1979	CONVENTION SITE:  Richard Stockton State College, Pomona, New Jersey .. DATES:  July 4, 1979 to July 8, 1979 .. CONCERT SITE:  Performing Arts Center Stockton State College, Pomona, New Jersey .. CONVENTION COORDINATOR:  Steve Wolownik .. ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:  Paul Kauriga .. FEATURED ARTISTS:      Great American Gypsy Band      Sasha Voshchenkov, accordion      Odessa Balalaikas      Emanuil “Misha” Sheynkman, balalaika      Troika Balalaikas      Sasha Polinoff, balalaika      Bright Moon Quartet      Verkhovina Slavic Choral Ensemble      BDAA Festival Orchestra .. FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA SELECTIONS:      Village Polka (Sel'skaya polka)      Pod oknom cheremushka kolyshetsya      Pyat' russkikh pyes (Five Russian Pieces)      Lipa vekovaya (The Ancient Linden Tree)      Kamarinskaya      Svetit mesyats (Bright Shines the Moon) The BDAA Hall of Fame was founded at this Convention.
1980	CONVENTION SITE:  Richard Stockton State College, Pomona, New Jersey . DATES:  June 23, 1980 to June 29, 1980 . CONCERT SITE:  Performing Arts Center Stockton State College, Pomona, New Jersey   . CONVENTION COORDINATOR:  Steve Wolownik   . ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:  Paul Kauriga CONCERT COORDINATOR:  Charley Rappaport . FEATURED ARTISTS:      The Great American Gypsy Band      Paul Karnow      Russian Capella Male Chorus      The Janosik Dancers      Troika Balalaikas      Emanuil “Misha” Sheynkman, balalaika      Verkhovina Slavic Choral Ensemble      BDAA Festival Orchestra . FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT SELECTIONS     Beryozka Medley     Russian Tunes     Village Polka     Vozle Rechki, Vozle Mosta     Under the Window a Cherry Tree Sways     Under the Apple Tree The BDAA Scholarship Fund was initiated. First convention banquet.
1981 See Convention Photo	CONVENTION SITE:  University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois . DATES:  June 13, 1981 to June 19, 1981 . CONCERT SITES: Great Hall of Krannert Center for the Performing Arts                                  Smith Recital Hall . CONVENTION COORDINATORS:  Steve Wolownik, Bruce Wood . ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:  John Garvey . FEATURED ARTISTS:       Concert #1      The Great American Gypsy Band      O'Prihodye      The University of Illinois Russian Folk Orchestra      The American Heritage Dancers      Misha Sheynkman      BDAA Festival Orchestra      Concert #2           The American Balalaika Company      Roy Torley, bandura/Joan Gaustad, vocals      The Balalaika Orchestra of Detroit      Kamarinskaya Trio      Yugoslav Cultures Troupe      BDAA Festival Orchestra . FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT SELECTIONS     At the Blacksmith's (Vo kuznitse)     Bright Moon     I Sit On a Rock     In the Tower, In the High Tower     It Is Not the Wind That Bends the Branch     Memories Waltz (from "The Journey")     Moldavian Girl     Oh, That Evening     Peter the Great March
1982 See Convention Photo	CONVENTION SITE:  Glassboro State College, Glassboro, New Jersey . DATE:  July 10, 1982 to July 16, 1982 . CONCERT SITE:  Wilson Concert Hall, Glassboro State College . CONVENTION COORDINATORS:  Steve Wolownik, Charley Rappaport . ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:  John Garvey . FEATURED ARTISTS:      The Great American Gypsy Band      The Andreyev Balalaika Orchestra of Philadelphia, Anastasia Karnow, director      Kamarinskaya      Sasha Russian Dance Ensemble and Holy Ghost Church Dancers      The Andreyev Balalaika Ensemble of New York, Mark Selivan, Director      Alexander Voshchenkov, accordion      BDAA Festival Orchestra . FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT SELECTIONS     Fantasia     Kalitka, Ancient Russian Romance     Mazurka #4     Moscow Nights March     Na luzhaike     On the Danube     Peter the Great March     Stoit oreshina kudryavaya
