a m a l L s e l Ta Vol. 11, Issue 4 November & December 2010
Volunteer Appreciation Dinner a Sweet Success Over 250 people attended Folklorama’s Volunteer Appreciation Dinner on September 14 as we acknowledged and celebrated our dedicated volunteers. Guests enjoyed a candy bar, a delicious buffet dinner and a free silent auction, with prizes including a $100 gift card for Fude Inspired Cuisine and Wine Bar, a 1-year free PVR rental from Shaw and a trip for two anywhere that WestJet flies. The evening was hosted by Folklorama’s 2011 Adult Ambassadors General Susan Shortill and Frédéric Jubinville and honoured many hard working volunteers, including pavilion coordinators, tour guides, committee members, ambassadors, Kick-off volunteers and many more. From left to right: Mohamed Ismath, President,
A special part of the Folklorama; Relly Araneta; Johnny Teixiera; Olga evening was the presentation Pogrebinsky to 2010’s outstanding volunteers. Honourary member Joanne Malbranck was on hand as the Al Malbranck Memorial Volunteer Award was presented to three extraordinary volunteers whose names were drawn from names submitted by each pavilion. The winners this year included Relly Araneta from the Pearl of the Orient Philippine Pavilion, Johnny Teixiera from the Casa do Minho Portuguese Pavilion and Olga Pogrebinsky from the Russian Pavilion. They each received a $250 gift certificate of their choice. A big thank you to Canad Inns for hosting the evening, Manitoba Lotteries and Cambrian Credit Union for supporting and honouring our volunteers, and the event sponsors and suppliers. Congratulations to all of our volunteers. You make the festival and our success possible every year. Thank you for everything you do.
For advertising rates, article submissions or comments please contact Leigh Enns at 204.982.6230 or email ennsl@folklorama.ca. Advertising and article deadline for January 2011 issue is Wednesday, December 1.
Mark & Dorothy Danzkar Scholarship Recipients Together with the Jewish Foundation of Manitoba, Folklorama is proud to present the Mark & Dorothy Danzker Scholarship of Excellence for the preservation of cultural heritage annually. Yvonne Hawryliuk, Chair, Scholarship, and Lawrence Cohen, Executor of the Mark & Dorothy Danzkar Scholarship fund, were both on hand to present the scholarships at the Volunteer Appreciation Dinner. Five scholarships of $1,000 are awarded to applicants who demonstrate an active involvement in preserving cultural heritage through volunteer work, employment or contributions to a cultural activity in the general community. Applicants must also be accepted to or be currently enrolled in a university, college or other recognized post-secondary institution in Canada and must be between the ages of 17 and 25. Congratulations to this year’s recipients: Kevin Bairos-Novak, Amanda Cardoso, Ishpaul Singh Cheema, Christina Papadimitropoulos and Bryan Jerry Yakimishen. Also new this year was an additional $2,500 scholarship for post-graduate studies. The recipient must also be accepted to or be currently enrolled in a university, college or other recognized post-secondary institution in Canada and must be between the ages of 17 and 25. The first ever recipient of the new scholarship was Michaele Washchyshyn. Congratulations. For more information about our scholarships please visit our website at www.folklorama.ca.
BOARD
From left to right: Yvonne Hawryliuk, Chair, Scholarship; Kevin Bairos-Novak; Amanda Cardoso; Ishpaul Singh Cheema; Christina Papadimitropolous; Bryan Jerry Yakimishen; Michaele Washchyshyn; Lawrence Cohen, Executor of the Mark & Dorothy Danzker Scholarship Fund
Mohamed Ismath President Jim Court Chair, Finance and Audit Dr. Rayleen De Luca Chair, Member Relations
Yvonne Hawryliuk Chair, Youth Chair, Scholarship
Gary Sarcida Chair, Review
Amelia Sheocharan Chair, Festival Development and Licensing
Tracy Balagus Director
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Angie Boehm Director
Shubha Mathur Director
Julian Giubega Director
Barbara Nepinak Director
Ashley Sharpe Director
New
! EVER TIME T S R I F
Anna-Lisa Kirby
Yoo Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg
Mordecai Richler
Israeli Chamber Project
Gloomy Sunday Belle Millo
Music
The 3 Cohens
Joel Chasnoff
Film
Authors
Joel Chasnof f Comedian and Author
Sunday The 3 Cohens EinGloomy Lied von Liebe und Tod
Saturday November 20, 8:00 pm & Sunday November 21, 2:00 pm World famous Israeli jazz siblings Avishai Cohen, trumpet, Anat Cohen, tenor sax & clarinet, Yuval Cohen, soprano sax, with Steve Kirby, Quincy Davis, Will Bonness
Israeli Chamber Project Saturday November 13, 8:00 pm
Wednesday November 17,7:30 pm Germany/Hungary, 1999
Yoo Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg
Sunday November 14, 8:00 pm The Jewish Comedian Who’s Redefining Jewish Comedy
A Tribu te to
Thursday November 18, 7:30 pm
Mordecai Richler
USA, 2009
Monday November 15, 7:30 pm
BOOK SALE HOURS
Noah Richler hosts a Special Evening In celebration of the great writer and personality
Repertoire: Debussy, Liszt, Saint-Saëns, Handel, Beethoven, & Israeli composer Ben-Haim. Harp, piano, violin.
