Klapa Kartolina and Fritule were honored to perform at Croatian Heritage Night, at the Detroit Piston’s basketball game, on December 26, 2022. A Primetime performance at the 20,000 seat capacity arena is somewhat unusual for klapa, however we managed to put our best face forward. The event was organized by our dear friend from Detroit – Kata Beslic and we shared the performance slot with our friends, “Nova Nada,” Croatian Folklore Ensemble from Detroit, which performed Croatian folk dances.
The song that we chose to perform was “Izašla je zelena naranča”, a song about the city of Dubrovnik in Croatia, which we hold very dear to our hearts.
After the performance, there was a big gathering of our fellow Croatians and game watching, where we rooted for our home team Detroit Pistons and their exemplar Bojan Bogdanovic. He also came to meet and greet his Croatians after the game. The whole evening was something that we will cherish in our hearts forever and we hope that we will have a chance to do it again sometime.
We appreciate video clips from the game by Marianne Simic, Reggie Tiessen and Jeanna Cooper and David Spaans @dsvideographynl for the drone videos of Dubrovnik, which we used to put the video together.
Klapi Kartolini i Fritulama pripala je čast nastupiti na Noći hrvatske baštine, na košarkaškoj utakmici Detroit Pistonsa, 26. prosinca 2022. Primetime nastup u dvorani kapaciteta od 20.000 mjesta nije uobičajen za klape, no mi smo se uspjeli predstaviti u najboljem svijetlu. Događaj je organizirala naša draga prijateljica iz Detroita – Kata Bešlić, a nastup smo podijelili s našim prijateljima, Hrvatskim folklornim ansamblom “Nova Nada” iz Detroita, koji je izveo hrvatske narodne plesove.
Pjesma koju smo odabrali za naš nastup je “Izašla je zelena naranča”, pjesma o gradu Dubrovniku u Hrvatskoj, koji nam je jako pri srcu.
Nakon nastupa uslijedilo je veliko druženje naših sunarodnjaka i gledanje utakmice na kojoj smo navijali za naš domaći tim Detroit Pistonse i njihovog izvrsnog Bojana Bogdanovića. Bojan je došao nakon utakmice i pozdraviti svoje Hrvate navijače. Cijela večer je bila nešto što ćemo zauvijek čuvati u našim srcima i nadamo se da ćemo to imati priliku i ponoviti u budućnosti.
Zahvaljujemo za video isječke sa utakmice snimljene od Marianne Šimić, Reggie Tiessen i Jeanna Cooper, te Davida Spaansa @dsvideographynl za snimke Dubrovnika dronom, koje smo koristili za izradu videa.