> From: descend@bigpond.com
> To: jcalarco@hotmail.com; descendance@hotmail.com; Jalima54@hotmail.com
> Subject: FW: Serbia-Italy Tour Aug 2010
> Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 14:35:27 +1000
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> Serbia-Italy Tour Aug 2010
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> Descendance Aboriginal Dance Company featured in two of Europe's most
> colorful and vibrant festivals in the summer of 2010, These being The Guca
> Festival in Serbia, and the Natibongo festival in the city of Cividale North
> East Italy, The dance troupe covered unprecedented mileage by air and road
> to able to take part in both events in its record breaking International
> touring season in 2010. Every year in August the sleepy town of Guca in
> Serbia turns on the world's wildest bash, lasting ten days, with over twenty
> hours of partying per day, the air is filled with the sound of Gypsy
> trumpets, the streets are overflowing with people dancing and drinking,
> while tents and campers fill the beautiful surrounding green hills, no words
> can describe the atmosphere and mayhem of Guca, in 2010 the festival
> celebrated its 50th anniversary, its far more than just a trumpet festival
> for the worlds premier players, it is also rich in traditional and
> contemporary music and dance and offers many other diverse art programs, in
> 2010 over 300.000 spectators attended, Descendance became the surprise hit
> of the festival and completed countless media engagements and created
> special fusions with Serbian musicians and dancers for TV, however the
> worlds best trumpet players still could not manage how to master the
> didgeridoo.
> The Natibongo Festival in Italy 2010 honored the didgeridoo of Australia and
> the Rhythms of Afro percussion, the festival has been running for nine years
> and was finally able to secure an indigenous dance company from Australia a
> dream the organizers have held since the festivals inception, the location
> of the festival is in the beautiful city of Cividale Del Friuli north east
> of Italy, Venice being the closest major city.
> Descendance headlined the festival with two powerhouse one hour performances
> which included audience participation for the many European didgeridoo
> players on site, the festival was held in a serene clearing in a forest,
> next to the main stage was a wide space for free camping, good catering and
> bar facilities were available, with interesting market stalls. The festival
> enjoyed a record attendance for 2010 while Descendance's love affair with
> Italy continued having already toured three times since 2009.
>
> The Descendance tour of Serbia and Italy was made possible with the
> assistance from The Australia Council for the Arts.
>
> www.descendance.com.au
>
> Descendance the Movie (View our 3 minute teaser)
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTZSQ9Q4NEk
>
> Add Jose Calarco as a friend on Face book to view professional photo gallery
> of the Descendance tour.
