BDAA Convention History

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TITLE="BDAA Convention History "><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><B>1983</B></FONT></A><B>  </B><A HREF="#1984" TITLE="BDAA Convention History "><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><B>1984</B></FONT></A><B> </B><A HREF="#1985" TITLE="BDAA Convention History "><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><B> 1985</B></FONT></A><B>  </B><A HREF="#1986" TITLE="BDAA Convention History "><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><B>1986</B></FONT></A><B>  </B><A HREF="#1987" TITLE="BDAA Convention History "><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><B>1987</B></FONT></A><B>  </B><A HREF="#1988" TITLE="BDAA Convention History "><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><B>1988</B></FONT></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>  </B></FONT><A HREF="#1989" TITLE="BDAA Convention History "><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><B>1989</B></FONT></A><B>  </B><A HREF="#1990" TITLE="BDAA Convention History "><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><B>1990</B></FONT></A><B>  </B><A HREF="#1991" TITLE="BDAA Convention History "><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><B>1991</B></FONT></A><B>  </B><A HREF="#1992" TITLE="BDAA Convention History "><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><B>1992 </B></FONT></A><B> </B><A HREF="#1993" TITLE="BDAA Convention History "><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><B>1993</B></FONT></A><B>  </B><A HREF="#1994" TITLE="BDAA Convention History "><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><B>1994</B></FONT></A><B>  </B><A HREF="#1995" TITLE="BDAA Convention History "><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><B>1995</B></FONT></A><B>  </B><A HREF="#1996" TITLE="BDAA Convention History "><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><B>1996</B></FONT></A><B>  </B><A HREF="#1997" TITLE="BDAA Convention History "><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><B>1997</B></FONT></A><B>  </B><A HREF="#1998" TITLE="BDAA Convention History "><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><B>1998</B></FONT></A><B>  </B><A HREF="#1999" TITLE="BDAA Convention History "><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><B>1999</B></FONT></A></div> <div> <A HREF="#2000" TITLE="BDAA Convention History "><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><B>2000 </B></FONT></A><B> </B><A HREF="#2001" TITLE="BDAA Convention History "><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><B>2001</B></FONT></A><B>  </B><A HREF="#2002" TITLE="BDAA Convention History "><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><B>2002</B></FONT></A><B>  </B><A HREF="#2003" TITLE="BDAA Convention History "><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><B>2003</B></FONT></A><B>  </B><A HREF="#2004_1" TITLE="BDAA Convention History "><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><B>2004</B></FONT></A><B>  </B><A HREF="#2005" TITLE="BDAA Convention History "><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><B>2005</B></FONT></A><B>  </B><A HREF="#2006" TITLE="BDAA Convention History "><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><B>2006 </B></FONT></A><B> </B><A HREF="#2007" TITLE="BDAA Convention History "><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><B>2007</B></FONT></A><B>  </B><A HREF="#2008_1" TITLE="BDAA Convention History "><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><B>2008</B></FONT></A><B> </B><B> </B><A HREF="#2009" TITLE="BDAA Convention History "><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><B>2009</B></FONT></A><B>  </B><A HREF="#2010" TITLE="BDAA Convention History "><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><B>2010</B></FONT></A><B>  </B><A HREF="#2011" TITLE="BDAA Convention History "><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><B>2011</B></FONT></A><B>  </B><A HREF="#2012" TITLE="BDAA Convention History "><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><B>2012</B></FONT></A><A HREF="#2012" TITLE="BDAA Convention History "><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><B> </B></FONT></A><B> </B><A HREF="#2013" TITLE="BDAA Convention History "><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><B>2013</B></FONT></A><B>  </B><A HREF="#conv2014" TITLE="BDAA Convention History "><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><B>2014</B></FONT></A><B>  </B><A HREF="#2015" TITLE="BDAA Convention History "><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><B>2015</B></FONT></A><B>  </B><A HREF="#2015_1" TITLE="BDAA Convention History "><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><B>2016</B></FONT></A><B>  </B><A HREF="#2017_1" TITLE="BDAA Convention History "><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><B>2017</B></FONT></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="848" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#EEEEEE > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 443 ><NOBR><div> <B> <A NAME="1979"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>1979</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="3fba0a00.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="160" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>CONVENTION SITE:  </B>Richard Stockton State College, Pomona, New Jersey</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> ..</div> <div> <B>DATES:  </B>July 4, 1979 to July 8, 1979</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> ..</div> <div> <B>CONCERT SITE</B>:  Performing Arts Center Stockton State College, Pomona, New Jersey</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> ..</div> <div> <B>CONVENTION COORDINATOR</B>:  Steve Wolownik</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> ..</div> <div> <B>FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:</B>  Paul Kauriga</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> ..</div> <div> <B>FEATURED ARTISTS:</B></div> <div>      Great American Gypsy Band</div> <div>      Sasha Voshchenkov, accordion</div> <div>      Odessa Balalaikas</div> <div>      Emanuil “Misha” Sheynkman, balalaika</div> <div>      Troika Balalaikas</div> <div>      Sasha Polinoff, balalaika</div> <div>      Bright Moon Quartet</div> <div>      Verkhovina Slavic Choral Ensemble</div> <div>      BDAA Festival Orchestra</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> ..</div> <div> <B>FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA SELECTIONS:</B></div> <div>      Village Polka (Sel'skaya polka)</div> <div>      Pod oknom cheremushka kolyshetsya</div> <div>      Pyat' russkikh pyes (Five Russian Pieces)</div> <div>      Lipa vekovaya (The Ancient Linden Tree)</div> <div>      Kamarinskaya</div> <div>      Svetit mesyats (Bright Shines the Moon)</div> <bR> <div> <B>The BDAA Hall of Fame was founded at this Convention.</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 457 ><NOBR><div> <B> <A NAME="1980"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>1980</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="3fdb2b20.jpg" border=0 width="178" height="178" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>CONVENTION SITE:  </B>Richard Stockton State College, Pomona, New Jersey</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>.</B></div> <div> <B>DATES:  </B>June 23, 1980 to June 29, 1980</div> <div> <B>.</B></div> <div> <B>CONCERT SITE</B>:  Performing Arts Center Stockton State College, Pomona, New Jersey  </div> <div> <B>.</B></div> <div> <B>CONVENTION COORDINATOR:  </B>Steve Wolownik  </div> <div> <B>.</B></div> <div> <B>FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:</B>  Paul Kauriga</div> <div> <B>CONCERT COORDINATOR</B>:  Charley Rappaport</div> <div> <B>.</B></div> <div> <B>FEATURED ARTISTS:</B></div> <div> <B>     </B>The Great American Gypsy Band</div> <div>      Paul Karnow</div> <div>      Russian Capella Male Chorus</div> <div>      The Janosik Dancers</div> <div>      Troika Balalaikas</div> <div>      Emanuil “Misha” Sheynkman, balalaika</div> <div>      Verkhovina Slavic Choral Ensemble</div> <div>      BDAA Festival Orchestra</div> <div> <B>.</B></div> <div> <B>FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT SELECTIONS</B></div> <div>     Beryozka Medley</div> <div>     Russian Tunes</div> <div>     Village Polka</div> <div>     Vozle Rechki, Vozle Mosta</div> <div>     Under the Window a Cherry Tree Sways</div> <div>     Under the Apple Tree</div> <div>      </div> <div> <B>The BDAA Scholarship Fund was initiated.</B></div> <div> <B>First convention banquet.</B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Times New Roman" ><I><B>           </B></I></FONT></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 552 ><NOBR><div> <B> <A NAME="1981"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>1981</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="3fea0a00.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="160" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="42ac15e0.jpg" border=0 width="193" height="94" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <A HREF="conv1981.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="1981 BDAA Convention University of Illi"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><B>See Convention Photo</B></FONT></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>CONVENTION SITE:  </B>University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois</div> <div> <B>.</B></div> <div> <B>DATES:  </B>June 13, 1981 to June 19, 1981</div> <div> <B>.</B></div> <div> <B>CONCERT SITES:</B> Great Hall of Krannert Center for the Performing Arts</div> <div>                                  Smith Recital Hall</div> <div> <B>.</B></div> <div> <B>CONVENTION COORDINATORS</B>:  Steve Wolownik, Bruce Wood</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>.</B></div> <div> <B>FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:</B>  John Garvey</div> <div> <B>.</B></div> <div> <B>FEATURED ARTISTS:</B></div> <div> <B>      Concert #1</B></div> <div> <B>     </B>The Great American Gypsy Band</div> <div>      O'Prihodye</div> <div>      The University of Illinois Russian Folk Orchestra</div> <div>      The American Heritage Dancers</div> <div>      Misha Sheynkman</div> <div>      BDAA Festival Orchestra</div> <div>      <B>Concert #2     </B></div> <div>      The American Balalaika Company</div> <div> <B>     </B>Roy Torley, bandura/Joan Gaustad, vocals</div> <div>      The Balalaika Orchestra of Detroit</div> <div>      Kamarinskaya Trio</div> <div>      Yugoslav Cultures Troupe</div> <div>      BDAA Festival Orchestra</div> <div> <B>.</B></div> <div> <B>FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT SELECTIONS</B></div> <div>     At the Blacksmith's (Vo kuznitse)</div> <div>     Bright Moon</div> <div>     I Sit On a Rock</div> <div>     In the Tower, In the High Tower</div> <div>     It Is Not the Wind That Bends the Branch</div> <div>     Memories Waltz (from "The Journey")</div> <div>     Moldavian Girl</div> <div>     Oh, That Evening</div> <div>     Peter the Great March</div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 401 ><NOBR><div> <B> <A NAME="1982"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>1982</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="3ffa0a00.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="160" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <A HREF="conv1982.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="BDAA 1982 Convention Glassboro, NJ"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><I><B>See Convention Photo</B></I></FONT></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>CONVENTION SITE:  </B>Glassboro State College, Glassboro, New Jersey</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>.</B></div> <div> <B>DATE:  </B>July 10, 1982 to July 16, 1982</div> <div> <B>.</B></div> <div> <B>CONCERT SITE:</B>  Wilson Concert Hall, Glassboro State College</div> <div> <B>.</B></div> <div> <B>CONVENTION COORDINATORS:</B>  Steve Wolownik, Charley Rappaport</div> <div> <B>.</B></div> <div> <B>FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:</B>  John Garvey</div> <div> <B>.</B></div> <div> <B>FEATURED ARTISTS:</B></div> <div>      The Great American Gypsy Band</div> <div>      The Andreyev Balalaika Orchestra of Philadelphia, Anastasia Karnow, director</div> <div>      Kamarinskaya</div> <div>      Sasha Russian Dance Ensemble and Holy Ghost Church Dancers</div> <div>      The Andreyev Balalaika Ensemble of New York, Mark Selivan, Director</div> <div>      Alexander Voshchenkov, accordion</div> <div>      BDAA Festival Orchestra</div> <div> <B>.</B></div> <div> <B>FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT SELECTIONS</B></div> <div>     Fantasia</div> <div>     Kalitka, Ancient Russian Romance</div> <div>     Mazurka #4</div> <div>     Moscow Nights March</div> <div>     Na luzhaike</div> <div>     On the Danube</div> <div>     Peter the Great March</div> <div>     Stoit oreshina kudryavaya</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 449 ><NOBR><div> <B> <A NAME="1983"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>1983</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="400a0a00.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="160" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <IMG SRC="4a4c1720.jpg" border=0 width="193" height="114" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <A HREF="conv1983.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="1983 BDAA Convention Berkeley, CA"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><I><B>See Convention Photo</B></I></FONT></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>CONVENTION SITE:  </B>University of California Berkley, Berkeley, California</div> <div> <B>.</B></div> <div> <B>DATE: </B>July 10, 1983 to July 15, 1983<B> </B></div> <div> <B>.</B></div> <div> <B>CONCERT SITES:</B>  UC Berkeley - Cal Performances - 101 Zellerbach Hall</div> <div>                                   The Russian Center, San Francisco, CA</div> <div> <B>.</B></div> <div> <B>CONVENTION COORDINATOR</B>:  Lynn Carpenter</div> <div> <B>.</B></div> <div> <B>FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:</B>  Linda Leary</div> <div> <B>.