Népzene/Tánc Együttesek – Folk Dance/Music Groups

Ausztrália/Australia

Gyöngyösbokréta Neptáncegyüttes

136 Jacksons rd. Noble Park, Vic, 3178, Ausztralia – Tel: 61 3 97958972 Csoportvezeto: Juhasz Geza

Kengugro Hungarian Australian Folk Ensemble

Kengugro evolved in 1986 as a group open to all Australians wishing to travel to Hungary and Transylania to boost their knowledge of Hungarian culture primarily through music and dance. The name comes from “kenguru” (a jumping australian animal), and “ugros” (a jumping hungarian dance). The group is based in Sydney and meets weekly. Members of the group also teach tanchaz and hold music nights where everyone is welcome to come and either dance or just enjoy the music. Antal Stopic

Magyar Kozpont Neptanccsoport

Hungarian Community Centre,760 Boronia Road, Wantirna, Melbourne, Australia 3107

Magyar Kozpont Kalocsa Neptancegyüttes

8 Merran Court, Wheelers Hill, Vic, 3150, Australia – Tel: 61 3 95601270 – Elnok: Szabo Edit Alex J

QUJ Dance Theatre/Folkdance Ensemble, Melbourne

I am currently the Assistant Artistic Director of QUJ Dance Theatre/Folkdance Ensemble. We are based in Melbourne Australia. Our artistic director is Quittner János. He is currently in Hungary but will be returning soon. In Melbourne the Hungarian community is fairly large, there are quite a few folkdance groups in this city. QUJ gathers the cream of these dancers and produces variuous dance pieces and folkdance shows. We have performed at several venues in Melbourne and in other cities in Australia. Recently Quittner János directed a production of “István a Király” at the CUB Malthouse Theatre. The production was a success with sell-out crowds. Babinczky István babba@connexus.apana.org.au

The Transylvaniacs

We are a 4 piece Sydney (Australia)based band consisting of vocals (Gemma Turner), hegedu (Mark Richards), kontra/bogo/hegedu (Sally Corry), kontra/bogo/harmonika (Antal Stopic). We mainly play Transylvanian music from Kalotaszeg, Mezoseg (Szek, Magyarpalatka, Bonchida), Kukullo (Szaszcsavas), Maros (Vajdaszentivany), and other regions, such as Dunantul from south-western Hungary. The band has been working for over 10 years and has has made several trips to Hungary and Transylvania to learn from the masters. Antal Stopic

Del Amerika – South America

Pántlika Hungarian Folkdance Group, Sao Paulo, Brazil

EUROPA – EUROPE

Alba Regia Táncegyüttes Székesfehérvár

TÁNCHÁZ H-8000 Székesfehérvár Malom u. 6. Telefon / Fax: 36 22 312-795 E mail: Bécsi Attila

Babszem Táncegyüttes

Városmajori Közösségi Ház 4400 Nyíregyháza, Városmajor u. 3/5 Tel.: 42 / 434-002 E mail: Pomichal Lajos

The Bartók Dance Ensemble – Budapest

BARTÓK members are committed to preserving and protecting those folk traditions, which while still alive inremote villages, are nonetheless in increasing danger of extinction.

Bekecs Hungarian Folk Music

András Vavrinecz and Attila Csávás founded our ensemble on 28th February, 1992, at 2.30 P.M. in a bar, called Ampelos with the participation of four small bottles of Gösser beer.

Bem Folkdance Ensemble

Bem Folkdance Ensemble, Budapest – Bem Folklór Egyesület, Budapest Description: Folkdance group, was fund 1975 – leader: Osskó, Endréné. E-mail: Viktoria Toth

Budapest Ensemble

Mr. Zoltán Zsuráfszki and Ms. Zsuzsa Vincze have extensive field research experience and have traveled tomost of the continents as performers and teachers. They have frequented North America for decades. Budapest Egyuttes Web in Hungary: http://www.c3.hu/~dancebp

Cifra Együttes, Budapest

A CIFRA nepzenei együttes vonos szorakoztatozenet jatszik, kovetve elodeik rusztikus eloadasmodjat.Primasuk es cimbalmosuk erdelyi kis falvakban elt nagyhiru zeneszcsaladok szulottei. (Mezokolpeny esPeterleka.) Bracsasuk es bogosuk budapesti zeneszek. Ez a zenekar kepviseli Mezokolpeny tanczenejet.Tizoras repertoarjukon szerepel eredeti magyar es roman nepzene, valamint ettermi magyar ciganyzene espolgari tanczene, ugymint: tango, valcer, foxt. A zenekar szivesen kozremukodik olyan eskuvokon,mulatsagokon, balokon, ahol a nepzenet kedvelo fiatalabb generacio mellett az idosebb korosztaly iskepviselteti magat. Tovabbi informaciok nyerhetok az alabbi eleresi pontokon. E-mail címem: Bartha Z.Ágoston cifra@mail.datanet.hu

Csík Hungarian Folk Music

The CSÍK BAND which plays traditional Hungarian peasant music was formed in 1988 in Kecskemét.

Csokolom Hungarian Folk Music

Please don’t get confused, our name is Csokolom! Csokolom is a musicgroup that plays Hungarian Folk music with a little dynamic twist of their own. This year Csokolom is presented by Profolk Germany on the 10th Anniversary Conference of the Folk Alliance in Memphis. The FA chose Csokolom to take part in the opening night concert on wednesday Feb. 11th at the New Daisy Theatre inMemphis. We would like to get in touch with as many interested people as we can. We think the music is worthit. From now on we will in the US be more often (probably in August in NY). Please contact us if you wouldlike to know more: -by email: Sander Hoving muzipuls@xs4all.nl -phone: ++31-20-6275834 or fax 4202769

Dűvő Hungarian Folk Music

The Dűvő Ensemble is from the town of Salgótarján in Nógrád County of Northern Hungary. They play primarily traditional style folk music and are the accompanying band for the Nógrád Dance Ensemble, but have also been giving solo concerts since 1981. Their repertoire includes music of all ethnic groups found in the Carpathian basin.

Folk Dance Ensemble of Eötvös Loránd University

The ensemble was established in 1958 as one of amateur art groups of the university. The members are mainly students but there are some who have not stopped dancing after finishing their studies. The ensemble preserves the Hungarian folk dance tradition and also takes part regularly at the folk dance festivals in Hungary where it has been awarded many first prizes.

Folk Center Alapítvány

Alapítványunk a FOLK CENTER, 1996 – ban jött létre Marosvásárhelyen. Célunk a népművészeti értékek gyűjtése, ápolása, terjesztése,élőzenével rendszeresen működő táncház fenntartása Marosvásárhelyen,népművészeti előadások,találkozók, táborok szervezése.

Figurás Dance Ensemble, Bern, Svájc

The Figurás Hungarian Folkdance Ensemble was founded in 1983 with the specific aim to study, dance andpass on, via perfomances and courses, authentic hungarian folk dances.

Foncsika Hagyományőrző Népiszövő Műhely- Foncsika Preserving Traditions of Popular
Weawing Workshop

Address/Cim: Kocsis Árpád Tarcal Fő út 81. HU. 3915 Tel.: 00 36 47 380-893 E-mail : kocsis.arpad@dpg.hu

Gajdos Hungarian Folk Music

The group was formed in Eger in 1986. The expertise of the group’s members makes it possible for them to play the music of most dialects of the Hungarian-speaking area and accasionally they undertake folk music adaptation, too.The work of the band was appreciated by professional circles too, when in 1989 Tibor Okos as a soloist and the band as a group were awarded the prize of the Young Master of Folk Art in 1993. The singer of the band, Mária Maczkó has had this honouring award since 1983. Among their permanent programmes they run the Danvehouse Gajdos in Eger and they organize the Meeting of Hungarian Bagpipers. Besides their permanent programmes, they are happy to accompany other dance groups and to organiize original concerts on their own. Gajdos zenekar postacime: EGER Pf. 550. 3301 Telefon: 36/36-422-400, vagy 30- 9636-923. (Szabo Attila) illetve 36/36-456-675 (Okos Tibor) E-mail: gajdos@eszeg.sulinet.hu

Galga Hungarian Folk Music

Concerts, playing for táncház-es, regular band accompanying a folk dance ensemble. We maintain regular contact with many professional and amateur folk dance groups as well as solo dancers. Presently we teach folk music in several schools.

