The Bisserov sisters & daughters - folk singers performing band from Bulgaria are going on a concert tour in Australia in the end of 2004 and the beginning of 2005.

The International Carnival of Rijeka is an annual event that has a hundred-year-old tradition and attracts numerous masks and carnival groups, spectators and media, as well as guests from around the country and abroad.

Carnival happenings in the city are a mixture of the bourgeois carnival and the ancient Slavs' folklore elements and mythology. Carnival customs include the making of "ugly masks", which scare away evil forces, calling the spring and celebrating the birth of new life. The Zvoncari, or local bell ringers, are identical to those who centuries ago protected their land from Turkish invasion.

Contacts:
Tel:++385 51/213-145
Fax: ++385 51/333-909
51000 Rijeka, Užarska 14, Hrvatska

The Bulgarian folk ensemble Gotse Delchev Ensemble is going to make a concert tour in Dubai and Oman and take part in the shopping festivals there. Singers, dancers and musicians from the Ensemble will participate.

If you are in folklore, national tradition or You are just fan of folk art and have desire to learn about other tradition, to get new friends then you are welcome to the Folk Gathering in Belgrade.

Vesna Lukic, Program Manager

23. Vladimira Tomanovica Str.
11050 Belgrade
phone/fax + 381-11-347-29-29
489-71-74
347-19-54
mobile: +381-63-309-312

17th annual celebration of dance and camaraderie.
This weekend-long gathering of the folkdance tribes brings together hundreds of folk arts enthusiasts to Madison for a variety of daytime dance workshops and huge live-music dance parties.

Folkball is FREE and open to the public due to the generous donations from the participiants and the sponsors.

Michael Kuharski: (608)-241-3655

January 15th, 2005
From 3pm to 11pm

Come and learn - Belly dancing, Circle dancing, Indian stick dancing, Live Cajun music and dance, Tudor dancing, Flamenco, Irish music and singalong

At St. Mary's Welcome Centre,(Wheelchair accessible) 8 Church End, Walthamstow.E17
2 minutes walk from Walthamstow Central,end of Victoria line underground.
Overground trains from Liverpool St. Parking after 6.30pm

No experience necessary. No need to have a partner.

Price, ₤14, concs ₤8. [half day-half price]
Price includes, tea, coffee and soft drinks.
Advance booking or pay at the door.
Bring food to share.
(optional extra - bring articles for bring and buy stall/ art and craft stall)

ALL proceeds to charity, Action Aid

Tickets from: Jean Duggleby, 55 Elmsdale Rd.,Walthamstow,London. E17 6PN
020 8520 1591