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- We have now a National Calendar of Folk Dance events click
on '
National Calendar ' to view
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Upcoming CFAC events and
performances:
Multicultural Canada Day
Festival
Tuesday July 1st @
Yonge Dundas Square
FREE 12 - 9pm
The Community Folk
Art Council of Toronto, a non-for-profit organization, will be
hosting a its 2nd Annual Multicultural Canada Day Festival at
Yonge Dundas Dundas Square. This will showcase many ethnically
diverse dance groups that will present 30-minute ethnic folk dance
performances on the main stage. The Community Folk Art Council, for
some 40 years is the acknowledged leader in promoting the
traditional arts in Toronto.
This Multicultural Canada Day Festival serves as a catalyst and is
a means of creating awareness that a learning concept exists. Our
festival will showcase Folklore. This festival will feature the many
cultures and ethnic groups that makes Toronto a great place to live.
At this Canada Day festival you will be able enjoy the performing
arts, visual arts, crafts, dancing, information and foods
representing cultures from around the globe. With special events
just for kids, it's great (free) family entertainment!
Multicultural Canada Day Festival – Main Stage Program
12:00- 12: 15 opening Ceremonies – Councillor Kyle Rae, Honourable
Jean Augustine, Fethi Karakecili- Chair CFAC
12 :15 - 12:45 - Red Spirit Aboriginal Dancers
1:15 - 1:30 – Barbados Youth Dancers
1:45 - 2:05 - Kalev Estienne Rhythmic Gymnastic Club
2:15 - 2:45 - Hawaiian Pacific Dancers
3:00 - 3:30 - Croatian Folklore Ensemble "Jadran"
3:35 - 4:05 - Nicaraguan – Nicaragua
4:15 - 4:45-Academy of Serbian Dance
5:00 - 5:30 - Panmessinian Association of Toronto – Greek
5:50 - 6:20 - Thai Dance ensemble
6:30 – 6:55 - Fiesta Filipina Dance Troupe
7:00 - 7:30 - Habeeba Hobeika Egyptian Dance Ensemble
7:50 - 8:20 - Yavir School of Ukrainian Dance
8:30 - 9:00 - Igranka – Bulgarian Dance Ensemble
9:05 -
9:20pm - Punjabi East Indian Dance Ensemble
Past CFAC Events:
23rd
Canadian Expressive Heritage Conference
May17 & 18, 2008.
The Canadian Expressive Heritage Conference, that
was be held in Montreal from May 17 and 18, gave the opportunity to
meet leaders that share means and aims and make peoples know about
the richness of Cultural Intangible Heritage.
This Conference was a unique chance to find new ideas, to promote
Intangible Cultural Heritage and Cultural Diversity.
click here to see pictures from the event
"Tap Your Toes Around
The World"
@ The BATA Shoe
Museum
A diverse day of festive folklore for all
generations with shoes, music, dance, and folk art from around the
world in the city's favorite shoe box. A new
project featuring CFAC member groups from October 2007 until June
2008 at the Bata
Shoe Museum
Exhibits that have
been presented:
Saturday, June 7, 2008 -
PORTUGAL
click here to view pictures of Portuguese display
Saturday, May 3, 2008
- THE NETHERLANDS
click here to view pictures of Dutch display
Saturday, April 5, 2008 - EGYPT
click here to view pictures of Egyptian display
Saturday, March 1, 2008 - MEXICO
Click here to pictures of the Mexican display
Saturday February 2, 2008- POLAND
Click here to see pictures of the Polish display
November 3rd, 2007 -
TURKEY
Click here to see pictures of the Turkish display
October 13th, 2007 -
SERBIA
Click
here to see pictures of the Serbian Display
FOOTSTEPS 2007 - 2008
A new federally financed
project that will give 15 Toronto retirement homes the
opportunity to see 15 CFAC member groups perform in their
facilities. This project runs from April 2007 untill January 2008.
Click below to see
pictures of these performances
October 19, 2007 - 7 pm, Castle View FOLKLORICO FILIPINO
October 20, 2007 - 2pm ,Bendale
Acres - OPLENAC, SERBIAN DANCE ASSOC.
October 3, 2007- Briton House, Toronto Scottish Country Dance
Association
September 8, 2007 - Lakeshore Lodge - Iliden Macedonian dance.
July 12, 2007 - Cummer Lodge - Barbados Youth Group
July 12, 2007- Carefree Lodge - Lian Hua Chinese Dancers
July 11, 2007 - Forest Hill Place, Hawaiian Pacific Magic
June 26, 2007 - Cedarbrook Lodge - Tatry Polish Dancers
June 23, 2007 - Westbury Manor - Mladi Glas Slovenian Dancers
June 20,2007 - True Davidson Acres - Kalev Estienne
Estonian Dance
June 16, 2007 - Kingsway Retirement Home - Huairapungo Ecuadorian Dance group
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