dragana Mirkovic,
e-mail. myfolkfest@gmail.com, tel.+381 63 340 770


For festival in May, pre-payment (20eur per person) should be done latest till 15th February 2013.
For festival in September, pre-payment (20eur per person) should be done latest till 15th April 2013.

Payment details will be sent to you after receiving your application form. Please take care that this amount of 20eur per person is not refundable if the group cancels its participation.
PARTICIPATION FEE:

105 eur per person
five -5- days on a half board basis in 3 star hotels
breakfast and dinner - open buffet
(with traditional Greek dishes)

- family hotels that have 3 and 4 beds apartments, with bathroom, TV, refrigerator, WiFi
- apartments with 3 beds have one room and one bathroom
- apartments with 4 beds have two separate double rooms and one bathroom
- each group (depending on the number of people) will get 2 or 3 double rooms without additional payment (for group leaders and drivers)
- for extra double rooms (if the group needs) there is additional fee of 10eur per person for the whole period
- for single rooms there is additional fee of 40eur per person for the whole period

There is a possibility to extend your staying, if you wish, under the special festival conditions, which is 21 eur per person for each extra day (half board basis, breakfast and dinner - open buffet).

FESTIVAL PROGRAM:
The organizer keeps right to change the festival program.
Final program will be given to groups upon their arrival to the hotel.
1.day around 14h, arrival of groups, check in to hotels
(first meal is dinner)
free day / swimming, walking, sports

2.day 10h BREAKFAST with MAYOR – gift exchange
group representative and 1 pair in costume
19h PARADE – short defile walking and short presentations
20h I.FESTIVAL EVENING
opening ceremony
performances of the groups – review night

3.day free day
ship cruise around Chalkidiki, Toroneos islands (optional, for the groups that wish)

4.day 19h PARADE – short defile walking and short presentations
20h II.FESTIVAL EVENING
performances of the groups – competition night
closing and award ceremony

5.day free day
optional, for the groups that wish, excursion to Thessalloniki, panoramic sightseeing, going to famous ”MAGIC PARK” and shopping mall ’’COSMOS’’

21h FAIRWELL PARTY
gift exchange between groups and organizers

6.day departure of the groups, after breakfast
latest till 12h check out from hotels

excursions are not included in the price - festival fee

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Kaunas National Culture Centre of Lithuania is the organizer of XXVIII International Folklore Festival "Atataria lamzdziai-2013" (translation "Echoes Trumpets-2013"). This festival will be held in May 23-26th in 2013. This festival is dedicated to the beauty of dialects.

We believe that the festival will be decorated by your concerts in the city streets and squares, workshops, dance evenings, an exhibition of old books and amazing mood and good experient for everyone of us.

It would be great honour to invite your group to come to Lithuania and demonstrate your traditions in folklore.
If you can not to take part of our festival, then we ask you to recommend your friends an authentic folklore group. It would be a great honor to make contact with them and invite them to this festival. Please contact Mrs. Gintare Putiniene, the Event’s organizer if you have any questions regarding the festival at +370 679 36737 or by e-mail info@ktkc.lt.

If you are interested please read the additional information. I am waiting for your answer no matter posotive or negative it is.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

Kaunas National Culture Centre
Depute director for holding,
Event's organizer
Gintarė Putinienė
phone.: +37067936737, +37068718983

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V International festival of folklore in Italy-Rimini

23.05.- 26.05.2013.

23.05. – Arrival of ensemble at hotel, accomodation...Info-appointment...Tour and introduction to the most popular summer resort in Italy, walking, swimming, tour of Rimini, his beautiful sun beaches, the city... Return to hotel. Dinner. Overnight stay. Possibility of departure to some of many discoteques in Rimini.

24.05. – Breakfast. Festival day ! Preparing for Defile. Defile thru the City of Rimini. Coctel for Presidents of Ensembles.
Perform of cultural-art societies. Receiving of certificates. Dinner. Facultative: Discoteque. Overnight stay.

25.05. – Breakfast. . Facultative half day tour to San Marino, on arrival follows a tour of this oldest republic in the world: monument of Garibaldi, Porta San Francesco, Square of freedom… Return to Rimini. Dinner. Facultative: mutually– friendly night at Discoteque… Overnight stay.

26.05. – Breakfast. After breakfast departure of ensemble on facultative tour to Venice…Return to the point of departure… With another meeting next year!!!!!!!




Price of registration fee is 79 EUROS

(paying goes in several month payments till departure time)

The arrangment price includes:
- Hotel accomodation with three stars in hotel“s like Oceanic ***, Jumbo ***, Gambrinus ***, Adriatic ***, Aquile Azzuro ***, Fantasy ***... in Rimini based on 3 half board service: breakfast and dinner in 1/3 and 1/4 rooms
- Organization expenses
- Degrees
- Program leading
- Coctail for Presedents of groups
- Professional assistance
- Inviting letter
- Additional seat on every 25 member
- Additional day ( half board ) is 20 euro per person
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The arrangment price doesn't include:
- Tourist tax for hotel in Rimini from 1 e – 1.5 e depend of hotel chategory per person per day
- Facultative tours (tour of San Marino 5 € ( 3 € with own bus ) ,Venice 15 € ( 12 € with own bus ), Diskoteque 6 – 8 €, Bologna 10 € ... - the price of tour depends exclusively on number of interested to some of the tours
- Visa and insurance (for cultural-art societies visas are free with inviting letter which gets every ensemble from Italian cultural-art society which also takes part in this manifestation)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Arif Sönmez + 90 534 600 18 79
Tanya Dermendszka 00 359 885609695

turkei_iov@yahoo.com tanyad17@hotmail.com

Note: all ensembles must provide their own music, leading orchestar or music CD s. Each ensemble is obligated to set performance in duartion of 10 – 15 minutes.

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