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Director: Iliyan Iliyanov Nikolov

Date: 9 - 19 July 2010

Place: Municipality of Nessebar and the resort coplex "Sunny Beach", Bulgaria
The European Championship of Folklore Arts "Euro Folk 2010” is held within the scope of Musical Fests “Euro Folk 2010” – The World is television. Musical Feasts are held in different European cities and countries during the whole year 2010.

Musical Feasts “Euro Folk 2010” comprise fifteen (15) musical festivals and are held under the aegis of the European Association of Folklore Festivals - ЕАFF. Main event of Musical Feasts “Euro Folk 2010” is No 1 Festival in Europe for the traditional folklore arts – Stara Planina Fest “Balkan Folk” in Bulgaria. Every year from 9 000 to 15 000 musicians, singers and dancers take part in it.

Typical feature of Musical Feasts “Euro Folk 2010” is that all of the performances are recorded with professional audio and television technics and the best of them are repeatedly broadcasted by more than 50 cable televisions in Bulgaria, by the satelite televisions "New Bulgarian Television", "Bulgaria TV " and “Heros TV”, as well as by the World Wide Internet televisions "Euro Folk" at www.eurofolk.com/tv and "Rodina TV" at www.tvrodina.com. All this activities realize the main purpose of Musical Feasts “Euro Folk 2010” – The world is television - to popularize the traditional folk arts through the enormous possibilities of mass media.
Preliminary Program

The festival program includes competitions in the following categories:

* folk songs;
* folk dances;
* folk ensembles;
* old town songs;
* brass bends and folklore orchestras;
* popular and variety songs;
* in all the categories there are classifying for young people up to 19 years

The concerts take place at the Ancient amphitheatre in Nessebar and other places in Nessebar and Sunny Beach.
The jury has the right to request for the performance of a part of the notified program, if it exceeds the specified time limits. Nevertheless the participants should be ready, if necessary, to perform the program in its mass.

During the European Championship of Folklore "Euro Folk 2010” studio audio recordings and filming of professional video clips of the participants' program will be done free of charge of those performances awarded by the jury or against payment.

The duration of the program should not exceed 40 minutes.

The made recordings will be broadcasted by 50 Bulgarian cable televisions, by 3 satellite televisions covering the whole Europe, as well as by the World Wide Internet Televisions “Euro Folk” at www.eurofolk.com/tv and “Rodina TV” at www.tvrodina.com.
During the participation of the collective in the championship the organizer could invite it to take part in general events such as Official Opening, Official Closing, defile, cocktail party and others.
Regulations

Main task of the organizers is to ensure the creative groups an access to the stage, to gather them in a concourse programme aimed at defining the best ones and to popularize the award winners of the fest by broadcasting their art in Bulgaria and the European TV air.

The European Championship of Folklore "Euro Folk 2010” has been organized by EAFF and other organizations within the scope of Musical Feasts “Euro Folk 2010 – the world is television” from 9th to 19th of July, 2010.

Host of the festival is the Municipality of Nessebar and “Sunny Beach” resort, Bulgaria.
Regulations for participation in European Championship of Folklore "Euro Folk 2010"
To enter the contest the participants must be accredited, which is realized under the following conditions:

The organizers from EAFF send a letter and a regulations for participation to the interested groups.

Those who wish to take part in the Festival must fill-in and sign application forms, in which there is an unambiguous text saying, that the notifier accepts the conditions laid by this regulation.

The collectives, who apply for participation, must have obtained prestigious awards from other festivals; the awards should be notified in the application form.

The application forms should be sent not later than April 15, 2010.


Source: http://www.eaff.eu

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