Ghýmes Ensemble, Felvidek, Historical Hungary

The members of Ghýmes believe strongly in the universality and binding strength of music to transcendcultural and linguistic boundaries and bring us ever closer to global harmony.

Göncöl Hungarian Folk Music

The GÖNCÖL ENSEMBLE was founded in 1987 in Budapest as the accompanying ensemble of the Duna Art Ensemble. The members are musicians from Budapest, Kecskemét and Székesfehérvár. Before the formation, all of them were playing in local groups, giving concerts, playing for folk dance groups and in the dance houses.

Guzsalyas Neptanccsoport, Temesvar

1998 januárjában néhány lelkes egyetemista kezdeményezésére, a TMD (Temesvári Magyar Diákszervezet) és a Temesvári Diákház segítségével megalakult a Guzsalyas Néptánccsoport, amely már az első évben felhívta magára a figyelmet. A csoport tagjai Erdély külömböző magyarlakta területeiről származó egyetemisták. jsultesz@yahoo.com v. lszonyi@yahoo.com

Hajdú Táncegyüttes, Debrecen

Az együttes 1953-ban alakult. Megalakulás óta több táncos generáció nőtt fel az együttesben. Színpadirepertoárjukban megtalaálhatók az egész magyar nyelvterület jellegzetes néptáncai. E-mail: hajdufolk@freemail.hu

Halas Dance Ensemble

The Halas Dance Ensemble is operating in Kiskunhalas since 1988. Kiskunhalas is a characteristic town of the Great Hungarian Plain, functioning as a market-town since the l5th century, lying in the sand ridge in the Kiskunság.

Hargita Állami Székely Népi Együttes, Csíkszereda, Erdély

25 éves hagyományra épülő, 1990 július 1-én a Hargita Megye Tanácsa által alapitott hivatásos intézmény.Céljait a romániai magyarság folklórkincsének gyűjtésével, megőrzésével, ezeknek magas szintűszinpadravitelével, a “csak tiszta forrásból” jelszóval próbálja elérni.

Háromszéki Állami Népi Együttes, Erdely, Historical Hungary

Ujfajta elkepzeles, nepi tanc , modern tanccal keverve : Abel,ez volt a cime a mult heten benutatott tanc-darabnak, amely Tamasi Aron , Abel trilogiajan alapult.

Hejgető Együttes

Zenekarunk 1996-ban alakult, tagjai: Mucsina Norbert – hegedű, ének Bóka Richárd – brácsa, tekerőlant, tilinkó, ének Pukler Tamás – brácsa, bőgő, ének Szabó Dániel – cimbalom,ének . Főleg Székesfehérváron és környékén vállalunk fellépéseket, de eleget teszünk a távolabb fekvő települések felkéréseinek is.Főleg azért, mert az ALBA REGIA Néptáncegyüttes kisegítő zenekara vagyunk. Eddig elért eredményeink : 1996. – I. Népzenei Ki-Mit-Tud?, Gödöllő, Kiemelt Nívódíj 1998.- Táncháztalálkozó 98′ lemezfelvétele. Levélcímünk: HEJGETŐ EGYÜTTES , Székesfehérvár, Zobori u. 17. 8000 Telefon : +36 /22/ 300-574 +36 /20/ 770-736

Honvéd Ensemble

Mr. Ferenc NOVÁK, Artistic Director of the Honved Ensemble (a premier folk ensemble in Hungary) and oneof the leading personalities of Hungarian folkdance.

Hungarian Hurdy-Gurdy Band

This Hungarian folk music ensemble recruited among excellent hurdy-gurdy players, and as well as done that was traditionally completed its ranks with wind instrument players and singers.

Jártató Ensemble, Budapest, Hungary

The JÁRTATÓ ENSEMBLE was founded in 1978 and have been playing together in their present formationsince ’92. The members are professional musicians, some of them having the honorable title, “Young Master ofFolk Art”.

Jászság Népi Együttes

A Jászság Népi Együttes muveszeti vezetoje vagyok Szucs Gabor. Milyen tancokat tanitunk : tobbek kozottMoldvai es Gyimesi csango tancok, Marossarpatakai/Szekelyfold/, Magyarszentbenedeki es Szaszcsavasitancok /Kukullo-mente/ Kalotaszegi tancok, Eszak-Mezosegi tancok,Bonchidai tancok, Kemenytelki tancok,Delalfoldi tancok, Paloc tancok, Somogyi tancok, Kalocsa videki tancok, Felsotiszavideki tancok. Együttesunkallando kisero zenekara a Jartato zenekar. A tancegyüttes l988 – ban volt USA-ban, a zenekar l993-ban. Enszemelyesen a felesegemmel Urban Mariaval Kanadaban/Montreal,Ottawa,Toronto/ tanitottunk l995 es l997-ben 3-3 honapig. es elozetes tevek szerint l998-ban szinten illetve az USA-ban is. E-mail: jneszh@mail.datanet.hu

Kistarcsai Pannonia Néptáncegyüttes

A jelenleg 140 főből álló együttes 5 csoportban működik.

Kodály Zoltán Táncművészeti Egyesület

Hungarian Folk Dance Group in Salgótarján, Hungary Description: Ours is a group consisting of students between 7 and 18. We mainly perform traditional dances of Transylvania, Felvidék, the Palóc region and also dances from Béla Bartók. We regurarly appear on stage in Hungary, in the Czech Republic and in Transylvania. We would like to get in touch with Hungarian folk groups abroad and make the possibility of performing together at each others festivals. E-mail: ktanc@freemail.hu

Kolompos Hungarian Folk Music

The KOLOMPOS FOLK MUSIC ENSEMBLE is a quite colourful group, founded in 1988. In its present formation it’s been working for a year. The four permanent members of the ensemble try to interpret the Hungarian folk music inheritance the best way possible. But they also like to adapt the tunes of old masters and turn them into their unique compositions.

Kurázsi Folk Dance Group

The “Kurázsi Folk Dance Group” was formed in 1994 from those people who were the members of a 10-15 years old dance training and were the most successful and mature representatives in KECSKEMÉT (Hungary). The main task was to keep the sub-carpathia culture traditions in dancing, music and national customs. e-mail: Gyula Fantoly

Márta Sebestyén with Muzsikás

Most folks have come to know Marta Sebestyen’s voice from the haunting theme song of the Oscar-winning film “The English Patient” or from the ethereal “Marta’s Song” on “Boheme,” the world beat album by Deep Forest. However, her work has been idely available for more than a decade, both with the Hungarian bowed string ensemble Muzsikas and on her solo albums.

MÉTA, Budapest

The ensemble was founded by Beáta Salamon whose singing voice and virtuosity on the violin are thespecialties of Méta ensemble.

Morotva népzenei együttes, Tiszafüred

Népzenei együttesünk 1989. decemberében alakult. Zenekarunk tagjai (Dósa Katalin, Erményi Tamás, Rőmer Judit és Rőmer Ottó) zene- és népzenetanárok. Zenei tevékenységünkbe tartozik a népzenegyűjtés, tanítás, táncházi muzsikálás, táncegyüttesek kísérete, valamint koncerteken való közreműködés. Műsorainkon megszólal az összes magyar nyelverület népzenéje, gyakran a szomszéd népek muzsikája is. szükséges címek: http://morotva.fw.hu morotva@fw.hu

Nagy, Zoltán J. Hungarian Traditional Dance Instructor/ Budapest

Zoltán J. Nagy has developed a pedagogic concept, following the ideas of Sándor Tímár, in which dancesfrom the villages are preserved in their original style and format. Dancers are taught the art of freeimprovisation not based on cold professionalism, instead on the liveliness of the village dances in theirtraditional social function.

