Plovdiv on the night of the museums and the galleries

Despite the rain which fell throughout the entire day on September 26th, in the old part of the city of Plovdiv the night of museums and galleries was carried out. Surprisingly, even with the unusually wet and cold weather for this time of year, the old city was full of people who wished to visit the prepared events which occur once a year in the museums and galleries. One of the participating museums was the Ethnographic museum, which exhibited folklore wool this year. Participants included the ensemble and kukeri collective from community center “Св.св.Кирил и Методий”, Rakovski, amateurs from the city of Isperih and the village of Malevo. The ring of cow bells and from the kukeri from the community center and the cries of the devils in the streets of Old Plovdiv took command of the night, followed by a performance by Anna Mandrajiska, the presentation of the custom "Попрелки" from from the amateurs from the village of Malevo and the performance of the a cappella group "Бели карамфили" (White Carnations) from the Historical museum in Isperih. After completing their performance, the program continued until the early dawn and the dance and improvisation school of the folklore ensemble from community center “Св.св.Кирил и Методий” drew countless visitors to the museum.

For the people and the places the rulers

Community Center “Св.св.Кирил и Методий” has gone six years without a stage, but despite the wishes of many people for it to remain that way even longer still, we turned to the community for help with the reconstruction of the stage. The appeal to them did not go unanswered. Ten volunteers were collected starting this week, and the stage is already almost ready. With this attitude we are already sure that there is at least a real possibility of the planned events from December 15th to 20th, 2008 will take place in the auditorium of the community center.
We would like to express our sincere thanks to the people who believe in us helped us to check up on the problems at the community center. We would also like to extend the sincere gratitude to the representatives of businesses who believe in our accomplishments and help us to organize activities. Sincere thanks to the municipal administration of Rakovski for their tireless work concerning the community center building, events which are organized by the community center, and the contribution for the lack of staff in the community center through the transfer of such in non-working community centers in the municipality.

The community center in Kurjali turns 95

The community center “Обединение” (Society) in the city of Kurjali will celebrate its 95th anniversary week from September 30th to October 5th.
On October 4th the kukeri collective from community center “Св.св.Кирил и Методий”, Rakovski, will take part in the celebration in the anniversary of community center “Обединение”. And on October 2nd the Director of the community center will be part of a round table discussion on the theme: “The community center secretary – traditionalist or modern manager.” A presentation on good practices of community centers from southern Bulgaria, organized by community center “Обединение”, Kurjali.

Night of the museums

The annual Night of the Museums will be conducted once again this year in the old part of the city of Plovdiv. The event takes place on September 26th and the doors are open for everyone. One of the participants in the night pageant are the dnacers from the folklore ensemble “Слав Бойкин” (Slav Boikin) from community center “Св.св.Кирил и Методий”, who will perform at one of the museums in Plovdiv.
The mission for the youth, however, is not only to perform at the event, but also to take on the role of instructors of folk fitness for the visitors of the Ethnographic museum – Plovdiv.