Orpheus Photo Album

FDF 2006 - San Diego, California

Dress rehearsal...It is time to get serious!
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Guess who showed up at the last couple of practices...Panayis is in the house!
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Panayis with members of his ever growing fun club.  Pictured here with Paul.
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Getting ready for the opening ceremonies.
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Let's see how many Orpheus members can fit inside the banner.
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Start of the opening ceremonies.
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Getting up close and personal with the banner.
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Catherine, Christina, Kostas, Christina, Christina and Vaggelis
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Watching the opening ceremonies festivities.
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

A lot of family members accompanied Orpheus to the trip.  Among them Marianna's mother, kids (Emma and Nicky) and nephew (James).
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

The breakfast area became a familiar spot to the Orpheus members as it was the only time to relax and have something to eat in the morning or late at night due to the busy daily schedule of practices and performances.
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Angie, Georgia and Kathy find some time to play with a bagel.
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Eat now because who knows when we will have a chance to eat again.
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Orpheus Alumni members Panayis (Athens, Greece) and Demetris (Boston) had a chance to join Orpheus for this trip.
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

With the ever present Iordani (Jordan, third from right)
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Relaxing a little bit before a practice
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Dino enjoying a peaceful moment with his kompoloi
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Harry with his bouzouki and Kostas with his toumbek had a chance to showcase their rembetika repertoire to the joy of by standers who joined in a rendition of rembetika songs
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Harry for one more time had to establish himself as a non-stop bouzouki playing machine.
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Dancing at the night events
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Panayis, Yannis and Demetris
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Beth Cohen (violin) and David Bilides (percussion) were two of the musicians that accompanied Orpheus in their dance presentations.  Not pictured are Christos Gouvetas (clarinet and laouto) and Ruth Hunter (accordion).
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Christina and Mitsos assisting with practicing the Thracian suite of dances at the hotel grounds
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Practice, practice, practice...At least it was a nice day to practice outside.
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Friday night, getting ready for the first performance.
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Harry:  I think I finally managed to put the belt the right way!
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Kathy, Georgia and Sophia
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Christina and Angie.  These hair nets look hot!
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

More hair nets shots
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Kathy, Sophia, Georgia and Christina
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Kostas getting all pumped up for the performance. 

(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Camera, lights, action!!
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Harry, Matt, Alex, Jimmy relaxing before the first performance
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

With members of the Asvestades dance group who came from Thrace, Greece
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

With members of the Olympian dance group of Long Beach, California.
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Group picture before the first dance presentation of the Thracian suite of dances
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Practicing for the choral suite.
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Orpheus choral instructor Eftyhia giving the final instructions before the choral presentation.
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Vaggelis and Jimmy
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Group picture at the conclusion of the choral presentation.
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

More pictures after the choral presentation
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Christina, Christina and Alex having fun during the Saturday night event
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

It is Disco night!
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Alex and Kathy get inspired in front of the hay stacks
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Marianna getting ready for the second dance performance that included a suite of dances from the island of Thassos
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Kathy and Georgia
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Christina, Georgia and Christina
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Sophia makes sure that she has a back-up in case she forgets the words to "Ahi Bahi".  Ah, all these years of Greek school finally paid off!
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Mitsos and Panayis getting ready for the performance
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Click to see the larger picture and whoever figures out the technique of the flying belt gets a prize..
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Let me practice the songs with the bouzouki...
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Jimmy and Angie reminiscent their wedding day pictures...
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Do I need to shave?
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Christina with proud mama Voula
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Christina, Nina and Marianna
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Da girls!
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Harry and Popi.
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Panayis relaxes before the performance by reading the paper. 
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Hey guys, I just became a spokesman for Pepsi!
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Eftyhia practices the Thassos songs with Orpheus members before the performance
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

OK, this is it!  Break a leg!
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Singing and dancing "Ola Ta Poulakia"
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Performing "Ballos" from the island of Thassos
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Singing and dancing "Ahi Vahi"
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

The girls sing and dance the song "Mazou Ta Peristeria Sou"
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

The girls sing and dance the song "Mazou Ta Peristeria Sou"
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Performing "Karsilamas"
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Performing "Karsilamas"
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Performing "Oi Filoi Otan Smigoune"
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Yannis, Panayis, Demetris and Kostas
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

His Eminence Metropolitan Gerasimos of San Francisco with Yannis and Kostas
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Pictured with Orpheus choral instructor Eftyhia Papageorgiou at the official photo shoot session
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Da guys!
(Chicago CA - February 2006)

Jet lag and non-stop action finally got to Panayi.
Wake up Panayi, it is time to go to the Sunday night banquet and awards ceremony!
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Orpheus Table #1 at the Sunday reception
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Orpheus Table #2 at the Sunday reception
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Orpheus Table #3 at the Sunday reception
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

At the awards ceremony
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Eftyhia got the Choral Director's award.  Way to go Eftyhia!!
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Eftyhia accepting her award.
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Eftyhia with the Choral Director's award
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Orpheus got first prize at the Choral category.
Christina and Christina accepting their first prize metals.
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Yannis and Kostas with dance judge Anna Mavrou Bouzianis
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

The FDF panel of judges.
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Yannis, Eftyhia, Marianna and Kostas.
Orpheus got also the Founder Special Achievement award for the Thassos suite.
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Jimmy apparently got some additional awards that nobody knows about...
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Cathrine, Yannis and Christina at the awards ceremony
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Yannis, Marianna, Bessie and Kostas
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Panayis showing off his metals
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Kiki Papadimitriou from Atlanta with Jimmy
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Eftyhia with her husband Wilson
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Eftyhia and Christina
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

It is time to relax dancing during the Sunday night glendi.  Nina dancing Zaeibekiko...
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

..Harry dancing Zeibekiko...
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

...Kathy dancing Zeibekiko...
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

...and Sophia dancing Zeibekiko...Next year Orpheus will need to present a suite of Zeibekiko dances.
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Nina, Georgia, Demetris, Kathy, Jimmy and Christina
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Jimmy and Voula
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

It is a little bit chilly out there!
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Panayis, Georgia and Jimmy
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Let's invent our own suite of dances...
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

But nothing can beat dancing and singing "Ahi Bahi"!!
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Pictured with members of dance groups from California and dance instructors from Greece, Nikos Zournatzides (second from left) and Yannis Kostantinou (second from right) .
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Dancing with Joe Gragiozi, Christos Gouvetas, Kostas and Panayis
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Back to Chicago!  Time to celebrate the trip to San Diego, California
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

Let's pop  some bubbly...
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

The Orpheus hononary cheerleaders Jimmy and Bessie
(San Diego, CA - February 2006)

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