Programme
August 12: The day of meeting
August 13: The day of Hungary
August 14: The day of joy
August 15: The day of friendship
August 16: The day of music
August 17:The day of civils
August 18: The day of golden heart
August 19: The day of love
August 20: The day of every Hungarian
August 21: The day of farewell
August 22: The day of candles
Most of the festival places are available for disabled.
The location of the opening and closing ceremonies are in Szent István
square.
The FESTIVAL TENT is situated in the car park of the Conference Centre.
MOL concerts are organized in the dance house (events centre).
The Festival Club and the Folk pub are going to be in the Culture Centre
(5 St István square).
12th August (Friday)
THE DAY OF MEETING
The foreigners arrive and we organize the programmes for their pleasure.
13th August (Saturday)
THE DAY OF HUNGARY
We introduce the host country for the foreign groups arriving to the
festival. During the day they get to know the most beautiful Hungarian
dances and can spend an unforgettable evening in Budapest, where they will
admire the capital city from the board of Hunyadi Ship.
10:30-12:00 Welcome to Hungary performed by Forrás Folkdance Group for the
foreign groups.
14:30 Summerfest gathering: Szent István square: Round dance
The guest groups’ brief introduction and dance teaching.
14th August (Sunday)
THE DAY OF JOY
The Opening Ceremony officially opens the festival on this day. We all hope
that both the visitors and the participants will find pleasure in this
programme.
17:00 Summerfest gathering, flag flying in the car park of the Conference
Centre at the festival tent. Marchdancing on the route between Damjanich
Street and Ősz Street.
19:00 Szent István square, Festival Stage, Welcome World! The Opening
Ceremony of the XVIII. Summerfest International Folklore Festival.
23:00 Festival Club and the Folk pub in the Culture House, international
club evening. Folk pub and dance house with the ‘Hatvan’ band.
15th August (Monday)
THE DAY OF FRIENDSHIP
We would like to establish a warm friendship between the guests of the
festival and the foreigners with several programmes of the day.
12:30 The opening ceremony of ‘HANOSZ’ exhibition of musical instruments in
the Culture House Gallery.
13:00 Announcement of the results of the talent show, organized for young
gypsy people as part of the Hungarian Gypsy Integration.
16:00 Festival tent: Child programme where children can play with the
Ramazuri company.
18:00 Festival tent: The gala of the talent show’s young gypsy winners.
19:00 The performance of the Budapest Corvinus Economic Folkdance Group.
Artistic directors: Irén Deffend and Gergő Sánta.
20:00 Szent István square: The Ball of People, where 8 countries and the
Forrás Néptáncegyüttes teach the enquirers dancing in the dance house.
Participant countries: Azerbaijan, Cyprus, France, Canada, Peru, Serbia,
Thailand, Venezuela, Hungary.
22:00 Music! Water! Fire! Light! Performance Hándel: For the parts of the
composition ‘Vizi zene’ (water music)
23:00 Festival club in the Culture Centre: White party. Folk pub and dance
house with the ‘Hatvan’ band.
16th August (Tuesday)
THE DAY OF MUSIC. MUSIC IS FOR EVERYONE!
10:00 Exhibition of musical instruments.
14:00 International instrument stroking and performance with the cooperation
of the participant countries in the Culture House Gallery.
14:00-20:00 Summerfest gathering, folklore fair, where original handmade
products will be sold. You can taste the best Hungarian wines in the wine
house, and drink cold draught beer in the beer tent.
16:00, 16:30, Bogármuzsika for children from the age of 1 to 4.
17:00, 17:30 This togetherness is a playful activity for the kids and their
parents in 30 minutes. During this programme they can enjoy the traditional
children songs, poems, mobility games, besides listening to music which we
follow with some cadent rhytmic instruments. Half an hour is just to play
and have fun in a pleasant and nice atmosphere. Both Baby and mum will have
a joyful experience!
15:30 Children instrument ‘bütykölde’
16:00 Festival tent. Who plays this? The performance, playhouse and the
fabulous dance house of the Ramazuri Puppet-show for small children.
17:00 Festival tent: International playground
Bulgaria, Russia, Romania, Columbia, Kazahstan
17:00-19:00 Music is for everyone! Concerts are at different parts of the
town in which academists and other musicians participate.
19:00 Teaching of tribal oriental belly dance for the enquirers with the
leadership of Mária Fodor.
19:00 Dance panorama (Culture Centre, Theatre)
Performances of Bulgaria, Russia, Romania, Columbia, Kazahstan
21:30 Conference Centre, Dance house, MOL Worldmusic Stage: The concert of
Raczkajam and Csík band.
23:00 Festival club in the Culture House. Retro party with live music in
cooperation with NYISZ band. Folk pub and dance house.
17th August
(Wednesday)
THE DAY OF THE GOLDEN HEART with the great support of MOL
POEM IS FOR EVERYONE!
