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Program Schedule
 
THURSDAY - APRIL 2
 FRIDAY - APRIL 3
10:30 AM SSA ROCK BAND 11:00 AM MEHTER
  Tuscon, AZ school students will perform songs from reknown singer Baris Manco.    Traditional Ottoman Marching Band will be performed by 35 members from Istanbul. 
11:00 AM MEHTER 12:00 PM SSA ROCK BAND
  Traditional Ottoman Marching Band will be performed by 35 members from Istanbul.    Tuscon,AZ school students will perform songs from reknown singer Baris Manco. 
12:30 PM TURKISH SUFI MUSIC 12:30 PM TURKISH SUFI MUSIC
  The traditional music will be played by a group from city of Konya-Rumi's hometown.    The traditional music will be played by a group from city of Konya-Rumi's hometown. 
1:00 PM STAND-UP SHOW IN TURKISH 2:00 PM MEHTER
  Atalay Demirci will perform a stand-up show in Turkish.    Traditional Ottoman Marching Band will be performed by 35 members from Istanbul. 
2:00 PM MEHTER 3:00 PM GROUP ANATOLIA
  Traditional Ottoman Marching Band will be performed by 35 members from Istanbul.    Three musicians will perform traditional music from Central Anatolia.
3:00 PM GROUP ANATOLIA 4:00 PM MUSIC CONCERT- FERHAT ATLI
  Three musicians will perform traditional music from Central Anatolia.   Ferhat Atli will sing from his exclusive repertoire.
4:00 PM SONGS FROM ANATOLIA BY YERVANT 5:00 PM MEHTER
  Udi Yervant will showcase examples of Anatolian songs   Traditional Ottoman Marching Band will be performed by 35 members from Istanbul. 
5:00 PM MEHTER 8:00 PM TURKISH CLASSICAL MUSIC CONCERT
  Traditional Ottoman Marching Band will be performed by 35 members from Istanbul.    Ertugrul Erkisi - Turkish composer, Turkish Sufi Music and Turkish Classical Music singer. He is a virtuoso of classical turkish music instrument "Tanbur".
8:00 PM MOVIE NIGHT "WHITE ANGEL"    
  Director turned actor and singer Mahsun Kirmizigul's ( who was awarded in the Houston Film Festival) movie will be presented to movie goers with English subtitles.     

 

SATURDAY - APRIL 3
 SUNDAY  - APRIL 4
10:30 AM SSA ROCK BAND 11:00 AM MEHTER
  Tuscon, AZ school students will perform songs from reknown singer Baris Manco.    Traditional Ottoman Marching Band will be performed by 35 members from Istanbul. 
11:00 AM MEHTER 12:00 PM SSA ROCK BAND
  Traditional Ottoman Marching Band will be performed by 35 members from Istanbul.    Tuscon,AZ school students will perform songs from reknown singer Baris Manco. 
12:30 PM TURKISH SUFI MUSIC 12:30 PM TURKISH SUFI MUSIC
  The traditional music will be played by a group from city of Konya-Rumi's hometown.    The traditional music will be played by a group from city of Konya-Rumi's hometown. 
1:00 PM STAND-UP SHOW IN TURKISH 2:00 PM MEHTER
  Atalay Demirci will perform a stand-up show in Turkish.    Traditional Ottoman Marching Band will be performed by 35 members from Istanbul. 
2:00 PM MEHTER 3:00 PM GROUP ANATOLIA
  Traditional Ottoman Marching Band will be performed by 35 members from Istanbul.    Three musicians will perform traditional music from Central Anatolia.
3:00 PM GROUP ANATOLIA 4:00 PM MUSIC CONCERT- FERHAT ATLI
  Three musicians will perform traditional music from Central Anatolia.   Ferhat Atli will sing from his exclusive repertoire.
4:00 PM SONGS FROM ANATOLIA BY YERVANT 5:00 PM MEHTER
  Udi Yervant will showcase examples of Anatolian songs   Traditional Ottoman Marching Band will be performed by 35 members from Istanbul. 
5:00 PM MEHTER 8:00 PM WHIRLING DERVISHES
  Traditional Ottoman Marching Band will be performed by 35 members from Istanbul.    The Sema was practiced in the semahane (ritual hall) according to a precisely prescribed symbolic ritual with the dervishes whirling in a circle around their sheikh, who is the only one circling around his axis. The dervishes wear a white gown (symbol of death), a wide black cloak (hirka) (symbol of the grave) and a high brown cap (kûlah), symbol of the tombstone.
8:00 PM CONCERT - OMAR FARUK TEKBILEK    
  Omar Faruk is the recipient of the "Best Artist of the Turkish Music Award 2003" from the "Turkish Writers Association". He is a nominee for the BBC World Music Award 2003     
 
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