</B></div> <div> <B>FEATURED ARTISTS:</B></div> <div> <B>     </B>The Great American Gypsy Band</div> <div>      The Balalaika Orchestra of Detroit</div> <div>      Neva Russian Dancers</div> <div>      Leonard Davis/Valerie Davis, balalaikas</div> <div>      Khadra International Folk Ballet</div> <div>      Alexander Voshchenkov, accordion</div> <div>      BDAA Chamber Orchestra </div> <div>      BDAA Festival Orchestra</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>.</B></div> <div> <B>FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT SELECTIONS</B></div> <div>      Beryozka Medley</div> <div>      Charming Eyes</div> <div>      Fantasia</div> <div>      Hungarian Dance No. 1, performed by the BDAA Chamber Orchestra</div> <div>      March from "The Love of Three Oranges"</div> <div>      Moldavian Girl</div> <div>      Peter the Great March</div> <div>      Waltz from "Ivan Susanin", performed by the BDAA Chamber Orchestra</div> <div>      Waves of the Danube</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 459 ><NOBR><div> <B> <A NAME="1984"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>1984</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="401a0a00.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="160" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <I><IMG SRC="4a5c8750.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="117" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <A HREF="conv1984.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="1984 BDAA Convention Richard Stockton C"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><I><B>See Convention Photo</B></I></FONT></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>CONVENTION SITE:  </B>Richard Stockton State College, Ponoma, New Jersey</div> <div> <B>.</B></div> <div> <B>DATES:  </B>July 14, 1984 to July 21, 1984</div> <div> <B>.</B></div> <div> <B>CONCERT SITE:</B>  Performing Arts Center - Stockton State College:  </div> <div> <B>.</B></div> <div> <B>CONVENTION COORDINATOR</B>:  Steve Wolownik</div> <div> <B>.</B></div> <div> <B>FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:</B>  Linda Leary Cherniavsky</div> <div> <B>.</B></div> <div> <B>FEATURED ARTISTS:</B></div> <div>      The Balalaika Orchestra of Detroit</div> <div>      Bibs Ekkel, balalaika</div> <div>      Balalaika Russe</div> <div>      The American Balalaika Company</div> <div>      Alexander Voshchenkov, accordion</div> <div>      The BDAA Russian Chorus, conducted by Fyodor Cherniavsky</div> <div>      BDAA Festival Orchestra</div> <div>          Gary Nova, vocalist</div> <div> <B>.</B></div> <div> <B>FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT SELECTIONS</B></div> <div>     Russian Sailors' Dance</div> <div>     At the Swamp</div> <div>     At Church</div> <div>     Kalitka, Ancient Russian Romance</div> <div>     Luchinushka</div> <div>     Along the Volga</div> <div>     Peter the Great March</div> <div>    <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Maya Marusichka (My Little Mary), Gary Nova, baritone soloist</FONT></div> <div>    The Devil's Wheel, Gary Nova, baritone soloist</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>.</B></div> <div> <B>First convention with a day off in the middle of the week.</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 601 ><NOBR><div> <B> <A NAME="1985"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>1985</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="402a0a00.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="160" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="49cb8530.jpg" border=0 width="184" height="83" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <A HREF="conv1985.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="BDAA 1985 Convention Atlanta, GA"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><I><B>See Convention Photo</B></I></FONT></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="https://picasaweb.google.com/bdaaphotos/1985#5597447854529388146" TARGET="_top" TITLE="https://picasaweb.google.com/bdaaphotos/"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><I><B>See TV convention coverage</B></I></FONT></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="611"><div> <B>CONVENTION SITE:  </B>Unicoi Park and Lodge, Helen, Georgia</div> <div> <B>.</B></div> <div> <B>DATES:  </B>July 14, 1985 to July 21, 1985</div> <div> <B>.</B></div> <div> <B>CONCERT SITES:</B>  Helen Pavilion, Helen Georgia  </div> <div>                                   Alliance Theater, Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta, Georgia</div> <div> <B>.</B></div> <div> <B>CONVENTION COORDINATORS</B>:  Steve Wolownik, Charley Rappaport</div> <div> <B>.</B></div> <div> <B>FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:</B>  John Garvey</div> <div> <B>.</B></div> <div> <B>FEATURED ARTISTS:</B></div> <div> <B>     Concert #1</B>     </div> <div>      The Great American Gypsy Band</div> <div>      Alexander Voshchenkov, accordion</div> <div>      BDAA Russian Festival Chorus, conducted by Janet Fuchila</div> <div>      Vladimir Illyashevich, balalaika / Yaroslav Kovalchuk, bayan</div> <div> <B>.</B></div> <div>     <B> Concert #2</B></div> <div>      The Balalaika Orchestra of Detroit</div> <div>      Bibs Ekkel, balalaika</div> <div>      BDAA Russian Festival Chorus</div> <div>      Atlanta Balalaika Society Orchestra</div> <div>      Vladimir Illyashevich / Yaroslav Kovalchuk</div> <div>      The Great American Gypsy Band</div> <div>      BDAA Festival Orchestra</div> <div>           Gary Nova, vocalist</div> <bR> <div> <B>FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT SELECTIONS</B> </div> <div>      A Hut's Passageway (Akh vy, seni) (BDAA Chorus)</div> <div>      As I Was Coming From Debrecyn (BDAA Chorus)</div> <div>      At a Russian Inn</div> <div>      Broad Steppe, The (Step' da step' drugom)</div> <div>      Crimean Sketches</div> <div>      The Devil's Wheel, Gary Nova, baritone soloist</div> <div>      Legend (Conducted by Victor Gorodinsky)</div> <div>      On the Seas, On the Waves  Victor Gorodinsky, guitar soloist</div> <div>      Pear Tree, The (BDAA Chorus)</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>.</B></div> <div> <B>First time guest artists from the former Soviet Union were invited as master instructors and concert headliners, sponsored by the Ukraina Society of Kiev</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 489 ><NOBR><div> <B> <A NAME="1986"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>1986</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="403a0a00.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="160" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <A HREF="conv1986.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="BDAA 1986 Convention Vancouver, BC Can"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><I><B>See Convention Photo</B></I></FONT></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="611"><div> <B>CONVENTION SITE:  </B>University of British Columbia Conference Center, Vancouver, British Columbia Canada</div> <div> <B>.</B></div> <div> <B>DATES:  </B>July 20, 1986 to July 27, 1986</div> <div> <B>.</B></div> <div> <B>CONCERT SITES:</B>  Centennial Theater, North Vancouver</div> <div>                                    Russian Community Center, Vancouver, British Columbia</div> <div> <B>.</B></div> <div> <B>CONVENTION COORDINATORS:</B>  Natasha Lozovsky, Ariadna Bredin</div> <div> <B>.</B></div> <div> <B>FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:</B>  John Garvey</div> <div> <B>.</B></div> <div> <B>MASTER ARTISTS:</B></div> <div>      Kirilo Borovsky - balalaika</div> <div>      Nina Protsenko - domra</div> <div>      Volodymyr Hdanskiy - bayan</div> <div> <B>.</B></div> <div> <B>FEATURED ARTISTS:</B></div> <div>      The Great American Gypsy Band</div> <div>      Riabinushka Dance Ensemble</div> <div>      The Balalaika Orchestra of Detroit</div> <div>      Kirilo Borovsky, Volodymyr Hdanskiy, Nina Protsenko</div> <div>      Vancouver Balalaika Orchestra, Natasha Lozovsky, conductor</div> <div>      BDAA Festival Orchestra</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>.</B></div> <div> <B>FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT SELECTIONS</B></div> <div>     Akatui Lullaby   Frances Crawford, soprano soloist</div> <div>     Amur Waves</div> <div>     In the Forest, conducted by Victor Gorodinsky</div> <div>     Kalitka</div> <div>     Korobeiniki</div> <div>     Little Land, conducted by Victor Gorodinsky, Frances Crawford, soprano soloist</div> <div>     The Reindeer Runs Over the Snow  Frances Crawford, soprano soloist</div> <div>    Tula Samovar</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 553 ><NOBR><div> <B> <A NAME="1987"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>1987</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="404a0a00.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="160" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <I><IMG SRC="4a6ca790.jpg" border=0 width="202" height="121" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <A HREF="conv1987.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="BDAA 1987 Convention Houston, TX BDAA "><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><I><B>See Convention Photo</B></I></FONT></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>CONVENTION SITE:  </B>Rice University, Houston Texas</div> <div> <B>.</B></div> <div> <B>DATES:  </B>June 20, 1987 to June 28, 1987</div> <div> <B>.</B></div> <div> <B>CONCERT SITES:</B>  Grand 1894 Opera House, Galveston, Texas</div> <div>                                   Wortham Theater (Cullen Center), Houston, Texas     </div> <div> <B>.</B></div> <div> <B>CONVENTION COORDINATORS:  </B>Maxwell McCullough, Rosita Kirkman, Billie Bolton    </div> <div> <B>.</B></div> <div> <B>FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:</B>  Linda Leary Cherniavsky</div> <div> <B>.</B></div> <div> <B>MASTER ARTISTS:</B>  </div> <div>      Yevgeny Chornokondratenko - balalaika</div> <div>       Iryna Orlova - domra</div> <div>      Yaroslav Kovalchuk - bayan</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>.</B></div> <div> <B>FEATURED ARTISTS:</B></div> <div>      The Balalaika Orchestra of Detroit</div> <div>      The Ukrainian Dance Ensemble of Houston, Marika Macko, director</div> <div>      Nikolai Kedroff, balalaika</div> <div>      Emanuil Sheynkman, balalaika</div> <div>      The BDAA Domra Sextet</div> <div>      The BDAA Domra Choir, conducted by David Cooper</div> <div>      Houston Balalaika Society, conducted by Richard Pickar</div> <div>      Yevgeny Chornokondratenko, Yaroslav Kovalchuk, Iryna Orlova</div> <div>      BDAA Festival Orchestra </div> <div> <B>.</B></div> <div> <B>FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT SELECTIONS</B></div> <div>      At the Swamp</div> <div>      Crimean Sketches</div> <div>      Finale</div> <div>      Orlovskaya</div> <div>      Prelude, conducted by Victor Gorodinsky</div> <div>      Russian Dance</div> <div>      Valse Avagael, by Charley Rappaport, performed by the BDAA Domra Sextet</div> <div>      Shutochnaya</div> <div>      Play My Bagpipe</div> <div>      Moskva</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 553 ><NOBR><div> <B> <A NAME="1988"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>1988</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="405a0a00.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="160" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <I><IMG SRC="4a7c0620.jpg" border=0 width="192" height="98" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <A HREF="conv1988.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="BDAA 1988 Convention Wayne, NJ (10th A"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><I><B>See Convention Photo</B></I></FONT></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>CONVENTION SITE: </B> William Patterson College, Wayne, New Jersey</div> <div> <B>.</B></div> <div> <B>DATES:  </B>June 20, 1987 to June 28, 1987</div> <div> <B>.</B></div> <div> <B>CONCERT SITES:</B>  John Harms Theater, Englewood, New Jersey</div> <div>                                   Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, New York, New York</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>.</B></div> <div> <B>CONVENTION COORDINATORS:</B>  Valerie Davis, Leonard Davis, Helen Fornazor, Steve Wolownik  </div> <div> <B>.</B></div> <div> <B>FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:</B>  Linda Leary Cherniavsky</div> <div> <B>.</B></div> <div> <B>MASTER ARTISTS:</B></div> <div> <B>     </B>Yuri Aleksyk, balalaika</div> <div>      Tamara Semyonova, domra</div> <div>      Bohdan Parumba, bayan</div> <div> <B>.</B></div> <div> <B>FEATURED ARTISTS:</B></div> <div>      <B>Concert #1</B></div> <div>      The Balalaika Orchestra of Detroit, Bill Goldes Jr., Director</div> <div>      Troika Balalaika Orchestra, Helen Fornazor, Director</div> <div>      Yuri Aleksyk, balalaika / Bohdan Parumba, bayan / Tamara Semyonova, domra</div> <div> <B>     </B>The Balkan Serenaders, Tom Kelam, Director</div> <div>      BDAA Festival Orchestra</div> <div> <B>.</B></div> <div>      <B>Concert #2</B></div> <div>      Sadko Balalaika Orchestra, Austrailia</div> <div>      Balalaika and Domra Society of New York, Leonard Davis, director</div> <div>      Folk Instrument Trio (Master Artists)</div> <div>      BDAA Festival Orchestra</div> <div> <B>.</B></div> <div> <B>FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT SELECTIONS</B></div> <div>     American March</div> <div>     The Legend   conducted by Victor Gorodinsky</div> <div>     Peter the Great March</div> <div>     Souvenir de Vienne</div> <div>     Suite of Russian WW 2 Themes</div> <div>     Terim</div> <div> <B>.</B></div> <div> <B>BDAA Tenth Anniversary Celebration</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 523 ><NOBR><div>  <A NAME="1989"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>1989</B></FONT></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="41ea0a00.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="160" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="424bd5d0.png" border=0 width="189" height="93" ALT="Microsoft Photo Editor 3.0 Photo" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <A HREF="conv1989.