01, 13, 20 and 27 September 2006
Intermediate Balkan Singing Workshop

The courses will be led by Juliana Graffagna on Wednesday evenings from 7:30 to 9:30 pm. at the offices of KITKA/Children’s Advocates, 1201 Martin Luther King Jr. Way (at 12th St.)
Oakland, CA 94612.

For more info please call 510.444.0323

11, 18, 25 September and 09 October 2006
Basic Balkan Singing Workshop

The courses will be led by Briget Boyle on Monday evenings from 7:30 to 9:30 pm. at the offices of KITKA/Children’s Advocates, 1201 Martin Luther King Jr. Way (at 12th St.)
Oakland, CA 94612.
For more info please call 510.444.0323

The festival is organized by the Severnyashki ensemble for folklore songs and dances at Pleven. Philip Koutev, Trakia and Toundja folklore ensembles will perform on the stage in the centre of the town. The Nashencheta and Mizia ensembles from Pleven will also perform and the Severnyashki ensemble will represent the most recent part of their repertoire, the composition called “Moods of Pirin”, choreography by Ivaylo Ivanov and music by George Andreev.

This second edition of the festival is organized by the Blagoevgrad Municipality. It represents performers, composers and groups for folklore songs from the region of Macedonia and modern songs based on traditional Macedonian songs.
A spectacle called “The Balkans for Europe” will be the closing event the last evening.

See The Festival Progrramm