Monday, September 17, 2007

Once Aagain on Tour

On October 19th, 20th, and 21st the folklore ensemble "Slav Boikin" from Community Center "St.st. Cyril and Methodius" will join in the holiday "St. Vendeli" in the village of Ivanovo, Republic of Serbia.
The invitation was sent from the consul of the Republic of Bulgaria in the Republic of Serbia, Mr. Metodi Metodiev. The idea began with this and the initiative of "Zombori" Press and Communty Center "St.st. Cyril and Methodius" for the collection of Bulgarian literature and skill for Bulgarians in the village of Ivanovo.
The idea that the ensemble prepare a one-hour program for the holiday in the village, whose population is predominately Bulgarian Catholics, is connected with the wish from their side for fraternization between the town of Rakovski and the village of Ivanovo.
To the moment of our appeal for the collection of skills and literature we heard back from "Jhanet-45" Press, the Ethnographic Museum in Plovdiv, and the Rakovski branch of Unicredit Bulbank. We sent letters of notification and appeal to "Zahari Stoyanov" Press, "Hermes" Press, and the Provincial Administration of Plovdiv. The appeal addressed all those who wish to help support fellow countrymen's initiative for the Bulgarians in the village of Ivanovo, Republic of Serbia.

Wednesday, September 5, 2007

New Member of the Community Center Team

After the existing partnership between the community center library and the library of Colorado Christian University, thanks to Project ABLE funding from the American Department during 2004, the library team continues to broaden it's contacts and to search for new friends and like-minded peers for new ideas which are and will be realized at the community center. It was in this vein that we, during the month of April, applied to the Peace Corps for the "Youth Development" program for a volunteer worker at the community center.
After a long wait they contacted us and they hadn't kept us waiting for nothing: during the month of September, for two days the the future friend of the community center team will visit with us here. He will move into the town for his prolonged two-year stay around October 20th.