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="BDAA 1989 Convention Tucson, AZ"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><I><B>See Convention Photo</B></I></FONT></A></div> <bR> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>CONVENTION SITE:  </B>Quality Inn University, Tucson, Arizona</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>DATES:  </B>June 25, 1989 to July 2, 1989</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>CONCERT SITE:</B>  Tucson Community Music Center Music Hall, Tucson, Arizona</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>CONVENTION COORDINATOR:</B>  Mia Bulgarin Gay  </div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:</B>  Linda Leary-Cherniavsky</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>MASTER ARTISTS:</B></div> <div>      Evgeny Trostyansky - balalaika</div> <div>      Iryna Orlova - domra</div> <div>      Vladimir Zubitsky - bayan</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>FEATURED ARTISTS:</B></div> <div> <B>     </B>University of Arizona Balalaika Orchestra</div> <div>      Nikolai Kedroff</div> <div>      The Balalaika Orchestra of Detroit</div> <div>      Roy Torley</div> <div>      Neva Russian Dance Ensemble</div> <div>      The Balkan Serenaders, Tom Kelam, director</div> <div>      Evgeny Trostyansky, Iryna Orlova, Vladimir Zubitsky</div> <div>      BDAA Festival Orchestra</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT SELECTIONS</B></div> <div>     The Devil's Wheel   (Gary Nova, baritone soloist)</div> <div>     Dayreams Waltz</div> <div>     Dumka</div> <div>     Hopak   (Neva Russian Dance Ensemble)</div> <div>     Ivushka (Diane Telischak, soprano soloist)</div> <div>     Korobeiniki</div> <div>     Pod oknom</div> <div>     Sviatogorsky Monastery, conducted by Victor Gorodinsky</div> <div>     Tula Samovar, The<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >, </FONT>conducted by Victor Gorodinsky</div> <div>     World War II Suite</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 673 ><NOBR><div> <B> <A NAME="1990"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>1990</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="41da0a00.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="160" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <I><IMG SRC="4a8cc3e0.jpg" border=0 width="204" height="62" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <A HREF="conv1990.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="BDAA 1990 Convention Washington DC"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><I><B>See Convention Photo</B></I></FONT></A></div> <bR> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>CONVENTION SITE:  </B>Georgetown University Conference Center, Washington, D.C.</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>DATES:  </B>July 1, 1990 to July 8, 1990</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>CONCERT SITE:</B>  Lisner Auditorium at George Washington University, Washington D.C.</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>CONVENTION COORDINATORS:</B>  Joel Leonard, Max McCullough</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>FESTIVALORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:</B>  John Garvey</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>MASTER ARTISTS:</B>  </div> <div>      Pavel Necheporenko - balalaika</div> <div>      Kiril Borovsky - balalaika</div> <div>      Lyubov Matviychul - domra</div> <div>      Bohdan Parumba - bayan</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>FEATURED ARTISTS:</B></div> <div>      The Balalaika Orchestra of Detroit</div> <div>      Alexander Voshchenkov</div> <div>      The BDAA Domra Choir</div> <div>      The Leningrad Lumberjacks, Konstantin Svirchevsky, director</div> <div>      Pavel Necheporenko</div> <div>      Volodymyr Baglai and Marina Popova (dancers from Ukraine)     </div> <div>      Troyista Muzyka</div> <div>      The BDAA Chorus, conducted by Zhanna Ivanovskaya</div> <div>      The BDAA Chamber Orchestra, conducted by John Garvey</div> <div>      BDAA Festival Orchestra</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT SELECTIONS</B></div> <div>     Vo kuznitse -- At the Smithy's</div> <div>     The Cherry Tree  (Lyubov Matviychuk, domra and Victor Gorodinsky, guitar)</div> <div>     Evening Bells</div> <div>     Ever Onward (from Treemonisha)</div> <div>     Morning in Champaign-Urbana</div> <div>     Gypsy Airs -- Mary Ann Harbar, violin solo -- BDAA Chamber Orchestra</div> <div>     The Night Is Light (Old Gypsy Waltz) -- Mary Ann Harbar, violin solo -- BDAA Chamber   </div> <div>            Orchestra</div> <div>     No Sounds From the City</div> <div>     Red Sarafan, The</div> <div>     Sleigh Bells</div> <div>     Iskorki (Sparks), waltz</div> <div>     Why Is My Heart?  (Phyllis Tilton Hurt, soprano)</div> <div>     Budashkin Domra Concerto (Lyubov Matviychuk, domra soloist)</div> <div>     Beyond the River Don</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>Site of the first BDAA wedding -- David and Irene McCullough</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 537 ><NOBR><div> <B> <A NAME="1991"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>1991</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="41ca0a00.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="160" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <I><IMG SRC="4a9c65a0.jpg" border=0 width="198" height="90" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <A HREF="conv1991.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="BDAA 1991 Convention Vancouver, BC Can"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><I><B>See Convention Photo</B></I></FONT></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="611"><div> <B>CONVENTION SITE:  </B>University of British Columbia conference Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>DATE:  </B>July 7, 1991 to July 14, 1991</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>CONCERT SITES:</B>   University of British Columbia Old Auditorium, Vancouver</div> <div>                                    Orpheum Theater, Vancouver, British Columbia  </div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>CONVENTION COORDINATORS:</B>  Natasha Lozovsky, Ariadna Bredin</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:</B>  Victor Gorodinsky</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>FEATURED ARTISTS:</B></div> <div>      Yablochko Dance Ensemble of the Russian Community Center, Vancouver</div> <div>      The Balalaika Orchestra of Detroit, William Goldes Jr., director</div> <div>      The Czar Balalika Duo</div> <div>      The BDAA Chamber Orchestra, conducted by David Cooper,  with Bibs Ekkel and </div> <div>            Nicholas Lozovsky</div> <div>      North of the Black Sea (Roy Torley/Joan Gaustad)</div> <div>      The BDAA Festival Chorus, Zhanna Ivanovskaya, conductor</div> <div>      The Russian Community Centre Orchestra, Natasha Lozovsky, conductor</div> <div>      BDAA Festival Orchestra</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT SELECTIONS</B></div> <div>     Concert Variations for Balalaika and Orchestra - Budashkin (Bibs Ekkel, balalaika soloist,  </div> <div>         with the BDAA Chamber Orchestra)</div> <div>     Cossacks' Song</div> <div>     Czardas (V. Monti) (Nicholas Lozovsky, violin soloist, with the BDAA Chamber Orchestra)</div> <div>     Dr. Zhivago, Themes from</div> <div>     At Church</div> <div>     Kazbek</div> <div>     Oh Return To Me My Darling</div> <div>     Orlovskaya</div> <div>     Peter the Great March</div> <div>     Three Russian Songs</div> <div>     Volga Boatmen, Song of the</div> <div> .</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 585 ><NOBR><div> <B> <A NAME="1992"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>1992</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="41ba0a00.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="160" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="420b67a0.png" border=0 width="182" height="122" ALT="Microsoft Photo Editor 3.0 Photo" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <A HREF="conv1992.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="BDAA 1992 Convention Philadelphia, PA"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><I><B>See Convention Photo</B></I></FONT></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="611"><div> <B>CONVENTION SITE:  </B>Sheraton University City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>DATE:  </B>July 4, 1992 to July 11, 1992</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>CONCERT SITE:</B>  Keswick Theatre:  </div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>CONVENTION COORDINATOR:  </B>Steve Wolownik:  </div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:</B>  Victor Gorodinsky</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>MASTER ARTISTS:</B>  </div> <div>      Alexander Marchakovsky - balalaika</div> <div>      Alexander Tsygankov - domra</div> <div>      Evgeny Ageev - bayan</div> <div>      Anatoly Kolbeshin - vocalist</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>FEATURED ARTISTS:</B></div> <div>      The Balalaika Orchestra of Detroit, William Goldes Jr., director</div> <div>      Yablochko Russian Dance ensemble</div> <div>      BDAA Bayan/Accordion Ensemble</div> <div>      Sadko Balalaika Orchestra of Melbourne, Australia</div> <div>      The Strings of Russia</div> <div>      The BDAA Chamber Orchestra, John Garvey, conductor</div> <div>      BDAA Festival Orchestra</div> <div> .</div> <div>     The Don Cossacks, a stranded ensemble from Belaya Kalitva, Russia performed for us at Rova Farm.  We invited them to perform for us at the convention.  We also held a floor drive at the banquet to collect money to help them to return to Russia.</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT SELECTIONS</B></div> <div>     Step, da step krugom (The Broad Steppe)  Anatoly Kolbeshin, tenor soloist</div> <div>     Don't Rustle, Little Green Oak Grove</div> <div>     Dr. Zhivago, Themes from</div> <div>     Hussar Suite - Waltz, Polka</div> <div>     In The Forest</div> <div>     Kamarinskaya</div> <div>     Melody</div> <div>     Polonaise Brilliante</div> <div>     Zhivyot moya otrada  (My Love Lives High Above) Anatoly Kolbeshin, tenor soloist</div> <div>     Tol'ko raz (Only Once)   Anatoly Kolbeshin, tenor soloist</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> .</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 1411 ><NOBR><div> <B> <A NAME="1993"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>1993</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="41aa0a00.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="160" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <A HREF="id108.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="BDAA 1993 Convention Strings of Russia "><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><I><B>See Convention Photo</B></I></FONT></A></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B><U>CONVENTION IN RUSSIA WITH "STRINGS OF RUSSIA" FESTIVAL</U></B></div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>CONVENTION SITE:  </B>Volga River, Russia on the river cruiser Alexander Raditschev</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>DATES:  </B>July 20, 1993 to August 4, 1993</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>CONCERT SITES:</B></div> <div>      Tchaikovsky Concert  Hall, Moscow Russia</div> <div>      Glinka Concert Hall, St. Petersburg, Russia</div> <div>      Dobrynin Cultural Center, Yaroslavl, Russia</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>CONVENTION COORDINATOR</B>:  Max McCullough</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:</B>  David Cooper</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>FEATURED ARTISTS:</B></div> <div> <I>     Concert # 1</I></div> <div>  <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFBF0" FACE="Arial" >.</FONT>    Mikhail Rozkov, balalaika</div> <div>      Folk Orchestra from the Central House of Performing Arts of Izhevsk</div> <div>      Ensemble of the Music School for Children of Rybinsk</div> <div>      Tsygankov Family Ensemble</div> <div>      Yaroslavl Souvenir</div> <div>      BDAA Festival Orchestra</div> <div>      Folk Instruments Ensemble from City of Ufa</div> <div>      Iryna Orlova and Alexander Ivanov</div> <div>      Chamber Orchestra</div> <div>      Bibs Ekkel</div> <div>      Georgi Svistunov and Larissa Gotlieb</div> <div>      Valery Zazhigin and Larissa Gotlieb</div> <div>      Strings of Russia Festival Orchestra</div> <div> .</div> <div>      <B>Concert #2</B></div> <div>      The Tokyo Orchestra</div> <div>      The Kazbek Orchestra of Sweden</div> <div>      Balalaika Quartet of France</div> <div>      Yaroslavl Souvenir</div> <div>      Bibs Ekkel</div> <div>      BDAA Festival Orchestra</div> <div>      Strings of Russia Festival Orchestra</div> <div>      Valery Zazhigin</div> <div>      Orchestra of Russian Folk Instruments of the City of Yaroslavl</div> <div>      Andreyev Academic Folk Orchestra</div> <div> .</div> <div>      <B>Concert #3</B></div> <div> <B>     </B>Yaroslavl Vocal Ensemble</div> <div>      Children's Orchestra of the City of Yaroslavl Palace of Culture</div> <div>      The Tokyo Balalaika Orchestra</div> <div>      Russkie Uzory</div> <div>      The Kazbek Balalaika Orchestra of Sweden</div> <div>      Philippe Cleirens, France</div> <div>      Georgi Svistunov, France</div> <div>      Balalaika Quartet of France     </div> <div>      Bibs Ekkel</div> <div>      BDAA Festival Orchestra</div> <div>      Yaroslavl Souvenir</div> <div>      Tsygankov Family Ensemble</div> <div>      Folk Instruments Ensemble from City of Ufa</div> <div>      Strings of Russia Festival Orchestra and Chorus</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT SELECTIONS</B></div> <div> <B>In Moscow:</B></div> <div>     Pri dolinushke (In the Valley)  Emanuil Sheynkman and William Goldes Jr., balalaika duo</div> <div>     Volga Boatmen, Song of the     Lennart Bäkström, baritone soloist</div> <div> <B>In St. Petersburg:</B></div> <div>     Dr. Zhivago, Themes from</div> <div>     Orlovsky Souvenir</div> <div>     Over the Fields (Ural Field Song)   Betty Jo Fite Hays, soprano soloist</div> <div>     Volga Boatmen, Song of the</div> <div> <B>In Yaroslavl:</B></div> <div>     In the Valley</div> <div>     Kazbek     Lennart Bäkström, baritone soloist</div> <div>     My Michele</div> <div>     Orlovsky Souvenir</div> <div>     Polyanka, conducted by Evgeny Ageev</div> <div>     Slavsya, conducted by Evgeny Ageev</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B><U>RODINA CONVENTION - USA</U></B></div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>CONVENTION SITE:  </B>Chancellor Hotel & Convention Center, Champaign, Illinois</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>DATES:  </B>July 11, 1993 to July 18, 1993</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>CONCERT SITE:  </B>Foellinger Auditorium, Urbana, Illinois</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>CONVENTION COORDINATOR</B>:  Lisa Ochoa and Tamara Livingston</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:</B>  Victor Gorodinsky</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>FEATURED ARTISTS:</B></div> <div> <B>     </B>The University of Illinois Russian Folk Orchestra</div> <div>      The Dueling Balalaikas</div> <div>      Maria Merkelo and Friends</div> <div>      Bibs Ekkel</div> <div>      Alexei Sinyavsky</div> <div>      BDAA Festival Orchestra</div> <div> .