1983 See Convention Photo	CONVENTION SITE:  University of California Berkley, Berkeley, California . DATE: July 10, 1983 to July 15, 1983 . CONCERT SITES:  UC Berkeley - Cal Performances - 101 Zellerbach Hall                                   The Russian Center, San Francisco, CA . CONVENTION COORDINATOR:  Lynn Carpenter . ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:  Linda Leary . FEATURED ARTISTS:      The Great American Gypsy Band      The Balalaika Orchestra of Detroit      Neva Russian Dancers      Leonard Davis/Valerie Davis, balalaikas      Khadra International Folk Ballet      Alexander Voshchenkov, accordion      BDAA Chamber Orchestra      BDAA Festival Orchestra . FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT SELECTIONS      Beryozka Medley      Charming Eyes      Fantasia      Hungarian Dance No. 1      March from "The Love of Three Oranges"      Moldavian Girl      Peter the Great March      Waltz from "Ivan Susanin"      Waves of the Danube
1984 See Convention Photo	CONVENTION SITE:  Richard Stockton State College, Ponoma, New Jersey . DATES:  July 14, 1984 to July 21, 1984 . CONCERT SITE:  Performing Arts Center - Stockton State College:   . CONVENTION COORDINATOR:  Steve Wolownik . ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:  Linda Leary Cherniavsky . FEATURED ARTISTS:      The Balalaika Orchestra of Detroit      Bibs Ekkel, balalaika      Balalaika Russe      The American Balalaika Company      Alexander Voshchenkov, accorsion      The BDAA Russian Chorus      BDAA Festival Orchestra          Gary Nova, vocalist . FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT SELECTIONS     Russian Sailors' Dance     At the Swamp     At Church     Kalitka, Ancient Russian Romance     Luchinushka     Along the Volga     Peter the Great March     My Little Mary     Devil's Wheel, The . First convention with a day off in the middle of the week.
1985 See Convention Photo	CONVENTION SITE:  Unicoi Park and Lodge, Helen, Georgia . DATES:  July 14, 1985 to July 21, 1985 . CONCERT SITES:  Helen Pavilion, Helen Georgia                                     Alliance Theater, Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta, Georgia . CONVENTION COORDINATORS:  Steve Wolownik, Charley Rappaport . ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:  John Garvey . FEATURED ARTISTS:      Concert #1           The Great American Gypsy Band      Alexander Voshchenkov, accordion      BDAA Russian Festival Chorus      Vladimir Illyashevich, balalaika / Yaroslav Kovalchuk, bayan .      Concert #2      The Balalaika Orchestra of Detroit      Bibs Ekkel, balalaika      BDAA Russian Festival Chorus      Atlanta Balalaika Society Orchestra      Vladimir Illyashevich / Yaroslav Kovalchuk      The Great American Gypsy Band      BDAA Festival Orchestra           Gary Nova, vocalist FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT SELECTIONS      A Hut's Passageway (Akh vy, seni)      As I Was Coming From Debrecyn (BDAA Chorus)      At a Russian Inn      Broad Steppe, The (Step' da step' drugom)      Crimean Sketches      Devil's Wheel, The      Legend (Conducted by Victor Gorodinsky)      On the Seas, On the Waves      Pear Tree, The (BDAA Chorus) . First time guest artists from the former Soviet Union were invited as master instructors      and concert headliners, sponsored by the Ukraina Society of Kiev
1986 See Convention Photo	CONVENTION SITE:  University of British Columbia Conference Center, Vancouver, British Columbia Canada . DATES:  July 20, 1986 to July 27, 1986 . CONCERT SITES:  Centennial Theater, North Vancouver                                    Russian Community Center, Vancouver, British Columbia . CONVENTION COORDINATOR:  Natasha Lozovsky . ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:  John Garvey . MASTER ARTISTS:      Kirilo Borovsky - balalaika      Nina Protsenko - domra      Volodymyr Hdanskiy - bayan . FEATURED ARTISTS:      The Great American Gypsy Band      Riabinushka Dance Ensemble      The Balalaika Orchestra of Detroit      Kirilo Borovsky, Volodymyr Hdanskiy, Nina Protsenko      Vancouver Balalaika Orchestra      BDAA Festival Orchestra . FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT SELECTIONS     Akatui Lullaby     Amur Waves     In the Forest     Kalitka     Korobeiniki     Little Land     Reindeer Runs Over the Snow, The    Tula Samovar