European Network for Hungarian Folk, The Netherlands

The NETWORK is an Western-european organization that organizes and supports: dance-houses, dance-teachings, concerts, concert-tours, information, education, workshops, research, transcriptions, release of CDs, cassettes and books, concerning traditional hungarian & transylvanian music, songs and dances. The NETWORK is active in The Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. You will find our activities in our homepage (www.tanchaz.nl) and in a regular Newsletter (written in dutch). Our address is: Broeksterweg 34, NL-9968 TJ Pieterburen, The Netherlands. Tel. 0031.595.528680 – 0031.575.523707. Fax: 0031.575.572131. E-mail: tanchaz@tebenet.nl You can order CDs in Europe via: tanhaz@tebenet.nl In USA via: noomes@ssc.wisc.edu

Nevesincs Kamarazenekar – Noname Chamber Ensemble, Gala, Felvidek, Historical Hungary

A children’s ensemble presenting chamber and folk music in Galanta. Kamarazenét s népzenét előadó gyermekzenekar Galántán. E-mail: szlizs@salamon.sk

ÖKRÖS ENSEMBLE, SÁNDOR FODOR “NETI” & KÁLMÁN BALOGH

To hear Neti play with the Ökrös Ensemble is to be transported back to a different, more vibrant, moreintense musicalworld. KÁLMÁN BALOGH is an internationally celebrated cimbalom (hammer dulcimer) artistwho, in the gypsy musical tradition, is a versatile performer accomplished on the Hungarian concert Cimbalomas well as in the folk idiom.

Ötkölök Táncegyüttes

A szolnoki ÖTKÖLÖK Táncegyüttes a televíziós vetélkedő sorozat, a KI MIT TUD? 1993-as sorozatában második, az 1996-os sorozatában pedig első helyezett lett. A Zalai Néptáncfesztiválon mind az öten szólótáncosi nívódíjban részesültün. Immár 10-15 éve táncolunk a szolnoki TISZA Táncegyüttesben. Látogassa meg honlapunkat és ismerjen meg bennünket! e-mail: Nagy Zoltán

Pendely, Switzerland/Germany

The Hungarian folk music group Pendely was founded in 1982 in St.Gallen (Switzerland) by Juhász András(violin) from Munich (Germany), Bartha Sándor (kontra, bagpipe, tambura) from Vevey (Switzerland) and Takách Gusztáv (bass, clarinet) form St. Gallen (Switzerland). Later Major Csaba (kontra) form Nürnberg(Germany) joined the group. In 1986 Pendely registered a disk (LP) based on own collections in Transylvaniaand Transdanubia. E-mail: basys_ch@compuserve.com

Pipacsok, Erdély o.

Együttesünk 1987 oszén alakult Székelykeresztúron, a középiskola tánccsoportjáként. 1991-tol függetlenné vált, és azóta önálló muvelodéi egyesületként muködik, 1993-tol székelyudvarhelyi Orbán Balázs Közmuvelodési Egyessülettel társult. Tagjai székelykeresztúri, székelyudvarhelyi és környékbeli fiatolok. Egyidejuleg szolgáljuk a két székely város, sot Udvarhelyszék kömuvelodését a hires osi néptánc- és népzenekultúránk ápolásával, életbentartásával. Évente tartunk bemutatót. Saját néptáncfeldolgozásainkat, hagyományos, estenként pedig tánc-színhazi formában visszük színpadra. Elsosorban az erdélyi magyar élo, autentikus néptánccal és népzenével való kapcsolatunk, saját gyujtéseink, valamint a gazdag film- és video- archívumunk szolgálják céljainkat. Erdélyi magyar népzenét játszó kis-zenekarokkal és népzenészekkel muködünk együtt, leggyakrabban a marosvásárhelyi Ördöszekér és a kolozsvári Üsztürü együttesekkel. A PIPACSOK eddig külföldön Magyarországon, Ausztriában, Svájcban, Franciaországban és az Egyesült Államokban szerepelt. E-mail: cslaszlo@fto.org.soroscj.ro

Regös Cserkészet

Mottó: “Ha mi nem tartjuk meg a magunk mivoltát, a magunk lelkiségét, a nemzetnek a maga mivoltáról vallottfelfogását, amely itt ezen a helyén a világnak, ebben az időben és térbeli tájban az egyedüli lehetőföldrajzilag és népileg adott, abban az esetben megszűnik a nemzet Európának egyik nemzete, alkotó elemelenni. Akkor emberek leszünk csak, porszemek, széjjelhullunk és soha többé felismerhetők nem leszünk.” Teleki Pál ; Contact: csizmazia@montana.hu Vállalt feladatunk a magyar néphagyomány megszerettetése és megismertetése a fölnövekvő fiatalokkal,meghatározó élményeken keresztül, a cserkészet keretein belül.

Regös, Munchen, Germany – Regös bemutatkozoja

München-ben vagyunk, a tanccsoportunk neve Regös es van egy halado es kezdö csoport. Összesen van kb. 20par. A tanctanarunk neve Durku Istvan aki Magyarorszagon profi tancos volt a Bartok-nal többek között es idehazasodott Münchenbe. Aranylag sok felepesünk van itt Nemetorszagba de mar voltunk Magyarorszagon is.Utoljara 1996-ban volt nagy felepesünk Münchenbe a Leopoldtheaterbe egy 2 oras müsorral. Föleg Erdelyitancaink vannak mint Szatmari, Bonchidai, Kalotaszegi, Küküllömenti es most tanuljuk a Szentbenedekit esSzaszcsavasit. Jaszberenybe szoktunk jarni tanulni, utoljara most husvetkor egy hetre Szücs Gabinal. Azonkivül többen közülünk szoktak jarni Erdelybe a nyari tanctaborokba amit en nagyon tudok ajanlani.Minden honabban vagy kethavonta tartunk itt Münchenbe tanchazat. Irjatok: Michael Kovacs mkovacs@csi.com

Süvöltő Folk Ensemble

The Süvöltő Folk Ensemble was formed by five musicians, a singer and four dancers. The former Süvöltő group would like to widen its repertoire and colour its programme with co-operations of dancers. Previously they presented mainly folk songs adaptations based on the Hungarian and partly the neighbouring countries’ folk music.

Szarkaláb Néptáncegyüttes, Kolozsvar, Erdely

Együttesünk 1995 októberében alakult az Apáczai Csere János Líceum keretén belül. Jelenleg kb. 35-en vagyunk, – mind középiskolások vagy egyetemisták.

Szászcsávás Zenekar/Band, Erdely/Historical Hungary

Hungarian Gypsie Band from Transylvania. Szászcsávás holds a unique place in Hungarian music history. Whereas Hungarian folk singing is always in unison, this is perhaps the only village where polyphonic singing is found. It is a folklorized form of the polyphonic religious singing style which was introduced by protestant theologians at the end of the eighteenth century, upon returning from university in western Europe.Another website at: http://www.egt.bme.hu/csavas Manager: Szantho Zoltan SZANTHO@egt.bme.hu

Szászcsávás Zenekar/Band, Erdely/Historical Hungary

Hungarian Gypsie Band from Transylvania. Szászcsávás holds a unique place in Hungarian music history. Whereas Hungarian folk singing is always in unison, this is perhaps the only village where polyphonic singing is found. It is a folklorized form of the polyphonic religious singing style which was introduced by protestant theologians at the end of the eighteenth century, upon returning from university in western Europe.Another website at: http://www.egt.bme.hu/csavas Manager: Szantho Zoltan SZANTHO@egt.bme.hu

Szatmár Táncegyüttes

A Szatmár Táncegyüttes 1978-ban alakult iskolai csoportból. Az együttes alapításának célja a kezdetek során egy közösség kialakítása, ahol a tagok szabadidejüket hasznosan eltölthették. Az évek során kialakult egy tényleges cél, amelyben már megfogalmazódik a szatmári térség hagyományőrzése. A későbbiek folyamán a csoport felválalta a mai autentikus néptáncok minél szélesebb körben való megismerését, terjesztését, továbbadását és színpadra állítását. Pusztai Dénes ekido@freemail.hu

Százszorszép Együttes /Művészeti Vezetői: Szabó Szilárd & Németh Ildikó/ – Hungary

Autentikus neptancot tanitanak tanchazakban es együttesekben Koerografiat es tancmusort szerkesztenek. ANepmuveszeti Ifju Mesterei. Folk dancers, choreographers; artistic directors of the MartonvasarSzazszorszep Folk Dance Ensemble. Young Folklore Artist Lauereate. Taught at the ’96 North AmericanHungarian Folk Dance & Music Sypmosium.