</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 608 ><NOBR><div> <B> <A NAME="1994"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>1994</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="419a0a00.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="160" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <I><IMG SRC="4aac6450.jpg" border=0 width="198" height="69" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <A HREF="conv1994.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="BDAA 1994 Convention Reno, NV"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><I><B>See Convention Photo</B></I></FONT></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>CONVENTION SITE:</B>  Holiday Inn Reno Downtown, Reno, Nevada</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>DATES:  </B>July 16, 1994 to July 24, 1994</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>CONCERT SITE:</B>  Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts, Reno Nevada</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>CONVENTION COORDINATOR:</B>  Zeny Ocean</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:</B>  Dimitri Hochlov</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>MASTER ARTISTS:</B></div> <div>      Valeri Zazhigin - balalaika</div> <div>      Alexander Tsygankov - domra</div> <div>      Natalia Semyonova - domra</div> <div>      Vyatcheslav Semyonov - bayan</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>FEATURED ARTISTS:</B></div> <div>      The Washington Balalaika Society Orchestra, conducted by Maxwell McCullough</div> <div>      The BDAA Chamber Orchestra, conducted by David Cooper</div> <div>      Peter Trofimenko/Evgenia Tochenaya</div> <div>      Russian Guest Artists</div> <div>      The Atlanta Balalaika Society</div> <div>      The BDAA Bayan Ensemble</div> <div>      BDAA Festival Orchestra</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT SELECTIONS</B></div> <div>     Lipa vekovaya (The Aged Linden Tree)</div> <div>     Kazbek  (Wally Fullerton, baritone soloist)</div> <div>     Ne slyushnu shumu gorodskovo (No Sound Is Heard From the City) -- Betty Jo Fite Hays, </div> <div>         soprano soloist</div> <div>     Russian Sailors' Dance  (Richard Holden and Natasha Lozovsky, dancers, accompanied </div> <div>         by the BDAA Chamber Orchestra)</div> <div>     Song of the Volga Boatmen</div> <div>     Suite based on Pushkin's "Snowstorm"</div> <div>     Vinyat menya v narodye (The People Blame Me) -- Valery Zazhigin, balalaika soloist</div> <div>     Travushka-Muravushka -- Alexander Tsygankov, domra soloist</div> <div>     Tula Samovar      BDAA Chamber Orchestra</div> <div>     Under the Apple Tree      BDAA Chamber Orchestra</div> <div>     Ural Mountain Dance      BDAA Chamber Orchestra</div> <div>     Waltz of the Faun</div> <div>     Valenki (Woolen Boots)  -- Valery Zazhigin, balalaika soloist<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFBF0" FACE="Arial" >.</FONT> </div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> .</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 744 ><NOBR><div> <B> <A NAME="1995"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>1995</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="418a0a00.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="160" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="499c0880.jpg" border=0 width="192" height="136" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <A HREF="conv1995.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="BDAA 1995 Convention Atlanta, GA"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><I><B>See Convention Photo</B></I></FONT></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>CONVENTION SITE:  </B>Renaissance Atlanta Hotel Downtown, Atlanta, Georgia</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>DATES:  </B>June 24, 1995 to July 2, 1995</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>CONCERT SITES:</B>  Renaissance Atlanta Hotel Downtown, Atlanta, Georgia</div> <div>                                   Robert Ferst Theatre at Georgia Tech Center for the Arts, Atlanta, Georgia</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>CONVENTION COORDINATOR:</B>  Jan Rygert</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:</B>  Linda Cherniavsky</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>MASTER ARTISTS:</B></div> <div>      Yuriy Mugerman - balalaika</div> <div>      Natalia Semyonova - domra</div> <div>      Vyatcheslav Semyonov - bayan</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>FEATURED ARTISTS:</B></div> <div>      <B>Concert #1</B>     </div> <div>      The Atlanta Balalika Society</div> <div>      Peter Trofimenko/Evgenia Tochenaya</div> <div>      Troika Balalaikas</div> <div>      Iryna Orlova and Isabella Mugerman</div> <div>      The BDAA Domra Ensemble</div> <div>      The BDAA Festival Chorus</div> <div>      Vyacheslav Semyonov & Natalia Semyonova</div> <div>      The BDAA Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Antonina Nigrelli</div> <div> .</div> <div>      <B>Concert #2</B></div> <div>      Washington Balalaika Society Orchestra, conducted by Maxwell McCullough</div> <div>      The Great American Gypsies</div> <div>      The BDAA Festival Chorus</div> <div>      Vyacheslav Semyonov & Natalia Semyonova</div> <div>      Yuriy and Izabella Mugerman</div> <div>      BDAA Festival Orchestra</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT SELECTIONS</B></div> <div>     O yesli b mog vyrazit v zvuke (Oh, could I but express in song...)  Wally Fullerton, baritone </div> <div>            soloist, with the BDAA Chamber Orchestra</div> <div>     Lipa vekovaya (The Age-Old Linden Tree)</div> <div>     The Black Raven -- Betty Jo Fite Hays, soprano soloist</div> <div>     Concerto for Domra and Orchestra, Natalia Semyonova, domra soloist</div> <div>     Cossack's Song</div> <div>     Etude On Jewish Themes</div> <div>     Hungarian Dance # 6    The BDAA Chamber Orchestra</div> <div>     Kalinka, Yuriy Mugerman, balalaika soloist</div> <div>     Kamarinskaya,  Yuriy Mugerman, balalaika soloist</div> <div>     Russian Ballroom - Potpourri Selections</div> <div>     Soldiers'  Song</div> <div>     Svetit mesyats   Festival Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra</div> <div>     Ukrainian Potpourri   The BDAA Chamber Orchestra</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> .</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 512 ><NOBR><div> <B> <A NAME="1996"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>1996</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="417a0a00.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="160" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <I><IMG SRC="4cdc8780.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="120" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <A HREF="conv1996.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="BDAA 1996 Convention Lake George, NY"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><I><B>See Convention Photo</B></I></FONT></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>CONVENTION SITE:</B>  Fort William Henry Resort, Lake George, New York<B>  </B></div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>DATES:  </B>June 23, 1996 to June 30, 1996</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>CONCERT SITE:</B>  Round Lake Auditorium, Round Lake, New York </div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>CONVENTION COORDINATOR:</B>  Max McCullough</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:</B>  Antonina Nigrelli</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>MASTER ARTISTS:</B></div> <div>      Yuriy Mugerman - balalaika</div> <div>      Iryna Orlova - domra</div> <div>      Anatoly Mamalyga - bayan</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>FEATURED ARTISTS:</B></div> <div>      Washington Balalaika Society Orchestra, conducted by Maxwell McCullough</div> <div>      Gennady and Tatyana Zut --- balalaika/piano</div> <div>      Iryna Orlova and Anatoly Mamalyga</div> <div>      Yuriy and Izabella Mugerman</div> <div>      Firebird Ensemble -- Los Angeles, California</div> <div>      Sasha Polinoff, balalaika</div> <div>      BDAA  Festival Chorus, conducted by Linda O'Brien Rothe</div> <div>      BDAA  Festival Orchestra</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT SELECTIONS</B></div> <div>      Crimean Sketches</div> <div>      Evening Bells</div> <div>      Farewell, My Gypsy Camp  -- Anatoly Panchoshny, bass soloist</div> <div>      Podruzhkini Chastushki</div> <div>      Romance</div> <div>      Subbotea  (The Saturday Night Date) -- Irina Zagornova, soprano soloist</div> <div>      Triumphal Polonaise</div> <div>      Tyorski Cossacks -- Irina Zagornova, soprano soloist</div> <div>      Song of the Volga Boatmen -- Anatoly Panchoshny, bass soloist</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> .</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 715 ><NOBR><div> <B> <A NAME="1997"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>1997</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="416a0a00.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="160" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <A HREF="conv1997.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" BDAA 1997 Convention San Pedro, CA"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><I><B>See Convention Photo</B></I></FONT></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>CONVENTION SITE: </B>San Pedro Hilton Marina, San Pedro, California<B> </B></div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>DATES:  </B>Jun 22, 1997 to June 29, 1997</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>CONCERT SITES:</B>  Madeo Ballroom, San Pedro Hilton  </div> <div>                Pasadena Civic Auditorium</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>CONVENTION COORDINATORS:  </B>Peggy Propper and Peter Rothe</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:</B>  Anatoly Mamalyga</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>MASTER ARTISTS:</B></div> <div>      Evgeny Trostyansky - balalaika</div> <div>      Sergei Grinchenko - bayan</div> <div>      Nadezhda Krygina - vocal</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>FEATURED ARTISTS:</B></div> <div> <B>     Concert #1</B></div> <div> <B>     </B>The Washington Balalaika Society, conducted by Maxwell McCullough</div> <div>      Zhena Folk Chorus</div> <div>      Leonid Nosif</div> <div>      Peter Trofimenko/Eugenia Tochenaya</div> <div>      Russian Wind Instruments Ensemble</div> <div>      Sergei Sinitsyn & Nadia Zakhvatkina (dancers)</div> <div>      Firebird Ensemble</div> <div>      Iryna Orlova & Anatoly Mamalyga</div> <div> .</div> <div>      <B>Concert #2</B>     </div> <div>      Firebird Ensemble</div> <div>      Sergei Sinitsyn & Nadia Zakhvatkina (dancers)</div> <div>      Sergei Grinchenko</div> <div>      Russian Festival Choir, conducted by Linda O'Brien Rothe</div> <div>      Iryna Orlova and Anatoly Mamalyga</div> <div>      Sergei Sinitsyn & Nadia Zakhvatkina (dancers)</div> <div>      Nadezhda Krygina</div> <div>      BDAA Festival Orchestra</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT SELECTIONS</B></div> <div>      Across the Wide Volga     Nadezhda Krygina, soprano soloist</div> <div>      Ancient Linden Tree, the</div> <div>     <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Step, da step krugom     Nadezhda Krygina, soprano soloist</FONT></div> <div>      Evening Bells</div> <div>      Guards' March</div> <div>      Gypsy Guitar</div> <div>      Hava Nagila</div> <div>      Karelian-Finnish Polka    Sergei Grinchenko, bayan soloist</div> <div>      Khorovod     Sergei Sinitsyn & Nadia Zakhvatkina, dancers </div> <div>      Lara's Theme from Dr. Zhivago</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> .</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 600 ><NOBR><div> <B> <A NAME="1998"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>1998</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="415a0a00.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="160" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <IMG SRC="4abc0710.jpg" border=0 width="192" height="113" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <A HREF="conv1998.