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

International Workshop for Traditional Balkan Dances and Music.
Bulgarian, Romanian and Macedonian folk dances.
Traditional musical instruments - gaida, kaval, gadoulka, tamboura, tapan, taragot, accordion.
Bulgarian folk singing and Bulgarian language.

For contacts:
Emil Genov
Tel: + 359 2 8322010

Teaching Folk dances at Stockton Folk Dance Camp

Dancing teachers:
Yves Moreau - Bulgarian
Lee Otterholt - Balkan
Cristian Florescu - Romanian

Contact Info:
Bruce Mitchell, Director
Stockton Folk Dance Camp
University of the Pacific
Stockton, CA 95211

2nd International seminar BALKAN dances with teachers and musicians from Albania, Fyrom, Greece (the 3 countries bordering Prespa Lake) and Bulgaria. Organized by Yannis Konstantinou.

Phone in France : MARYSE + 33 1 53 56 52 21 work and + 33 1 46 27 92 04 home
Phone in Greece : YANNIS home + 30 210 9946 227 / Fax. +30 210 99 45 900

From 1992 ,ASTRA national Museum Complex organized 4 editions of the Fair of the Children Handicrafts from Romania. After 1996, following the requests addressed to the Ministry of Education, this manifestation is part of the extra - curricular activities and was transformed in a National Olympics.
At the National Olympics `Traditional Artistic Handicrafts` may participate children (6 to 16 years old).
Place: the Open Air Museum from Sibiu's Grove.

Contact:
4000 Plovdiv, Stefan Stambolov Sqr.
tel. 00359 32 623 205
fax 00359 32 632 269

Up to 300 dancers perform in a variety of venues. From the Opening Ceremonies, through the Parade, the Street Festival, Youth Culture Classes, Adult Dance Classes, Performances, and other ceremonies it is not unusual to see dancing, singing, and laughter filling the streets.
The goal of the festival is to have a cultural exchange between the community and countries of the world.

Contact and Ticket information:
Phone: (208)-356-5700
Toll Free: 888-INFO 880

SIVO - International Folklore Dance Festival (20th edition) with participation of Argentina, England, France, Ghana, Italy, Latvia,Macedonia, Mexico, Moldavia, Ukrain, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Spain, Turkey, Czech Republic, USA, Belarusse, Southern Korea,