Dance to Highlight Lithuania's 100th Birthday

The Third Lithuanian Folk Dance Festival- Juventus 2017 sponsored by the Lithuanian Folk Dance Group Svyturys in Cleveland will take place on May 20th 2017. at the Shore Culture Centre, 291 E222nd St, Euclid, Ohio  at 1:00pm. 

The event is to highlight the celebration of Lithuania’s 100th birthday on 2018.

To properly mark this anniversary, Cleveland Youth Folk Dance Group Svyturys decided to organize the dance festival JUVENTUS - 2017, naming it "Let's Light the flame of our homeland”.

The planning and preparation of the project focuses on national dance, and to preserve Lithuanian youth communication, as well as  strengthening their Lithuanian identity. The  young people learn through dance to master the Lithuanian Culture. The culture becomes its own. Dance lovers are coming to the festival already for the third time. Participating dance friends from Chicago, Toronto, Argentina. The  event has  becomes a tradition and dance lovers come to Cleveland  for the third time.
This joint concert strengthens youth ethnicity and cultural origins. 

Cleveland Folk Dance Group Svyturys directors: Ausrine Sirvinskas and Egle Zukauskas

All are welcome.

Ingrida Bublys

Resident of neighborhood since 1956. Worked on East 185th street since 1970.

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