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" 1998 BDAA Convention Lake George, NY"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><I><B>See Convention Photo</B></I></FONT></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>CONVENTION SITE: </B> Fort William Henry Resort, Lake George, New York<B> </B></div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>DATES:  </B>July 12, 1998 to July 19, 1998</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>CONCERT SITE</B>:  Palace Theatre, Albany, New York</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>CONVENTION COORDINATOR:</B>  Max McCullough:  </div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:</B>  David Cooper</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>MASTER ARTISTS:</B></div> <div>      Nikolai Kedroff - balalaika</div> <div>      Tamara Volskaya - domra</div> <div>      Anatoly Trofimov - bayan     </div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>FEATURED ARTISTS:</B></div> <div>      Washington Balalaika Society Orchestra, conducted by Maxwell McCullough</div> <div>      BDAA Founders Ensemble</div> <div>      Nikolai Kedroff and Igor Ponomarenko</div> <div>      The BDAA Chorus, conducted by Mark Bailey, director of The Yale Russian Chorus</div> <div>      The Atlanta Balalaika Society Ensemble</div> <div>      Russian Carnival Ensemble   </div> <div>      Tamara Volskaya and Anatoly Trofimov</div> <div>      BDAA Festival Orchestra</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT SELECTIONS</B></div> <div>      Concerto for Domra and Orchestra -- Tamara Volskaya, domra soloist</div> <div>      Gryozi (Daydreams Waltz)  --  Balalaika unison</div> <div>      Etude on Jewish Themes</div> <div>      Peaceful, Holy Lake Baikal -- Anatoly Panchoshny, basso</div> <div>      Raslilas Volga Shiroko  -- Anya Titova, soprano soloist</div> <div>      Soldier's Song   -- Anatoly Panchoshny, basso</div> <div>      Themes from Dr. Zhivago  </div> <div>      Woolen Boots --  Nikolai Kedroff, balaliaka soloist</div> <div>      Raduysia  --  The BDAA Chorus</div> <div>      Raduytesia Pravednii  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > --</FONT>  The BDAA Chorus</div> <div>      Svyatii Bozhe  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > --</FONT>  The BDAA Chorus</div> <div>      Svetit Svetel mesyats  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > --</FONT>  The BDAA Chorus</div> <div>      Evening Bells -- The BDAA Founders Ensemble</div> <div>      Longing For Home  --  The BDAA Founders Ensemble</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> .</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 1079 ><NOBR><div> <B> <A NAME="1999"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>1999</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="414a0a00.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="160" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <I><B> </B></I></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="611"><div>     There was no official BDAA convention held in 1999.  Instead, the BDAA sponsored a <B>White NIghts Study Tour </B>in Sweden and Russia<B> </B>and a few days later BDAA founder Steve Wolownik organized a gathering in Lakewood, New Jersey referred to as the <B>Road Diner (Rodina).</B></div> <div> .</div> <div> <B><U>WHITE NIGHTS STUDY TOUR</U></B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B><U> </U></B></FONT></div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>SITES:</B>  Foresta Hotel, Stockholm, Sweden,</div> <div>               Hotel Russia, St. Petersburg Russia</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>DATES:</B>  June 22, 1999 to July 5, 1999</div> <bR> <div> <B>STUDY TOUR COORDINATORS:  </B>Göran and Jan Rygert, and Max McCullough</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>CONCERT #1 SITE:  </B>Nybrokajen, Stockholm, Sweden</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:</B>  Antonina Nigrelli</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>FEATURED ARTISTS:</B></div> <div>      Kazbek/BDAA Orchestras</div> <div>      Shaika Balalaika (Finland Ensemble)</div> <div>      Alexander Tsygankov, Inna Shevchenko, Valeri Zazhigin, Larissa Gottlieb</div> <div>      Södra Bergens Balalajkor</div> <div>      Svetit Mesyats - All participants</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>CONCERT #2 & #3 SITES:  </B>Large Philharmonic Hall, St. Petersburg, Russia</div> <div>                                                 Academic Chapel Kapella, St Petersburg Russia     </div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:</B>  Bertil Runefelt</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>FEATURED ARTISTS:</B></div> <div>      Yaroslavl Orchestra of Russian Folk Instruments</div> <div>      BDAA and Kazbek Festival Orchestra</div> <div>      Tokyo Balalaika Ensemble</div> <div>      Finland Ensemble Kalinka</div> <div>      Mikhail Makarenko and Anne Perchat</div> <div>      Andreyev State Academic Russian Orchestra </div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>COMBINED BDAA/KAZBEK FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT SELECTIONS</B></div> <div>     Beryoza</div> <div>     Butterfly, The</div> <div>     Pri Dolinushke</div> <div>     Wedding-March from Jämtland, Sweden<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >,</FONT> conducted by Göran Rygert</div> <div>     BDAA March, conducted by Göran Rygert</div> <div>     Korobushka  --  Stephen Andrysyszyn and Kathleen Schwartzman, dancers</div> <div>     Pri Dolinushke -- John Bardash and Dan Nicolini, balalaika soloists</div> <div>     Selyskaya Kadril -- conducted by Bertil Runefelt</div> <div>     Ural Mountain Dance</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B><U>ROAD-DINER BALALAIKA & FOLK DANCE CAMP </U></B></div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>SITE:</B>  Georgian Court College, Lakewood, New Jersey</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>DATES:</B>  July 7, 1999 to July 11, 1999</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>CONCERT SITE:</B>  ROVA Russian Resort</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>CONVENTION COORDINATORS:</B>  Steve Wolownik, Riccardo Heald</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:</B>  Victor Gorodinsky</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>FEATURED ARTISTS:</B></div> <div> <B>     </B>The Gypsy Balalaikas (Zemel, Sherman, Wolownik)</div> <div>      Charlie Rappaport, domra</div> <div>      Ukrainian "Troyista Muzyka" Ensemble</div> <div>      Paul Takahashi, accordion</div> <div>      The Liberty Balalaika Orchestra of Liberty, Maine</div> <div>      The Pushkin Pluckers</div> <div>      Bibs Ekkel, balalaika</div> <div>      Road-Diner Festival Orchestra</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT SELECTIONS</B></div> <div>     God Save the Tsar</div> <div>     Graduation Waltz</div> <div>     Longing For My Homeland</div> <div>     Lullaby</div> <div>     Ural Mountain Dance</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> .</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 536 ><NOBR><div> <B> <A NAME="2000"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>2000</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="413a0a00.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="160" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <I><IMG SRC="4acc15f0.jpg" border=0 width="193" height="95" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <A HREF="conv2000.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" BDAA 2000 Convention Pittsburgh, PA"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><I><B>See Convention Photo</B></I></FONT></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.pgh-net.com/bdaa/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.pgh-net.com/bdaa/"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><I><B>Visit the Convention Website</B></I></FONT></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>CONVENTION SITE: </B> Marriott City Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania<B> </B></div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>DATES:  </B>July 6, 2000 to July 16, 2000</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>CONCERT SITE:</B> Byham Theater</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>CONVENTION COORDINATOR</B>:  Ron Markvan</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:</B>  Alexander Tsygankov</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>MASTER ARTISTS:</B></div> <div> <B>     </B>Sergey Vashchenko - balalaika</div> <div>      Alexander Tsygankov - domra</div> <div> <B>     </B>Vladimir Kaliazine - bayan</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>FEATURED ARTISTS:</B></div> <div> <B>     </B>Washington Balalaika Society Orchestra, conducted by Maxwell McCullough</div> <div>      Sergey Vashchenko/Vladimir Kaliazine</div> <div>      Guenko Guchev, baritone</div> <div>      Balalaika South -- Atlanta</div> <div>      St. Nicholas Balalaika Orchestra -- Mogadore, Ohio</div> <div>      BDAA Domra Choir, conducted by Charely Rappaport     </div> <div>      Alexander Tsygankov/Inna Shevchenko</div> <div>      BDAA Festival Orchestra</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT SELECTIONS</B></div> <div>      BDAA March</div> <div>      Step', da step krugom (The Broad Steppe) -- Ilarion Shuga, tenor soloist</div> <div>      Chastushki with Garmoshka</div> <div>      Going Around Saratov City</div> <div>      Kumanyok, pobyvai u menya (Good Friends, Come and Visit With Me)</div> <div>      Kalinka -- Ilarion Shuga, tenor soloist</div> <div>      Mar dyandya -- Alexander Tsygankov, domra soloist -- conducted by Maxwell McCullough</div> <div>      Posidelki/Yarmarka</div> <div>      Romance (from "Snowstorm")</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>First time a web page on the Internet was used to promote a BDAA convention</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> .</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 496 ><NOBR><div> <B> <A NAME="2001"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>2001</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="412a0a00.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="160" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <I><IMG SRC="4adcb6f0.jpg" border=0 width="203" height="111" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <A HREF="conv2001.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" 2001 BDAA Convention New Orleans, LA"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><I><B>See Convention Photo</B></I></FONT></A></div> <bR> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>CONVENTION SITE</B>:  Chadbourne Residence Hall, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>DATES:  </B>July 31, 2001 to August 5, 2001 </div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>CONCERT SITE:</B>  Mills Hall, University of Madison School of Music</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>CONVENTION COORDINATOR:</B>  Victor Gorodinsky</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:</B>  Victor Gorodinsky</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>MASTER ARTISTS:</B></div> <div> <B>     </B>Bibs Ekkel - balalaika</div> <div>      Charley Rappaport - domra</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>FEATURED ARTISTS:</B></div> <div> Komenka Dance Ensemble of New Orleans</div> <div> Winter Festival Balalaikas</div> <div> Charley Rappaport/Lynn McConnell</div> <div> Bibs Ekkel/Vanya Podzhopnikov</div> <div> Natasha Ramer</div> <div> BDAA Festival Choir</div> <div> BDAA Festival Orchestra</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT SELECTIONS</B></div> <div>      All That Has Been -- Lennart Bäkström, baritone soloist</div> <div>      Concert Variations. for Balalaika and Orchestra -- Bibs Ekkel, balalaika soloist</div> <div>      Kazbek  --  Lennart Bäkström, baritone soloist</div> <div>      Luchinushka and Troika</div> <div>      Lullaby</div> <div>      Moldavian Ciobaneasca  -- Charley Rappaport, domra soloist</div> <div>      Ride of the Cossacks</div> <div>      Ural Mountain Dance</div> <div>      White Acacia  -- Annika and Lennart Bäkström, vocal duo</div> <div>     </div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> .</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 560 ><NOBR><div> <B> <A NAME="2002"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>2002</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="411a0a00.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="160" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <I><IMG SRC="4afc7860.jpg" border=0 width="199" height="134" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <A HREF="conv2002.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2002 BDAA Convention New Orleans, LA"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><I><B>See Convention Photo</B></I></FONT></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>CONVENTION SITE:  </B>Hotel Monteleone, New Orleans, Louisiana</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>DATES:  </B>July 7, 2002 to July 14, 2992</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>CONCERT SITE:</B>  Louis Roussel Performance Hall, Loyola University</div> <div>                                O'Flaherty's Irish Pub</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>CONVENTION COORDINATORS</B>:  Natasha Ramer, John Rodi</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:</B>  David Cooper</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>MASTER ARTISTS:</B></div> <div>      Sergey Vashchenko - balalaika</div> <div>      Tamara Volskaya - domra</div> <div>      Anatoly Trofimov - bayan</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>FEATURED ARTISTS:</B></div> <div> <B>     </B>Komenka Ethnic Dance Ensemble of New Orleans</div> <div>      BDAA Festival Chorus, conducted by Svetlana Lonadier</div> <div>      Sergey Vaschenko,and Vladimir Kaliazine</div> <div>      Tamara Volskaya and Anatoly Trofimov</div> <div>      BDAA  Festival Artist Quartet</div> <div>      BDAA  Festival Orchestra</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT SELECTIONS</B></div> <div>     Akh, kak po moryu -- Komenka Dance Ensemble</div> <div>     Gypsy Rhapsody -- Tamara Volskaya and Anatoly Trofimov, domra and bayan, soloists</div> <div>     Hava Nagila</div> <div>     I Am Blamed By the People -- Sergei Vachchenko, balalaika soloist -- conducted by </div> <div>          Maxwell McCullough</div> <div>     Karusel</div> <div>     March, from "The Snowstorm"  -- Balalaika unison</div> <div>     Memories Waltz (from "The Journey")</div> <div>     No Sound Is Heard From the City</div> <div>     Oh, When the Saints Go Marching In</div> <div>     Dorogoi d'linnoyu (The Long Roads)  --  Alexander Mazarsky, vocal soloist</div> <div>     Trick-Track Polka</div> <div>     In the Field Stands a Birch Tree</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> .</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 792 ><NOBR><div> <B> <A NAME="2003"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>2003</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="410a0a00.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="160" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <IMG SRC="425c35b0.jpg" border=0 width="195" height="91" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <A HREF="conv2003.