The festival will be held in Katerini, Pieria (68 km from Thessaloniki), the land of the ancient Thracian tribe “Pieres” and the Muses, on the flanks of Mount Olympus, the mythological residence of the ancient Greek pantheon, and close to the coasts of the blue Aegean Sea. It will be held during the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the independece of the region. We expect that the festival will provide oportunities to the participants to learn about different cultures and people, create new friendships, exchange experience and contacts with other folk groups.

PARTICIPANTS
Type of groups that can participate: Traditional folk dance groups from Europe

PARTICIPATING CONDITIONS:
- Number and age of participants is not limited,
- The group should have prepared at least 10-15 minutes program accompanied by orchestra or CD,
- Each group should bring a flag of their country,
- Transport to and from the airport is on the group’s expenses. However, the organizing committee can provide transport to and from the airport on reasonable prices.

Registration fee:
The registration fee is 150 Euros per person which includes
- 7 days (6 nights) (half board - breakfast and dinner) in 2* hotels (in three-bed rooms) by the seaside of Pieria
- Only 3-4 performances for each group in the Festival
- After each performance meal will be offered to the participants
- Parade and presentation of the groups will be held at the central square
- Certificates of participation will be given
- Invitation letter will be provided if needed
- Every 25 participants one is free.

The participation fee DOES NOT include:
- If accommodation is exceeded, it will cost 25 Euros a day per person (half board - breakfast and dinner) in 2* hotels (in three-bed rooms)
- accommodation in double rooms, in case of availability, will cost an extra five euros a day per person
- Optional Tours (e.g. Mount Olympus, Archaeological sites of Dion and Vergina, traditional villages, coastal areas and beaches). Seasonal prices vary according to the number of participants.
- First aid and emergency support will be provided, but medical services must be covered by the group. The participant’s safety is on their personal responsibility.


* The final programme of the festival could be changed by the organizers if needed. Upon arrival, a detailed program of the festival and a person in charge will be provided to each group.

** The registration form should be sent before 31st of May, 2012 in order to confirm your participation. Once you have submitted your registration form, a confirmation will be delivered to you along with payment instructions. 30% of the total amount should be paid before 10th of June, 2012. The invitation letter will be sent to you after reveivimg your payment receipt. The rest of the total ammount for the group, must be received one week before your arrival in Pieria. In case of cancellation no refund will be given.


We are looking forward to meeting and cooperating with your group at our festival.

P.S. Do not hesitate to contact us if you need any further information.

Propantos Organization Center
Mistra 2
60100 Katerini, Greece
Tel-fax: 00492351030787, mob 6973854977, 6977168392, e-mail: propantos@gmail.com

1st International Folk Festival

Registration Form

For the second time the National Cultural Center "Svetlina - Tsarevets 1927" organized the National Folk Festival "Folkloren izvor 2012," (Folklore spring) which will be held on 3, 4 and 5 August 2012 (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) in the village of Tsarevets, Svishtov municipality - Veliko Tarnovo.

The festival is a competition.

The festival aims to preserve, popularize and develop folk song and dance art of Bulgaria;
- To maintain the cultural relationships between amateur and professional teams from the country;
- To promote the continuity of the younger generation to actively communicate with art.

For contacts and information:
06 329/26 10, 22 06
0886 165 861 Mr. Genchev,
0882 334 522 Ms Angelova

Below you can download "Application Form" and the Statute of the festival.

Invitation

Application Form

Statute

On 4 and 5 August 2012 will be held XIII Festival of Traditional Folk Arts "Pirin Sings".

The "Pirin Sings" Festival was first organized in 1962, and until 1985 it is held every five years. In 1985, this outstanding manifestation of the authentic Pirin folklore traditions ceased. The Pirin Sings was successfully restoring in 1997, after a 12 years period and by declaring its presence in the cultural life of Bulgaria and Pirin with the intention to promote and preserve the unique folklore heritage of Southwest Bulgaria. The Seventh Festival was held in 1999. Over 200,000 people from Bulgaria, Greece, Russia, Ukraine, Japan, South Corea, USA, Germany, Sweden, etc., visit traditionally this glorious forum of the Bulgarian spirit and take part in it.

The festival occurs every 2 years in the "Predel" locality - between the two great Bulgarian mountains Rila and Pirin.

