September 13th: Joe's Pub, New York

Public Theater, 425 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10003

Two shows: 9:30pm Concert and 11:30pm Dance

Contact: Walter Durvacz

Tel:212-625-8553                Fax: 212-625-3751

Email: www@inch.com

September 17th:Hungarian House, New York

213 East 82nd St, New York, NY @ 7:30 PM.

Contact: Michael Ginsburg and Belle Birchfield

Web-site: www.nycfolkdance.org

Sep. 18th: Romani Community in Bronx, N.Y.

Place: TBD

Time: TBD

Contact person: Trajce

Tel: (917) 742-6797

Sept. 19th: Folk Arts Center, Boston, MA

Address: Springstep Center for the Arts                                                          

Time: 7:30pm

98 George P. Hassett Dr., Medford, MA 02155

(tentative - have not confirmed location)

Roma dance workshop with Sani Rifati  3-4:30pm

Contact: Henry Goldberg

Tel: (617) 492-7100 wk.

       (781) 729-8637 hm.

E-mail: Henry_Goldberg@abtassoc.com

Sept. 20th: New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, MA

Intercultural Institute, 290 Huntington Ave, Boston MA 02115

Time: 4:00pm to 5:30pm workshop

Contact: Bob Labaree

Tel: 617-585-1383

E-mail: rlabaree@rcn.com

Sept. 21st & 22nd: Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL

Sept. 21stThe Park West, 7:30pm, Esma/Boban Markovich double bill      

Sept. 22ndBorder Books and Music, 12:30pm, in store performance and CD signing

Sept. 22ndMuseum of Contemporary Art, 7:30pm, Esma performance, video and Q&A

City of Chicago, Department of Cultural Affairs and World Music Festival Office

78 E. Washington Street, Chicago, IL 60602

Contact: Michael Orlove

(312) 744-8945 phone      (312) 744-8921 fax

Orlove1@aol.com

Web-site: www.cityofchicago.org/CulturalCenter/

Sept. 23rd: Legion Arts - CSPS Hall, Cedar Rapids, IA

Address: 1103 Third St. SE

Time: 8PM

Contact: F, John Herbert

Tel: (319) 364 - 1580

Sept. 24th: Grbich Restaurant, St. Louis, MO 

4071 Keokuk,   8:00 PM

Contact: Shawn Donaldson

Tel: (314) 752-1788 hm.

       (314) 280-3195 cel.

       (636) 938-2362 wk.

E-mail:shawndonaldson@hotmail.com

Sept. 26th: UofTexas, Cactus Cafe, Austin, TX

Located in the Texas Union Building, 23rd & Guadalupe  Time: 7:30 pm

Contact: Robert Leibman

Tel: (512) 420-0218 hm.

Fax: (512) 223-4641

E-mail: bleibman@io.com

Sept. 28th:Congregation Nahalat Shalom, Albuquerque

3606 Rio Grande Blvd. NW
5PM Dance and Music Workshop
5:30 PM Potluck
6-7:10 PM and 7:25 - 8:40 PM Classes
8:55 - 9:30 PM Review and Dance

Sept. 29th: Sunshine Theater, Albuquerque, NM

210 Yale South/East St.

Note: website lists address as 120 Central Ave, SW Albuquerque, NM 97102

Time: 7:30 PM

Outpost Productions, Inc

P.O.Box 4543 Albuquerque, NM 82196

Tel: 505 268-0044    Fax: 505 268-4481

Contacts: Barbara Friedman

Tel: (505) 865-6729 hm.

E-mail:bjf@swcp.com

Beth Cohen

Tel: (505) 243-6276

E-mail:cohenedmunds@netzero.net

Oct.  1st: UCSB-Santa Barbara, CA

Location: UCSB MultiCultural Center Theater

Time: 7:00 PM Q.& A. - 8:00 PM concert

Contacts: Luniya Msuku, Programmer

UCSB MultiCultural Center, University Center Room 1504

Santa Barbara, CA 93106

Tel: (805) 893-8411, Fax: (805) 893-7609

Email: MSUKU-L@sa.ucsb.edu

Sonia Tamar Seeman, PhD

Dept. of Ethnomusicology, University of California, Santa Barbara

Email:soniaseeman@earthlink.net 

Oct. 2nd : Westchester Senior Center Los Angeles, CA

8740 Lincoln Blvd. at Lincoln and Manchester. Los Angeles

6:00 PM Dance workshop
8:00 PM Concert and Dance party

Contact: (805) 495-4406

Oct. 3rd: San Francisco World Music Festival, CA

Location: ODC Theater, 3153 17th St., San Francisco     Time: 7:00pm

Contact: Kutay Derin Kugay

Tel: (415) 561-6571 
www.sfworldmusicfestival.org      www.doordog.org

Oct. 5th: Naropa University, Oakland, CA

2141 Broadway, Oakland (near 19th St. BART station)

7:00 PM Chai & Chat with Esma
7:30 - 9:30 PM Singing and Instrumental Workshops

Conntact and reservations (510) 444 - 0323 or www.kitka.org

Oct. 7th: Sebastopol Veterans Building, CA

282 High St., Sebastopol, CA 95473

5:30 PM Dance workshop with Sani Rifati

7:30 PM Concert and Dance Party

Contact: Sani Rifati

Tel: (707) 823-7941

Oct. 8th: Slavonic Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA

60 Onondaga St. 

7:00 PM Ethnic Romani Dinner [ RSVP (415) 469 - 5637 ]

