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Wine Festival Highlights
Here we give you some of the highlights of the programme of events scheduled for the Rethymnon Wine Festival: Sunday 20th – Sunday 27th June in the Municipal Park in Rethymnon. Throughout the duration of the Festival, visitors will have the opportunity to sample some of the finest examples of Cretan wine and local produce. There will be exhibitions promoting various aspects of our beautiful region, loads of cultural and entertaining happenings and much more. See you there!
Sunday 20th - Opening of the festival with traditional music and dance from 8.30pm. This will be followed by a concert by renowned musician Giorgos Xylouris.
Monday 21st – World Music Day, which will be celebrated with a concert by a band from the local TEI (polytechnic) and a performance by the group Arteria.
Tuesday 22nd – World Cup football (girly note from the editor: No, there really is no escape, and we really do have to learn about the offside rule!), with the all important game Greece versus Argentina being shown on a large screen. Come along and cheer for Greece!
Wednesday 23rd – Jazz Night. During the break (around 9pm) there will be “interactive story telling”. Chef Skoulas will be showing some of his culinary improvisation skills by creating a dish based on the story that emerges!
Thursday 24th – Traditional music and dance and a multi-media show titled ‘Wine and Spirit’.
Friday 25th – A mix of world music, traditional dance, a presentation by wine producer Evangelos Gerovassiliou and a concert by Alex Angelakis.
Saturday 26th – Concert by the group Trifono.
Sunday 27th – ‘Rethymnon Night’ showcasing the best of local talent from 9.30 pm, with a traditional music and dance programme by the members of the Youth Centre, a performance by the Rethymnon Philharmonic Orchestra and a concert by Fones tou Notou.
Each evening (except for Sundays) there will also be a thirty minute children’s programme of entertainment which is due to start at 7.30pm.
Goddess of the Month: Artemis
As regular readers will know, this feature (which we still think is one of the better ideas for the Bugle) was originally suggested to us by Arlette Veltjen, who, along with her partner Triantafillos, runs the Restaurant Paradiso in Agia Galini. And once again, thanks to both for a lovely lunch! Anyway, back to Artemis. Daughter of big daddy Zeus (quelle surprise!) and twin sister of Apollo, she is possibly the earliest known role model for hippy feminist chicks. Artemis decided at a very early age that she had no truck with marriage, and had no wish to own a “Barbie” doll, preferring to play with bows and arrows instead. Known as the ‘wild and untamed maiden’ she was also called ‘Keladini’ which means ‘unruly’ and ‘noisy’. Artemis liked dancing and shouted a lot. Mistress of the animals, she spent much of her time in the forest, and is often pictorially represented keeping company with a stag or deer. She symbolized virginity and chastity, but was also the goddess of childbirth. Obviously a complex woman, then. Her Roman equivalent is Diana - the huntress. Not sure we’re going to go down the route of making any references to famous people called ‘Diana’ at this point, but we do like Artemis!
Paradise Singers Come to Crete: June 5th
A date for your diary! The PARADISE SINGERS will be giving a concert in the Roman Catholic Cathedral in Hania on Saturday June 5th at 8.30pm. This is the 'ad hoc' group of UK-based friends who have been to Crete twice in the past to work with Bob Scott (Kokkino Horio) for a week before putting on a concert of unaccompanied choral music. The programme will be a mixture, as before; some sacred, some secular, some serious, some funny and even 'a song from the shows' this time around! It is an interesting programme and your support will be greatly appreciated by Bob and the 22 singers. The concert, as usual, will be free although there will be a collection for charity if you wish to contribute. Please tell any friends that you think may be interested! Thank you. To find out more you can contact Bob Scott on 6944506554.
