FLORIDA TURKISH AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Presents…

11TH ANNUAL TURKISH FESTIVAL

2-DAY EVENT - FREE ADMISSION

INCREDIBLE RAFFLE PRIZES Winners will be announced here

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2012 at POMPANO BEACH CIVIC CENTER
at Pompano Beach - FREE PARKING

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2012 at TURKISH CENTER, Fort Lauderdale

Fun-Filled Activities to bring Turkish Culture to South East Florida

When:
Saturday, November 17, 2012 11 am to 8 pm

Where:
Pompano Beach Civic Center

Northeast 6th Street

Pompano Beach, FL

Tel: (786) 251-9996

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• Turkish Folk Dance Group

• Music Group

• The Art of Ebru (Water Marbling)

• Turkish Coffee & Fortune Telling

• FREE Kids Activities

• Belly Dancing

• Buy a Raffle ticket and win a round-trip airline ticket (3) round trip tickets to Istanbul

11th Annual Turkish Festival to Take Place Saturday, November 17 at Pompano Beach

The Florida Turkish American Association (FTAA) is pleased to present a day of Turkish music, dance, art and culture at the 11th Annual Turkish Festival on Saturday, November 17, 2012 from 10:00am to 9:00pm at the Pompano Beach Civic Center. The festival is free of charge and open to the general public.

The purpose of the Festival is to promote Turkey, its rich and diverse culture. It is the FTAA’s goal that festival goers will get the opportunity to celebrate, learn about and savor Turkish hospitality, culture and cuisine.

The festival’s highlights will include performances by Turkish Folk Dance Group performing Turkey’s famous traditional and distinctive dances, Band, Music and Belly Dancing. The festival will offer delicious Turkish fare available for purchase, such as doner kebap (spinning roast), grilled kofte (ground meat with spices), borek (cheese and spinach filled pastry), baklava and Turkish coffee, to name a few of the delicacies. There will even be traditional fortune tellers reading fortunes from coffee grinds in the special coffee tent. We will host demonstrations of Turkish arts such as paper marbling (Ebru), with festival goers having the opportunity to purchase these art forms. Free children’s activities include face painting and balloon sculpting, making the festival a family affair.

17-Nov-12 SATURDAYTIME PERFORMER

11th ANNUAL FLORIDA TURKISH FESTIVAL STAGE PROGRAM

10:00-11:30 djAlps

11:30-12:00 Nedim Katgi - Mixed Songs

12:00-12:15 Opening Remarks

12:15-12:30 Anthems, Government Officials' Speeches

12:30-12:45 FTAA Turkish Classical Music Chorus

12:45-1:00 FTAA Ataturk School Students

1:00-1:30 Seven Hills Anatolia
Folk Dance Group - Fethiye/Zeybek Dances & Drum Show

1:30-2:00 Dawn Rhys & Imperial Bellydance Theatre - Aphrodite Rising

2:00-2:30 Kardelen Turkish Dance Ensemble - Dance of the Palace

2:00-2:30 Nedim Katgi - Mixed Songs

3:00-3:30 Seven Hills Anatolia Folk Dance Group - Fethiye/Zeybek Dances & Drum Show

3:30-4:00 Dawn Rhys & Imperial Bellydance Theatre - Sultans Oriental Dream

4:00-4:30 Kardelen Turkish Dance Ensemble - Village Girls of the Thrace

4:30-5:00 Nedim Katgi - Mixed Songs

5:00-5:30 Seven Hills Anatolia Folk Dance Group - Fethiye/Zeybek Dances & Drum Show

5:30-6:00 Dawn Rhys & Imperial Bellydance Theatre - Pharonic Odyssey

6:00-6:30 Drawings for 3 Round Trip Tickets to Turkey

6:30-7:00 Kardelen Turkish Dance Ensemble - Dances of the Nomad Turks

7:00-7:30 Nedim Katgi - Mixed Songs

7:30-8:00 Seven Hills Anatolia Folk Dance Group - Fethiye/Zeybek Dances & Drum Show

8:00-8:30 Kardelen Turkish Dance Ensemble - Dance of the Palace

8:30-9:00 Nedim Katgi - Mixed Songs

9:00-9:05 Closing Remarks

18-Nov-12 SUNDAY

11:30 am - 4:30 pm

TASTE IZMIR FOOD>/b>

Next day event is being held in the Florida Turkish Center, in which artwork and folk dance demonstration and workshop for from Izmir region will be held. Artwork and Souvenirs will be displayed


Address:

3020 NE 32nd Avenue, Suite 123, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33308

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Thank you all attendees, volunteers, vendors, and FTAA directors. Detailed list of sponsors, volunteers will be announced in our website soon.

Volunteers wanted: CLICK HERE to register. Community Hour certificate will be provided to the student volunteer.

You may visit Turkish Center for scheduled events, Dinners etc.
Please visit www.ftaa.com for the event dates and times.

Florida Turkish Center

3020 NE 32 Street, Suite 123

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308

FTAA Tel: (786) 251-9996

Turkish Center Tel: (954) 766-4810

Sincerely,

FTAA Festival Team

Video from Oguzhan, Chief dancer of ATA Dance Group IN 2010

More video and photos will be posted. Pls. email yours to contact@ftaa.com

Sun-Sentinel article about Turkish Festival

Photography exhibition of Lutfi Ozgunaydin in Turkish Center

Demonstrations

• The Art of Ebru (Paper Marbling) by Meral Ornarli

Visit us at:
www.ftaa.com for association

www.FloridaTurkishCenter.org for our center in Fort Lauderdale