The past few months were very eventful for Klapa Kartolina. We are working on further promotion of Klapa music in this part of North America and we are planning new concerts and other events.
We are very pleased and honored to announce that we were recently accepted as members into the Canadian Croatian Folklore Federation – East. We are the first formal Klapa members in the Federation’s 45 year history. This means a lot to us and it is also a great step in promoting Klapa music in North America, as a part of Croatian and Dalmatian national heritage. We are very thankful for all of the support that we have received and we hope that we will be a valuable addition to the Federation’s folklore festivals and performances. Our first official performance should be in May of 2019 at the Federation festival in Oakville. We hope that this will encourage forming of other Klapa ensembles throughout Canada and USA.
Our Klapa calendar that we started issuing two years ago as promotional material to introduce Klapa culture and songs to this part of North America, received many praises here and especially in the homeland of Klapa – Dalmatia, Croatia. The calendars feature Klapa songs mostly from our repertoire, with English translations and photographs from our concerts and photo sessions. Our objective is to popularize Klapa songs and Croatian heritage and culture thruought North America. We are especially honored that the calendar has earned its place as a permanent exhibit in the Virtual Museum of Dalmatian Diaspora, which is in forming at the Croatian Maritime Museum in Split, under direction of Ms. Branka Bezic Filipovic. The 2019 calendar is already in the works and we hope that it will reach even more Klapa aficionados.
We are actively working on the organization of new concerts, where we are hoping to bring more Klapa ensembles to Windsor, therefore stay tuned for our future announcements.
Prošli mjeseci su za Klapu Kartolinu bili vrlo aktivni. Radimo na daljnjoj promociji klapske glazbe u ovom dijelu Sjeverne Amerike i planiramo nove koncerte i druga događanja.
Iznimno nam je drago i velika čast najaviti da smo nedavno primljeni u članstvo Kanadsko Hrvatskog Folklornog Saveza – Istok. Mi smo prva formalna klapa koja je postala član u 45-godišnjoj povijesti Saveza. To nam puno znači i to je ujedno i veliki korak u promicanju klapske glazbe u Sjevernoj Americi, kao dijela hrvatske i dalmatinske nacionalne baštine. Vrlo smo zahvalni za svu potporu koju smo dobili i nadamo se da ćemo pridonijeti raznolikosti na folklornim festivalima i izvedbama Saveza. Naša prva službena izvedba bi trebala biti u svibnju 2019. na festivalu Saveza u Oakvilleu. Nadamo se da će to potaknuti formiranje i drugih klapa diljem Kanade i SAD-a.
Naš klapski kalendar koji smo počeli izdavati prije dvije godine kao promotivni materijal za promicanje klapske kulture i pjesama u ovom dijelu Sjeverne Amerike, dobio je mnoge pohvale ovdje, a posebno u domovini klapske pjesme – Dalmaciji i Hrvatskoj. Kalendari sadrže klapske pjesme uglavnom iz našeg repertoara, s engleskim prijevodima i fotografijama s naših koncerata i foto snimanja. Naš je cilj popularizirati klapske pjesme, te hrvatsku baštinu i kulturu na području Sjeverne Amerike. Posebno nam je drago što će kalendar steći svoje mjesto u stalnoj postavi Virtualnog muzeja Dalmatinske dijaspore, koji se formira pri Pomorskom muzeju u Splitu pod vodstvom gđe Branke Bezić Filipović. Kalendar za 2019. već je u izradi i nadamo se da će doći u ruke što više ljubitelja klapske pjesme i naše baštine.
Trenutno aktivno radimo na organizaciji novih koncerata gdje se nadamo dovesti i druge klape u Windsor, stoga pratite naše buduće najave.