Friday, March 13, 2015

August 23, 2014 - Strakonice Festival – Saturday





Lubomír Jungbauer, dudy builder



A local Strakonice group gets things started.



Unisonus from Austria 

with Michael Vereno and his mother Helga (they are in "Call of Dudy")



Croatian group

Hungarian group


Dancing with wine bottles balanced on their heads!





Comic skit. Václav Švik, my first day teacher from Domažlice, was M.C.ing


Moravian group


Slovak group








South Bohemian group (České Budějovice?)





Booth where my hedgehog butter/cookie press came from:





Špička - interesting dessert. Less than $1 in the pastry shop!




Second visit to the music shop to purchase vozembouchs - closed!







Zdeněk Bláha, legendary collector of folk music for dudy, from Domažlice, exiting one of the exhibits.



Sue trying out a Konrady dudy at their stall. I had visited their shop in Domažlice looking for an adult-sized vozembouch, but they only had the child's toy version.



14:00 - Afternoon program of groups from the Plzeň area:















Pavel Číp, who built my current dudy

16:00 - A program focused on the cycle of festivals through the year. 

Irena Novatná directed and was one of the commentators.
































Our cave dining spot.






20:00 - The second main festival program



Group from Brittany, France - Kevrenn Brest Sant Mark


Youth Folk Dance Group "Frommern" from Germany





Neil Smith's group, Windy Gyle

from Great Britain (Northumbrian smallpipes) - also in "Call of Dudy"

Turkish group






Hailander from Holland - got very tired of them before the festival was over!

Hungarian group





Group from Austria? Used bass clarinet for there bass line.



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