2009 CroatiaFest Schedule
All CroatiaFest Events are FREE and open to the public.
Saturday Evening, October 3
Seattle Center House 3rd Flooor
- 5:30-7:30pm - Special Donor Reception
Seattle Center House Floor
- 6-7pm - Folkdance Lesson by John Morovich
- 7-10pm - Center House Dance with
Grupa ZRINSKI from L.A.! &
Intermission by Ensemble "Dalmatinci"
Sunday, October 4, noon to 8pm
Center House Stage
More about our performers
- 12noon - CroatiaFest Opening - Alma Franulovic Plancich, CroatiaFest Director
Dignitary Introductions - Dr. Frank Brozovich, Honorary Consul of Croatia
Ambassador Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic, Croatian Ambassador to the US; US Representative Jim McDermott; Consul General Ante Barbir, Consul of Croatia; Dario Mihelin, Embassy of Croatia; Domagoj Juričić, Embassy of Croatia; Anne Corsano, District Director, US Citizenship & Immigration Services
- 12:20 - Naturalization Ceremony
administered by US Citizenship & Immigration Services
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- Master of Ceremonies: Theresa Obradovich Stankovik
- 12:45 - Tamburaški Orkestar Kardinal Stepinac &
Zbor Jele
- 1:55 - Klapa Doowopella
- 2:20 - Radost Folk Ensemble
- 2:45 - Dave and the Dalmatians
- 3:10 - Seattle Junior Tamburitzans
- 3:35 - Dunava Women's Choir
- 4:00 - Fashion Show - Rites of Passage
- 4:45 - Vela Luka Croatian Dance Ensemble
Ruže Dalmatinke Orchestra
Vela Luka Children's Dance Ensemble
- 6:00 - Linđo Folk dance lesson
with Nicholas Petrish III
- Dance to the music of:
- 6:30 Sinovi Tamburitza Orchestra
- 7:00-8:00 Grupa ZRINSKI
Films, Lectures, Workshops
More about films, lectures & workshops
Room H, 3rd Floor
- 12:45 - Genealogy
with Barbara Budinich Starkey
- 1:45 - Tradition Bearers: a Panel Discussion.
Dorothy Cordova, Moderator
- 3:30 - Časne Sestre - Daughters of Mercy,
Third Order of St. Francis:
The life and work of Blessed Marija Petković
- 4:15 - Travel to Croatia - Gretchen Strauch of Rick Steves' Europe Through the Backdoor
- 6:00 - Hrvati - Viewing and Discussion
with
Jean Walkinshaw, Producer, KCTS
Room 311 - Artists' Corner
- 12:30 - Costume Care and Restoration
with Kathy Sandstrom
- 1:30 - Bret Lunsford
"Images of America: Anacortes"
book reading and presentation
- 2:15 - Gary Loverich
"Let it Go Louie"
book reading and presentation
- 3:00 - Vocal Workshop with Mary Sherhart
- 4:15 - Jasenka Piljac Zegarac
"Zinfandel: A Croatian-American Wine Story"
book reading and presentation
- 5:00 - Caroline Gallacci
"Images of America: Tacoma"
book reading and presentation
Harrison Street Gallery
October 1 - October 12
Seattle Center House, 3rd Floor
Artwork by Katerina Zahirović -Marinović, Gloria Barello, Eva Sköld Westerlind and watercolors from the the Blanche Payne Costume Photograph and Drawing Collection. More about our artists
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