There will be special guests on this festival day. People who live with
challenges (disabled and handicapped people) own the main square and the
theatre.
10:30 Golden Heart Gala in the Festival tent.
Perform: Gördülő dance group, Vakrepülés theatre troupe, Felhőjárók stage.
11:30 Gala performance of Azerbaijan, Cyprus, France, Canada, Peru, Serbia,
Thailand, Venezuela and Hungary.
16:00, 16:30,
17:00, 17:30 Bogármuzsika for children from the age of 1 to 4.
This togetherness is a playful activity for the kids and their parents in 30
minutes. During this programme they can enjoy the traditional children songs,
poems, mobility games, besides listening to music which we follow with some
cadent rhytmic instruments. Half an hour is just to play and have fun in a
pleasant and nice atmosphere. Both Baby and mum will have a joyful
experience!
16:00 Festival tent: Who plays this? Laughter therapy with the clown doctor.
17:00 Festival tent: International playhouse.
Croatia, Estonia, Turkey, China
17:00 Play a poem. Folk declamation 2011. Poem is for everyone!
18:00-20:00 Dike-reeve house: Folk declamation 2011. Poem is for everyone!
The celebration of poem tellers and listeners.
19:00 Dance panorama (Culture Centre, Theatre)
Programme of: Croatia, Estonia, Turkey, China.
20:00 The poetry and music performance of ‘Viharlámpa együttes’ in the
dike-reeve house.
23:00 Festival club in the Culture Centre: ‘Danube bank party’. Folk pub and
dance house.
18th August (Thursday)
THE DAY OF LOVE
This day will be spent by the embrace of love. After the morning ecumenical
prayer we lay the table of love again. The citizens bade their meals and
delicacy with the foreign dancers. The table will be stood up in the
Festival Tent.
10:00 LOVE TABLE- who wants to contribute the love table, please bring the
gift to the Festival Tent by 10am.
10:30 Ecumenical prayer in the Szent István Church. The participants wear
traditional costumes and all the music bands give short concerts by the
signs of peace, friendship and love, independently from religion and
worldview. Conrtibuting: Lili Kaszai.
11:45 The table of love in the Festival Tent
16:00, 16:30,
17:00, 17:30 Bogármuzsika for children from the age of 1 to 4.
This togetherness is a playful activity for the kids and their parents in 30
minutes. During this programme they can enjoy the traditional children songs,
poems, mobility games, besides listening to music which we follow with some
cadent rhytmic instruments. Half an hour is just to play and have fun in a
pleasant and nice atmosphere. Both Baby and mum will have a joyful
experience!
16:00 Festival tent. Who plays this? The performance, playhouse and the
fabulous dance house of the ‘Ramazuri’ Puppet-show.
17:00 International playhouse
Peru, Canada, Cyprus, Azerbaijan
19:00 Teaching of tribal oriental belly dance for the enquirers with the the
leadership of Mária Fodor.
19:00 Dance panorama (Culture Centre, Theatre)
Programme of Peru, Canada, Cyprus, Azerbaijan
23:00 Festival club in the Culture House. Summer Fancy Dress Party where
fancy-dress is necessary.
Folk pub and dance house.
19th August (Friday)
THE DAY OF CITIZENS
Dance is for everyone!
We re-open the Citizen’s street again where we give chance to the citizen of
Százhalombatta to show themselves.
16:00, 16:30,
17:00, 17:30 Bogármuzsika for children from the age of 1 to 4.
This togetherness is a playful activity for the kids and their parents in 30
minutes. During this programme they can enjoy the traditional children songs,
poems, mobility games, besides listening to music which we follow with some
rhythmic instruments. Half an hour is just to play and have fun in a
pleasant and nice atmosphere. Both Baby and mum will have a joyful
experience!
16:00 Festival tent. Who plays this? The performance, playhouse and the
fabulous dance house of the ‘Ramazuri’ Puppet-show.
17:00 Festival tent: International playhouse
Serbia, Thailand, Venezuela, France, Chechnya
17:00-19:00 Who cannot dance go home to sleep: Folkdance 2011. Interactive
programme with the active cooperation of the people of Százhalombatta in
which they prove that they do not only love watching the dance. Dance lovers
from Érd, Százhalombatta and Budapest cooperate indepently from genre-
folkdancers, ballroom dancers, hip-hop dancers, modern dancers and show
dancers.
19:00 Dance panorama (Culture Centre, Theatre)
Programmes of Serbia, Thailand, Venezuela, France Chechnya
19:00 Teaching of tribal oriental belly dance for the enquirers with the
leadership of Mária Fodor.
21:30 Conference Centre (Dance house): The concert of ‘CimbaliBand’.