Szeredás Népzenei Együttes/Szeredás folk music group

Szeredas was formed in 1993. They play authentical folk music as well as they dramatize centuries old Hungarian folk traditions. Szeredas adapts on the stage Hungarian dramatical folk customs (shrove, pentecost, easter, christmas, vintage, solscites, wedding) with humour and instructive, progressive meaning. Music, dance, prose, playing in costume and marionette-play appear together in their programme. Szeredas accompanies dance-groups, plays in its own dance-house, gives concerts in the Eastern region of Hungary as well as all over the country and abroad. The first aiduo cassette of the group was released in 1997. Now they are working on their first CD. Members: Ildikó Bárdosi-singing Péter Kálmán-violin, viola, pipe, singing László Pete-viola, pipe, singing Győző Kovács-contrabass, percussions, accordion, singing Jr.György Maczó-cimbalon Imre Tószegi-violin, cither, damburitza, percussions, singing Email elevay@elender.hu

Táltos Együttes /Budapest/Hungary

Zenekarunk 1984 óta működik a Magyarországon újjászületett népzenei mozgalom aktiv részeseként. A magyar nyelvterület, a Kárpát-medence hagyományos népzenéjét mutatjuk be táncházakon, koncerteken, törekedve értékei megörzésére, az érdekes, régi hangzások bemutatására. Számos érdekes hangszerrel színesitjük műsorunkat: tekerőlantok, koboz, ud, citera, furulyafélék, cimbalom, ütőgardon és a hagyományos vonós hangszerek. Kontakt: Nagy Balázs taltos@mail.datanet.hu

Tilinkó Zenekar

A Tilinkó együttest 25 éve alapítottuk Székesfehérváron, Pesovár Ferenc néprajztudós támogatásával, a Fejér Megyei Népi Együttes (ma Alba Regia Táncegyüttes) kísérőzenekaraként. Az elmúlt közel egy évszázad alatt a város és Fejér megye megbecsült, sokat foglalkoztatott együttesévé váltunk. Juhász Balázs

Timár Sándor Kamara & Csillagszemüek Tancegyüttesek

Sandor Timar, the leader of the legendary Bartok Ensemble of the 70’s and as head of the Hungarian StateFolk Ensemble for 15 years, in 1996 created a folk ensemble called the Timar Kamara Ensemble.

Ungarische Volkstanzgruppe Marburg

Hungarian foldanceing Group. Founded in 1953 in Marburg/Germany. We dance the easy to learn dances. Some of our dancers came form hungary, but there are more german students and children. Contact: Claudia Karber

Vajdasági zenekarok és szólisták

Batyu Együttes | Csalóka együttes | Kiskormos Együttes | Tisza Tamburazenekar | Ivánovics Tünde | Micsik Béla | Polgár Lilla | Szabó Csilla | Vajdasági Eseménynaptár & Táborok | Vajdasági Táncháztalálkozó – Csóka Email: Bordás Áron Vajdasági Magyar Folklórközpont YU-24000 Subotica/Szabadka B. Nusica 2. Fax: + 381 24 554-184 E-mail fovet94@tippnet.co.yu

Válaszút Táncegyüttes, Budapest

A Valaszut Tancegyüttes 1982-ben Budapesten alakult. Az együttes letrehozoi es muveszeti vezetoi Gaug Agnes es Dioszegi Laszlo. Az együttes az autentikus es improvizativ tancot gyujto, tancolo, es szinpadra allito amator együttesek koze tartozik. Tagjai egyetemistak, fiatal ertelmisegiek. A csoport rendszeresen vendegszerepel belfoldi es kulfoldi fesztivalokon.

Vándor Vokál Hungarian Folk Singing Group

As the name itself suggests – the old Hungarian word ‘vándor’ means wanderer – the group stages East European and Balkan vocal polyphony, using the authentic and original attributes mixed with the mernbers’ own style and ideas.

Vasas Táncegyüttes, Dunaújváros

We are please to announce one of the leading folk-dance ensemble the “Dunau’jva’rosi Vasas Ta’ncegyu~ttes”had appeared on WEB and their pages are beeing continuously developed. The group will celebrate the 45aniversary at the begining of November. The program of this events will be available on the group’s web-siteas soon as possible… http://www.geocities.com/Nashville/7767 Orommel jelentjuk be, hogy az egyik jelentos magyarorszagi neptancegyüttes a “Dunaujvarosi Vasas Tancegyüttes” megjelent az Interneten, es lapjait folyamatosan fejlesztjuk. Iden november elejen unnepli azegyüttes 45 eves fennallasanak evfordulojat. Az unnepi program nemsokara az együttes lapjain keresztulolvashato lesz….

ÜSZTÜRÜ Együttes, Kolozsvár, Erdély/Transylvania

The ÜSZTÜRÜ Ensemble was founded in 1992 by young Hungarian musicians while attending university in Kolozsvár. They were born in Transylvania and had close connections to the communities where Hungarian folk music was still a living tradition. They witnessed first hand how authentic, traditional folk music, played on acoustic instruments, has disappeared from village life, having been displaced by electronic instruments and Western pop music. The members of the ÜSZTÜRÜ were fortunate to learn and play with the greatest masters of Transylvanian music: Sándor Fodor [Neti] and Ferenc Árus from Kalotaszeg; Kodoba Béla and his family from Magyarpalatka, István Ádám [Icsán] from Szék; István Jámbor [Domnezu] and Ferenc Mezei [Csángálo] from Szászcsávás. Some of them, alas, have passed away. Many years of playing with these folk artists and studying, collecting their music makes the members of the ÜSZTÜRÜ special bearers of Transylvanian Hungarian music. They are dedicated to assuring the continued survival of a folk art form, which can rarely be found even in its indigenous surroundings. The Ensemble is also at home in performing all Hungarian folk musical dialects from the Austrian border to the Eastern slopes of the Carpathian Mountains.

Zurboló Néptáncegyüttes

A Zurboló Néptáncegyüttes 1991-ben alakult a kolozsvári Brassai Véndiák Alapítvány együtteseként. Jelenleg 25 tagot számlál az együttes. A vezető, koreográfus Könczei Csongor, vendegkoreográfus Konczei Árpád, a Háromszék Együttes volt koreográfusa, jelenleg a Duna Tv belső munkatársa. Körülbelül 70 fellépést tartottunk a világ különböző részeiben: Amerika, Lengyelorszá, Németország, Litvánia, Magyarország. Jelenleg 3 táncszinház koreográfiával lépünk fel: Tollas Erzsi (magyarpalatkai ballada feldolgozás), Délibáb (vallomás a megfoghatatlanról – méhkeréki, keménytelki válogatások), Potré (kalotaszegi verbunk, szapora – Berki Árus Ferenc figurái-, magyarpalatkai sűrű magyar és korcsos – palatkai cigányok tánca-, szászcsávási tánc – szászcsávás cigányok tánca. E három koreográfia mellett kalotaszegi, ,magyarpalatkai (Mezőség), dombói, vajdaszentiványi, széki, bonchidai koreográfiáink vannak.