1987 See Convention Photo	CONVENTION SITE:  Rice University, Houston Texas . DATES:  June 20, 1987 to June 28, 1987 . CONCERT SITES:  Grand 1894 Opera House, Galveston, Texas                                   Wortham Theater (Cullen Center), Houston, Texas      . CONVENTION COORDINATORS:  Maxwell McCullough, Rosita Kirkman, Billie Bolton     . ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:  Linda Leary Cherniavsky . MASTER ARTISTS:        Yevgeny Chornokondratenko - balalaika       Iryna Orlova - domra      Yaroslav Kovalchuk - bayan . FEATURED ARTISTS:      The Balalaika Orchestra of Detroit      The Ukrainian Dance Ensemble of Houston      Nikolai Kedroff, balalaika      Emanuil Sheynkman, balalaika      The BDAA Domra Sextet      The BDAA Domra Choir      Houston Balalaika Society      Yevgeny Chornokondratenko, Yaroslav Kovalchuk, Iryna Orlova      BDAA Festival Orchestra . FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT SELECTIONS      At the Swamp      Crimean Sketches      Finale      Orlovskaya      Prelude      Russian Dance      Valse Avagael      Shutochnaya      Play My Bagpipe      Moskva
1988 See Convention Photo	CONVENTION SITE: William Patterson College, Wayne, New Jersey . DATES:  June 20, 1987 to June 28, 1987 . CONCERT SITES:  John Harms Theater, Englewood, New Jersey                                   Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, New York, New York . CONVENTION COORDINATORS:  Valerie Davis, Leonard Davis, Helen Fornazor, Steve Wolownik   . ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:  Linda Leary Cherniassky . MASTER ARTISTS:      Yuri Aleksyk, balalaika      Tamara Semyonova, domra      Bohdan Parumba, bayan . FEATURED ARTISTS:      Concert #1      The Balalaika Orchestra of Detroit, Bill Goldes Jr., Director      Troika Balalaika Orchestra, Helen Fornazor, Director      Yuri Aleksyk, balalaika / Bohdan Parumba, bayan / Tamara Semyonova, domra      The Balkan Serenaders, Tom Kelam, Director      BDAA Festival Orchestra .      Concert #2      Sadko Balalaika Orchestra, Austrailia      Balalaika and Domra Society of New York      Folk Instrument Trio (Master Artists)      BDAA Festival Orchestra . FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT SELECTIONS     American March     Legend, The     Peter the Great March     Souvenir de Vienne     Suite of Russian WW 2 Themes     Terim . BDAA Tenth Anniversary Celebration
1989 See Convention Photo	CONVENTION SITE:  Quality Inn University, Tucson, Arizona . DATES:  June 25, 1989 to July 2, 1989 . CONCERT SITE:  Tucson Community Music Center Music Hall, Tucson, Arizona . CONVENTION COORDINATOR:  Mia Bulgarin Gay   . ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:  Linda Leary-Cherniavsky . MASTER ARTISTS:      Evgeny Trostyansky - balalaika      Iryna Orlova - domra      Vladimir Zubitsky - bayan . FEATURED ARTISTS:      University of Arizona Balalaika Orchestra      Nikolai Kedroff      The Balalaika Orchestra of Detroit      Roy Torley      Neva Russian Dance Ensemble      The Balkan Serenaders, Tom Kelam, director      Evgeny Trostyansky, Iryna Orlova, Vladimir Zubitsky      BDAA Festival Orchestra . FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT SELECTIONS     Devil's Wheel, The     Dayreams Waltz     Dumka     Hopak     Ivushka (Diane Telischak, soprano soloist)     Korobeiniki     Pod oknom     Sviatogorsky Monastery     Tula Samovar, The     World War II Suite
1990 See Convention Photo	CONVENTION SITE:  Georgetown University Conference Center, Washington, D.C. . DATES:  July 1, 1990 to July 8, 1990 . CONCERT SITE:  Lisner Auditorium at George Washington University, Washington D.C. . CONVENTION COORDINATORS:  Joel Leonard, Max McCullough . ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:  John Garvey . MASTER ARTISTS:        Pavel Necheporenko - balalaika      Kiril Borovsky - balalaika      Lyubov Matviychul - domra      Bohdan Parumba - bayan . FEATURED ARTISTS:      The Balalaika Orchestra of Detroit      Alexander Voshchenkov      The BDAA Domra Choir      The Leningrad Lumberjacks      Pavel Necheporenko      Volodymyr Baglai and Marina Popova (dancers from Ukraine)           Troyista Muzyka      The BDAA Chorus      The BDAA Chamber Orchestra      BDAA Festival Orchestra . FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT SELECTIONS     Vo kuznitse -- At the Smithy's     Cherry Tree, The     Evening Bells     Ever Onward (from Treemonisha)     Morning in Champaign-Urbana     Gypsy Airs -- Mary Ann Harbar, violin solo     Night Is Light, The (Old Gypsy Waltz) -- Mary Ann Harbar, violin solo     No Sounds From the City     Red Sarafan, The     Sleigh Bells     Iskorki (Sparks), waltz     Why Is My Heart?     Budashkin Domra Concerto     Beyond the River Don . Site of the first BDAA wedding -- David and Irene McCullough
