The 32nd Annual BDAA Convention ~ don't miss it! Minneapolis, Minnesota    July 11 - 18, 2010 Visit the official BDAA 2010 Convention Website

THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN RUSSIAN FOLK ORCHESTRA Victor Gorodinsky,  Director6,  2 *  Saturday, May 8 at 7:30 pm            Middleton High School Performing Arts Center              JOINT CONCERT -- UWRFO and Yid-Vicious Klezmer Band                    A double feature with live Russian, East European and Jewish music                        performed on authentic Russian folk instruments -- domras, balalaikas etc. Information:  Visit UWRFO online at  www.russorch.wisc.edu

THE ATLANTA BALALAIKA SOCIETY David Cooper, Artistic Director Irene Perloff McCullough, President *  Sunday, March 21 at 5:30 pm          St. Luke's Presbyterian Church, Dunwoody GA                   featuring Angelina galashenkova-Reed, domra;  Alla Melnik, bayan; Irina Petryk, soprano *  Sunday, May 23 at 4 pm           Dunwoody United Methodist Church,  1548 Mount Vernon Road Dunwoody, GA 30338                   featuring Irina Petryk, soprano; Angelina Galashenkova-Reed, domra;                           David  Cooper,  balalaika      Information: Visit ABS online at www.atlantabalalaika.com

VANCOUVER BALALAIKA ORCHESTRA Natasha Lozovsky, Director *   Sunday, April 25 at 3 pm ~ Russian Community Centre, Vancouver           Songs and Dances of Old Russia, featuring the RCC Balalaika Orchestra, Yablochko Dancers                    and RCC Pushkin School Children's Choir and Dancers Information:  russiancentrevancouver.org .

THE WASHINGTON BALALAIKA SOCIETY Svetlana Nikonova, Artistic Director Jan Bohm, President *  Spring  Concert Weekend 2010, June 5 - 6 ~  A Tribute to Nikolai Budashkin       Featuring Alexander Tsygankov, domra; Andrei Saveliev, balalaika; Jan Bohm, balalaika; Irina Petryk, soprano                               Information:  Visit WBS online at  www.balalaika.org