Zurgó Hungarian ‘Csángó’ Music

The ZURGÓ ENSEMBLE aims at learning and presenting the music and culture of the ‘csángó’ Hungarians, living in Moldavia. Moldavia is the territory, beyond the East Carpathian mountains, belonging to Romania today, where there were Hungarians arrived in several waves during the 12th and 13th centuries.

Észak-Amerika – North America

Aman Folk Ensemble of Los Angeles

In response to the query about the Aman Folk Ensemble of Los Angeles, theirHungarian material is of a veryhigh quality because two Allami dancers, Szabo Istvan “Kovacs” (former artistic director of Karpatok) and Toth Tibor (formerly of Cleveland, Ohio) have overseen Aman’s Hungarian material in thepast two years.Kovacs is now co-director with his partner, Rosina Didyk, who is also superb in Hungarian styling. Theorchestra is one of the best in North America and was shared with the Karpatok Dance Ensemble. Aman is nowregrouping and I am not certain what current repertoire is but last season included a fantastic Gypsy numberand a Szekelyfoldi choreography. Anasztazia Herold, Los Angeles AHUNGARA@aol.com

American Hungarian Folklore Centrum – Amerikai Magyar Folklór Centrum

The American Hungarian Folklore Centrum (AHFC) was established in 1978 for the purpose of disseminating Hungarian folk culture within the scholarly and public life of North America. This goal is accomplished through the organization of community folklore events, exhibitions, performances and programs to preserve and maintain folk traditions.

Aratás Performing Group, Portland, Oregon

Aratas performing group is in Portland, Oregon (five couples +). Our closest “dancing” neighbors are Kalamajka in Eugene, Oregon and Bokreta in Seattle, Washington. Doug Stevens larry.morandi@usa.net or dstevens@omneon.com

Bartók Hungarian Dancers

The Bartok Hungarian Dancers currently have approximatly 30 dancers between the ages of 8-16 years old. We practice every Sunday at the Hungarian Cultural Center in Calgary. We are very active in the community dancing at nursing homes, hospitals, the Zoo, city hall, legions, winter and summer festivals etc. Calgary, AB Contact Group-Coordinator: Kati Harcsa Phone #403-251-4334; e-mail: ckpi@telusplanet.net Members: approximately 30

Cifra Hungarian Folk Music Ensemble of Edmonton, Alberta, Kanada

Description: Cifra Hungarian Folk Music Ensemble, Edmonton, AB Leader: Jim Cockell (primás, furulya) Members: Moni Mathew (kontra, tekerö); Miriam Lewis (kontra); Paul Radosh (bögö, ütögardon); Natalie Ozipko (ének) Jim Cockell has twice attended the Ti-ti-tábor in Washington state, and this year attended the Barátság tábor in California. He and the other ensemble members have studied with Téka Ensemble on several occasions to further improve their skills and repertoire. Cifra performs on its own, and with the Csárdás dance group in Edmonton, approximately 20 times annually.

Cifra Hungarian Folk Dance Performing Ensemble, FL

Julius Horvath, Director, 1018 Berkshire Road, Daytona Beach, Fl 32117-3908 Phone: 904-252-5738 horvath@america.com

Csárdás Hungarian Dance Ensemble, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Established in 1975, Csárdás this year celebrates its 25th anniversary of presenting performances of Hungarian folkdance to Edmonton and Alberta audiences. The group performs an average of 45 times each year, throughout Edmonton and Alberta, and in the major cities of western Canada. Csárdás was a founding member at the first Western-Canadian Hungarian Folk Dance Festival in 1979, has appeared annually since then, and has hosted the festival on three occasions: 1980, 1987, and 1998. Csárdás appears annually at Canada Day and Heritage Festivals in Edmonton, and has performed for Universiade ’83, Vancouver’s EXPO ’86, the Calgary Winter Olympics cultural festival in ’88, and Victoria’s Folkfest in ’81 and ’94. Internationally, the group has performed in Hungary (’79, ’81, ’85) and at the Minden Magyarok festival (’89, ’93, ’99) in Gyula. Our twin goals are preservation and presentation of the traditional folk culture of Hungarians. The group’s repertoire currently includes dances as follows: Bag, Délalföld, Fejérmegye, Galgahéviz, Kalocsa, Magyarbece, Magyarbőd, Magyarszovát, Méhkerék, Nyárádmente, Parajd, Sárköz, Szany, Szatmár, Szék, Vajdaszentivány. Visiting choreographers and instructors have included Gyalog László (Gyula, Hungary), Román Sándor(Budapest), Gaal András (Hungary), Vadászi Elemér (Hungary), Lajos/Andrea Miklos (Vancouver, Canada)and Iggy/Louise Kádár (Victoria, Canada). Csárdás is proud to work with the Cifra Hungarian Folk Music Ensemble, whose members are resident musicians for our group. In addition, Cifra’s members have performed with Hungarian folk dance groups from Winnipeg, Regina, Calgary, Lethbridge, Victoria, Vancouver and Gyula, Hungary. Together with the Csárdás Dancers, they have been featured guest artists of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra for a unique family programme, “Where is László’s Lamb?”, which was produced and orchestrated by Cifra. Cifra performs approximately thirty times annually and has been broadcast across Alberta on CBC Radio One. Members: approximately 20. Information: Susanna Bíró 780-435-0219 or smbiro@oanet.com

Csárdás Dance Company, Cleveland, Ohio

Csárdás Dance Company is a 501(c)3,non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of the traditionalfolk dances, songs and music of the Hungarian people. While maintaining a professional company to performthe material in original ethnic form and style, Csárdás Dance Company strives to promote and further ethnicdance as an art form. The unique traditions of dance and music of the Hungarian people are preserved andshared through Csárdás Dance Company outreach programs which include mainstage performances, lecturedemonstrations, community master-classes and residencies. Address/Country: 9664 Akins Road, Cleveland, Ohio 44133, USA

Csárdás Hungarian Dancers, Austin, TX

Csárdás Hungarian Dancers is a Hungarian performing and social dance group in Austin, Texas, that has been active for over 20 years. Our primary goal is to have fun dancing, but we also perform occasionally at localfestivals or other events with the hope of introducing Hungarian music and dance to the community at large. We periodically have workshops — in 1996-97 Sándor & Böske Timár and Zoltán Nagy were able to come to Austin; and in previous years Sándor Román and Sára Feri have visited. Some groupmembers have gone tocamps such as Barátság, the Válaszút camp in Transylvania and the east coast symposium. And, we periodically travel to other events — in 1996 eleven folks went to Louisville to see Muzsikás and Márta Sebestyén , and in 1994 six of us from Austin and two from Houston went to Arizona to see the State Folk Ensemble perform. We have an aspiring local Hungarian dance band called Kolorash. They occasionally play for our performancesand táncházak. But as they are not always available, we often resort to our sizeable collection of tapes and CDs. The performing group of Csárdás Hungarian Dancers is also connected to a student group at the University of Texas. So, some of our members are students, and we are always hoping they will stay in Austin after they graduate. We would be happy to share our fun, enthusiasm, and knowledge with other Hungarian dancers in the world. You’re welcome to come dance with us anytime!

