CLOG AMERICA Europe-bound in July 2008
CLOG AMERICA TO REPRESENT THE USA AT PRESTIGIOUS FESTIVALS IN FRANCE AND SPAIN
CLOG AMERICA has received an invitation to represent the USA in the 20th anniversary celebration of “LA FESTIVAL DE MARTIGUES” in Martigues, France in July, 2008. The festival has received unfailing support from the City of Martigues, the Provence Alpes Cotes d’Azure region and the Council of Bouches du Rhones Department.
In addition to CLOG AMERICA, this year’s anniversary festival will host from ARGENTINA- “Gran Ballet Argentino”, BURYALIA- “Baykal Waves”, CANADA- “Mackinaw”, CATALONIA-“Colla Castellera”, CUBA- “Maraguan”, FRANCE- “La Capouliero”, IRELAND- “Bastable Warren Irish Dancers”, ITALY- “Sbandieratori Dei Rioni Di Cori”, KAZAKHSTAN- “National Ensemble Naz”, SOUTH KOREA- “Jung Je Man Company”, SPAIN- “Ballet Flamenco Ursula Lopez” and ZIMBABWE- “Amawumbo”.
Raymond-Yves Martinez, Festival Vice-President of International Relations wrote, “Our FESTIVAL OF MARTIGUES wishes to invite the CLOG AMERICA ENSEMBLE, in order to celebrate the 20th edition of our Festival. We are waiting with great impatience the performances of your Ensemble “CLOG AMERICA” in particular for the great Evening “Gigues & Reels”. Your artists will be the splendid ambassadors of the American culture…..”
CLOG AMERICA will also represent the USA this coming summer at the XXXII FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE FOLCLORE in Burgos, Spain. This festival is one of Spain’s oldest and most prestigious festivals.
Because the USA rarely has representation at International Folklore Festivals abroad, CLOG AMERICA has been repeatedly thanked for bringing the folklore and energetic enthusiasm of the USA to the festivals thus continuing the group’s mission of “Building Bridges of Friendship and Peace Through Music and Dance”. After CLOG AMERICA’s performance which closed the final concert of the 39th Festival Internazionale del Folklore Aviano-Piancavallo in Italy, Brig. Gen. Craig A. Franklin, the Commander Aviano Air Base (who was in attendance) thanked the group for representing the USA with such enthusiasm and artistic excellence.