8:00 PM Concert and Dance Party

Contact: John Daily

Tel: (415) 255-3442

E-mail:johndaley@mindspring.com

Web-site:http://www.slavonicweb.org

Oct. 9th: Carlson Theater, Bellevue (near Seattle), WA

3000 Landerholm Circle, S.E., Bellevue    7:30pm

Contact: Steve Ramsey

KBCS/Bellevue Community College, Bellevue, WA

Tel: (425) 564-2418

E-mail:sramsey@bcc.ctc.edu

Oct. 10th: The Drink-Red Room, Vancouver BC

398 Richards St., (at Hastings), Vancouver, BC, Canada

8:00 PM

Contact: Robert Benaroya

Caravan World Rhythms Society

Tel: 1-604-886-0895  (604) 813-7907 (cell)

email: caravan@telus.net

Web-site: www.caravanbc.org

Oct. 12th: Hult Cultural Center, Eugene, OR

Hult Center for the Performing Arts

One Eugene Center, Eugene, OR 97401

Time: 3:00PM Lecture/Demo 8:00PM Concert

Contact: Darrel Kau, Programming Manager

Tel: (541) 682-2057

E-mail:darrel.l.kau@ci.eugene.or.us

Contact: Carol Silverman

Tel: (541) 344-4519

E-mail:csilverm@uoregon.edu

Oct.14th: Studio Artemis, Silver Spring, MD

Afternoon dance and instructional culture session

Contact: Elizabeth Artemis Mourat

2945 Woodstock Ave.

Silver Spring, MD 20910-1249

Tel: (301) 565-5029

Email:artemisdances@yahoo.com

Oct. 15th & 16th: Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.

Oct 15: Voice of America Auditorium  7:30pm Concert

Oct 16:  All day seminar: 10am to 5pm     [Esma interview at 3:45pm]

Seminar topic: The Gypsy (Romani) People: Fantasy and Fact

Seminar Location: Smithsonian Institution Ripley Center Suite 3077

Address: 1100 Jefferson Drive sw Washington DC 20560-0701

Tickets: (202) 357-3030 or www.ResidentAssociates.org/

Concert info & tickets at http://www.residentassociates.org/rap/otooct/gypsies.asp

Seminar info & tickets at http://www.residentassociates.org/com/gypsy.asp

Contact: Betsy Platt

Tel: (202) 786-3456

Email: plattbe@tsa.si.edu     or   glen@erols.com

Oct. 16th: The Women’s Club of Chevy Chase, Maryland, Inc.

Auditorium at 7931 Connecticut Ave., Chevy Chase MD, 20815

Workshop/Concert and Dance Party

Time: 7:30 PM

Contacts: Larry Weiner

Tel: (301) 565-0539

Email:Weiner.Larry@comcast.net

Len Newman

Tel: (301) 495-4780

Email:lnewman@his.com

Oct. 17th: Sts Cyril & Methodius Macedonian Church

Cedar Grove, NJ

Time: 2PM-12PM Concert and dance Party.

Contact:  George Tomov

66-12 48th Ave, Woodside, NY 11377

Tel:  (718) 639-3465 Email:  georgetomov@aol.com

Oct 18th: Holy Annunciation Macedonian - Bulgarian Church, Steelton [near Harrisburg] PA

721 N. Front Street

Time: 7:30 PM Concert and Dance Party

In cooperation with Susquehanna Folk Music Society
378 Old York Road, New Cumberland, PA 17070

Contact: Bart Carpenter

Tel: (717) 234-3844

Email:  dances@sfmsfolk.org

Oct 19 th: Bloomsburg (1 hr North of Harrisburg) PA

Concert of Ansemble Teodosievski (Esma will not be performing)

Time: TBA

October 20th: Bulgarian & Macedonian Cultural Center,West Homestead (Suburb of Pittsburgh), PA

Location:  451 West 8th St.

Time:  7:00pm Concert and Dance Party    

Contact: Lynette Garlan

Tel:  412-916-8131 (cell)
412-243-2481 (home)

Email:  ynettecg@yahoo.com

October 22nd & Oct 23rd: The Winchester Tavern and Music Hall, Lakewood [near Cleveland] OH

12112 Madison Ave, Lakewood, OH

8:00 PM Concert and Dance Party each night

Ticket reservations: 216 281-8727

Possible daytime school gig Friday Oct 22

and singing workshop on Oct 23

Contact: Walt Mahovlich

2176 West Blvd, Cleveland, OH 44102

Tel: 216-288-8727 (cell)

Email:  mahovlich@core.com