SPRING FESTIVAL 2016
Svitac’s new initiative, the Spring Festival was launched on the 22nd of April. Thanks to the dedicated efforts of Svitac’s international and local volunteers, the event was such a success that we intend to replicate it the next year. More than 100 participants, including several children and young people not (yet) enrolled at Svitac, joined us in our Youth Centre and had a great time socialising and enjoying the programme of activities set up by our volunteers.
The event programme was full of entertaining and amusing performances. For instance, our guitar project members, coordinated by Sanjin Vošanović, delighted our audience with duet compositions of Francesca Tarega and Andrew Forrest. Monica Reeves (EVS volunteer from Scotland), and Sladjana Basic (Svitac’s Art Coordinator), with the help of other international and local volunteers, helped the children enrolled in the daily activities (4-to-6 years old) to perform two songs, one of which in English: “Djeca su ukras svijetaand” and “I love the flowers”. Young members enrolled in the afternoon activities kept the audience entertained with other three songs, including “Let It Be” from Beatles and a flute interpretation of the classic song “Dance”. The drama group, coordinated by Anne Bonitz (international volunteer from Germany), contributed to the fun of the event by performing a short play: “Karius and Bakterius”. Very entertaining in itself, the play also reminded us all that teeth must be regularly cleaned and checked at the dentist!
At the end of the programme, our guests were invited to see the exhibition of art works exposed in our creative workshops in the Main Hall and to enjoy the delicious juices, snacks and homemade cakes prepared by our international volunteers.
We are looking forward to see you all here next year!
