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2nd Summer Guitar Academy
EVENTS CALENDAR FOR THE 2ND SUMMER MUSIC ACADEMY FOR CLASSICAL GUITAR, “ARION”
FRIDAY 2 AUGUST
21:00, MOLYVOS CONFERENCE HALL
Recital by DARKO PETRINJAK
Internationally renowned guitarist and professor at the Music Academy of Zagreb
SATURDAY 3 AUGUST
21:00, MOLYVOS CONFERENCE HALL
Chamber music concert by «IONIAN STRING TRIO»
SPIROS GIKONTIS, VIOLIN
ANDREAS GEORGOTAS, VIOLA
YIANNIS TOULIS, CELLO
Professors at the Ionian University
SUNDAY 4 AUGUST
21:00, MOLYVOS CONFERENCE HALL
Concert by the award-winning composer and guitarist NOTIS MAVROUDIS
Accompanied by GEORGE TOSIKIAN, guitar
MONDAY 5 AUGUST
21:00, MOLYVOS CONFERENCE HALL
Concert by the students of the 2nd Summer Music Academy for Classical Guitar, “ARION”
TUESDAY 6 AUGUST
21:00, MOLYVOS CASTLE
“Singing under the same moon: Arion, Sappho, Beatles, Hadjidakis, Sephardic…”
SAVINA YANNATOU, singing
KORINA VOUGIOUKA, guitar
ORGANISED BY
IONIAN UNIVERSITY – DEPARTMENT OF MUSICAL STUDIES
MOLYVOS TOURISM ASSOCIATION
REGION OF NORTHERN LESVOS
Artistic supervisor: Korina Vougiouka
Visit Molyvos 2013 brochure
The Visit Molyvos 2013 brochure is now available from the tourist office in Molyvos.
The lead article is on the Aegean Regatta which starts in Molyvos in August. You can also read about
- A stroll through Molyvos past and present
- Charming Excursions
- Gastronomy
- Walking and Cycling
- Birding Heaven
- Beaches
- Yoga
- Events
There are also useful maps of Molyvos, Petra, Skala Sykamias and Vafios.
We are working on getting a pdf of the booklet for those of you who would like to do some research before you arrive and those of you who would like to re-visit your recent holiday. We will update you when we get it sorted. You can see last years brochure here.
The brochure is produced by the Molyvos Tourist Association.
The Birds and Bees
Bird watchers and naturalists travel long distances to view natures wonder. Living on Lesvos has so many joys. Our close neighbours nearly fell over the Little Bittern that was standing to attention on the wall of their rose garden. He stood there for over an hour, pretending to be a reed so that nobody would notice him. Sadly reeds are not common in Pat’s rose garden so he stood out just a little. He was very patient when I arrived to photograph him, posing perfectly as you can see.
Back at our house many of the flowers are at their most striking in the mid-day sun. The Passion Flower in our garden looks and smells wonderful. The Carpenter Bees that arrive in the morning are a brilliant iridescent blue in the sunshine. As the day progresses they pick up pollen on their backs, eventually turning them almost completely yellow.
As we admired them a loud humming noise darted past my ear. A Hummingbird Hawk Moth heading to the Passion Flower Café for lunch. This was a little harder to get close to as they are nervous creatures and move very quickly. With a little patience, I eventually snapped him taking nectar from a nearby flower.
Now we have to admit that we don’t know what these flowers are. A special prize (a free coffee at our place) to the first person to come up with the answer.
Every day that we live here there is something that fills us with awe and reminds us how lucky we are to live in such a very magical place.
Independence Day in Molyvos
Greek Independence Day is celebrated on the 25th of March.
It marks the anniversary of the raising of the flag of revolution over the Monastery of Agia Lavra in the Peloponnese in 1821 by Bishop Germanos of Patras.
In Athens, there is an impressive military parade.
In villages of Greece, it is celebrated with parades by the children of the village. Many proudly wear national costume or their scouting uniforms. Independence Day in Molyvos was no exception with smiling parents and villagers lining the streets to watch.
Independence Day coincides with the Greek Orthodox celebration of the Annunciation when the Archangel Gabriel appeared to Mary and told her that she would bear the son of God.
It is also said by many to be the day that the swallows return to Greece, marking the beginning of summer.
I will keep a lookout and let you know.