International festival “DUBROVNIK FESTIVAL DAYS”
Location: DUBROVNIK, Croatia
Director: M.N.&WOFA
Application Deadline: 1 August, 2024
With pleasure we INVITE you (folk groups, Choral groups and orchestras majorette teams), (children, youth and adults groups) to participate on International festival “DUBROVNIK FESTIVAL DAYS” 03 - 06 October Dubrovnik,Croatia
DUBROVNIK- History is present in every part of this city, because it is at the same time a city museum and a living stage, an ideal blend of history and modernity. Every corner of the Adriatic pearl, as it is called, has its value.
It is surrounded by unique medieval walls 1940 meters long which have been preserved in their original form and opened to visitors as the biggest attraction of Dubrovnik. As one of the first in Croatia, since 1979 the city enjoys the protection of the world organization UNESCO. Thanks to its rich history, geographical position, mild climate, traditional kindness, knowledge and experience in tourism, Dubrovnik is recognized in the tourist markets for the high quality of its tourist product.
Dubrovnik is the Croatian congress center, the city with the largest number of organized gatherings, congresses and special “incentive” programs and records the best results in this tourist segment.
Dubrovnik is presented to the world as a cultural destination, which, in addition to the monumental treasure, is adorned with a number of excellent festivals, prestigious art events, outdoor concert and entertainment projects, exceptional artists, top water polo players and swimmers. The 68th year of the Dubrovnik Summer Festival, an exceptional and irresistible Festival of Early Music, traditional festivals such as the Feast of the Patron Saint of the City.
Dubrovnik is also a destination for enjoying your vacation, by air very well connected with all major centers of Europe. Dubrovnik is an enchanting city, which you fall in love with and come to again and again, searching for its countless stories, discovering unique experiences in it.
Dubrovnik in three days:
Take a walk through the city walls and inevitably enter the Maritime Museum and get acquainted with the centuries-old maritime tradition of the Republic of Dubrovnik, learn more about famous sailors, mathematician Getaldić and physicist RuđerBošković and their calculations on the carrying capacity of merchant ships.
Be sure to visit the small museum of the Dubrovnik Synagogue with a series of exhibits that testify to the life of Jews in Dubrovnik. On the hill Srđ, in the Imperial Fortress, remember the recent Dubrovnik past, the suffering of Dubrovnik in the Museum of the Defenders of the City.
A walk through the walls of Dubrovnik, climbing the steps of Dubrovnik, laundry that dries in the breeze in the narrow streets, charming restaurants and shops, a cocktail by the walls and the sound of the sea on Buža, a concert or show at some of Dubrovnik festivals will leave enough time to visit nearby places. surroundings.
Valentine’s Island – Lokrum is the closest to the historic city center. Centuries of rich history, legends and stories, the magic of the sea and nature will renew old loves or bring new ones.
General rules :
- is a non-competitive sample of folklore, traditional and modern dances, choral groups Brass bands, orchestras, modern dance group, majorette teams,ball room dance team..
- Every Folklore, Choral group,brass bands, orchestras, ballroom dances,majorette Teams ... has the right to participate. Children's ensembles , Youth ensembles adult ensembles .On the festival may participate folklore dance groups, modern dance groups, vocal groups, instrumental groups and soloists, as well as groups and performers from other art styles. .
- The number of participants are limited (only 3 groups from each country),
- Each group should consist of most 60 members including dancers, managers and musicians,
- Ensemble should have prepared program, 12-15 minutes each with orchestra or USB.
- To send us short CV and 2 – 3 photos of the group,
- To take a flag of the country,
- Ensembles should have there own transport for arrival and departure
Program Proposal
Day 1
After 14.00.Arrival in Dubrovnik, hotel accommodation,(sunbathing and swimming in the sea) and free time
21.00. Meeting with festival representative
Day 2
08.00 -10.00 Breakfast,
10.00 – 16.00 Dubrovnik sightseeing
18.00 - 19.00 prepearing for defille
20.00 – 23.00 Festival evening
Day 3
08.00 -10.00 Breakfast,
10.00 – 16.00 Excursions or beach time
20.00 – 23.00 Free time in the city
Day 4
08.00 -10.00 Breakfast,( open buffet)
10.00 – 18.00 Beach time or boat trip to tha islands and wonderfull beaches
21.00 – 00.00 Learning different dances (workshop in hotel)
Day 5
09.00 Breakfast
11.00 Departure of the participants
OPTIONAL – If you stay more days…
Day 5
09.00 -10.00 Breakfast, (open buffet in hotel)
11.00 – 16.00 Beach time or boat trip to tha islands and wonderfull beaches (swimming) visiting Zadar (optional), or Trogir (optional)
21.00. – 00.00 Free time in Split
Day 6
08.00 – 09.00 Breakfast,
11.00 Departure of participants
Participation fee is
- 149 Euro for 3 nights with bad and breakfast per person
- 189 Euro for 4 nights per person bad and breakfast
It covers hotel accommodation on base of 3 or 4 nights with breakfast in 3* hotels
Double rooms are additional 15 euro per person per day…single room 30 euro per person per day..
Facultative excursions are not include in the price
Festival organizers provide:
- for 25 dancers – one gratis,
- Certificate for attendance,
- souvenir and gift for each group,
- drinks during performance,
- Free parking
- advertising of the festival (press conference, radio and tv channels, posters and flayers).
Note: Croatia tourist tax is 1 euro per day per person and it is pay after the accommodation.
Dinner in hotel is open buffet and it is 25-30 euro per person extra.
INSURANCE:
Personal responsibility and health insurance are within the other obligations of the groups. First Aid and Medical Hospital will be available, medical services must be covered by the group.
On your request, You can continue your stay in Dubrovnik. Price will be 48 Euro per day per person BB – price is special for the participants in festivals that we can provide.
After Groups arrived in Hotel will be given detailed program of the festival. After the festival finish organizers will send you DVD from the festival program for each group and photos.The copy right of all video materials and pictures are ownership of the Organization of the Festival.
The festival will organize the transport for the groups coming by plane by Zagreb airport or Dubrovnik airport or other airports in Croatia and picking them up from airport, during the festival days and back to airport. The cost of the transportation will be covered by the group and will be additionally agreed according to their number. Payment can be done on several parts.
By applying you confirm that you accept all festival conditions. All detailed information will be supply after your confirmation for participations.
NUMBER OF SEATS IS LIMITED ON 350 PARTICIPANTS!!
Any group willing to participate must submit an Application form.
Approved groups pay in advance a 10% guarantee fee, which is to be deducted at the final payment.