1991 See Convention Photo	CONVENTION SITE:  University of British Columbia conference Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada . DATE:  July 7, 1991 to July 14, 1991 . CONCERT SITES:   University of British Columbia Old Auditorium, Vancouver                                    Orpheum Theater, Vancouver, British Columbia   . CONVENTION COORDINATOR:  Natasha Lozovsky . ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:  Victor Gorodinsky . FEATURED ARTISTS:      Yablochko Dance Ensemble of the Russian Community Center, Vancouver      The Balalaika Orchestra of Detroit      The Czar Balalika Duo      The BDAA Chamber Orchestra with Bibs Ekkel and Nicholas Lazovsky      North of the Black Sea (Roy Torley/Joan Gaustad)      The BDAA Festival ChorusThe Russian Community Centre Orchestra      BDAA Festival Orchestra . FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT SELECTIONS     Concert Variations for Balalaika and Orchestra - Budashkin     Cossacks' Song     Czardas (Monti) -- Nikolas Lozovsky, violin solo     Dr. Zhivago, Themes from     In (at) Church     Kazbek     Oh Return To Me My Darling     Orlovskaya     Peter the Great March     Post Troika     Three Russian Songs     Volga Boatmen, Song of the .
1992 See Convention Photo	CONVENTION SITE:  Sheraton University City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . DATE:  July 4, 1992 to July 11, 1992 . CONCERT SITE:  Keswick Theatre:   . CONVENTION COORDINATOR:  Steve Wolownik:   . ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:  Victor Gorodinsky . MASTER ARTISTS:        Alexander Marchakovsky - balalaika      Alexander Tsygankov - domra      Yevgeny Ageev - bayan      Anatoly Kolbeshin - vocalist . FEATURED ARTISTS:      The Balalaika Orchestra of Detroit      Yablochko Russian Dance ensemble      BDAA Bayan/Accordion Ensemble      Sadko Balalaika Orchestra of Melbourne, Australia      The Strings of Russia      The BDAA Chamber Orchestra      BDAA Festival Orchestra .     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. . FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT SELECTIONS     Broad Steppe, The     Don't Rustle, Little Green Oak Grove     Dr. Zhivago, Themes from     Hussar Suite - Waltz, Polka     In The Forest     Kamarinskaya     Melody     Polonaise Brilliante     Russian Romance     Tol'ko raz (Only Once) .
1993 See Convention Photo	CONVENTION IN RUSSIA WITH "STRINGS OF RUSSIA" FESTIVAL . CONVENTION SITE:  Volga River, Russia on the Alexander Raditschev river cruiser . DATES:  July 20, 1993 to August 4, 1993 . CONCERT SITES:      Tchaikovsky Concert  Hall, Moscow Russia      Glinka Concert Hall, St. Petersburg, Russia      Yaroslavl, Russia . CONVENTION COORDINATOR:  Max McCullough . ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:  David Cooper . FEATURED ARTISTS:      Concert # 1  .    Mikhail Rozkov, balalaika      Folk Orchestra from the Central House of Performing Arts of Izhevsk      Ensemble of the Music School for Children of Rybinsk      Tsygankov Family Ensemble      Yaroslavl Souvenir      BDAA Festival Orchestra      Folk Instruments Ensemble from City of Ufa      Iryna Orlova and Alexander Ivanov      Chamber Orchestra      Bibs Ekkel      Georgi Svistunov and Larissa Gotlieb      Valery Zazhigan and Larissa Gotlieb      Dobrynin Hall Orchestra from Yaroslavl      Strings of Russia Festival Orchestra .      Concert #2      The Tokyo Orchestra      The Kazbek Orchestra of Sweden      Balalaika Quartet of France      Yaroslavl Souvenir      Bibs Ekkel      BDAA Festival Orchestra      Strings of Russia Festival Orchestra      Valery Zazhigin      Orchestra of Russian Folk Instruments of the City of Yaroslavl      Andreyev Academic Folk Orchestra .      