Slovene Folklore Group KRES from Novo mesto is organizing International Folklore Festival.

We, the Folklore Group KRES, will pay you accommodation for 5 nights, food and drink for 5 days and will show you the beauty of Slovenian Southeast. We will organize good performing conditions, supplied with loudspeakers.

Folklorno Drustvo Kres

Seminar organized during the period of Orthodox Easter traditions in order to participate to the local events. Organizer Christiana KATSAROU (dances of Ikaria and Islands) participation of Christos THEOLOGOS (dances of Minor Asia).

For information:
France +33 (0) 1 46 27 92 04 evening
or Athens +30 697 2424796

With the participation of Duo Izvor (Holland), performers of traditional Bulgarian music.

For more information:
Janet Douglas

Folklore, the most colourful and lively part of the culturre, is the most effective and joyful way of acquiring knowledge about countries' cultures and people. It is alsoan importamt step in the process of forming a world full of love, peace and friendship.

Age of participating groups: 8-15 years old.

Emre Sagim - President of the Festival
Tel/Fax: 0-324-325 88 28 - 29

Sviraci will be performing great Bulgarian and Macedonian dance music at
Stanford International Dancers on Friday, May 6th.
The doors open at 8 and the party ends at 11. Admission is $6.

The band members are:

Melissa Miller - kaval, tambura and vocals
lew Smith - tambura and drums
Jim Little - gajda and fiddle

We meet at Flex-It Aerobics Studio, 425 West Evelyn Avenue, Mountain View, 3-1/2 block east of Castro Street, immediately past Minton's Hardware and Lumber.
Please wear soft-soled shoes that you use only for dancing.

We are glad to share this week-end with Yannis Konstantinou who will teach us the danses of his natal region: Western Greek Macedonian. The seminar will be held in Saturday from 16 till 23:30 and Sunday from 10 to 12h.

For information: Maria Plana

International Folk Workshops `Powrót do Ÿróde³ – wielokulturowoœæ wspólnej Europy` (Return to the sources – multicultural character of the common Europe) are for interested young artists, who are concerned with folk creation, dancing, music and taking care of regional tradition. These workshops are not a kind of competition.

In workshops can take part groups from different European coutries (one group can’t be bigger than 20 people).

For any information contact Ewa Kanabus
tel. 0048-602-573781 or