The
Hellenic Community of Montreal (HCM)
holds its annual festival "The
Hellenic Flame" August 21st to August 23rd, 2009 at Parc
Jean-Drapeau.
For
three days, the organizers of the festival have
prepared cultural activities designed to showcase the
Greek culture in
Montreal
.
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The festival has started!!!
The Hellenic Community of Montreal is ready to host visitors for their annual festival Aug. 21-23rd at Parc Jean-Drapeau.
The Hellenic Flame Festival highlights an array of activities that portrays the colorful and rich culture of Montreal Greek population. The Hellenic Community of Montreal has enthusiastically assembled an exciting program designed to spotlight their customs, music, traditional dishes, and cultural activities designed to entertain all ages.
BOUZOUKI NIGHT by Absolut Disco - Friday night 8pm
Once again, the Hellenic Flame festival will host the biggest Bouzouki party Montreal has ever experienced and will get everyone on Ile Sainte-Helene singing and dancing to the modern sounds of the Bouzouki disco scene.
Musical concert with VASSILIS GALATIS – Saturday and Sunday nights 8pm
Greek dancing for the entire family is always a favorite during Greek holidays and family celebrations. Vassilis Galatis, a popular musical group, will be performing his musical collection of popular Greek dance music, which will get the crowd moving nonstop on both Saturday and Sunday evenings.
Other activities
Dance courses: This year visitors will have the opportunity to learn popular dance steps on the large dance floor set-up in front of the Loto-Quebec stage.
Booths that showcase: Greek businesses, different Greek Associations, Artists and different array of Greek cuisine.
Popular folkloric dance troupes will be performing for the three day event. The Hellenic Community Dance groups – Terpsihori and Orpheas and the Roumeliotes Association are slated to perform.
HCM 100 years of Education Celebration with be providing a Children’s Fun ZONE with air rides and an arcade.
Children’s day: This year the HCM has dedicated Sunday as children’s day. Clowns and several popular mascots will be on site to entertain the children along with presenting a few surprises.
The Hellenic Flame is free for all and will be open daily from 1pm to 11 PM from August 21st to the 23rd 2009. This three-day Hellenic festival will be a Quebecois-Greek celebration and a “Montreal” Mediterranean experience for all to enjoy. For information, please call (514) 738-2421 #135 or, visit our web site at:www.hcm-flame.com
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“The Hellenic Flame Festival will brighten up the skies of Montreal, yet again, to celebrate Greek culture”
For its 7th edition, the Hellenic Community of Montreal will hold its annual festival “The Hellenic Flame” at Jean-Drapeau Park from the 21st - 23rd August.
From the very beginning, the Hellenique Flame Festival was organized as a means to illustrate the cultural and everyday lifestyle of the community and to depict the important contributions this community presents to Quebec’s society. Noticeably, the last three years have been innovative for the HCM in that they pick a different local association each year, which represents a specific region of Greece, to come and showcase its wonders.
This year, the region of Roumeli, located in the central part of Greece, will have the chance to present a vivid interpretation of its cultural heritage. Roumeli is well known for its costumes, traditional dances but mostly for its distinctive landmarks such as Mount Parnassos and the ancient ruins of Delphi. Their dance troupe, who will be found amongst us during the festival, will therefore allow a clearer painting of this region’s beauty.“This year our community will highlight its 100 years of education. As a celebration, during our festival, we will have activities for the entire family” says Billy Balabanos, President of the Hellenic Community of Montreal. “Sunday will be dedicated to families. Our Parents Committees will organize the day in a way which will invite all children to come learn about the Greek culture. Many interactive activities will be held in order to attract our young visitors” adds Mr. Balabanos.
Other planned activities on the “La Scène de Loto Québec“ include the famous Bouzouki Night held on Friday night by Absolut Disco. Let us not forget about the well known Vassilis Galatis, who will keep us dancing all day and night on Saturday and Sunday. Our local talent will be presented by the traditional dance troupes that are part of the Hellenic Community of Montreal. These troupes are:
The traditional dance troupes of the Hellenic Community of Montreal- Terpsihori and Orpheas.
On site, there will be many cultural booths and a wide variety of greek delicacies to satisfy all different tastes.
The organizing committee of the festival is also proud to present you its dedicated partners for this year:
Loto Quebec
Minister of municipal affaires and regions
City of Montreal
Canada Heritage
CTV Montreal
Metro Newspaper
The Gazette
The Hellenic Flame Festival which will be held for 3 days will be a greek-quebecoise celebration and a Mediterranean experience in Montreal style. The festival will have no entrance fee and its opening hours will be from 1:00 p.m to 11:00 p.m from the 21st to 23rd of august. For further information, please feel free to contact us at (514) 738-2421 # 135