Concert #3      Yaroslavl Vocal Ensemble      Children's Orchestra of the City of Yaroslavl Palace of Culture      The Tokyo Balalaika Orchestra      Russkie Uzory      The Kazbek Balalaika Orchestra of Sweden      Philippe Cleirens, France      Georgi Svistunov, France      Balalaika Quartet of France           Bibs Ekkel      BDAA Festival Orchestra      Yaroslavl Souvenir      Tsygankov Family Ensemble      Dobrynin Hall Orchestra      Folk Instruments Ensemble from City of Ufa      Strings of Russia Festival Orchestra and Chorus . FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT SELECTIONS     Pri dolinushke (In the Valley)     Volga Boatmen, Song of the     Dr. Zhivago, Themes from     Orlovsky Souvenir     Over the Fields (Ural Field Song)     Volga Boatmen, Song of the     In the Valley     Kazbek     My Michele     Orlovsky Souvenir     Polyanka     Slavsya . RODINA CONVENTION - USA . CONVENTION SITE:  Chancellor Hotel & Convention Center, Champaign, Illinois . DATES:  July 11, 1993 to July 18, 1993 . CONCERT SITE:  Foellinger Auditorium, Urbana, Illinois . CONVENTION COORDINATOR:  Lisa Ochoa and Tamara Livingston . ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:  Victor Gorodinsky . FEATURED ARTISTS:      The University of Illinois Russian Folk Orchestra      The Dueling Balalaikas      Maria Merkelo and Friends      Bibs Ekkel      Alexei Sinyavsky      BDAA Festival Orchestra .
1994 See Convention Photo	CONVENTION SITE:  Holiday Inn Reno Downtown, Reno, Nevada . DATES:  July 16, 1994 to July 24, 1994 . CONCERT SITE:  Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts, Reno Nevada . CONVENTION COORDINATOR:  Zeny Ocean . ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:  Dimitri Hochlov . MASTER ARTISTS:      Valeri Zazhigan - balalaika      Alexander Tsygankov - domra      Natalia Semyonova - domra      Vyatcheslav Semyonov - bayan . FEATURED ARTISTS:      Washington Balalaika Society Orchestra      The BDAA Chamber Orchestra      Peter Trofimenko/Eugenia Tochenaya      Russian Guest Artists      The Atlanta Balalaika Society      The BDAA Bayan Ensemble      BDAA Festival Orchestra . FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT SELECTIONS     Lipa vekovaya (The Aged Linden Tree)     Kazbek     Ne slyushnu shumu gorodskovo (No Sound Is Heard From the City) -- Beth Kluegel, soprano soloist     Russian Sailor's Dance     Song of the Volga Boatmen     Suite based on Pushkin's "Snowstorm"     Vinyat menya v narodye (The People Blame Me) -- Valery Zazhigin, balalaika soloist     Travushka-Muravushka -- Alexander Tsygankov, domra soloist     Tula Samovar     Under the Apple Tree     Ural Mountain Dance     Waltz of the Faun     Valenki (Woolen Boots)  -- Valery Zazhigin, balalaika soloist. .
1995 See Convention Photo	CONVENTION SITE:  Renaissance Atlanta Hotel Downtown, Atlanta, Georgia . DATES:  June 24, 1995 to July 2, 1995 . CONCERT SITES:  Renaissance Atlanta Hotel Downtown, Atlanta, Georgia                                   Robert Ferst Theatre at Georgia Tech Center for the Arts, Atlanta, Georgia . CONVENTION COORDINATOR:  Jan Rygert . ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:  Linda Cherniavsky . MASTER ARTISTS:      Yuriy Mugerman - balalaika      Natalia Semyonova - domra      Vyatcheslav Semyonov - bayan . FEATURED ARTISTS:      Concert #1           The Atlanta Balalika Society      Peter Trofimenko/Eugenia Tochenaya      Troika Balalaikas      Iryna Orlova and Isabella Mugerman      The BDAA Domra Ensemble      The BDAA Festival Chorus      Vyacheslav Semyonov & Natalia Semyonov      The BDAA Chamber Orchestra .      Concert #2      Washington Balalaika Society Orchestra      The Great American Gypsies      The BDAA Festival Chorus      Vyacheslav Semyonov & Natalia Semyonova      Yuriy and Izabella Mugerman      BDAA Festival Orchestra . FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT SELECTIONS     O yesli b mog vyrazit v zvuke (Oh, could I but express in song...)     Lipa vekovaya (The Age Old Lime Tree)     Black Raven -- Betty Jo Fite Hays, soprano soloist     Concerto for Domra and Orchestra     Cossack's Song     Etude On Jewish Themes     Hungarian Dance # 6     Kalinka     Kamarinskaya     Russian Ballroom - Potpourri Selections     Soldiers'  Song     Svetit mesyats     Ukrainian Potpourri .