Sundays, November 14 & 21,
Anna-Lisa Kirby
Monday, November 15 - Thursday Nov. 18,
sings Leonard Cohen
Tuesday November 16, 8:00 pm With Steve Kirby, Quincy Davis, Jimmy Greene, Larry Roy, Will Bonness.
Tickets / Info:
10:00 am - 5:00 pm 10:00 am - 8:00 pm
Friday, November 19, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
SHUK / MARKET
Sundays, November 14 & 21, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Jewellery, Art, Judaica
477-7510
www.radyjcc.com
- click on ticket central
Rady JCC I Berney Theatre I Asper Jewish Community Campus I 123 Doncaster Street
Michael Posner in conversation with Noah Richler
Voices of Winnipeg Holocaust Surv ivors Belle Millo
Sunday November 14, 2:00 pm
Marjorie & Morley Blankstein Earl & Cher yl Barish
Running for the Board The nomination process for the 2011/2012 Folklorama board of directors is underway and the nominating committee is soliciting for potential candidates. If you are interested in running for the board you must be a member of Folklorama or a member of a member organization. Each candidate is required to submit the nomination form along with their resume and two letters of reference from other community or not-for-profit organizations by January 28, 2011 (date subject to change). Packages that included information about the process of nomination, criteria for what the board is looking for and eligibility were mailed out at the end of October to member presidents. After all applications have been submitted, the nominating committee interviews applicants and then reports to the membership, presenting their choices 30 days prior to the Annual General Meeting (AGM). At that point, members have until three days before the AGM to question the nominations. Other members not on the slate may be nominated by three other members. The election then takes place at the AGM. After the new board has been elected, each board member submits what committee they would like to chair. The nominating committee meets with them and decides who will chair what, unless the other board members challenge and nominate a different board member, other than themselves, to be chair of that committee. If you would like more information, Folklorama will be hosting an information evening on January 20, 2011 from 6:00 – 8:30pm at our office, 2nd Floor - 183 Kennedy Street, for members interested in running for the board of directors.
2010 Festival Highlights •
Folklorama welcomed 447,000 visits to 45 pavilions this year, a three-year attendance high.
• The festival also experienced a record high of 122 group tours, including eight new late night tours. •
Folklorama Kick-off, presented by Manitoba Lotteries on July 31, had an estimated 13,000 people in attendance.
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Shaw TV broadcast the Kick-off live to an estimated 50,000 viewers on Channel 9 and to an estimated 250,000 additional viewers Canada-wide on Shaw Direct Channel 299.
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Name: _________________________________ Age: __________________________________ Phone #:________________________________ Mail to: Folklorama 2nd Floor - 183 Kennedy Street, Winnipeg, MB R3C 1S6
2010 Folklorama was a great success! Thank you to all of the pavilions, coordinators and especially the volunteers for their dedication. What a wonderful way to celebrate our culture!
Cambrian is proud to sponsor the Folklorama Ambassador Program.
A job well done! With our appreciation,
The Pasieczka Family
11 branches serving Winnipeg and Selkirk I 925-2600 I www.cambrian.mb.ca
Nicholas, Caroline, Adriana, Martin (Past President), Anastasia
Message from the President First, I’d like to congratulate everyone on a tremendously successful festival. The two weeks of Folklorama were alive with fun and excitement as all 45 pavilions celebrated diversity and promoted cultural understanding by showcasing their unique cultures. We also achieved a three-year attendance high of 447,000 pavilion visits and for the first time ever, Folklorama Kick-off was broadcast live to 250,000 viewers Canada-wide on Shaw Direct Channel 299. A heartfelt thank you goes out to all of our dedicated volunteers for your time, effort, passion and commitment. You should all be very proud. I’d also like to congratulate the six recipients of our Mark & Dorothy Danzker Scholarship of Excellence. Their commitment to preserving cultural heritage, along with their academic excellence, is truly outstanding. When the time comes next year, I encourage all of our youth to consider applying. To update you on the board of directors’ current focus, we are continuing work on the governance review, with one goal being to finalize the scopes and mandates of all the committees, and are presently reviewing the strategic and business plans in preparation for the year to come. Also, with a focus on quality and consistency at all pavilions, we are carrying on with setting quality standards for entertainment through our established process of collecting input from members and working together to achieve our common goals. With the nominating process underway, I encourage all of our members to consider running for the board of directors. The strength of this organization begins with you, and we are always looking for individuals that can help us continue to grow and flourish. Thank you for your support. To my fellow board members and to the Folklorama staff, thank you for your continued hard work and dedication. Lastly, on behalf of myself, my family and the board, I wish you all a happy and healthy holiday season. All the best,
Mohamed Ismath
Congrats to our WestJet Contest Winners!