Csipke Ensemble, Toledo & Detroit

A Hungarian Dance group consisting of dancers from the Toledo and the Detroit area. We are a couples group with a Transylvanian and Hungarian repertoire. We are also looking for teachers to help us expand our knowledge and choreographies. Kimberley Kish (734) 783-0924 or e-mail csango@aol.com

CSURDÖNGÖLO FOLK DANCE ENSEMBLE – CSURDÖNGÖLO NÉPTÁNC EGYÜTTES

The CSURDÖNGÖLO FOLK DANCE ENSEMBLE is rooted in the NY-NJ Hungarian – American community, primarily in New Brunswick – a „hotbed, ” as they call it, for Hungarian-Americans. Primarily made of sons and daughters of emmigrated Hungarians, Csurdöngölo has evolved into one of America’s leading ethnic dance ensembles. The group’s name comes from Hungarian for barn stomper and the custom which called upon villagers to stamp down the earthen floor of a newly built barn. What better way to have some fun while working as a community. Don’t stomp on it. Dance on it! The energetic style of that stomping is symbolic of the vigor with which these artists carry on the joyful celebrations of their heritage. For more information on the group, visit their web site at www.csurdongolo.org (info@csurdongolo.org) A CSURDÖNGÖLO NÉPTÁNC EGYÜTTES tagjai New Brunswick és környékén élo magyar származású fiatalok. Szüleik, nagyszüleik eredeti kultúráját New Jersey magyar iskoláiban, egyházaiban, cserkészcsapataiban, egyesületeiben és magyarországi, erdélyi látogatások alkalmával tanulják, művelik. Meghívásra szerepeltek Budapesten, Debrecenben és Nyíradonyban, Cleveland-ban, Montrealban, New York-ban és Rochester-ben, valamint New Jersey számos városában. Amerika egyik kiemelkedő hagyományorzo magyar néptánc együttese, amelyrol további információt e hálózati cím nyújt: www.csurdongolo.org (info@csurdongolo.org)

Erdély Ensemble

The Erdély Ensemble of Spokane, Washington, is dedicated to the study of the Hungarian, Romanian and Gypsy dances of Hungary and the Carpathian Basin. Our ensemble takes its name from the Hungarian word for Transylvania, the region where the dance and music traditions of Hungarians and others have been preserved in extraordinary richness. The ensemble was founded in 1989 under the direction of Ildikó Kalapács and Wayne Kraft – students of László Diószegi and Ágnes Gaug. The Erdély Ensemble performs throughout the year in the Pacific Northwest. Our repertory includes about two dozen regional and village dance suites. We have been extremely fortunate to enjoy the friendly collaboration of the Jómóka Táncház Band (Salt Lake City UT) in annual theater concerts in Spokane and at the yearly Northwest Folklife Festival in Seattle. The ensemble is reachable at ildiko@ildiart.com or wkraft@mail.ewu.edu

Életfa Ensemble, NYC

Eletfa Ensemble of New York is the first Hungarian band in North America that is actually rooted in the American-Hungarian community. Now, the Ensemble has became a true “ensemble,” an eight-member group of musicians, singers and dancers. Eletfa’s members have all attended camps in both Hungary and the United States, learning folk music, dance and singing from the best revival and village musicians and dance masters in Hungary and Transylvania. They have travelled widely throughout North America, performing concerts, accompanying dance troupes, entertaining at festivals, and playing at Tanchazes; they host the monthly Tanchaz in New York City at the Hungarian House as well. The group features: violin – Ildiko Magyar and Kalman “Ocsi” Magyar Jr.; kontra – Jozsef “Heki” Gartai, Laszlo Hajdu-Nemeth and Beatrix “Trixie” Nagy; bass – Attila Papp and Raul Rothblatt (Raul plays cello, too). Together with dancer Cynthia Rajnai-Papp, all the musicians dance and sing, reflecting their love for for Hungarian music and dance and their willingness to share it with their audiences. E-mail: Kalman G. Magyar Jr Kalman G. Magyar Jr

FORGATOS, San Francisco

Tanchaz are generally held monthly on the last Saturday of the month at the Hungarian Sausage Factory at 419 Cortland in San Francisco. The telephone number 415-648-2847 and ask for Jutka or Imre.

Forrás Hungarian Folk Ensemble (Forrás Népi Együttes)

In the fall of 1998 the Forrás Folk Ensemble and the Vancouver Hungarian Folk Dance Ensemble formed to create the Forrás Hungarian Folk Ensemble. The 38 mmember ensemble is based in Vancouver, BC (CANADA) and performs 20 – 30 times a year locally and in the Fraser Valley area. They also travel throughout Western Canada and the United States. The members of Forrás have been participating in the Western Canadian Hungarian Folk Dance Festival since it’s inception in 1978. Many of the members have travelled to Hungary and Transylvania to study the dance and music they perform. Dance instructors that have worked with the ensemble include: Erika Bakonyi (Budapest), Zsofia Horváth (Budapest), Iggy & Louise Kádár (Victoria, BC), Gábor Mihály (Budapest), György & Ilona Muszka (Méra/Györ), József & Judith Palenik (Halászi), Sándor Román (Budapest), Ferenc Sára (Gyimes), Strack Orsolya (Budapest) and the current directors Lajos & Andrea Miklós (Vancouver). The repertoire includes dances from Szany, Somogy, Kalocsa, Sárköz, Bag, Kartal, Nyirség, Szatmár, Elek, Méra, Bonchida, Szék, Magyarszovát, Visa, Lörincréve, Gyimes and Moldva. Members are: Szabolcs Kabok (hegedü), Frigyes Kabok (hegedü), Lajos Miklós (kontra, duda, furulyák), Péter Takács (kontra, tambura, tekerő), József Molnár (bőgő, brács tambura, dob), Sándor Csiszár (bőgő, koboz, ütőgardon), Andrea Miklós (ének) and Mariana Traer (ének). Contact: Csilla Kovács-Wilson – Csilla.wilson-eds@eds.com

Gyöngyösbokréta Néptáncegyüttes / Bokréta Hungarian Folklore Ensemble, Montréal

Since its founding in 1967, Bokréta has delighted audiences in Canada, the United States and in Hungary. Under the artistic direction of Kálmán Dreisziger, the group has flourished and is a prime example of a living heritage outside hungarian borders. The group strives to preserve traditions in dance, song, music and community in their endeavors. The dancers strive to learn and take example from some of well-known teachers from Hungary and Transylvania as well as from the villagers who proudly share their cultural treasures with us. We welcome visitors, new members and musicians. For information regarding the group (activities, membership, performances) contact: Ági Horváth, President – Bokréta, 90 Guizot West, Montréal, Québec, Canada H2P 1L4 – Tel: (514)956-9239 – horvathagi@hotmail.com

Hungarian Dance Group In Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Junior, Intermediate & Senior Dancers. Performing year round. Contact: Teres Puha-Ballman

Hungarian Club of Niagara Penninsula

Hungarian folk dance camp for ages 6 years to 17 years of age, camping facilities need tent, date is month of july every year.

Hungarian Folkdance Chamber Group, Ottawa, Canada

Description: We are a Hungarian folkdance group based in Ottawa, Canada’s capital city. The foundingmembers of the Hungarian Folkdance Chamber Group have been performing for over ten years. The ChamberGroup participates in local Hungarian Community events and at various multicultural festivals held yearly inOttawa and the neighboring cities. E-mail: cdombi@hunmagyar.org

Jómóka Hungarian Táncház Band, Salt Lake City, Utah

Description: Jómóka travels throughout the Western US to bring traditional village dance music from Hungary and Transylvania to dance parties, dance workshops, and dance performances. Most of our music is played with violin, modified viola (kontra), and bass. We vary this with wooden flute, drum, koboz, hurdy-gurdy, gardon, and cimbalom to capture typical sounds of different musical regions. E-mail: cforster@mines.utah.edu

Kárpátok Dance Ensemble

Kárpátok Hungarian Folk Ensemble was founded in 1965 by a group of young Hungarian immigrants wishing topreserve their heritage. From its Beginning, the Ensemble’s goal was to familiarize audiences with the rich andexciting beauty of Hungarian folk dances through performances and concerts. Contact: Ahungara@aol.com

Kelowna Kisfalusi Hungarian Dancers

Kelowna, BC Contact: Karl Gábor; 604-765-7111 Members: approximately 10

Kodaly Együttesnek Honlapjana/ The Toronto Kodaly Ensembles Homepage

The Kodaly dance Ensemble was founded in 1960 by George Zaduban, Zoltan Kodaly’s disciple. Kalman Dreisziger became the Artistic Director between 1970 and 1985, he is now in charge of the Gyöngyös Bokréta Ensemble, in Montreal. In 1980 at the behest and advise of Kalman, the group invited Zoltan Zsurafszky out to N America as a guest teacherand things haven’t been the same since. Before 1980 the group was still performing the old style staged alamichoreographies, but has since moved on to different pastures. The tanchaz movement in Toronto Canada at least, is now 18 years old thanks largely to Zsura, Batyu, Kalman and those who were the shakers and the movers in the Ensemble at the time like Matyas Bela, Pal Csaba, Fekete Valer, Fekete Sue, Fekete Agnes and many more. The group has recently been taught by Sara Ferenc and Varga Zsuzsa. Contact Person: DobiGabor folky1@netcom.ca

