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By Heidi Trautmann ….
www.heiditrautmann.com ….
Music for the stricken. Music is not only entertainment for the audience, music is there to console, to remember good and bad times, and on June 26th, we were at a concert that was given to help one young man, Eser Kücük, to overcome a critical health situation.
By Margaret Sheard …
The Royal British Legion, Kyrenia Branch, had been endeavouring to arrange a Band Concert in North Cyprus for some 6 months and had succeeded with a concert at Bellapais Abbey on the 14th May when a large audience enjoyed the music of the Band of the Security Forces Command.
By Heidi Trautmann …
Education in music or generally… ‘education in art’ … is preparation for life; it is to sharpen and develop senses; to be responsible for your acts; to cooperate and share; become self-confident and proud; to move properly in society, and to appreciate different cultures and people, it enriches and widens one’s horizon.
The 12th Cypriot Silkworm Festival, which will be organized in cooperation with Girne Municipality, Green Peace Movement and Beylerbeyi (Bellapais) Muhtarlığı, will be held between 6th and 7th May. The 2-day festival in the Bellapais Old School park will include concerts with various music performances, dance and folklore performances. The official opening event of the festival will be held at 15:00pm on Saturday. The stands will be opened at 11:00am and the municipality will be arranging local transfers at the event.
Güngördü: Festival reflects the cult of Cyprus
A press conference was held today 2nd May at the Bellapais Monastery garden. Speaking at the press conference, Girne Mayor, Nidai Güngördü noted that silk and cocoon handicrafts, have an important place in Cypriot culture but are forgotten, and are beginning to find life again with the festival. Talking about the festival program, Güngördü stated that the festival will include sale of silk cocoons and other handcrafted products that reflect the Turkish Cypriot culture, together with food and beverage stands.
Tatlısu: Festival introducing the village
Beylerbeyi Muhtarı Ersel Tatlısu also stated that the festival, which Muhtarlığın initiated 12 years ago in cooperation with the Green Peace Movement, has brought the festival to a wider context with the support of Girne Municipality for the last 8 years and voiced the contribution to the promotion of the village with the festival.
Sahir: First in the world
Doğan Sahir, the President of the Green Peace Movement, said that the survival of silkworm breeding and cocoon works, is an important part of the country’s culture, contributing to the re-stating of the Turkish Cypriot’s natural and cultural values. Stating that the silkworm cocoon work was a hand craft developed in Cyprus for the first time in the world, Sahir noted that this forgotten art is being refreshed and is finding life again.
FESTIVAL PROGRAM
Saturday, May 6th
Music Broadcast at 11:00, Phoenix Line Dance Club Dance Show at 13:00, The Hot Club of Cyprus Gipsy Swing and French Spirit Music at 14:00, 15:00 Official Opening and Speeches, 15:30 ‘ Da Girne Municipality Folk Dance Show (Büyükler Group), 15: 45 Lefkosa Folklore Association Folk Dance Show 16:00 Girne Municipality Folk Dance Show (Küçükler Group) 16:15 Alpmut-Kezzap concert, 17:30 Friends Line Dance Show, 18:00 Orak Cultural Arts and Education Center Folk Dance Show, 18:15 Group Ganciler Concert and Music Broadcast from 20:00 to 22:00pm.
Sunday, May 7th
Music broadcast at 11:00 and entertainment starts with 14.00 Dikmen Youth Center Association Folk Dance Show, 14.30 Digem Folkloric Cyprus Music Concert, 16:00 Alayköy Foklör Derneği, 16:30 Folk Dance Show, Back – Street 4 concert, 18:00 International Final University Dance Ensemble African Dance, 18:30 Middle East Technical University Northern Cyprus Campus Division 6 Music Group concert, 20.00 – Orge Volkan concert.
News from Rotary Club of Kyrenia Cosmopolitan…..
At their 8th April meeting, the Rotary Club of Kyrenia Cosmopolitan welcomed a number of visitors including Carol Heads from Orphean Singers choir in Paphos who came to talk about an upcoming event which is their first visit to Northern Cyprus when they will be performing a free concert at Bellapais Abbey on Thursday 11th May at 8.00pm and for classical music lovers this is a must have date in your diary.
The Orphean Singers are a predominantly ex-pat Choir based in Paphos that tours frequently to venues throughout Europe, and this will be their first performance in North Cyprus and more can be read of them by clicking here .
If you require any more information of this event or about the Rotary Club of Kyrenia Cosmopolitan you can contact them by email on kyreniacosmopolitanrc@aol.co.uk. and you may enjoy a taste of what may be coming when The Orphean Singers arrive at Bellapais Abbey on 11 May in the video below.
Hot on the heels of A Halloween Happening III in aid of the initiative and action group “A Clean Cyprus” they have a new show “Music On Fire” on November 24th at Bellapais Abbey at 19:30pm.
Leading the cast will be “Ateş and Diva” Nuri Harun Ateş and Demetra George Mustafaoğlu supported by Peri Sualp, Baris Buyukyikdirim, Ammar Dadizadeh and Burak Besir.
These wonderful entertainers will be bringing you some of your favourites like Phantom, Carmen, Butterfly, Traviata, Hoffman, My Fair Lady, Evita, Les Miserables, Little Mermaid, Sound Of Music, Wizard Of Oz, South Pacific, Kiss Me Kate, Baroque music and Grease.
To set the scene for this sparkling extravaganza of music and song there will be wonderful costumes, sets and lighting as never seen before in Bellapais Abbey!!
Tickets are available and can be obtained at Şah Marketplace, Deniz Plaza’s and Bellapais Abbey and wine will be available guests attending this great musical ” MUSIC ON FIRE“