From left to right: Sherry Hicks, WestJet; Denesha Lee, WestJet; Tanya Apostolopoulos (with daughter); Andrea Wiens; Lynne Fairhall; Gayle Reimer, WestJet; Mohamed Ismath, President, Folklorama
Folklorama teamed up with WestJet for several contests during the festival, each offering the chance to win a trip for two anywhere that WestJet flies. Our winners included Tanya Apostolopolous, Andrea Wiens, Lynne Fairhall and Candy Martin. Congratulations to all of you and enjoy your trip! 5
From left to right: Candy Martin; Ron Gauthier, Executive Director, Folklorama
What Members Should Know
UPCOMING EVENTS Rozmai’s 40th Anniversary Homecoming Gala Holy Eucharist Parish Centre Saturday, November 6, 6:00pm - 1:00am For more information call Olga Onyschuk at 334-6824 or email rozmai2010homecoming@hotmail.com. Romanetz Ukrainian Dance Ensemble Halloween Social Oxford Heights Community Centre Saturday, November 13, 8:00pm - 1:00am Tickets are $10 and are available from any Romanetz dancer.
Folklorama Honoured by Tourism Winnipeg Folklorama is a proud recipient of the Tourism Winnipeg Award of Distinction, handed out at Travel Manitoba’s Manitoba Tourism Awards gala event. The award, chosen by Economic Development Winnipeg Inc./Tourism Winnipeg, recognizes any individual, organization or business which has positively impacted the development of Winnipeg’s tourism industry and considers factors such as economic impact, uniqueness, city profile, community involvement, commitment to excellence, innovative marketing and overall dedication to the tourism industry. Generally presented to one organization per year, the Award of Distinction honoured three deserving recipients for 2009: Folklorama, Festival du Voyageur and the Winnipeg Folk Festival, who together had a more than $25 million economic impact. Folklorama’s Murray Greenfield received the Service Excellence Award for his years of service in the tourism industry, a highlight of which was creating the Tourism Awareness Network of Manitoba.
MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL TIME It is time to renew your Folklorama membership. The membership renewal fee for 2011 is $40. The deadline for receiving payment is December 31, 2010. Any renewals paid after the deadline are subject to a 100% surcharge (i.e. $80 instead of $40). If you have any questions or concerns regarding your membership or if you do not wish to renew your membership, please contact Tanya Santini McClelland at 982-6213 or santinit@folklorama.ca. FOLKLORAMA INFORMATION EVENING Folklorama will be hosting an information evening on January 20, 2011 at the Folklorama office on the 2nd Floor - 183 Kennedy Street for members interested in running for the board of directors. OFFICE CLOSED FOR THE HOLIDAYS The Folklorama office will be closed for a holiday break from December 20 to January 1. It will re-open with regular hours on Monday, January 3. SIGN-UP, LOGIN TO ENEWS Simply go to our website and register for our enews and you will receive up-to-date information and announcements of events throughout the year. FOLLOW US ON TWITTER Folklorama is on Twitter! Get all the up-to-date goings on by following us on Twitter. Visit www.twitter.com/ Folklorama and click “follow”. If you don’t have a Twitter account, you can join for free. NEW FACEBOOK PAGE Folklorama has created a new Facebook page! We will be deleting the old one at the end of the year so make sure you visit the new page and switch over. NEWSLETTER SCHEDULE Folklorama’s Llama Tales is starting a new schedule in 2011. It will remain quarterly but will be distributed in January, April, July and October. Llama Tales is also available on our website at www.folklorama.ca
Staff
Ron Gauthier Executive Director Jo-Anne Swanson Executive Assistant
Robert Jones Director of Finance & Administration
Kelly Rybachuk Director of Marketing & Communications
Sheri Jack Director of Festival Services
Murray S. Greenfield Director of Tourism
Christian Hidalgo-Mazzei Agency Producer
Allison McKinnon Office Assistant / Receptionist
Valentin Favstov Accounting Assistant
Leigh Enns Marketing Coordinator
Tanya Santini McClelland Festival Services Coordinator
Lianne Riddell Tourism Coordinator
Edson Novoa Agency Coordinator