At Odeon of Herodes Atticus - Athens, 8.30pm

Traditional songs, gypsy music from Istanbul and Thrace, `angel` voices from Bulgaria, brass music from Serbia mixed with gypsy grooves. This is `The Sound of the Balkans` performed by excellent ambassadors from four countries: Savina Yannatou with her group Primavera en Salonico, the Bulgarian `Angelite` Voices with conductor Valentin Velkov, Burhan Ocal and his Instanbul Oriental Ensemble from Turkey and the legendary Serbian trumpet player Boban Markovic with the 11 members of his orchestra, participate in a 2-day wonderful music event.

Odeon of Herodes Atticus
Address: Dionysiou Aeropagitou Str., Acropolis
Tel: +30-210-3232771, 3235582

The festival is having an increasing success, due to the high standard of the invited groups, the organization, as well as the atmosphere of friendship between the groups and the inhabitants.

Contacts:
Guy Desablens-Director
Chemin de Maire, 29
Ere
7500 TOURNAI
Belgium
tel and fax : + 32 69 22 06 80

The 14th International Children Folk Festival `Oro bez granici` (Dance without Frontiers)will be held in Skopje in organization of the Karpos Children Cultural Centre in Skopje. The participants in the festival are 10-odd ensembles in Macedonia and children folk ensembles in Ukraine, Hungary, Serbia and Montenegro, Bulgaria, Turkey and Slovenia.

The Steelton Committee has selected an outstanding lineup of orchestras to keep us entertained throughout the weekend. From the opening strains of music at Thursday's Welcome Dance until the last musician falls on Sunday night, Extravagantza shapes to be the biggest and best Slavic music festival of the year!

For more information:
General Chairman:
Linda Tackett
717-787-4134