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" BDAA 2003 Convention Arlington, VA (W"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><I><B>See Convention Photo</B></I></FONT></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>CONVENTION SITE:  </B>Quality Hotel Conference Center, Arlington Virginia</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>DATES:  </B>July 5, 2003 to July 14, 2003</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>CONCERT SITES:</B> </div> <div>      Rosslyn Spectrum Theatre</div> <div>      Gunston Arts Center </div> <div>      Schlesinger Hall, Alexandria, Virginia</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>CONVENTION COORDINATORS:</B>  Joel Leonard, Max McCullough:  </div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:</B>  Nikolai Kalinin</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>MASTER ARTISTS:</B></div> <div> <B>     </B>Anatoly Tikhonov - balalaika</div> <div>      Alexander Tsygankov - domra</div> <div>      Anatoly Trofimov - bayan</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>FEATURED ARTISTS:</B></div> <div>      <B>CONCERT #1</B></div> <div>      Spirit of St. Petersburg Trio</div> <div>      Anatoly Tikhonov</div> <div>      Alexander Tsygankov</div> <div> .</div> <div>      <B>CONCERT #2</B></div> <div>      Flory Jagoda</div> <div>      Great American Gypsies</div> <div>      Harmonia -- Cleveland, Ohio</div> <div> .</div> <div>      <B>CONCERT #3</B></div> <div>      Atlanta Balalaika Society</div> <div>      Washington Balalaika Society Orchestra </div> <div>      Russian Carnival Ensemble     </div> <div> .</div> <div>      <B>FESTIVAL CONCERT</B></div> <div>      Washington Balalaika Society Orchestra, conducted by Maxwell McCullough</div> <div>      Anatoly Tikhonov</div> <div>      Alexander Tysgankov</div> <div>      Great American Gypsies</div> <div>      Russian Carnival Ensemble</div> <div>      BDAA Festival Orchestra</div> <div> .</div> <div> <B>     FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT SELECTIONS</B></div> <div>      The Ancient Linden Tree</div> <div>      Military March (from "Snowstorm")</div> <div>      Bright Moon</div> <div>      Dark Eyes -- alexander Tsygankov, domra soloist</div> <div>      Dr. Zhivago, Themes from</div> <div>      Moscow Nights March</div> <div>      Romanian Song and Czardas  --  Anatoly Tikhonov, balalaika soloist</div> <div>      Russian Waltz</div> <div>      Selskaya Polka</div> <div>      Song of the Volga Boatmen -- Anatoly Panchoshny, basso</div> <div>      Dorogoi d'linnoyu (The Long Roads) -- Anatoly Panchoshny, basso</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> . --</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 544 ><NOBR><div>  <A NAME="2004_1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>2004</B></FONT></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="40ea0a00.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="160" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <IMG SRC="426c35f0.jpg" border=0 width="195" height="95" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <A HREF="conv2004.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" BDAA 2004 Convention Tucson AZ "><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><I><B>See Convention Photo</B></I></FONT></A></div> <bR> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>CONVENTION SITE:  </B>Marriott University Park Hotel, Tucson, Arizona</div> <div>  --</div> <div> <B>DATES:  </B>July 26, 2004 to August 1, 2004</div> <div> --</div> <div> <B>CONCERT SITE</B>:  Crowder Hall, University of Arizona School of Music</div> <div> --</div> <div> <B>CONVENTION COORDINATOR:</B>  Mia Hansen, Dan Nicolini</div> <div> --</div> <div> <B>ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:</B>  Iryna Orlova</div> <div> --</div> <div> <B>MASTER ARTISTS:  </B></div> <div> <B>     </B>Yuri Aleksyk - balalaika</div> <div>      Iryna Orlova - domra</div> <div>      Vadym Khavrun - bayan</div> <div> --</div> <div> <B>FEATURED ARTISTS:</B></div> <div>      Arizona Balalaika Orchestra</div> <div>      The Great American Gypsies</div> <div>      BDAA  Domra Choir</div> <div>      Vadym Khavrun and Yuri Aleksyk</div> <div>      Iryna Orlova and Anatoly Mamalyga</div> <div>      BDAA Festival Orchestra</div> <div>      Sons of Orpheus Male Chorus of Tucson, conducted by Grayson Hirst</div> <div>      The Kalinka Russian Dancers, directed by Mia Hansen</div> <div> --</div> <div> <B>FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT SELECTIONS</B></div> <div> Ach, kak po moryu -- BDAA Festival Dancers</div> <div> At the Balalaika  -- Grayson Hirst, vocal soloist</div> <div> Karelian-Finnish Polka  -- Vadym Khavrun, bayan soloist</div> <div> Karusel  -- BDAA Festival Dancers</div> <div> Lullaby</div> <div> Lyrical Mood</div> <div> March from "Bridge over the River Kwai"</div> <div> Russian March</div> <div> Russian Souvenir</div> <div> Vesyolaya kadril'  -- BDAA Festival Dancers</div> <div> Viydu l ya na rechenku  -- Iryna Orlova, domra soloist</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> --</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 563 ><NOBR><div> <B> <A NAME="2005"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>2005</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="40da0a00.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="160" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="4a1bd530.jpg" border=0 width="189" height="83" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <I><IMG SRC="427bc310.png" border=0 width="188" height="49" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <A HREF="conv2005.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2005 BDAA Convention Madison, Wisconsin"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><I><B>See Convention Phot</B></I></FONT></A><I><B>os</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.bdaa.com/content/2005/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.bdaa.com/content/2005/"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><I><B>Visit the Convention Website</B></I></FONT></A></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>CONVENTION SITE:  </B>DoubleTree of Madison Hotel, Madison, Wisconsin</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> --</div> <div> <B>DATE:  </B>July 17, 2005 to July 24, 2005</div> <div> --</div> <div> <B>CONCERT SITE: </B> Mills Hall, University of Madison School of Music</div> <div> --</div> <div> <B>CONVENTION COORDINATOR: </B> Victor Gorodinsky</div> <div> -</div> <div> <B>ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:</B>  Svetlana Nikonova</div> <div> -</div> <div> <B>MASTER ARTISTS:</B></div> <div> <B>     </B>Igor Senin - balalaika</div> <div>      Nadezhda Burdykina - domra</div> <div>      Vladimir Zakharevich - bayan</div> <div> -</div> <div> <B>FEATURED ARTISTS:</B></div> <div> <B>     </B>Barynya Ensemble</div> <div>      Judy Sherman - vocal</div> <div>      Kavkaz Russian Dancers of Milwaukee</div> <div>      Duet BIS -- Senin/Burdykina</div> <div>      BDAA 2005 Sextet</div> <div>      BDAA Festival Orchestra     </div> <div> -</div> <div> <B>FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT SELECTIONS</B></div> <div>      <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Dance of the Buffoons</FONT></div> <div>      Fantasy on the romance 'Din, Din, Din'</div> <div>      Russian Two-Step -- Nadezhda Burdykina, domra soloist</div> <div>      Ne odna vo polye dorozhen'ka</div> <div>      Vse shto bylo -- Maia Braden, soprano soloist </div> <div>      Oh, It Is Not Evening -- Maia Braden, soprano soloist<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div>      <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Fantasy on Two Russian Themes</FONT></div> <div>      Lullaby  -- conducted by Victor Gorodinsky</div> <div>      Russian Tunes  -- Igor Senin, balalaika soloist</div> <div>      The Great Gate of Kiev</div> <div>      Radetzky March</div> <div>      On, Wisconsin</div> <bR> <div> <B>First "Gypsy Night"</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> -</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 579 ><NOBR><div> <B> <A NAME="2006"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>2006</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="40ca0a00.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="160" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="428c1910.jpg" border=0 width="193" height="145" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> <A HREF="conv2007.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2007 BDAA Convention Luther College De"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><I><B>See Convention Photo</B></I></FONT></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>CONVENTION SITE:  </B>Sheraton Suites, Cayuga Falls (Akron), Ohio</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> -</div> <div> <B>DATE:  </B>July 9, 2006 to July 16, 2006</div> <div> -</div> <div> <B>CONCERT SITE: </B> Kent State University Auditorium</div> <div> -</div> <div> <B>CONVENTION COORDINATORS:  </B>Jane Malackany/Jason Marzoula</div> <div> -</div> <div> <B>ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:</B>  Victor Gorodinsky</div> <div> -</div> <div> <B>MASTER ARTISTS:</B></div> <div> <B>     </B>Andrei Salaviev - balalaika</div> <div>      Tamara Volskaya - domra</div> <div>      Anatoly Trofimov - bayan</div> <div> -</div> <div> <B>FEATURED ARTISTS:</B></div> <div> <B>     </B>St. Nicholas Balalaika Orchestra     </div> <div>      The Great American Gypsies (Charley Rappaport & Joe Kovach)</div> <div>      Bibs Ekkel</div> <div>      Andrei Saveliev</div> <div>      Tamara Volskaya/Anatoly Trofimov</div> <div>      Washington Balalaika Society</div> <div>      BDAA Festival Orchestra</div> <div> -</div> <div> <B>FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT SELECTIONS</B></div> <div> The Patriotic Song</div> <div> Scene from Swan Lake</div> <div> Ride of the Cossacks</div> <div> I Am Blamed by the People</div> <div> Two Joyful Geese</div> <div> Slavonic Melodies</div> <div> Concerto for Domra and Folk Orchestra</div> <div> Latvian Landscape</div> <div> The Country Tune</div> <div> Train to Odessa</div> <div> Orlovskaya</div> <bR> <div> <B>First BDAA Original Competition Contest -- Winner - 'Slavonic Melodies' - Brian Tetlow</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> -</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 571 ><NOBR><div> <B> <A NAME="2007"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>2007</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="40ba0a00.jpg" border=0 width="160" height="160" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="634cb800.jpg" border=0 width="203" height="128" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <A HREF="conv2007.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2007 BDAA Convention Luther College De"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><I><B>See Convention Photo</B></I></FONT></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://students.luther.edu/%7Ebalalaika/housing.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://students.luther.edu/%7Ebalalaika/"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><I><B>Visit the Convention Website</B></I></FONT></A></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>CONVENTION SITE:  </B>Luther College, Decorah, Iowa</div> <bR> <div> <B>DATE:  </B>July 8 -15, 2007</div> <div> -</div> <div> <B>CONCERT SITE: </B> Center of Faith and Life Main Auditorium</div> <div> -</div> <div> <B>CONVENTION COORDINATOR:  </B>Larissa Iudin-Nelson</div> <div> -</div> <div> <B>ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:</B>  Svetlana Nikonova</div> <div> -</div> <div> <B>MASTER ARTISTS:</B></div> <div> <B>     </B>Andrei Salaviev - balalaika</div> <div>      Iraida Erokhina - domra</div> <div>      Vladimir Zakharevich - bayan </div> <div> -</div> <div> <B>FEATURED ARTISTS:</B></div> <div> The Luther College Balalaika Ensemble</div> <div> Judy Sherman</div> <div> Big Rock Balalaikas -- Morro Bay, CA</div> <div> Iraida Erokhina</div> <div> Andrei Saveliev</div> <div> Ensemble of the Washington Balalaika Society</div> <div> The BDAA Liturgical Choir, directed by Timothy and Sandra Peter</div> <div> Barynya</div> <div> BDAA Festival Orchestra</div> <div> -</div> <div> <B>FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT SELECTIONS</B></div> <div> Faun Waltz</div> <div> U zori-to, u zoren'ki (At the First Light of Dawn)</div> <div> Carnival of Venice  -- Iraida Erokhina, domra soloist</div> <div> Flight of the Bumble Bee  -- Vladimir Zakharevich, bayan soloist</div> <div> Gypsy Dance</div> <div> Russian Themes (Medley)  -- Ami Hall, soprano soloist</div> <div> Jewish Selections</div> <div> The Cart of Life</div> <div> Akh, Vy Seni, Moi Seni  -- Andrei Saveliev, balalaika soloist</div> <div> Vo lesochke komarochkov mnogo urodilos'  -- Andrei Saveliev, balalaika soloist</div> <div>               Sabre Dance, from "Gayane"<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFBF0" FACE="Arial" >-</FONT></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 630 ><NOBR><div>  <A NAME="2008_1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>2008</B></FONT></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="4f2c3e00.jpg" border=0 width="195" height="224" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="540c38b0.jpg" border=0 width="195" height="139" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <A HREF="id128.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2008 BDAA Convention Reno, Nevada"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><I><B>See Convention Photo</B></I></FONT></A></div> <bR> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>CONVENTION SITE: </B>Harrah's-Reno Hotel</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> .-.-</div> <div> <B>DATE:  </B>July 13 - 20 2008</div> <div> .-.-</div> <div> <B>CONCERT SITE:</B>   Nightingale Auditorium, University of Nevada - Reno</div> <div> .-.-</div> <div> <B>CONVENTION COORDINATORS:  </B>Zeny and Janis Ocean</div> <div> .-.-</div> <div> <B>ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:</B>  Alexander Tsygankov, with appearances by Victor  </div> <div>      Gorodinsky, Maxwell McCullough, Svetlana Nikonova</div> <div> .-.