“MACEDONIAN PEARL FOLK-SEMINAR 2009”

Hotel “Manastir” - Berovo - MACEDONIA 5-16 July 2009

Hallo dear friends: MUSICIANS, DANCERS, SINGERS & VISITORS...

"Macedonian Pearl Folk-Seminar 2009".... Will be in eastern part of Macedonia-city of Berovo-HOTEL" MANASTIR" high 4 stars hotel, 5 miles from Ratevo,( Ratevka Dance) 3 miles from Rusinovo village( Berovka Dance) and 2 miles from one of the most beautiful mountain lake in Macedonia-"Berovo Lake". This is the most beautiful and clean ECO region in Macedonia. Accommodation is much better then hotel "Biser" in Struga, and the neighborhood is authentic Village style. Gypsy quart is very close to the hotel, so it will be a lot of dancing and singing all the time. Big open market is 0.5 mile from the hotel. For the dancers- finally..... we have: WOOD FLOOR - ORIGINAL VILLAGE STYLE WOOD... It will be few more local dance teachers for traditional village style. Of course every night will be live music with Stefce Stojkovski, Bajsa Arifovska, Igor Dimovski, Ratko Zlatanovski, Goran and Adrijana Alachki and more local brass& zurla bands like surprise...
I hope you will enjoy again in our beautiful Macedonia, exploring eastern part of our beauties. Next year I expect people from USA,Canada,Germany,
Belgium, Sweden,Norway, Hungary,Australia, Brazil and Japan. (Masaru Nagae from Japan is first on the list for the next seminar)... The number of participants is LIMITED on 40 people maximum. So , one good thing is- THE HOTEL WILL BE ONLY FOR US,we will not disturb anybody... Capacity of the hotel is around 50 people... but much comfortably is number of 40 people.The nights in Berovo is very cold,so in the middle of the restourant we have big village style fire place.
It will be a lot of work for you next year..I can tell you... in the middle of the restaurant is old loom (wear's frame, or jenny or weaving mill) for you and all the participants of my seminar. All the time during our seminar two old women in national costumes from Maleshevo region will work(singing old traditional songs) on this old fashion "machine" making traditional costumes... Sounds GOOD?
It will be nice to start to think about next "Macedonian Pearl Folk-Seminar 2009" from now , making reservations...
Also I will show you my village " Vladimirovo" included roast lamb and home made bread....(3 miles from the Hotel).... In the free time, Bajsa will show us a lot of things in Gypsy (Roma ) neighborhood (relatives,musician's, dancers)... It will be picnic on sheepfold in the mountain... and a lot of surprises...

You can visit www.macedonianfolk. com there is a lot of picture from last seminars and video clips....

FINALY FOR ALL GOOD PEOPLE:

Keep dancing, and KEEP PLAYING OUR BEAUTIFUL ....... MACEDONIAN MUSIC&DANCE

WE LOVE YOU ALL...

Goran Alachki-director of the seminar
"Macedonian Pearl Folk-Seminar"
72 Franklin Ruzvelt
01000 Skopje
Macedonia
e-mail: info@goranalachki. com
www.macedonianfolk. com
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skype:goran.alacki

In 1959 members of a folklore group and the local tourist association founded The World Festival of Folklore in Schoten in order to promote folk art by presenting it to the public in a beautiful setting, being the historical castle and its surroundings.

The festival takes place every year from Friday before through Friday after the second Sunday in July. Eight to 10 high quality foreign dance ensembles present their program to an audience totalling 30 to 35.000.

It is an amateur festival and therefore meant in the first place to non-professional folk art groups of a high artistic standard. For the sake of preservation the organisers prefer authentic folklore, but they accept adaptation to the stage.

The aim of the organisers is not only to preserve the cultural heritage but also to allow people all over the world to learn to know each other better. Therefore much time is reserved for playing music, dancing together, making excursions, demonstrating handicrafts and playing games.

Grand-damе of Bulgarian jazz, the famous singer Yildiz Ibrahimova will perform in Australia next month. Her Australian tour will start with two concerts in the capital of Australia, Canberra on 10 and 11 of July, following by a concert in Melbourne on July 16 and her last concert will be on July 18 in Sydney.

The events are expected with great interest, since it is the first appearance of Yildiz in Australia.


The star deeply suffered her husband death - Turkish MP Ali Dincher, and made great effort to come back again on to the stage. Yildiz will appear again before her many admirers with a magnificent program. It includes classic pieces of European and Turkish classical music, samples from Bulgarian and Turkish folklore served as improvisations.
On stage with unique Yildiz Ibrahimova will be known pianist Hakan Toker and her daughter, little 12 years old Suna.

Organizers of the tour are Australian European Alliance, the Embassy of the Republic of Turkey and the Tuggeranong Arts Centre, Canberra.

10 - 11 July 2009, concert in Canberra
16 July 2009, concert in Melbourne
18 July 2009, concert in Sydney

For enquiry: australia.europe.alliance@gmail.com

Who is Yildiz Ibrahimova?

OUR AIMS

Because technology has made man arrogant and egocentric.
Because we think that environmental education does not work when man face environment authoritatively.
Because the "Nature-Animals-Man" triptych must retain a balance
Because man can never realize the fact that man and environment are interdependent by means of words but by experience and actions. This is the reason why we created "Once upon a time"
At its live folklore workshops you will see nature, man, animals in an interdependent harmonic and balanced relationship.
At "Once upon a time" you will see no dead exhibition areas.
You will experience live tradition, a fairytale-like reality, a game of tradition and life, of nature, man, animals, in as ideal relationship.

CONTACT : ARİF SÖNMEZ