The International Summer Folklore Academy - Nestia
Folkore Center will take part for the third time this year and the different groups will be divided as follwos:
Kindergardens: 1-10 June 2004 /first shif/
Kindergardens: 10-20 June 2004 /second shift/
20-30 June 2004 Third shift
1-10 July 2004 Forth shift
10-20 July 2004 Fifth shift
20-30 July 2004 Sixth shift
1-10 August 2004 Seventh shift
10-20 August 2004 Eighth shift
20-30 August 2004 Ninth shift


For contacts: Hristo Stankov
Tel: + 359 2 981 1367

Concerts, seminars, and exhibitions of musical instruments from around the world.

Concerts:
16.06 Classical Ottoman Music, Turkey
07.07 Mehmet Erenler - Saz Grubu , Turkey, Greece
28.07 «Letter from Istanbul», Derya Turkan - Sokratis Sinopoulos, Τurkey, Greece
Seminars:
10-16.6 Ud by Νecati Çelik and ney by Omer Erdoğdular
1-7.07 Saz by Mehmet Erenler
22-29.07 Kemençe by Derya Turkan and Sokratis Sinopoulos
12-17.09 Gadoulka Seminar, Georgi Petrov, Bulgaria

Contacts:
Choudetsi Pediados
70 100, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Tel: (+30) 280 741 027

At the coutryard of the cathedral of Naoussa Paros

Michalis Theodorakos (vice-president), Katerina Sifneou(secretary general)
tel/fax: 0030 22840 52971

16th International seminar Greek dances with various teachers, originating from the Greek region taught (Macedonia, Pondos, Crete, Thraki, ...)and respectuous of their traditions. Organized by Yannis Konstantinou.

Phone in France : MARYSE + 33 1 53 56 52 21 work - + 33 1 46 27 92 04 home

YANNIS in Greece : + 30 210 99 46 227 - Fax. + 30 210 00 45 900

Every year the festival receives folklore groups from all over the world to perform there. The festival is not a commercial festival but a festival that brings young people together to play music and dance. There are every year thousand and thousand people to see the performances. There is the biggest folklore mart in the world, where people and groups have the opportunity to sale arts.

Contacts:
ABrasFestFolk
Mr. Regis Bastian - Director
Rua Augusto Gärtner, 294
Imigrante – RS – Brasil
95885-000
Fax : 00 55 51 3754 1002 (Office)
Tel : 00 55 51 3754 1579 + 00 55 51 3754 1561 (Office)

For the four-day FOLKLORIADA celebrations, Pécs will turn into a real festival town with a touch of the Mediterranean. Nearly 100 groups - more than 2000 dancers and musicians - from around the world will be performing at venues throughout the city from morning to late into the evening.

Audiences will not only experience unique and spectacular productions but can view the traditional wedding procession through the city centre and can participate in the international Street Dance Celebration of 81 countries.

Day-time programs of parades and live music and dancing in the street will be complemented by performances of invited groups at 6 different stage venues.

Mrs Éva Héra - Director of the Folkloriada
Hungarian Association of Folklore Festivals - CIOFF Hungary
1011 Budapest, Corvin tér 8.

Mailing address: 1251 Budapest, Pf. 23.
Tel: 06 1 201 4492
Fax: 06 1 201 5064

Every year, the Edegems Volkskunstkomitee vzw organizes the International Folklore Festival of Edegem, which attracts about 10 000 visitors.

We use three locations:
The municipal sports centre ‘Den Willecom’ for our performances at evening
The gardens of ‘Hof ter Linden’ for the performances in the open air
And the ‘Beethoven auditorium’ of hotel Ter Elst for our gala performance

Thanks to our 80 hostfamilies and 120 co workers we can organize year after year a festival of joy and friendship; where over 15 groups from every corner of the world perform.

Contacts
Frieda Laforce-Janssens
Verbindingsstraat 10
2650 Edegem, Belgium
tel/fax 0032/3-457 04 10

Games of the XXVIII Olympiad - Athens 2004 Olympic Games

On the evening of August 13, 2004, the world will turn its eyes to the Olympic Stadium for the Opening Ceremony of the 2004 Olympic Games. Approximately four billion people will view this historic event. It will be a proud moment for the people of Greece and an exciting beginning to the sixteen days of stunning competition to follow.

It will take the combined effort of over 8,000 volunteer performers, plus 2,000 artistic and technical volunteers working behind the scenes, to realise the Opening and Closing Ceremonies. The time commitment required for Ceremonies volunteers is greater than any other Games-time volunteers, but the result will be worth it. We invite you to join the celebration and apply to become an Opening and Closing Ceremonies volunteer today.

Turkish Practice Folk Dance and Oriental Dance Seminar. There will be teachers well known English and experienced in International dance, traveling to the historical and touristical places, traveling to the shopping center and others.

Fpr contacts:
Tel:++90 216 346 13 54
Fax:++90 216 346 13 08
Bulent Uzun

International folkdance classes and parties, ethnic theme days, talent shows

Session 1: August 14 - August 20
- Turkish, Scottish, Bulgarian Dances
Session 2: August 21 - August 27
- Contras & Squares, Basque, Balkan Dances
Session 3: August 28 - September 3
- Canadian, Romanian, Greek Dances
Labor Day Session: September 3 - September 6
- Israeli, English, Serbian Dances

Alan Wright, Registrar
Mainewoods Dance Camp, Inc.
(704)-847-0134