-</div> <div> <B>MASTER ARTISTS:</B></div> <div> <B>    </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Valery Zazhigin - balalaika</FONT></div> <div>      Alexander Tsygankov - domra</div> <div>      Natalia Semynova - domra</div> <div>      Vyatcheslav Semyonov - bayan</div> <div>      Inna Shevchenko - gusli</div> <div>      Larisa Gottlieb - piano</div> <div> .-.-</div> <div> <B>FEATURED ARTISTS IN CONCERT</B></div> <div> <B>     </B>The Sierra Nevada Balalaika Society -- Margarita Bryant, conductor</div> <div>      The BDAA Festival Dancers -- Natasha Lozovsky, Choreographer</div> <div>      Duo Semyonov</div> <div>      Moscow Quartet (Tsygankov, Zazhigin, Shevchenko, Gottlieb)</div> <div>      BDAA Festival Orchestra     </div> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFBF0" FACE="Arial" >-</FONT>.-.-.-</div> <div> <B>FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT SELECTIONS</B></div> <bR> <div>           Baikal Tale</div> <div>           Don Rhapsody -- Vyatcheslav Semyonov,. bayan soloist</div> <div>           Russian Winter  -- conducted by Svetlana Nikonova</div> <div>           The Joke  -- conducted by Victor Gorodinsky</div> <div>           Dancing at Dawn </div> <div>           Russian Field -- R. Steve Murdock, vocal soloist </div> <div>           Grotesk and Contemplation -- Valery Zazhigin, balalaika soloist</div> <div>           Oy da ty, kalinushka  -- conducted by Maxwell McCullough</div> <div>           Mar dyandya -- Alexander Tsygankov, domra soloist  -- conducted by Maxwell </div> <div>                 McCullough</div> <div>           Kumanyok, pobyvai u menya<B> </B><B>  </B></div> <div> <B>          </B>Svetit mesyats</div> <div> .-.-</div> <div> <B>Second BDAA Original Competition Contest -- </B></div> <div> <B>      Winner - 'Dancing at Dawn' - G</B><B>ö</B><B>ran Rygert</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> .-</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 513 ><NOBR><div> <B> <A NAME="2009"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>2009</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="53c9abf0.jpg" border=0 width="154" height="191" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div>  <IMG SRC="53ac4570.jpg" border=0 width="196" height="87" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <A HREF="id129.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2009 BDAA Convention Sitka, Alaska"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><I><B>See Convention Photo</B></I></FONT></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.bdaa.com/content/2009" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.bdaa.com/content/2009"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><I><B>Visit the Convention Website</B></I></FONT></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>CONVENTION SITE: </B>Westmark Hotel</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> -.-</div> <div> <B>DATE:  </B>July 18 - 24, 2009</div> <div> -.-</div> <div> <B>CONCERT SITE:</B>   Sitka Performing Arts Center</div> <div> -.-</div> <div> <B>CONVENTION COORDINATOR:  </B>Jeanne Stolberg</div> <div> -.-</div> <div> <B>ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:</B>  Victor Gorodinsky</div> <div> -.-</div> <div> <B>MASTER ARTISTS:</B></div> <div> <B>     </B>Bibs Ekkel - balalaika</div> <div>      Alexander Tsygankov - domra</div> <div> -.-</div> <div> <B>FEATURED ARTISTS IN CONCERT</B></div> <div> <B>     </B>Alexander Tsygankov, domra and Inna Shevchenko, piano</div> <div>      Bibs Ekkel, balalaika with John Langdon, guitar and the Ekkel family </div> <div>      The New Archangel Dancers, accompanied by the SitNiks</div> <div>      BDAA Festival Orchestra     </div> <div> -.-</div> <div> <B>FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT SELECTIONS</B></div> <div> <I>-.-</I></div> <div>           Black Jackdaw</div> <div>           Charming Eyes</div> <div>           Tachanka (The Soldier's Cart)</div> <div>           Noctourne -- Bibs Ekkel, balalaika soloist  </div> <div>           Akh, kak po moryu (On the Sea) -- BDAA Festival Dancers, Natasha Lozovsky-Burns, </div> <div>                 choreographer</div> <div>           Tula Samovar </div> <div>           Candlelight, by Victor Gorodinsky (Premiere performance) </div> <div>           Mar dyandya (Strike the Strings) -- Alexander Tsygankov, domra soloist</div> <div>           Lipa vekovaia (The Aged Linden Tree)</div> <div>           Gypsy Medley -- Judy Sherman and Tamara Ancite, vocals</div> <div>           The Lakes</div> <div> <B>         </B> Ural Mountain Dance -- BDAA Festival Dancers</div> <div> .-<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFBF0" FACE="Arial" >.-</FONT></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 601 ><NOBR><div> <B> <A NAME="2010"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>2010</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="62dd18b0.jpg" border=0 width="209" height="139" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <A HREF="id133.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2010 BDAA Convention Minneapolis MN"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><I><B>See Convention Photo</B></I></FONT></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.bdaa.com/content/2010/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.bdaa.com/content/2010/"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><I><B>Visit the Convention Website</B></I></FONT></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>CONVENTION SITE: </B>Sheraton - Bloomington, Minneapolis Minnesota</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> -.-</div> <div> <B>DATE:  </B>July 11 - 18, 2010</div> <div> -.-</div> <div> <B>CONCERT SITE:</B>   Ted Mann Theatre, University of Minnesota</div> <div> -.-</div> <div> <B>CONVENTION COORDINATORS:  </B>Anne DelVecchio, Tom Korba</div> <div> -.-</div> <div> <B>ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:</B>  David Cooper</div> <div> -.-</div> <div> <B>MASTER ARTISTS:</B></div> <div> <B>     </B>Andrei Saveliev - balalaika </div> <div>      Angelina Galashenkova-Reed - domra</div> <div>      Nina Tritenichenko - bayan</div> <div> -.-</div> <div> <B>FEATURED ARTISTS IN CONCERT</B></div> <div> <B>     </B>St. Mary's Balalaika Orchestra</div> <div>      Karpathy Children's Dance Ensemble, Lara Ciganko, director</div> <div> <B>     </B>Charley Rappaport with Judy Sherman, Andy King, Gordon Neidinger</div> <div>      Nina Tritenichenko </div> <div>      Angelina Galashenkova-Reed with Anton Melnichenko, piano</div> <div>      Andrei Saveliev with Washington Balalaika Society Ensemble</div> <div>      BDAA Festival Chorus, Sara Ann Pogorely, director</div> <div>      BDAA Festival Orchestra, David Cooper, conductor     </div> <div> -.-</div> <div> <B>FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT SELECTIONS</B></div> <div> <I>-</I><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFBF0" FACE="Arial" ><I>-.</I></FONT></div> <div>           Balalaika Waltz</div> <div>           Moscow Nights March</div> <div>           Russkiye Napevi --- Andrei Saveliev, balalaika soloist</div> <div>           Ne slyshno shumu gorodskovo -- Irina Petryk, soprano soloist  </div> <div>           Zaigrai, moya volynka -- Balalaika unison</div> <div>           Kalitka </div> <div>           Csardas (Monti) -- Nina Tritenichenko, bayan soloist</div> <div>           Gandzya -- Irina Petryk, soprano soloist</div> <div>           Ochi Chorniye -- Angelina Galashenkova-Reed, domra soloist</div> <div>           Mnogaya lyeta -- BDAA Festival Chorus, Sara Ann Pogorely, director</div> <div>           V put'  -- BDAA Festival Chorus, Sara Ann Pogorely, director</div> <div> <B>         </B> Kazbek -- Wally Fullerton, baritone soloist</div> <div>           The Easy Winners -- Angelina Galashenkova-Reed and Charley Rappaport, domra duo</div> <div>           Kadril'naya Pol'ka </div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 536 ><NOBR><div> <B> <A NAME="2011"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>2011</B></div> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="6b2cfc30.jpg" border=0 width="207" height="195" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="6c4d5430.jpg" border=0 width="213" height="67" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <A HREF="id178.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2011 BDAA Convention Bollnas, Sweden"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><I><B>See Convention Photo</B></I></FONT></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.bdaa.com/content/2011/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.bdaa.com/content/2011/"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><I><B>Visit the Convention Website</B></I></FONT></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>CONVENTION SITE:  </B>Bollnäs Folkhögskola, Bollnäs, Sweden</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> -.-</div> <div> <B>DATE:  </B>July 10-17, 2011 with additional non-convention concert in Stockholm on July 18</div> <div> -.-</div> <div> <B>CONCERT SITE:</B>  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT>Bollnäs House of Culture, Bollnäs, Sweden</div> <div> -.-</div> <div> <B>CONVENTION COORDINATORS:  </B>Göran Rygert, Håkan Sundin with Balalajkaorkestern Kazbek</div> <div> -.-</div> <div> <B>ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:</B>  Evgeny Ageev</div> <div> -.-</div> <div> <B>MASTER ARTISTS:</B></div> <div> <B>     </B>Valery Zazhigin - balalaika </div> <div>      Alexander Tsygankov - domra</div> <div>     <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFBF0" FACE="Arial" >-</FONT></div> <div> <B>FEATURED ARTISTS IN CONCERT</B></div> <div> <B>     </B>Orchestra Struny Rusi, Yaroslavl, Russia</div> <div>      BDAA Domra Choir, Alexander Tsygankov conducting</div> <div>      Helsingfors Balalaka Orchestra</div> <div>      Valery Zazhigin and Larisa Gotlieb</div> <div>      Alexander Tsygankov and Inna Shevchenko</div> <div> <B>    </B> The Moscow Quartet -- Tsygankov/Shevchenko/Zazhigin/Gotlieb with Kayoko Amano, vocal</div> <div>      BDAA Festival Orchestra, Evgeny Ageev, conductor    </div> <div> -.-</div> <div> <B>FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT SELECTIONS</B></div> <div> <I>-.-</I></div> <div>           The Guards' March [Andreyev]  -- Balalaika unison</div> <div>           Lara's Theme, from 'Dr. Zhivago' [Jarre]</div> <div>           Hargalaten [conducted by Göran Rygert]</div> <div>           Flottarkarlek [conducted by Göran Rygert]</div> <div>           Variations on a Gavot by Corelli [Tartini/Kreisler]-- Valery Zazhigin, balalaika soloist </div> <div>           Hungarian Dance no. 5 [Brahms]</div> <div>           Solovey [Alabiev/Vieuxtemps] -- Alexander Tsygankov, domra soloist</div> <div>           Veselaya Kadril [Temnov] -- Tatyana Semushina, vocal</div> <div>           Vecherny zvon [Mosalov]</div> <div>           Polyanka</div> <div>           Svyetit myesyats</div> <div>           Radetdzky March [Strauss]</div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 598 ><NOBR><div> <B> <A NAME="2012"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>2012</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="6fdcda80.gif" border=0 width="205" height="168" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="703d95a0.jpg" border=0 width="217" height="90" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <A HREF="id182.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2012 BDAA Convention Madison, Wisconsin"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><I><B>See Convention Photo</B></I></FONT></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.bdaa.com/content/2012/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.bdaa.com/content/2012/"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><I><B>Visit the Convention Website</B></I></FONT></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>CONVENTION SITE: </B>Lowell Center, Madison, Wisconsin </div> <div>     <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFBF0" FACE="Arial" >-</FONT></div> <div> <B>DATE: </B>July 7 - 14, 2012 (note Saturday - Friday scheduling)</div> <div>     <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFBF0" FACE="Arial" >-</FONT></div> <div> <B>CONCERT SITE:</B> Middleton High School Performing Arts Center</div> <div>     <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFBF0" FACE="Arial" >-</FONT></div> <div> <B>CONVENTION COORDINATOR: </B>Victor Gorodinsky</div> <div>     <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFBF0" FACE="Arial" >-</FONT></div> <div> <B>ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:</B> Victor Gorodinsky</div> <div>     <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFBF0" FACE="Arial" >-</FONT></div> <div> <B>MASTER ARTISTS:</B> </div> <div> David Cooper - balalaika </div> <div> Galina Dement'eva - domra </div> <div>     <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFBF0" FACE="Arial" >-</FONT></div> <div> <B>FEATURED ARTISTS IN CONCERT</B> </div> <div> University of Wisconsin Russian Folk Orchestra</div> <div> Atlanta Balalaika Society Members</div> <div> Galina Dement'eva, domra</div> <div> Irina Zagornova, vocalist</div> <div> David Cooper, balalaika</div> <div> Tzigane Ensemble (Charley Rappaport, Marvin Paioff, Diane Paioff)</div> <div> Los Angeles Balalaika Orchestra Youth Ensemble and Friends, Iryna Orlova, Director</div> <div> BDAA Festival Orchestra, Victor Gorodinsky, conductor </div> <div>     <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFBF0" FACE="Arial" >-</FONT></div> <div> <B>FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT SELECTIONS</B> </div> <div>     <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFBF0" FACE="Arial" >-</FONT></div> <div> Gloria, from "A Life for the Tsar" [M. Glinka]</div> <div> It Is Not the Wind </div> <div> Cossack Song [V. Kapustiak]</div> <div> Dumka [N. Budashkin] -- Galina Dement'eva, domra soloist</div> <div> American March [V. Andreev] -- balalaika unison</div> <div> Crimson Sunrise -- Maia Braden, vocal soloist</div> <div> Woolen Boots [A. Shalov] -- David Cooper, balalaika soloist</div> <div> The Broad Steppe</div> <div> Amur Waves Waltz [M. Kyuss]</div> <div> I Will Come Out to the River - Charley Rappaport & Gordon Neidinger, domra duet; </div> <div>     conducted by David Cooper</div> <div> Cart of Life [V. Gorodinsky]</div> <div> Blue Carriage [V. Shainsky] -- Walter Fullerton, vocal soloist</div> <div> The Moon Shines </div> <div> On, Wisconsin </div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 541 ><NOBR><div> <I><B> <A NAME="2013"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>2013</B></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="id186.