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By the Cyprusscene roving reporter…….
July 8th 2017 at the U.S. Embassy, Ambassador to Cyprus, Kathleen Doherty presented Arts in Embassies in Nicosia which was formalized by President John F. Kennedy back in the 60’s. The consulates and embassies select and commission art from the U.S. and host countries sharing a sense of quality, scope, and diversity of both countries’ art and culture.
By Chris Elliott……..
Here in Northern Cyprus we can have a very vibrant or sophisticated social life and on the 25th May 2017 we will have an event that will turn so many heads in our direction.
With camera lights popping and stars and guests walking on the red carpet there will be a fabulous Top Fashion Magazine’s “Best of the Year Awards” in Girne at the Arkin Colony Hotel on Thursday, May 25, 2017 at 20.00pm hosted by EnModa Magazine which is a leading 100 page fashion magazine that has been published every two months for the past 4 years and is bringing this fabulous event to Northern Cyprus for the first time.
This very fashionable International Award Ceremony is to be held under the main sponsorship of Nurel Construction and will include Faydee (Fady Fatrouni) an Australian of Lebanese descent who was born February 2nd, 1987 in Sydney, Australia and was discovered online at the age of 19 by Ronnie Diamond, owner / founder of record label Buckle Up Entertainment.
From there Faydee has continued his fascinating career as a world class singer and songwriter who will sing his new song on the night and has said “I love Cyprus and I will be happy to be there,”
There will also be many successful businessmen, business women, corporations and companies from more than 20 countries that will receive corporate awards.
We are also delighted to hear that our very own Demetra George Mustafaoğlu, former Miss Oklahoma, Grammy List Nominee and Recipient of the US State Department’s Cultural Diplomacy Award will be among the other international stars who will be entertaining those gathered there.
When the stars and guests arrive, they will photographed walking the red carpet to a cocktail reception before they are seated for the ceremony which will be presented by the beautiful Hadiza Zakar and Ozer Akkeles of EnModa.
To add to the excitement of the evening it will be screened live for TV by BRT1 North Cyprus and Number 1 Turkey so do be sure to tune in to see this Star Spangled night of excitement and success in Northern Cyprus.
To read more of the fabulous fashion magazine, EnModa, please go to their website http://www.enmodamagazine.com/
By Chris Elliott…….
Social media and Facebook in particular is a wonderful place to share good quality news with a big audience and I was delighted to see that Demetra George had shared news of the recent ATEŞ and DIVA show at the Pera Palace Hotel in Istanbul.
The show was premiered on November 24, 2016 at the Bellapais Abbey in North Cyprus and entitled ATEŞ and DİVA. It was the brainchild of Demetra George Mustafaoglu, former Miss Oklahoma, Grammy List Nominee and Recipient of the US State Department’s Cultural Diplomacy Award. The show was inspired by friend Didem Çapa of Istanbul who heads the Yaratıcı Çocuklar Dernegi (Creative Children’s Foundation) in conjunction with Demet Sabanci to provide scholarships and education in fine arts for the children of Turkey.
When Demetra spoke of a project near and dear to many, A CLEAN CYPRUS (Temiz Kibris) was born and a fundraising concert was planned soon after their massive Halloween event of 500 at Villa Diva in Çatalköy.
Ms. Capa knew of a great countertenor in Istanbul who sang all forms of music like Demetra and knew they would make a great team. After a warm phone conversation, the two met twice in Istanbul for rehearsals and Demetra sculpted a show with Harun Ateş and her 10 year old protégée Peri Sualp from the English School of Kyrenia. She added the talented local violinist Ammar Dadizade, outstanding TC flautist Burak Beşir and rounded it out with the gifted Istanbul pianist Barıs Büyükyıldırım to bring a first class show to the island; a fully costumed, set designed, orchestrated musical review in Bellapais Abbey!
So successful was the show that Demetra George and Didem Çapa decided they must take this wonderful show to grandiose Pera Palace Hotel in Istanbul where it was performed on the 28th March in aid of the Yaratıcı Çocuklar Dernegi (Creative Children’s Foundation) to be received by a wonderful audience and also many excellent reviews.
To give our readers a taste of the wonderful show at the Pera Palace Hotel in Istanbul, we are pleased to be able to show below a video posted by Didem Çapa on Instagram which sums up the magic of this wonderful show.
On November 24, 2016, a hot new show premiered at Bellapais Abbey entitled ATEŞ and DİVA. It was the brainchild of Demetra George Mustafaoglu, former Miss Oklahoma, Grammy List Nominee and Recipient of the US State Department’s Cultural Diplomacy Award. The show was inspired by friend Didem Çapa of Istanbul who heads the Yaratıcı Çocuklar Dernegi (Creative Children’s Foundation) in conjunction with Demet Sabanci to provide scholarships and education in fine arts for the children of Turkey.
When Demetra spoke of a project near and dear to many, A CLEAN CYPRUS (Temiz Kibris) was born and a fundraising concert was planned soon after their massive Halloween event of 500 at Villa Diva in Çatalköy.
Ms. Capa knew of a great countertenor in Istanbul who sang all forms of music like Demetra and knew they would make a great team. After a warm phone conversation, the two met twice in Istanbul for rehearsals and Demetra sculpted a show with Harun Ateş and her 10 year old protégée Peri Sualp from the English School of Kyrenia. She added the talented local violinist Ammar Dadizade, outstanding TC flutist Burak Beşir and rounded it out with the gifted Istanbul pianist Barıs Büyükyıldırım to bring a first class show to the island; a fully costumed, set designed, orchestrated musical review in Bellapais Abbey!
The FIDDLER on the roof introduced the show then smoke filled the stage to introduce the Phantom sequences and a boat sailed the waters with dimly lit lanterns setting the mood for the night. The Little Mermaid appeared out of a purple shell and won the hearts of onlookers.
Two fun and well known opera arias from Carmen and La Traviata wowed the crowd showing off the vocal expertise of the two leads and Peri returned for well known favorites from Broadway. The music from Tales of Hoffmann in French were next and needed no translation as their beauty and comedy spoke mounds for them especially the show stopping Doll Aria from giant sized dolls.
After intermission the performers danced their way into everyone’s heart with Another Opening Another Show with tuxes and red heart umbrellas, a vision of old Broadway. The trio moved into the classics with Ave Marias. There were piano solos, flute and even the Titanic docked at the abbey for the great pleasure of the audience. Turkish pop and Spanish rounded out the night until the motorcycle was unveiled and the group reached out with Grease’s You’re the One That I Want then bid farewell with Time To Say Goodbye!
It was a thunderous standing continuous ovation with the full house begging for more. The musicians were called back and Peri and Demetra gave a playful rendition of My Favorite Things still to be called back. Bows again and a hope of returning again next year.
The profits went to A CLEAN CYPRUS. More to come in 2017 as under!