1996 See Convention Photo	CONVENTION SITE:  Fort William Henry Resort, Lake George, New York   . DATES:  June 23, 1996 to June 30, 1996 . CONCERT SITE:  Round Lake Auditorium, Round Lake, New York . CONVENTION COORDINATOR:  Max McCullough . ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:  Antonina Nigrelli . MASTER ARTISTS:      Yuriy Mugerman - balalaika      Iryna Orlova - domra      Anatoly Mamalyga - bayan . FEATURED ARTISTS:      Washington Balalaika Society Orchestra      Gennady and Tatyana Zut --- balalaika/piano      Iryna Orlova and Anatoly Mamalyga      Yuriy and Izabella Mugerman      Firebird Ensemble -- Los Angeles, California      Sasha Polinoff, balalaika      BDAA  Festival Chorus      BDAA  Festival Orchestra . FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT SELECTIONS      Crimean Sketches      Evening Bells      Farewell, My Gypsy Camp      Podruzhkini Chastushki      Romance      Subbotea -- Saturday Night Date, The -- Irina Zagornova, soprano soloist      Triumphal Polonaise      Tyorski Cossacks -- Irina Zagornova, soprano soloist      Volga Boatmen, Song of the .
1997 See Convention Photo	CONVENTION SITE: San Pedro Hilton Marina, San Pedro, California . DATES:  Jun 22, 1997 to June 29, 1997 . CONCERT SITES:  Madeo Ballroom, San Pedro Hilton                  Pasadena Civic Auditorium . CONVENTION COORDINATORS:  Peggy Propper and Peter Rothe . ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:  Anatoly Mamalyga . MASTER ARTISTS:      Evgeny Trostyansky - balalaika      Sergei Grinchenko - bayan      Nadezhda Krygina - vocal . FEATURED ARTISTS:      Concert #1      Washington Balalaika Society      Zhena Folk Chorus      Leonid Nosif      Peter Trofimenko/Eugenia Tochenaya      Russian Wind Instruments Ensemble      Sergei Sinitsyn & Nadia Zakhvatkina (dancers)      Firebird Ensemble      Iryna Orlova & Anatoly Mamalyga .      Concert #2           Firebird Ensemble      Sergei Sinitsyn & Nadia Zakhvatkina (dancers)      Sergei Grinchenko      Russian Festival Choir      Iryna Orlova and Anatoly Mamalyga      Sergei Sinitsyn & Nadia Zakhvatkina (dancers)      Nadezhda Krygina      BDAA Festival Orchestra . FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT SELECTIONS      Across the Wide Volga      Ancient Linden Tree, the      Step, da step krugom      Evening Bells      Guards' March      Gypsy Guitar      Hava Nagila      Karelian-Finnish Polka      Khorovod      Lara's Theme from Dr. Zhivago .
1998 See Convention Photo	CONVENTION SITE: Fort William Henry Resort, Lake George, New York . DATES:  July 12, 1998 to July 19, 1998 . CONCERT SITE:  Palace Theatre, Albany, New York . CONVENTION COORDINATOR:  Max McCullough:   . ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR:  David Cooper . MASTER ARTISTS:      Nikolai Kedroff - balalaika      Tamara Volskaya - domra      Anatoly Trofimov - bayan      . FEATURED ARTISTS:      Washington Balalaika Society Orchestra      BDAA Founders Ensemble      Nikolai Kedroff and Igor Ponomarenko      The BDAA Chorus      The Atlanta Balalaika Society Ensemble      Russian Carnival Ensemble         Tamara Volskaya and Anatoly Trofimov      BDAA Festival Orchestra . FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA CONCERT SELECTIONS      Concerto for Domra and Orchestra      Daydreams Waltz      Etude on Jewish Themes      Peaceful, Holy Lake Baikal -- Anatoly Panchoshny, basso      Raslilas Volga Shiroko      Soldier's Song      Themes from Dr. Zhivago        Woolen Boots      Raduysia      Raduytesia Pravednii      Svyatii Bozhe      Svetit Svetel mesyats      Evening Bells      Longing For Home