23:00 Festival club in the Culture Centre: "Latin night"
If you don’t know what the real latin feeling is, come and find out. To
fulfill the night put on your Hawaiian shirt, straw hat, a colourful summer
dress, sunglasses or a sun setting tie. We serve the cocktails’!
Folk pub and dance house: Concert of Dénes Németh’s band.
20th August Wednesday
THE DAY OF EVERY HUNGARIANS
The common programme of the Százhalombatta Town’s Local Government, the
Barátság Culture Centre and the Magyarok Öröksége Foundation.
This year we celebrate Szent István’s feast with Hungarians coming from
every parts of the world.
10:30-11:30 The family concert of ‘Csurgó’ band.
12:00-14:30 Good music for good appetite! Ifj. Albert Oláh and Ifj. Kálmán
Oláh’s gypsy band. Contributing: László Tarnai Kiss, Katalin Madarász,
István Nógrádi Tóth (singer), Krisztina Szitás (singer), Tibor Csáki, Böske
Kovács the ‘Dalénekes’ school’s pupils.
15:00 Festival tent: The gala of the Ferenc Pesovár Alapfokú
Művészetoktatási Intézmény’s dancers. In the program the Ifjúforrás,
Kiskutyavár, Csemeteforrás, Cseppforrás, Mandulavirág (Tárnok) dance groups
contribute.
16:00 The concert of the folk musicians from Pöspökhatvan with István Pál’s
leadership, who has won the folk art award in Pest county. (Every year the
children from Püspökhatvan astonish the country with their beautiful music
and appearance.) Now they would like to conquer the people of
Százhalombatta.
16:30 Festival tent: “Tiszán innen, Dunán túl.” Adventuring in the
Carpathian basin. Contributing: Naprózsafa Hagyományörző Együttes (Diósd),
Nagyforrás Táncegyüttes (Százhalombatta), Formás Táncegyüttes
(Százhalombatta), Ifjúforrás Táncegyüttes (Százhalombatta).
17:45 The gala of the Nagyforrás’s dancers and their sisters and brothers.
Contributing: Gábor Péter Nagy and Dániel Nagy, Dávid Koller and Bence
Koller, Zsófi Fábián and Fanni Fábián, Botond Tallér and Tamara Tallér,
András Ondrej and Adél Ondrej, Sándor Juhász and Zsombor Juhász (Kincső
Youth Folkdance group)
18:00 The performance of the Kincső Youth Folkdance group, Zselíz, Slovakia.
Directors: Eszter Juhász and Sándor Juhász.
18:30 Festival tent: Let’s dance ageless- programmes of Aranygyöngyösök,
Aranysarkantyúsok, Mesterek és Ifjú Mesterek, Szászcsávási Adatközlők on the
stage- the gala of the The Dance Masters of Folk Art Group.
19:00 Szent István square: local festival from the occasion of 20th of
August , where Mihály Vezér ,the major of Százhalombatta, says a toast. The
blessing of new bread and the handover of the “Százhalombatta-awards for the
culture” highlight the evening. Contributing: Nagyforrás Dance Group,
Ifjúforrás Dance Group.
20:30 The concert of the ‘100 tagú cigányzenekar’.
21:30 The concert of Kati Wolf.
22:00 ‘István a király!’ Film screening in the Festival tent.
23:30 Festival club in the Culture Centre: Hungarian Rock. Only Hungarian
pop and rock hits. Folk pub and dance house with Dénes Németh’s band. Szent
István day’s dance house.
Programmes on the terrace of Hotel Training and in Damjanich Street.
11:00-18:00 Playhouse from conquest age, yurts, archery, craftsman’s tasks,
robe, making crowns and sceptres, making straw doll. Two contemporary
equipped yurts where craftsman’s tasks take place (like weaving, candle
dipping, planking, pottering). Presentation of smithery in the migrant
smith’s tent. Archering and lance throwing. Medieval games and arcade tasks.
Barrel riding, castle protecting game, swamp walking with stilts or buffalo
legs, contemporary throwing into the target game.
21:30-24:00 Street party with the Coctail Party band.
Fair and open-air market, palinka’s house and wine yard, oil-fried yeast
dough, ‘langallo’ and other traditional food, bread baking in the oven, with
the possibility of buying fresh bread all day long.
21st August (Sunday)
THE DAY OF LEAVING
16:30 Planting a tree in the Kálvin park
19:00 Goodbye, world!! The Closing Ceremony of the XVIII. Summerfest
International Folklorfestival.
23:00 Festivalclub in the Culture Centre: Good bye Hungary, good bye
Summerfest 2011.
22nd August (Monday)
THE DAY OF CANDLE LIGHT
According to our traditions the citizens of Százhalombatta say goodbye to
the festival on this day.
20:00 Culture House
20:00 Goodbye Summerfest! Lightening candle, watching photos and films then
after party with Dj Matisz.
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