REBETIKA EVENING
The weather is warming up and while we can’t travel we can at least try to imagine that we’ve booked a trip to Greece this summer. Philhellene will provide the tastes of Greece and Pascal Latra, Kat Stevens and Paddy Montgomery will provide the soundtrack to a balmy night, in a tavern, sipping a tsipoura, a Kretarakimeli or a retsina, listening to Rebetika.
When: 24 January, 7:00pm
Where: Philhellene Provincial Greek Cuisine, 551-553 Mount Alexander Road, Moonee Ponds, Victoria, 3039
Bookings: Call (03) 9370 3303 or 0402403211
PASCAL LATRA QUARTET AT BAR OUSSOU
The Pascal Latra Quartet present a mixture of traditional Greek folk music and rebetika played in their unique way. The quartet includes the talents of Pascal Latra-Vocals, Guitar, Byron Triandafilides-Double Bass, Darabouka, Kat Stevens-Violin, Baglama and Paddy Montgomery-Bouzouki, Laouto. The performance is part of the Balkan Festival at Bar Oussou, they have prepared a special selection of son
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The Organisational Council for Greek National Day is made up of representatives from all of Victoria’s major Greek Organisations and has been busy planning and programming the events to commemorate the 200th Anniversary of the 1821 Greek Revolution.
The 25 March 1821 commemoration is of religious and national importance for Hellenism. Greeks around the globe celebrate the Annunciation of Our Lady (Evangelismos) as well as the proclamation of the Modern Hellenic State 200 years ago – a very important milestone.
This Commemoration of the Bicentenary of Modern Greece gives the Greek Australian community of Victoria, the Paroikia, the opportunity to promote, educate and enhance the knowledge and understanding of what happened in 1821 to our third, fourth and subsequent generations of Greek Australians. In this way, we can ensure the significance of the important historical event is not lost.