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2013 BDAA Convention Sarasota, Florida"><FONT COLOR="#00FFFF"><I><B><IMG SRC="71ec9ec0.jpg" border=0 width="201" height="236" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></FONT></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id186.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2013 BDAA Convention Sarasota, Florida"><FONT COLOR="#00FFFF"><I><B><IMG SRC="71cd54c0.jpg" border=0 width="213" height="76" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></FONT></A><I><B>\</B></I></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.bdaa.com/content/Conventions/2013" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.bdaa.com/content/Conventions/"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><I><B>See Convention Photo</B></I></FONT></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.bdaa.com/content/Conventions/2013" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.bdaa.com/content/Conventions/"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><I><B>Visit the Convention Website</B></I></FONT></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>CONVENTION SITE: </B>Hyatt Regency Hotel, Sarasota, Florida</div> <div>     <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFBF0" FACE="Arial" >-</FONT></div> <div> <B>DATE: </B>July 7 - 14, 2013  </div> <div>      <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFBF0" FACE="Arial" >-</FONT></div> <div> <B>CONCERT SITE:</B> Sarasota Opera House</div> <div>     <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFBF0" FACE="Arial" >-</FONT></div> <div> <B>CONVENTION COORDINATOR: </B> Ron Markvan</div> <div>     <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFBF0" FACE="Arial" >-</FONT></div> <div> <B>ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:</B>   Svetlana Nikonova</div> <div>     <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFBF0" FACE="Arial" >-</FONT></div> <div> <B>MASTER ARTISTS:</B> </div> <div> Andrei Saveliev - balalaika </div> <div> Tamara Volskaya - domra </div> <div> Anatoliy Trofimov - bayan</div> <div>     <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFBF0" FACE="Arial" >-</FONT></div> <div> <B>FEATURED ARTISTS IN CONCERT</B> </div> <div>     <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFBF0" FACE="Arial" >-</FONT></div> <div> Ensemble of the Washington Balalaika Society </div> <div> Musica!</div> <div> Golden Gates Dancers</div> <div> Bibs Ekkel and Family</div> <div> Barynya</div> <div> Tamara Volskaya and Anatoly Trofimov</div> <div> Andrei Saveliev, with Washington Balalaikas Ensemble</div> <div> BDAA Festival Orchestra, Svetlana Nikonova, conductor</div> <div>     <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFBF0" FACE="Arial" >-</FONT></div> <div> <B>FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT SELECTIONS</B> </div> <div>     <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFBF0" FACE="Arial" >-</FONT></div> <div> Moscow Nights March</div> <div> Polyushko polye (Meadowlands)</div> <div> Taborny vecher -- Roger Foreman, violin soloist and composer ** Winner of BDAA Composition Contest</div> <div> Raspryagayte khloptsy, koni (Unhitch the horses, lads)</div> <div> Zigeunerweisen -- Tamara Volskaya, domra soloist</div> <div> Barynya (The Lady)</div> <div> Techyot Volga -- Irina Zagornova, vocal soloist</div> <div> Uralskaya plyasovaya (Ural Dance) -- Andrei Saveliev, balalaika Soloist</div> <div> Romaleska</div> <div> Those Were the Days</div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 556 WIDTH="218"><div>  <A NAME="conv2014"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>2014</B></FONT></div> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="750d9d90.jpg" border=0 width="217" height="217" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="73bda720.jpg" border=0 width="218" height="114" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></div> <div> <A HREF="id189.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2015 BDAA Convention Akron/Cuyahoga Fal"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><I><B>See Convention Photo</B></I></FONT></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.bdaa.com/content/Conventions/2014" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.bdaa.com/content/Conventions/"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><I><B>Visit the Convention Website</B></I></FONT></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>CONVENTION SITE: </B>Radisson Plaza Hotel, Kalamazoo, Michigan</div> <div>   <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFBF0" FACE="Arial" >-</FONT></div> <div> <B>DATE: </B>July 6 - 13, 2014 </div> <div>    <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFBF0" FACE="Arial" >-</FONT></div> <div> <B>CONCERT SITE:</B> Chenery Auditorium</div> <div>   <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFBF0" FACE="Arial" >-</FONT></div> <div> <B>CONVENTION COORDINATOR: </B> Richard Baranko</div> <div>   <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFBF0" FACE="Arial" >-</FONT></div> <div> <B>ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:</B>   Alexander Tentser</div> <div>   <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFBF0" FACE="Arial" >-</FONT></div> <div> <B>MASTER ARTISTS:</B> </div> <div> Gennady Zut - balalaika </div> <div> Peter Omelchenko - domra </div> <div>   <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFBF0" FACE="Arial" >-</FONT></div> <div> <B>FEATURED ARTISTS IN CONCERT</B> </div> <div>   <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFBF0" FACE="Arial" >-</FONT></div> <div> Ensemble of the Atlanta Balalaika Society</div> <div> Gennady Zut, accompanied by Tatiana Zut</div> <div> Russian Balalaika Orchestra of Pittsburgh</div> <div> Eastern Slavs with Anna Gubenkova and Zhanna Ivanovskaya, vocalists</div> <div> Peter Omelchenko, accompanied by Tatiana Zut</div> <div> BDAA Festival Orchestra, Alexander Tentser, conductor</div> <div>   <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFBF0" FACE="Arial" >-</FONT></div> <div> <B>FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT SELECTIONS</B> </div> <div>   <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFBF0" FACE="Arial" >-</FONT></div> <div> American March</div> <div> Lara's Theme, from "Dr. Zhivago"</div> <div> Asturias -- Peter Omelchenko, domra soloist</div> <div> Orlovski Souvenir</div> <div> Song to the Moon, from "Rusalka" -- Shannon Scoles, soprano soloist</div> <div> Sabre Dance</div> <div> The Lakes</div> <div> Concert Piece for Xylophone -- Ariana Nicolini, soloist</div> <div> Aria, by V. Bibergan -- Alexander Tenser, piano soloist; Victor Gorodinsky, conductor</div> <div> Handzia (Gandzia) -- Anna Gubenkova, soprano soloist</div> <div> Vinyat menya v narodye... -- Gennady Zut, balalaika soloist</div> <div> The Great Gate of Kiev</div> <bR> <div> <B>       </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#990000" FACE="Arial" ><B>A record number of twelve scholarships were awarded for this Convention</B></FONT></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 396 ><NOBR><div> <B> <A NAME="2015"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B><B>2015</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id189.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2015 BDAA Convention Akron/Cuyahoga Fal"><FONT COLOR="#000000"><I><B><IMG SRC="85cd6a20.jpg" border=0 width="214" height="162" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></FONT></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id189.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2015 BDAA Convention Akron/Cuyahoga Fal"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><I><B>See Convention Photo</B></I></FONT></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.bdaa.com/content/Conventions/2015" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.bdaa.com/content/Conventions/"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><I><B>Visit the Convention Website</B></I></FONT></A></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="611"><div> <B>CONVENTION SITE: </B>Sheraton Suites, Cuyahoga Falls Ohio (Akron) <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFBF0" FACE="Arial" >-</FONT></div> <div> -</div> <div> <B>DATE: </B>July 5 - 12, 2015</div> <div> --</div> <div> <B>CONCERT SITE:</B> Kent State University Auditorium</div> <div> --</div> <div> <B>CONVENTION COORDINATOR: </B> Mary Jane Malackany</div> <div> -</div> <div> <B>ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:</B>   Victor Gorodinsky</div> <div> -</div> <div> <B>MASTER ARTISTS:</B> </div> <div> Tetiana Khomenko - balalaika </div> <div> Alexander Tsygankov - domra </div> <div> -</div> <div> <B>FEATURED ARTISTS IN CONCERT</B> </div> <bR> <div> Ensemble of the Washington Balalaika Society</div> <div> Great American Gypsy Band Reunion</div> <div> 9-String Theory -- Angelina Galashenkova and John Huston</div> <div> Tetiana Khomenko, accompanied by Balalaika Fantasie, Atlanta </div> <div> BDAA Festival Orchestra, Svetlana Nikonova, conductor</div> <div> Zhanna Ketslakh and 'Solnitsa'  finale ensemble</div> <bR> <div> -</div> <div> <B>FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT SELECTIONS</B> </div> <div> -</div> <div> Dance of Buffoons (Skomorokh Dance)</div> <bR> <div> <B>We broke our previous record, awarding thirteen scholarships !</B></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 448 ><NOBR><div>  <A NAME="2015_1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>2016</B></FONT></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="88bd3530.jpg" border=0 width="211" height="83" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <A HREF="id178.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="2011 BDAA Convention Bollnas, Sweden"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><I><B>See Convention Photo</B></I></FONT></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.bdaa.com/content/Conventions/2016" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.bdaa.com/content/Conventions/"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><I><B>Visit the Convention Website</B></I></FONT></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>CONVENTION SITE: </B>Monroe Convention Center, Bloomington, Indiana</div> <div>                                         Courtyard Marriott Hotel, loomington, Indiana</div> <div> -</div> <div> <B>DATE: </B>July 17 - 23, 2016</div> <div> --</div> <div> <B>CONCERT SITE:</B> Buskirk-Chumley Theater</div> <div> --</div> <div> <B>CONVENTION COORDINATOR: </B> Irene Perloff McCullough, Louise Ditchey</div> <div> -</div> <div> <B>ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:</B>   Svetlana Nikonova</div> <div> -</div> <div> <B>MASTER ARTISTS:</B> </div> <div> Tetiana Khomenko - balalaika </div> <div> Angelina Galashenkova - domra </div> <div> -</div> <div> <B>FEATURED ARTISTS IN CONCERT</B> </div> <bR> <div> Ensemble of the Washington Balalaika Society</div> <div> Great American Gypsy Band Reunion</div> <div> 9-String Theory -- Angelina Galashenkova and John Huston</div> <div> Tetiana Khomenko, accompanied by Balalaika Fantasie, Atlanta </div> <div> Zhanna Ketslakh and 'Solnitsa'  finale dancers, singers and musicians</div> <div> BDAA Festival Orchestra, Svetlana Nikonova, conductor</div> <bR> <div> <B>FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT SELECTIONS</B> </div> <bR> <div> <B>--- in process --</B></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 596 WIDTH="218"><div>  <A NAME="2017_1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B>2017</B></FONT></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="8b3da680.jpg" border=0 width="218" height="104" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Photo coming soon!</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.bdaa.com/content/Conventions/2017" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.bdaa.com/content/Conventions/"><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><I><B>Visit the Convention Website</B></I></FONT></A></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>CONVENTION SITE:</B> Holiday Inn - Historic District, Alexandria VA</div> <bR> <div> <B>DATES:</B> July 16 - 23, 2017</div> <bR> <div> <B>CONCERT SITE:</B> Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center, Alexandria VA</div> <bR> <div> <B>CONVENTION </B><B>COORDINATORS</B><B>:  </B>Jason Marzuola, Victor Gorodinsky</div> <bR> <div> <B>ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:</B>  Svetlana Nikonova</div> <bR> <div> <B>MASTER ARTISTS </B></div> <bR> <div> Andrei Saveliev - balalaika </div> <div> Anna Shatilova - domra<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#330000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>VISITING ARTISTS</B></div> <bR> <div> Volodymyr and Natalia Marunych, Kiev, Ukraine - bayan and domra</div> <div> Peter Omelchenko, Moscow, Russia - prima and alto domra</div> <bR> <div> <B>FEATURED ARTISTS IN CONCERT </B></div> <bR> <div> The Washington Balalaika Society</div> <div> Anna Shatilova, accompanied by pianist Jon Laird</div> <div> Barynya Dance duo -- Valentina Kvasova and Boulat Moukhametov</div> <div> Andrei Saveliev, accompanied by a select ensemble</div> <div> The Founders Quartet -- Charley Rappaport, Lynn McConnell, Elena Pavlova, Victor Gorodinsky</div> <div> Anna Gubenkova and  finale dancers, singers and musicians</div> <div> BDAA Festival Orchestra, Svetlana Nikonova, conductor</div> <bR> <div> <B>FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT SELECTIONS </B></div> <bR> <div> Hymn to the Great City, R. Glière</div> <div> Russkiye Pereplyas, V. Gorodinsky</div> <div> Nocturne, A. Borodin</div> <div> Dance of Gypsy Women from 'Aleko", S. Rachmaninoff, Anna Shatilova, domra soloist</div> <div> The Second Waltz, D. Shostakovich</div> <div> Out Into the Field With My Horse (Kon'), arr. V. Gorodinsky, Anna Gubenkova, vocal soloist, conducted by  </div> <div>      aictor Gorodinsky</div> <div> Tunes and Dances of Russian Gypsies, arr. S. Nikonova</div> <div> Po nebu, po sinemu ..., A. Shalov, Andrei Saveliev, balalaika soloist</div> <div> The Devil's Wheel, A. Babadjanian</div> <div> Encore:  Con te partirò, F. Sartori/L. 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