Organizer of the fair folk art "Pirin Sings" is Razlog municipality and district administration - Blagoevgrad.

Dear friends,

The International Folklore Festival in Pirot, Serbia in 2011, he was named for the event of the year in our city.

For that, first of all responsible participants of the Festival: Bulgaria, Mexico, Turkey, Portugal, Slovenia and Serbia, and of course-I-organizer of Culture Pirot.

This year the festival takes place from 05 to 09 August.

Applications for participation in the festival began. Report their ensembles, and come to Pirot to socialize.

Information is available both in the International Folklore Festival Pirot and via e-mail address borkosop@gmail.com.

We are expecting you!

The “Bulgare” foundation in collaboration with the administratives staff of the municipalities of Kotel, and the Zheravna village, the “Association for Zheravna“ and foundation “Bona Fide”, have joined their efforts in order to organize a marvelous, and incredible festival, which will be attempt to create a machine of the time creating the atmosphere of the previous epoch by the “Festival of the folklore costume”.The “Bulgare” foundation -Zheravna 2012.

At 17,18 and 19 of August, thousands of people from every part of Bulgaria will dance, sing and play music together, as their grand fathers and grand mothers a century ago. The basic concept of the present festival will be the original traditional costumes. Everybody will be dressed in original traditional costume which will be typical for the folklore region of his place of origin. Everyone who will take participation to the festival, will enjoy the authentic atmosphere, supplied by the organization of the festival.

The eating will be also represented by dishes of the traditional Bulgarian kitchen, as “cheverme”-rolled lamb on fire, traditional vegetable salads, hot fresh round loafs. For drinking there will be red wine and typical Bulgarian “rakia”- brandy. The music will be presented by the typical bag-pipes. Various traditional customs, related to Bulgarian traditional culture will be shown: masquerades, mummers, wrestler-games, etc. Special performances of dancing on hot embers, known as “Nestinarsky igry” will be represented. Different products of Bulgarian hand-make crafts will also be represented.

It is desirable to carry Bulgarian national costume, if You would like to take participance in the festival in Zheravna village.

If You like to have Bulgarian national costume, than the “Bulgare” foundation will assist You to select it, and it will supply it to You.
Contacts :

tel.02 / 841 10 33

email: ra_bulgare@abv.bg
Official site of the festival: www.nosia.bg


Festival of folk costume Zheravna 2012

Modern dance groups, wind bands, majorettes, folk dance groups

Date: 17. 08. 2012. - 21. 08. 2012. (5 days, 4 nights)
Participation fee: 100 euro per person (3 meals per day)
Free over 25 below 40 for 2 person, over 40 for 3 persons!
Accomodation: student hostels with 1/3, 1/4 rooms
(Participation fee in hotel with 1/2, 1/3, 1/4 rooms: 125 euro/person)
Date for apply: 30. 11. 2011.
Participant groups should 20 euro per person after
receiving the official invitation, until 20. 12. 2011.
Number of participants: no limited
Number of group: no limited!
Performances: 3 (25-35’)

Regards,

Arif Sönmez
Festıval Menager

The seminar will be held in Pieria (the land of the ancient Thracian tribe 'Pieres' and the Muses), on the flanks of Mount Olympus, the mythological residence of the ancient Greek pantheon, and close to the coasts of the blue Aegean Sea.

The seminar will take place from 17 to 26th August 2012, when most traditional feasts ('glendia' or 'panegyria') take place in the area, as well as famous festivals of traditional 'gaida' (bagpipe), and ancient Greek drama festivals in the theatre of Dion, the sacred town of the ancient Macedonians.
The seminar program will offer courses of traditional Greek dances and customs, including women's ritual dances, from different regions (Pontus, Black Sea, Serres, Drama, Pieria and
Olympus) as well as lessons in traditional Greek culture, philosophy, language, music and singing from well-known teachers, researchers and musicians (Yvonne Hunt, Laura Shannon, Giorgos Pavlos, Kostas Nikolaidis, Katerina Asteriou-Kavazi, Vassilis Komatas, Panayotis Pagonidis, Vassilis Gerovasileiou, Lefteris Pavlou, Yannis Kakaras, Panayotis Pavlos, Panos Zikidis).

