by Milena on August 24, 2008
For anyone looking to celebrate the Russian culture in Southern Colorado, you need to mark your calendar for September 6 & 7!
The festival is a cooperative effort between the Greek and Russian Orthodox communities and will include slavic food, art, and music!
There are two locations to enjoy this great event:
St. John’s Greek Orthodox Church, 1010 Spruce St., Sept. 6 & 7; 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
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St. Michael’s Orthodox Church, 801 W. Summit Ave.; who will host its annual Slavic Food Festival on Sept. 7. from noon to 5 p.m.
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When:
For more info, check out this article in The Pueblo Chieftain.
by Sasha on August 18, 2008
by Sasha on August 16, 2008
What a race last night in Beijing!! Milorad Čavić almost upset Michael Phelps’ medal streak, but Milorad who who was hoping for a Bronze, did better than even HE expected. Although disappointed that he was so close to a gold he was really happy to get a silver next to Michael Phelps. Many journalists are pointing out, it was an historical race and Milorad will always be a part of that olympic history. Good for him!
Some articles below:
Cavic’s legacy secured by Phelp’s victory
Phelps wins 7th gold with 0.01 to spare
And to learn more about Milorad:
official website Milorad Čavić
by Sasha on August 15, 2008
Just wanted to update you on the Beijing Olympic Tennis matches based on yesterday’s post. Unfortunately the gold medal will be out of reach for Serbia’s Novak Djoković and Jelena Janković. Both did not win in today’s semifinal matches and will not be competing in the Gold-Silver matches tomorrow, however Djoković will still playing for the Bronze. Let’s hope he can get on that medal stand.
Djoković (top) played a great game against Spain’s Rafael Nadal (above) but came up short in the end.
Jelena Janković (above) was defeated in today’s semifinal by Russia’s Dinara Safina and will not be further competing.
by Sasha on August 14, 2008
It’s the 2008 Beijing Olympics and Serbian tennis athletes, Novak Djoković and Jelena Janković could cause quite splash as top medal contenders in singles and doubles events.
Ana Ivanović would have been in that list but unfortunatley had to withdraw Sunday night due to an inflammation in her right hand that started a month ago. After consulting with her doctor, she made the very tough decision to withdraw. I’m sure it’s a big disappointment for her as she was ranked number one going into the olympics. Jelena Janković who was No. 2 now moves into the top slot ranking.
Today is Day 6 at the olympics and Novak Djoković beat France’s Gael Monfils in the men’s quaterfinals. He will play the semifinal tomorow in hopes of advancing to the medal games on Saturday and Sunday. Novak was ranked No. 3 for men’s singles going into the Beijing Olympics. Djoković is also participating in men’s doubles with teamate, Nenad Zimonjić.
Jelena Janković will be playing tomorrow (Friday, August 15) in the women’s singles quaterfinal round against Russian, Safina Dinara. Safina is ranked sixth so Jelena should be the favorite to win. So let’s cheer her on. And of course in our day and age everyone has a website. If you’re a big tennis fan check out the professional personal websites for Ana, Jelena, and Novak in the links below and for olympic coverage follow the link to NBC’s full online coverage.
Official Athlete Websites
Ana Ivanovic
Jelena Jankovic
Novak Djokovic
Olympic Coverage
NBC Olympics
by Milena on August 11, 2008
As if things couldn’t be better in the Motor City for music and ethnic variety, Macendonian Idol is hosted in my fair city this month!
The article calls great singers from the US and Canada to participate, here are the details!
Date: August 22
Time: 8:00 PM
Location: St. Mary’s Macedonian Church, Sterling Heights, MI
To Register: Contact Dalibor at: (586) 801.7375
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Visit MakLink: The Macedonian Social Website for more details or join the Facebook group for the event.
by Sasha on August 9, 2008
Day 3 of Guča closes with the famous Midnight Concert. You can bet things are probably still pretty lively over there (2:30am in Serbia as of this posting). Tomorrow is the big day when the finalists compete for the “Golden Trumpet” award. Here’s today’s official bulletin that lists the finalists.
BULLETIN No 4 2008
Saturday, 09 August 2008
AND SO PASSED THE THIRD DAY OF THE FESTIVAL
Five particapants of the final competition
On the yesterday’s semi-final competition of senior orchestras ,five of them obtained the right to take part in the final competition on Sunday.:
Stojan Krstic from Lepenica
Bojan Krstic from Vladicin Han
Slobodan Salijevic from Prekodolce
Bozidar Nikolic Donjo from Grdelica
Miroljub Miro Kremic from Gostinica
And here are a few sites for Guča info. I’ve been searching for some good footage of this years events but I haven’t found anything too good yet. I imagine some great footage will start popping up on YouTube and other sites in the coming weeks. So stay tuned.
guca.co.yu
Sabortrubaca.com
saborguca.com
by Sasha on August 7, 2008
The world famous, 48th annual Guča competition kicked off yesterday in Guča, Serbia. Musicians from all over Serbia competed in preliminary events leading up to this weekend’s Final competition. The events started yesterday and go thru Sunday, August 10th. All compete for the coveted “Golden Trumpet” Award.
Today’s Schedule
THURSDAY - 07.08.2008
10.00 Concert of brass orchestras, dancing and singing groups
12.00 Press conference
13.00 Festival wedding
18.00 Concert of brass orchestras, dancing and singing groups
21.00 Concert of Trumpet Master
Thanks to the internet I can get a little bit of a feel for how much fun this event must be. YouTube has tons of videos. Here are a few of my picks for today after the jump. [click to continue…]
by Sasha on August 6, 2008
Quick note -The GUČA music festival begins today! As of right now it’s only 1:05am in the morning in Serbia, so the party is just starting I’m sure…opa!
by Sasha on August 6, 2008
I‘ve seen photographer Branislav Kropilak’s photography quite a few times this year circulating the web and I’m really loving his long-exposure photographs of airplane landings. His focus is clearly on industrial themes, from factories, to garages, to trains and more.
Website: Branislav Kropilak
