8th Annual Greater Washington, DC Area Bulgarian-American Community Subor (Picnic)

8th Annual Greater Washington, DC Area

Bulgarian-American Community Subor (Picnic)

Sunday, May 7, 2017, 11:00 am – 6:30 pm

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ybpyg4GsFjg)

(In case of rain again ….if there is any change in our plans…
we’ll send out another email and make a posting to the BGCCDC Facebook page)

(New rain date – To be determined – we hope we don’t need it!)

at Calleva Camp
www.calleva.org
19120 Martinsburg Rd., Dickerson, MD 20842

near Poolesville, MD – between Washington, DC & Frederick, MD
(Be aware of several speed cameras in the area.)

Live music and dance featuring

Lyuti Chushki & friends

plan to join us for

The big Bulgarian Horo
Community photograph
Sports games
Hayride

For Information contact:Bulgarian Community Center, Email: bgccdc@gmail.com Website: http://bgusa.org/

Follow the Bulgarian Community Center – DC on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/bgccdc

$8 per person  (age 12+) (This price covers parking, live music and entertainment.)

Venue: Calleva Camp

Location: 19120 Martinsburg Rd., Dickerson, MD 20842

Admission: $8 per person (age 12+) (This price covers parking, live music and entertainment.)

Annual Baba Marta Celebration - 2017

Lyuti Chushki

Church of the Redeemer
6201 Dunrobbin Drive, Bethesda, MD (just off MacArthur Blvd)
Glen Echo, MD

Teaching basic Bulgarian dances: 7:30 pm
Party: 8:30 – 11 pm

Please bring a snack/beverage to share

Admission $15

Directions: http://www.dancingplanetproductions.com/folkdance.htm

A little background of Baba Marta

Before the beginning of March each year Bulgarians present to relatives and friends martenitsa (also known in some Bulgarian regions as martenka) – a double red and white tassel – to bring health and happiness. On the first day of March, people in Bulgaria put the martenitsa-s on their clothes or wrists and wish each other health and happiness with “Chestita baba Marta” – (in English, “Happy Grandma Marta”). “Marta” comes from the word for March (Mart) in Bulgarian.

This is an ancient Bulgarian (pagan) tradition (well – nobody knows how old but most probably it’s more than one thousand years old) and symbolizes the end of the cold winter and the coming of the spring.

Martenitsa-s are supposed to be worn until the person sees the first stork (supposedly returning from the South and not the one in the Zoo). Then martenitsa-s are thrown onto a tree. The red and white colours symbolize the snow and the blood from an old story where, a stork brings the blessing for health to a small child from its parents, who are far away. The giving of the martenitsa makes you feel to expect the Spring very soon. The “arrival” of the stork indicates that this has happened.

The lack of “real” winter and storks (not a lot of them in the cities) raises some difficulties in implementing this tradition nowadays but Bulgarians are still celebrating and very fond of the 1st of March (in a traditional and “modern” way at the same time).

Info: Jamie Platt or 301-466-3018

Venue: Church of the Redeemer

Location: 6201 Dunrobbin Drive, Bethesda, MD (just off MacArthur Blvd) Glen Echo, MD

Admission: $15

10 Years of Zharava Bulgarian Folk Dance Ensemble

Venue: Jane E Lawton Community Recreation Center

Location: 4301Willow Lane, Chevy Chase, MD 20815

Admission: Admission: $15 - Children up to 12: Free

Bulgarian Community Center – Annual Koledna Vecherinka (Christmas Party) – 2016

Place: Leland Community Center Jane E Lawton Community Recreation Center, 4301Willow Lane, Chevy Chase, MD 20815.  Free parking in the parking lot in front of the Leland Community Center is available.

Entrance fees: $10 per person, $5 per child or senior, $30 per family to cover cost for the music, rent, etc.

For more information contact:  bgccdc@gmail.com

Venue: Jane E Lawton Community Recreation Center

Location: 4301Willow Lane, Chevy Chase, MD 20815

Admission: $10 per person, $5 per child or senior, $30 per family

Bulgarian Cultural Heritage Night - 2016

Farifax County Parks Authority

has dedicated a night in its summer program to

Bulgarian music

with featured guests

Lyuti Chushki

You could not pick a more beautiful setting for an outdoor concert and spontaneous dance party with your favorite peppers.

Ossian Hall Park
7900 Heritage Drive
Annandale VA 22003

7:30 – 8:30 pm

FREE

Family friendly – Bring a blanket, chair and good spirit

Concert hotline 703-324-SHOW (7469) is updated, in case of rain cancellation, 1 ½ hours prior to the start of the show. For additional information please email  sfrank@fairfaxcounty.gov.

http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/maps/ossianhallmap.htm

Venue: Ossian Hall Park 7900 Heritage Drive Annandale VA 22003

Location: 7900 Heritage Drive Annandale VA 22003

Admission: Free

Hometown Holidays - Rockville - 2016

Lyuti Chushki

in concert at

Hungerford Tavern Stage (outdoors)

Hometown Holidays Music Festival

Concert and Dance

Hometown Holidays Music Festival
(Center of Rockville)
Hungerford’s Tavern Stage (Stage 2)
East Montgomery Ave & Monroe St.
Rockville, Maryland

Sunday, May 29, 2016 – 4:00-5:30 PM

Free!

This is a great music festival with lots of different kinds on music – hope to see you there.

