FRIENDS:

Apollonia Foundation

14.04.2011 No. 35

Book Fair organized by

“Pionerski Dom”

1

Concerts Straso Tem-

kov –flute and Vesna

Angelova - piano

2

Concert "Gevgelija musi-

cal talents”

2

Guitar concert – Borce

Naumovski

2

Nature Day - activities

in March

3

ECO CALENDAR 4

New law for founda-

tions and associations

3

Inside this issue:

www.gevgelija.gov.mk

www.gvg.com.mk

www.gevgelijanet.com

5th Book Fair organized by the public institu-tion “Pionerski Dom”

The public institu-

tion “Pionerski dom”

from Gevgelija for the

fifth time this year

organized a Book fair,

where many reputa-

ble publishing houses,

such as Matica Make-

donska, Toper, Nasha kultura, Phoenix, Prosvetno delo with Detska radost, Kul-

tura and Mladinska kniga participated. The fair was held from 29.03.2011 to

01.04.2011 with a series of activities for children that had an educational and

competitive nature. Apollonia Foundation together with the children from Na-

ture day participated in the opening event "Arranging flowers contest", in

which our “Nature day children” won third place.

The fair was visited by many students, teachers and other citizens of Gevgelija.

This Book fair was supported by Apollonia Foundation, which provided prizes

for the winners in the masquerade contest for children “Aprilijada - April’s

fools day” .

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Classical musical program for March 2011

Straso Temkov and Vesna

Angelova are the artists that per-

formed in the third classical mu-

sic concert held on the 7th March

at Apollonia Hotel as part of the

musical program “Gevgelija

spring 2011”. Wonderful pieces

of J. S. Bach, F.Born and pieces of

F.. Pulank: “Sonata for flute and

piano” were performed in front

of Gevgelija audience.

A surprise of the evening was the performance of one flute student from the Faculty for music, Biljana Kamceva, who

won first prize at the State Competition for Flute in 2010. The beauty of the sounds of the flute, was the perfect way to

set the scene in the Hotel Apollonia for the first of the Macedonian Philharmonic Orchestar flutists Straso Temkov. Tem-

kov actively participates in several seminars from baroque to contemporary music with world renowned professors.

Since 2010 he has been a professor at the School of Music in Skopje.

To capture the elegance of the delicate sounds of flute, piano accompaniment was contributed by Vesna Ange-

lova. Vesna Angelova has performed solo recitals and chamber concerts in several cities in Macedonia, as a piano trio,

composed of piano duo Angelova - Makarievski. In 2008 she made a cultural visit and a concert in Paris, realized through

the Ministry of Culture. She works as an external associate of the Macedonian Philharmonic.

Read and find out more on the following link: http://gevgelijanet.com/art-/1347-2011-03-09-01-16-42.html.

Guitar concert – Borce Naumovski

The third concert held in

March at the Hotel Apollonia

and within the event "Gevgelija

Musical Moments 2011", was the

guitar concert performed by

Borce Naumovski. He performed

pieces from J.S.Bach - Praludio

and Allegro, Mauro Giuliani -

Fantasia op.123, Fernando Sor -

Introduction and Variations op.9.

He impressed the audience with a performance of pieces by Issac Albeniz - Asturias and Sevilla.

Borce Naumovski has graduated in classical guitar from the Faculty for music in Skopje. He received his degree under the

mentorship of prof. Srdjan Toshikj.

He is a winner of numerous national awards, and second prize at the International NAISSUS GUITAR FEST. As a soloist he

has performed numerous solo concerts and events in and outside the Republic of Macedonia.

Currently he works as a professor of guitar at the state musical school “Todor Skalovski Tetoec"- Tetovo.

Concerts Straso Temkov - Flute and Vesna Angelova - piano

Concert "Gevgelija musical talents” from the class of prof. Ljubica Ulisheva

On the occasion of 8-th March, Woman’s day, in the Hotel Apol-

lonia a concert was held of young musical talents from the class of prof.

