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Traditional Dances from Thrace Greece

It was attended by all the students of the school, parents and the general public, including representatives of the local Education Directorate, the municipality and the diocese of Komotini. Welcome speeches by the distinguished local authorities’ delegates were followed by a display of popular songs from the partner countries, performed by the school band and choir. Afterwards, there was a performance of traditional dances of Thrace by students of the hosting school. At the end of the dancing section, all the members of the audience joined in the dance, and the ceremony ended after a warm round of applause. The activity is rendered successful, as the average evaluation scores on the part of both teachers and students  produced an aggregate result of  good 25% (16,7%) and excellent 68,8% (83,3%). Watch the Welcome Ceremony in the next video:  

1:33 Welcome speeches

16:20 The Apolytikion of The three Holy Hierarchs : Folk music ensemble (The Apolytikion, or dismissal hymn, is a hymn which is sung in Greek Orthodox worship services)

19:06 Alfonsina y el mar -Félix Luna - Ariel Ramírez: guitar ensemble

22:13 Spanish dance - Duet for two guitars

24:10 The Waltz of lost dreams – Manos Chatzidakis : guitar ensemble

32:22 The judge- Paul Cook: The Big Band

35:28 La vita è bella -Nicola Piovani : Leonidas Vlachos – Sofia Ieronymou

38:08 Nefeli’s Tango

41:35 Vanità di vanità - Angelo Branduardi: Music high School Choir

44:20 Mamma mia – Abba : Music High School choir

47:54 Rise up – Andra Day : Sophia Dermetzoglou

53:37 To bouzouki sto Parisi- Markos Vamvakaris: bouzouki ensemble

55:45 Chasapiko politico: bouzouki ensemble

59:42 Ormanci -Turkish traditional song : Folk music ensemble

1:05:03 Stis Panagias to machala (In Virgin Mary’s neighbouhood ) & Sultana – traditional songs of Thrace Traditional dances of Thrace

1:10:37 Syngathistos

1:13:28 Ksesyrtos

1:15:30 Troiro

1:17:44 Baitouska

1:20:07 Zonaradikos

1:22:46 Mantilatos

1:24:00 Chasapia

1:27:50 Chasaposervikos