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European Festival May 31, 2008 (English text below)

Degerli Uyelerimiz ve Dostlarimiz,

Hazirliklari neredeyse bir yildir devam eden ve nihayet 31 Mayis 2008, Cumartesi gunu Scandinavian Community Centre'de gerceklestirilen Avrupa Festivali, British Columbia eyaletinde yasayan cemiyetimizin butun uyelerinin gurur duyacagi bir etkinlik oldu.

Cok degerli koordinatorumuz Guler Aylar'in titizlikle yuruttugu ve aylar suren calismalari neticesinde, neredeyse bir gonullu ordusu ile katildigimiz festivalde, sabahin erken saatlerinden gece yarisina kadar, gunun her saatinde bir etkinlige damgasini vuran Turkiye ekibi, Vancouver'in cok kulturlu yasaminda emsalsiz Anadolu kulturunun izlerini, festival alanina gelen binlerce ziyaretcinin hafisazina kazidi.

Asagida detayli listesini goreceginiz, Vancouver'da yasayan toplumumuz adina katildigimiz bu olaganustu guzel festivalde maddi ve manevi katkilarini esirgemeyen, gercek bir gonulluluk anlayisi sergileyen ve her biri mukemmel bir isbirligi icinde calisan gonullu ordumuza sukranlarimizi iletiyoruz.

Ayrica, festival alanini dolduran ve her zaman etkinliklerimize katilarak bizleri destekleyen cemiyet uyelerimize tesekkurlerimizi sunuyoruz.

Bir sonraki etkinligimizde gorusebilmek dilegiyle,

Turk Kanada Cemiyeti
Yonetim Kurulu

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Dear Members and Friends,

The European Festival which took almost a year to prepare was celebrated at the Scandinavian Community Centre on Saturday, May 31, 2008 and it was another memorable day and a source of pride for our community members living in British Columbia.

Our army of volunteers, under the leadership of our valued coordinator Guler Aylar, who literally devoted her months to meticulously organize each and every activity at the festival, has engraved the unique Anatolian cultural heritage to the memories of the thousands of participants from the early hours of morning till late at night, contributing to the diverse cultural life of Vancouver.

Here we would like to acknowledge the valuable contributions of each and every volunteer whose detailed list is given below and extend our thanks to them. We are grateful to those who devoted their time and worked in great harmony presenting a true sense of volunteering in this extraordinary activity we have attended in the name of our community in Vancouver.

Furthermore thanks go to the valued members of our community who come and cheer our performers and support us in our activities.

We look forward to seeing you in our next activity.

Turkish Canadian Society
Board of Directors

 

European Festival Volunteers List

Admission:
Kaan Ersahin: Worked at the gate as a cashier
Orcun Goksel: Worked at the gate as a assistant of cashiers

They did an excellent job at the gate, welcoming all visitors, and representing Turkiye which was one of the host countries in the festival.

Parking Lot:
Murat Madazli: He did a wonderful job at parking lot, welcoming, and helping the visitors to park their cars smoothly.

Cultural Booth:
Verda Kocabas: Decorating, Participating in the parade with the ethnic costumes, and the Flag

Tolga Habali : Participating in the parade with the ethnic costumes, and the flag

Anatolia Tours Travel-Turkay & Nil Aykut: Decorating, Interacting with the visitors, presenting the touristic, and cultural beauties of Turkiye

Eray & Roxana Karabilgin: Interacting with the visitors, and sharing unknown facts about Turkiye

Cagla Altintas: Wearing ethnic costumes, and Interacting with the visitors

Merve Akgul: Wearing ethnic costumes, and interacting with the visitors

Esra Burcu : Wearing ethnic costumes, and interacting with the visitors

Sema Berdan: cleaning up

Sezer Tezcan: Photos, and cleaning up

Murat Madazli: cleaning up

Nilgun Izci: Cleaning up

Atelier Istanbul: Supplied unique decoration materials imported from Turkiye. The pillows, colorful costumes, and gorgeous shoes attracted the visitors.

Cultural Booth was successfully decorated by costumes, video show, map, and brochures to reflect our unique culture.

All volunteers at this booth demonstrated great passion, knowledge, and presentation skills to promote our culture.

Food Booth:
Fatma & Mehmet Telli: Prepared the menu, cooked all the delicious food, and really worked hard all day to serve our most popular meal; BBQ meat ball sandwich with salad, and cacik. Home made baklava, and pastries.