There will also be special nights of traditional music at the seminar
venue or in villages, where we will have the chance to dance with local people.

Various scenic excursions and cultural tours will give the chance to admire the natural wonders of the sacred Mount Olympus, the legendary burial place of Orpheus and great examples of ancient Greek civilization, music and echnology.

We are expecting you for a unique cultural experience!!!

PLACE: Pieria, Mt Olympus, Greece – around 90 km from Thessaloniki airport (easily reached by train and bus). Participants can also be transferred from the airport to the seminar venue for a small charge.

ACCOMMODATION: to be confirmed soon (half board) – close to the beach!

PRICE: 880 € for early registration (300 € deposit has to be paid by 30 April 2012); and 980 € for late registration from 1st May up to 30 June 2012 (final deadline) - THE NUMBER OF
PARTICIPANTS IS LIMITED!

GENERAL SCHEDULE:
17 August 2012 – Arrival after 2 pm. Registration after 6 pm. Dinner followed by informal dancing
18-25 August 2012 – Cultural courses, tours and ‘glendia’
25 August 2012 – Closing of the seminar at the famous 4th Gaida Festival of Central Macedonia
26 August 2012 – Departure after breakfast

DANCE COURSES: Pontos (Maten), Black Sea Coast of North Thrace (Bana, special focus on the women's ritual tradition 'Babo' with old women from the village of Kitros), East Macedonia
(villages of the regions Drama and Serres), Central Macedonia (villages of Rachi at Pieria Mountais and Palios Panteleimon at Mount Olympus).

SPECIAL COURSES: Greek language through traditional songs, philosophy and role of dance in the Greek society, original costumes, demonstrations of musical instruments, handcrafting of
traditional dolls, women's ritual dances of Greece, the Balkans and the Near East and their roots in prehistory, different rhythms of three-measure dances

TOURS: archaeological sites, traditional villages, sacred sites and places of natural beauty

MUSICAL NIGHTS: traditional ‘panegyria’ & ‘glendia’, festivals and live music

SEMINAR LANGUAGE: the formal languages of the seminar are English and Greek

CONTACT: Vassilis Gerovasileiou propantos@gmail.com ; bill_ger@yahoo.com (English,
Spanish & Greek) Tel. +30 6977 168 392; Panayotis Pagonidis (English & Greek) Tel. + 30 6973 854 977; Fax + 30 2351 30 787

ORGANIZATION: “Propantos” Seminar Organization Centre & Thrace Treasury -
International Academy of Culture and Communication

2nd Olympus Greek Dance and Culture Seminar 2012

REGISTRATION FORM

50 Years International Folklore Festival Lefkas from 19 August to 26 August 2012

LEFKAS INTERNATIONAL FOLKLORE FESTIVAL
LEFKAS CULTURAL CENTER
1 Agg. Sikelianou and Svoronou str.
Lefkada 31100
GREECE
Tel : 0030 26450 26635, 26711
Fax: 0030 26450 26715
e-mail : lefkasf@otenet.gr

Dear Frıends of Culture,

It's great honour for us to invite you to Greece..Prefecture of Skioni
IV.ınternatıonal meeting of Chıldren,Youth and Adult Folkdance Ensembles..For the year 2012 the Festıval will be held in the period from 20- 25 August 2012
The Festıval is open the amateur Folklore Ensembles of Dancing and Music groups with live or recorded music...
x Accomodatıon in a Gogakou Folk Camp. www.miaforacamp.gr
x Three meals perday / perperson
x No limit on the number of people to partıcıpate in Festıval.
x Free excursions to the seasıde,swimming pool,parties and all camp activites..
x A guıde for each group speaking English.
x Diploma and some gifts for each person
x Normal medical care

Arrıval Date : 20.08.2012 (afternoon)
Dep. Date : 25.08.2012 (After the breakfast)
Full registration / person : 130 Euro...
For each participant team there will be two(2) free of charge..

Best Regards,

Arif Sönmez

Festıval Organıser
The Dırector of Anatolıan Folk Dance group
General Represent. Intern.Groups From Gogakou Camp


@ : turkei_iov@yahoo.com info@anatolianfolk.org
web. www.anatolianfolk.org www.miaforacamp.gr