Kolorash, Austin, TX

KOLORASH is a folk dance band specializing in the folk music of primarily Hungary, Romania, Scandinavia, and the Balkans. Contact Person: Lisa Schneider & Eric Vormelker

Lethbridge Délibáb Hungarian Dancers

Lethbridge, AB Contact: László Horváth; 403-329-9104 Members: approximately 20 Member of: Hungarian Cultural Society of Southern Alberta

Magyar Dancers Of Toledo

A traditional Hungarian Folk Dance group located in Toledo, Ohio. Keeping out Hungarian Heritage Alive. e-mail: Ann Irene Rezbanyay

Maros Music Ensemble of Washington, DC

Maros began in 1996 with Richard Morrison as primas, Chris Line on contra, and Elly Morrison on bass. Maros also plays Hungarian village music and plays at the Tisza monthly tanchaz.

Ne’vtelen Egyu:ttes

Band from Seattle plays your favorite Hungarian and Transylvanian tunes for dancing. Ne’vtelen has kept busy playing for dances and workshops throughout the Pacific Northwest as well as accompanying performances of the Radost Folk Ensemble and the Bokre’ta Hungarian Dance Ensemble. They have studied with some of the best Hungarian folk musicians, including members of Te’ka, O:kro:s, Me’ta, Du”vo” and others. Members: Jerry Muhasky – violin; Mark Lester – kontra, violin; Kathleen Hunt – bass, prim; Gary Fadling – bass, u:to”ga’rdon, furulya

Regina Hungarian Cultural & Social Club

Our club sponsors three dance groups, junior (ages 5 – 8), intermediate (8 – 14) and Senior (15 +). We participate in the Western Canadian Hungarian Folk Dance Festival Annually and have many quarterly functions as well. Contact: Teres Puha-Ballman & Ibolya Baulin: 306-789-9867

Regös: Hungarian Scouts Folk Ensemble, Cleveland, OH

Performs about 10 times per year, primarily as the main attraction at Hungarian events in the greater Cleveland area. The Regös dance group is affiliated with, and made up largely of members of the local Hungarian Scouts chapters in the Cleveland area. The Regös dancers of the Hungarian Scouts Folk Ensemble have recently put on two outstanding performances, one at the “Cleveland Hungarian Scouts Day” on Labor Day weekend, and the second at the West Side Hungarian Reformed Church’s “SzÜreti Bal” this past weekend. American Hungarian Friends of Scouting P.O. Box 6783 Cleveland, Ohio 44101 Email: Eszti Pigniczky

Saskatoon Fonyó Hungarian Dancers

Saskatoon, SK Contact: Maria Vörös-Jurista and Ted Jurista; 306-382-0006 Members: approximately 10

Szászka – Village Music from Transylvania

Szászka performs village dance music from Transylvania and Hungary for events and workshops in the Midwestern U.S. The band was founded in Madison, Wisconsin in 1996. Its members are Nienke Oomes (fiddle) Doug Code (kontra) and Sara Bruins (bass). The group has studied this music with musicians in Hungary and Transylvania and with visiting bands in North America and in the Netherlands. Before moving to the U.S., Nienke played with the band Hajnali in the Netherlands.

TÁNCHÁZ! Music Ensemble, Washington, DC

TANCHAZ! began in 1994 with Tim McKeown as primas, Robin Hiscock on contra, and Rudy Petke (myself) on bass. In 1996 Carol Carnahan joined playing second to Tim on violin. TANCHAZ! focuses on Hungarian village music for dancing and plays at the Tisza monthly tanchaz plus other dancing events. The band recently played for a tanchaz in Lexington, Virginia.

Tisza Ensemble, Washington, DC

Based in Washington, D.C., Tisza Ensemble has been bringing t he rich tradition of Hungarian folk dance and music to audiences throughout the eastern United States since 1982. Tisza was founded to perpetuate the sparkling, powerful improvisational dance forms of the Hungarian-speaking people. Tisza Web Site:

Tulipan Hungarian Dancers – Tulipán Tánc Együttes, Ontario, Canada

A Tulipan együttes mar Szeptember 1984 otta letezik. Korulbellul 65 tagos a csoport 2 1/2 evestol 40-ig, ezek csak a tancosok. Budapest, Shanghi China, Buffollo, Montreal, Brockville, Kingston, Toronto. Kullombozo helyek, Corel Centre, Parliment convention, Canada day main stage. Tobb felle tancunk van: Szatmari-felsotisza videki, Mezosegi, Kalotaszegi, Somogyi, Magyarszentbenedeki, Doromb jatekra is tancolnak, Sarkozi, Moldvai, Rabakozi, volt regen Kalocsai, Delalfoldi, Szekelyfoldi, Sovideki, Szeki, Dunantuli. A gyerekek altalaba Delalfoldit, Rabakozit vagy Dunantulit tancolnak. The Tulipan Hungarian Dancers (Tulipan Nepi Tancegyuttes) was founded in 1984 by Susanna Toth-Blackburn, as part of the Ottawa Hungarian School. First the children, then their parents and older siblings began to dance; as these children grew up, teachers and choeographers had to be imported to keep up with their growing knowledge base and skills. First, Ilona Kovacs (St. Catherine’s), then Kalman Dreisziger (Montreal), and later Bela Gazdag (Szekesfehervar), Peter Ertl (Honved Egyuttes, Budapest), Dobi Gabor and Hugi (Kodaly, Toronto), Peter Levai and Zsuzsa Kiss (Budapest), Zoltan Farkas and Toth Ildiko (Batyu and Fecske)(Budapest), and lately, for extended periods over three years, Szucs Gabor and Urban Maria (Jaszbereny), who have almost become our permanent choreographers. They will be here again next week, to teach in Ottawa, Toronto and Montreal for five weeks, and to serve as the evaluating committee for PONTOZO 2000 (May 19-22) here in Ottawa. The high point of the troupe’s development thus far was the period from 1994-1998: performances in the Corel Centre,the organization of the Great Hungarian Picnic, circa 1900, for Canada Day, 1995 and at Canoe ’97 in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, where we represented Hungary at the Hungarian Embassy’s request, as the festival’s flag was handed over to the Hungarian committee, in preparation for the next games, held in Szeged the following year. One of our dancers accompanied the World-Wide Dance for Peace troupe to Shanghai to perform Kalotaszegi legenyes at the International Children’s Festival in 1994. Bori Kontes, a graduate of our children’s group and star of the adult troupe, is presently in demand to teach “Hungarian” to folk dance groups in Quebec. Despite the relatively small size of our city, it is the capital of Canada, and therefore the site of many major festivals; TULIPAN has performed in the Parliament Buildings several times, during the Canada Day show on Parliament Hill, and in the National Arts Centre (not the main stage!) We are presently at the stage of building the troupe again, after the departure of several long-time members to university, marriage, etc. We number 20 in the preforming troupe, and approximately 10 in each of the two children’s groups (named “Eszterlanc” and “Gyongyvirag”. The senior ladies’ ensemble is also 10 strong, calling itself “Nefelejts.” For information, contact President, Christina Magyar 42 Cleadon Dr Nepean, ON K2H 5P3; CANADA (613) 828-1197 E-mail: c_magyar@yahoo.com or tulipanottawa@hotmail.com , or call Zsuzsa at (613) 233-6791.