Vildan & Muammer Bolu: Cooking Kofte

Yasemin Yorgancioglu: Cooking kofte

Ercan Selek: Cooking kofte

Volkan Demirci: Cooking kofte

Zafer Kandag: Sales of kofte, soft drinks, and Turkish Delight

Mine Dery: Shopping for soft drinks, and helped with the sales of baklava, cake.

Huseyin Beyazit: Donated freshly produced Assorted Turkish Delights with pistachio. These items were one of the most popular items of food booth.

Yasemin Akgul: Helped with the assembly, and sales of Kofte.

Ilyas Kayran: Sales of Kofte, soft drinks, baklava, cake.

Cagdas Cavusoglu: Assembly, and sales of Kofte.

Mayo: Sales of Kofte, soft drinks.

Verda Kocabas: Serving Turkish Coffee

Kadriye Turgut: Serving Turkish Coffee

Emre Yavuz: Assembly, and sales of kofte, soft drinks.

Nilgun Izci: Sales of kofte, soft drinks.

Wendy: Sales of kofte, soft drinks

Tulen Cankaya: Sales of kofte, soft drinks

Dide Olcay: Sales of kofte, soft drinks

Senkal Ozturkler: Sales of kofte, soft drinks.

Orkide Gocer: Sales of kofte, soft drinks.

This was the most challenging job at the festival. All these volunteers worked hard during the day, and made our society proud of the quality of the meals, the service, and demonstration of great team work. Food booth continued to serve until 9:30 p.m. Bravo all volunteers!

Market Place:
Ozge Karanfil: Excellent job with the ethnic jewellery sale, presenting Turkiye in the Market Place tent.

Berna Salman: Excellent job with the ethnic jewelery sale, and presenting Turkiye in the Market Place tent

Suzy Baker & Irmak: Excellent job with the handcraft sale, unique pillows, shoes, hand made soaps from Turkiye.

Children Tent:
Cagri Yavuz: Managed, and coordinated all volunteers who worked at the children tent. She did a fantastic job with decorating, entertaining, and organizing this challenging tent

Discovery Toys Julie Beyea
Balloon Twisters Joan Kroeger & Brandon Kroeger
Ukrainian Egg Decoration Joan Brander
Theatre Sports and Rhythm Kaerdwyn Newman
Masae Day
Alison Therriault
Erman Yavuz
Kevin Mullan
Pinar Pekcagliyan
Lena Cadogan
Cindy Tan
Janice Yelland
Jasleen Chahal
Bercin Akoglanoglu
Halina Faqirzada
Kyrstein Home
Jesselyn Saefudin
Fabiana Martinez
Mariska Santoso
Katty Siu Chew
Elizabeth Sit
Cinzia Zotta
Cem Kuluhan
Kaan Ersahin
Sebnem Ucar
Yukiko Nakajima
Alexandra Butz
Sandy Ta
Maggie Ngo
Erkan Ozer
Jamie
Karmen Rachjuck

Entertainment:
Turquoise Dance Group ( Cagri Yavuz, Berfu Sen, Arzu Ergudenler, Eda Karcabeyli, Yasemin Akgul, Merve Akgul, Cagla Altintas, Guler Aylar) Careography by Guler Dedeal

Classical Turkish Music Choir
1. Berna Akoglanoglu
2. Cagla Altintas
3. Nesrin Altintas
4. Laura Blumenthal (Musiki Parea)
5. Tulen Cankaya
6. Sevim Comu
7. Demet Edeer
8. Ali Ergudenler
9. Erika Gerson (Musiki Parea)
10. Kate Gerson(Musiki Parea)
11. Orcun Goksel
12. Ilyas Kayran
13. Dide Olcay
14. Senkal Ozturkler
15. Sadik Sari
16. Yusuf Tan
17. Kadriye Turgut
18. Zalife Turkoglu
19. Sebnem Ucar
20. Semra Yalkin

Our performers received a strong applause from the audience. There were approx. 2,000 people who were watching, and cheering up for our performers. Congratulations!

Business Ads for the Festival Brochure:
- Anatolia Tours Travel (Nil & Turkay Aykut)
- Eco Moving & Storage Inc (Yasemin & Ilhan Akgul)
- 9th Avenue Grill (Ayla Akyurek)

We would like to thank all our society members, and their friends who supported this event with their great participations. We hope, all visitors, and volunteers enjoyed gethering at the festival area, sharing our heritage culture with the other European Cultures, and communities.