Ljubica Ulisheva. This concert was performed by seventeen young musi-

cal talents. The youngest artist who participated was 5 years-old. In this

concert pieces were performed from Strauss: Waltz, American game,

“Biljana platno beleshe”, Chopin: Waltz and other pieces, that were per-

formed by the hands of young students from Gevgelija, which impressed

the audience.

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More photos on http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#!/photo.phpfbid=181011875268112&set=o.37503956985&pid=379114&id=100000779021113

In March the activities for the children of the group "Nature day" was dedicated to education about climate change,

and at the same time studding clouds and how they can predict the weather in the next few days. We began the activi-

ties with an organized cleaning event on the yard of the elementary school in Negorci. The next “Nature Day” we visited

the village Moin where

we had activities about

clouds. After that we had

a wonderful day at Pal-

jurci – Bogdanci, where

children through educa-

tional games learned to

identify different types of

clouds. We also had ac-

tivities for studding the

characteristics of wind

and making kites.

Most important for the children of the group "Nature Day" was planting trees in the locality Negorci hill. With planting of

more than 100 trees, the children of the group "Nature Day”, contributed to the environmental action "Tree Day - Plant

Your Future".

Nature Day - activities in March

New law for foundations and associations

According to the new law for foundations and associations all NGO’s

and foundation need to re-register by the 23rd

of April this year. There-

fore a debate was organized in he “Pionerski Dom”- Gevgelija. The de-

bate was organized by the Foundation for Local Community Develop-

ment, Stip, in cooperation with the Center for NGO Support, Gevgelija,

within the project "Open dialogue on the law on associations and founda-

t i o n s ” , f i n a n c e d b y t h e E u r o p e a n U n i o n .

The purpose of the debate was to exchange information and experi-

ences on the practical application of the Law on associations and founda-

tions, as well as new opportunities provided by the law (status of the or-

ganization from public interest, entities to form an associations or foun-

dations, foreigners to form new or chapters of associations or founda-

tions, etc.).

The conclusions from this debate and the other six that were held in different towns in our republic, can be read

at the following link: http://www.frlz.org.mk/nastani/52-zaklucocioddebatitezazakonotzazdruzenijaifondacii.html For

people who want to know more or need advice about which documents are needed for the re-registration, you can find

examples and more information on the following link:http://www.frlz.org.mk/

ECO CALENDAR

FUTURE EVENTS:

16.04.2011 7: 30 pm

Denicia - Portrait of the Poet

Petre M. Andreevski

Performance of "Ljubojna"

Performance

of Sergei Andreevski

Hotel Apollonia .

19.04.2011 10 am to 7 pm

Apollonia blood donation day

Hotel Apollonia

19.04.2011 8 pm

Concert classical music

Winners from state competitions

Hotel Apollonia

20.04.2011 12 to 3 pm

Earth day celebration

City library

Earth Day 2011

To support and recognize international Earth

Day 2011, The Nature Day program of the Apol-

lonian Foundation will sponsor and organize a

Billion Acts of Green community Fair on April 20.

The goals of this event are:

• To create awareness of the need to protect

our environment in the future.

• Involve the children and citizens of Gev-

gelija in events that stimulate thought

about every citizen’s role in conserving our

environment.

• Provide a forum and opportunity for com-

munity institutions and businesses to be-

come involved in environmental action.

We will organize an Earth Day 2011 Fair with

exhibitions of youth art, photography and craft

projects, along with essay and speech contests,

all on environmental themes. The exhibits and

contests will take place on April 20 from 12:00 to

3:00 pm at the Public Library with the community

invited to attend and be involved. We also want

to consider creating an outside exhibition in the

small center just outside of the Library that could

include other community institutions and busi-

nesses. These exhibits would need to have an

environmental theme and message.

Тelephone: 034/ 213-222 Fax: 034/213-223 E-mail: snezana.dimitrova@apollonia.com.mk

Аdress: Gevgeliski Partizanski Odred 1 1480 Gevgelija R. Macedonia

Apollonia Foundation