Vadkelet Ensemble, Toronto, Canada

The Vadkelet Hungarian folk music ensemble was founded by Peter Horvath who is also currently a member of the Kodaly dance ensemble in Toronto, Canada. The group has metamorphised several times in its short existence, more specifically its name has gone through several identity crisies. In the beginning the moniker, Mokuska was used to designate not only the name of the group but also its fragile insecure identity. Peter and by now Mateus Etynkowsky the bracsas, feeling more bold, especially after having several personal lessons with Netti Sanyi Bacsi decided to have a contest to see who could come up with a more fitting name for the now more well established group. It was determined by Peter that Gabor Dobi’s submission of Vastaghuros fit the bill nicely. As a prize Gabor was given an Okros CD and it seemed the group was well on its way of earned recognition. Gabor not realizing that the distinction of winning the contest also brought the shocking responsi! bility of becoming the groups first bassist, decided to have a palinka to forget about life’s more pressing matters. The group practiced and practiced and it seemed for a while at least, that we would never get through the first bar of the Szeki negyes, when a mysterious knock at our door changed everything and you guessed it our name. Istvan Szapudi browsing the web found the vastaghuros ensemble’s page and decided to give us a ring. It turned out that Istvan played the violin and really wanted to play with the group. Practicing one day, after a few bottles of wine we decided that vastaghuros wasn’t appropriate since according to Istvan, “we don’t even play too many vastaghuros tunes.” This presented us with an obvious delimma, since all the good names like Duvo, Muzsikas, Szaszka etc. were all taken. Well we set about brainstorming, and came up with some very interesting ideas – Hatokor, Bacchus, Kukullo. We almost settled on Hatokor, not realizing there were only fou! r of us in the ensemble, until Istvan related a story to us about how his friend was relegated from teaching at a University in England to teaching at a high school in Szabolcs County which he described was like being sent to the Wild East. And that’s how it stuck ever since. Our repertoire is growing and we hope to play tanchaz occasions soon as well as performances perhaps with the Kodaly Ensemble. Our first gig was at the Cifra Camp in Niagara Falls where we played during teaching sessions and tanchaz. The group also sounds a lot better now that Gabor figured out it’s better to bow with the hair part of the bow and not the wood. Bye for now and please contact us through our website. kodaly1960@hotmail.com or (416) 773-1746

Vadrózsa Hungarian Folk Dancers

Calgary, AB Contact: Bandi Szakony; 403-258-2810; vadrozsa@home.com sz.bandi@home.com Members: approximately 35 WebSite: http://calgaryvadrozsa.homestead.com The Vadrózsa Hungarian Folk Dancers were formed as a Calgary Centennial Project in 1974. Vadrózsa is Hungarian for Wildrose, the official provincial flower for Alberta. Since its formation, Vadrózsa has been entertaining Canadian audiences from Victoria to the Gaspe Peninsula. The group has performed as far south as the Summer Festival in Bountiful, Utah, USA. In the summer of 2000, Vadrózsa had the opportunity to travel to Europe; Hungary and Transylvania! On average, Vadrózsa performs 30 times every year at various events throughout Calgary, and Western Canada. The Vadrózsa Hungarian Folk Dancers are available for performances year round, indoors or outdoors! We offer a variety of customizable performances for any audiences, from 5 minute single dance numbers, to 2+ hour full concerts. We have a reportoire of dances from over 20 different regions in and around Hungary. Each dance has its own unique character, which is magnified through colourful costumes and vibrant music. Please feel free to contact us for more information, or see our website.

Vancouver Hungarian Csárdás Dancers

Vancouver, BC Contact: Edith Toldy; 604-421-1889 Members: approximately 16

Vancouver Hungarian Folkdance Ensemble

Vancouver, BC Contact: Csilla Kovács-Wilson; Csilla.wilson-eds@eds.com Members: approximately 24

Victoria Búzavirág Hungarian Dancers

Victoria, BC Contact: Iggy and Louise Kádár; 250-727-2946; lkadar@galaxy.gov.bc.ca Members: approximately 15

Winnipeg Kapisztrán Hungarian Dancers

Winnipeg, MB Contact: Liz Matyi; 204-837-4289; ematyi@sjsd.net Members: approximately 20

Winnipeg Kárpátok Hungarian Dancers

Winnipeg, MB Contact: Ági and József Libor; 204-231-2009 Members: approximately 20

Mas Szervezetek – Other Organizations

Ausztrália/Australia

Hungarian Cultural & Youth Centre

760 Boronia Road, Wantirna. Victoria. Melbourne, Australia. Telephone (03) 9801 7970 or (03) 9887 4118

Hungarian Social Club

26 Nelson Street, Balaclava, Victoria, Melbourne, Australia. Telephone: (03) 9525 3165 Tanctabor Vezetosegenek Cimlistaja:

Szalay Zoltan – Tel: 011-40-66-123-760 e-mail: szalay@tiszta.org.soroscj.ro *** Andras Mihaly: Tel.: 011-40-66-113-145 (otthon) 011-40-66-171-362 Munkahely: Hargita Allami Szekely Nepi Együttes , Csikszereda Temesvar ut, 6 Hargita Megye, Erdely

A Moldvai Magyarsag (Gazeta Ceangailor din Moldova)

Kiadja a Csango Ujsag Alapitvany, az RMDSZ es a Trisdes Press; Szerkesztoseg: Sfantu Gheorghe, Str. Vasile Goldis 1/3. Bankszamla: B.R.D. Sf. Gheorghe Fundatia “Csango Ujsag” cont: 407 2 9960113097 Szerkesztobizottsag: Osz Eross Peter – Foszerkeszto Gazda Laszlo ISSN-1224-5356

NORTH AMERICA

New York Hungarian House

213 East 82nd Street (between 2. and 3. Aves) New York, NY 10028 Tel: 212 249-9360 Lobby: 212 650-1974 More Info at the NEW website: http://www.magyarhaz.org

American Hungarian Foundation

American Hungarian Foundation fosters understanding of Hungarian cultural traditions in U.S. Hungarian Heritage Center includes Museum and Library of Hungarian art and archives. E-mail: August Molnár

Magyar Baráti Közösség:

The Hungarian Communion of Friends (Magyar Baráti Közösség) is the organization known for its annual, week-long conference held at Lake Hope State Park in Ohio. Its publication entitled Itt-Ott (Here and There) provides a public forum for the discussion of questions related to Hungarians living outside the borders of Hungary. (Itt-Ott was established in 1967.) Most of the organization’s members reside in the United States, but it also has significant support in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Argentina, and several European countries. e-mail: Jozsef Megyeri

Organizations in Florida, USA

Daytona Beach Hungarian- American Society

Meets: 2 PM, First Sunday of Month (except July & August) Sica Hall, 1065 Daytona Ave, Holly Hill, Fl 32117 Contact: Julius Horvath,1018 Berkshire Road, Daytona Beach, Fl 32117 Phone: 904-252-5738, E-mail: horvath@america.com Magda Kosztalonyi, 116 Richards Lane, Daytona Beach Shores, Fl 32118 Phone: 904- 761-4460

Orlando Hungarian- American Society

Meets: 2 PM,third Sunday of the Month St Peter and Paul Church, 5300 Howell Branch Road, Winter Park, Fl Pres: John Horvath, 104 Ranch Road, Winter Park, Fl 32792 Phone: 407-678-2877

Hollywood Hungarian-American Society

Pres:John Veres, 2583 Lakeview Court #214, Cooper City, Fl 33026, Phone: 954-436-9424 Please call or write John for meeting details. John Veres also has the only known Hungarian orchestra in Florida.

Hungarian Village Restaurant

Hugo and Anna Maria Tishler, owners 424 Ridgewood Avenue (US-1),Daytona Beach, Fl 32114,904-226-0115 (excellant, moderately pricedrestaurant)

Kulfoldi Magyar Cserkeszszovetseg

There is a national Hungarian scout association that is very active with about 800 members, boys and girls. I receive their annual calander which has all the name days included. They can answer all your questions. E-mail: horvath@america.com & palotay@aol.com PO Box 68 Garfield, NJ 07026-0068