For more information on this great festival go to:

http://www.rockvillemd.gov/index.aspx?NID=1419
http://www.rockvillemd.gov/DocumentCenter/View/11362
https://www.facebook.com/RockvilleHometownHolidays/photos/pb.334257219939099.-2207520000.1461613093./1114213011943512/?type=3&theater

http://www.euintheus.org/event/tags/bulgaria/

Venue: Hungerford Tavern Stage (Stage 2) - East Montgomery Ave & Monroe St.

Location: Rockville Town Center, Rockville, MD

Admission: Free

7th Annual Greater Washington, DC Area Bulgarian-American Community Subor (Picnic)

7th Annual Greater Washington, DC Area

Bulgarian-American Community Subor (Picnic)

Due to rainy weather forecast for Sunday, May 8th, and very wet ground, the Bulgarian Subor has been postponed once again, and now the date is Sunday May 15th, 2016. Hope to see you then!

Sunday, May 15, 2016, 1:00 pm – 8:00 pm

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ybpyg4GsFjg)

(In case of rain again ….if there is any change in our plans…
we’ll send out another email and make a posting to the BGCCDC Facebook page)

(New rain date – To be determined – we hope we don’t need it!)

at Calleva Camp
www.calleva.org
19120 Martinsburg Rd., Dickerson, MD 20842

near Poolesville, MD – between Washington, DC & Frederick, MD
(Be aware of several speed cameras in the area.)

Live music and dance featuring

Lyuti Chushki & friends

plan to join us for

The big Bulgarian Horo
Community photograph
Sports games
Hayride

More information coming soon.

For Information contact:Bulgarian Community Center, Email: bgccdc@gmail.com Website: http://bgusa.org/

Follow the Bulgarian Community Center – DC on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/bgccdc

Venue: Calleva Camp

Location: 19120 Martinsburg Rd., Dickerson, MD 20842

Admission: $8 per person (age 12+) (This price covers parking, live music and entertainment.)

Spring 2016 BULGARIAN DANCE WEEKEND - April 8 & 9, 2016 - North Carolina

Spring 2016

BULGARIAN DANCE WEEKEND

April 8 & 9, 2016

Raleigh & Durham, NC

 Bulgarian Dance Workshop with Desi Jordanoff

$8 single session, $15 for 2, $20 for all 3

Friday, Apr 8, 7-9:30 pm workshop

Glen Eden Pilot Park, Raleigh NC
(request dancing before and after)

http://www.trianglefolkdancers.org/rifd/rifd.html

 Saturday, Apr 9

Pleasant Green Community Center, Durham NC

10 am-12:30 pm, 2-4:30 pm workshop

 6-7:30 pm Potluck Supper – Bring food and drink to share.
(sorry, no alcohol permitted on the premises)

 7:30-11 pm Dance party with

 Lyuti Chushki

Bulgarian and Macedonian dance music

Tzvety Weiner – vocals
Valeri Georgiev – kaval
Boril Peychinov – accordion
Larry Weiner – tupan
special guest – Georgi Doichev – gaida

website: http://lyutichushki.com

A donation for the party is requested to help cover costs.
Suggested amount: $15 or whatever you’re willing / able to give.

 Party organized by Judy Stafford
Workshop organized by CHIFDC and RIFD

 See http://www.trianglefolkdancers.org/events.html

or

See flyer with more info at

http://www.trianglefolkdancers.org/BULGARIAN%20party%20apr2016.pdf

Venue: Various

Location: Raleigh/Durhan, North Carolina

Admission: various

Special Bulgarian Celebration in Honor of Larry Weiner - March 19, 2016

Lyuti Chushki

Celebrating Larry Weiner and his Contributions to Preserving, Promoting and Performing Bulgarian Folk Music and Dances since 1960 

Venue: Jane E Lawton Community Recreation Center

Location: 4301Willow Lane Chevy Chase, MD 20815

Admission: $8 per person or $20 per family

Annual Baba Marta Celebration - 2016

Lyuti Chushki

Church of the Redeemer
6201 Dunrobbin Drive, Bethesda, MD (just off MacArthur Blvd)
Glen Echo, MD

Teaching basic Bulgarian dances: 7:30 pm
Party: 8:30 – 11 pm

Please bring a snack/beverage to share

Admission $10

Directions: http://www.dancingplanetproductions.com/folkdance.htm

A little background of Baba Marta

Before the beginning of March each year Bulgarians present to relatives and friends martenitsa (also known in some Bulgarian regions as martenka) – a double red and white tassel – to bring health and happiness.  On the first day of March, people in Bulgaria put the martenitsa-s on their clothes or wrists and wish each other health and happiness with “Chestita baba Marta” – (in English, “Happy Grandma Marta”). “Marta” comes from the word for March (Mart) in Bulgarian.

This is an ancient Bulgarian (pagan) tradition (well – nobody knows how old but most probably it’s more than one thousand years old) and symbolizes the end of the cold winter and the coming of the spring.

Martenitsa-s are supposed to be worn until the person sees the first stork (supposedly returning from the South and not the one in the Zoo). Then martenitsa-s are thrown onto a tree. The red and white colours symbolize the snow and the blood from an old story where, a stork brings the blessing for health to a small child from its parents, who are far away. The giving of the martenitsa makes you feel to expect the Spring very soon. The “arrival” of the stork indicates that this has happened.

The lack of “real” winter and storks (not a lot of them in the cities) raises some difficulties in implementing this tradition nowadays but Bulgarians are still celebrating and very fond of the 1st of March (in a traditional and “modern” way at the same time).

Info: Jamie Platt or 301-466-3018

Venue: Church of the Redeemer

Location: 6201 Dunrobbin Drive, Bethesda, MD (just off MacArthur Blvd) - Glen Echo, MD

Admission: $10