XII. ISTANBUL SCHOOL PROGRAMME CULTURE COMPETITION / ISTCUP SPORT TOURNAMENTS 24-28 APRIL 2023

CONDITIONS  ACCOMODATIONS

PROGRAMME & FREE ACTIVITIES

HARMAN FOLKLORE YOUHT CLUB ISTANBUL / TURKIYE  ( Culture, Festival ORG.) was found in 1987 from ISTANBUL in TURKEY and has performed at numerous folk festivals in Europe, The United States and The Middle East. HARMANFOLK CULTURE & FESTIVAL ORG. arranges six different INT. CULTURE FESTIVAL - COMPETITION between  April – September  every year in  TURKEY. folk music, brass band, Chorus, Modern dance, theatre groups from all ages take place in ISTANBUL. 

Atatürk, the founder of our Republic of Turkey, declared a national holiday for children on April 23 for the first time in the world. Children's Day is officially celebrated in every city and school in Turkey. For this purpose, we would like to invite you and your children to this holiday.

 The aim of range this event is explain the importance and role of love, peace, friendships the Children, whom will grown ups of future. It will be just great pleasure and honour to receive the pointed group’s representative its country joining in this amazing international event.

DATE : We will invite groups( SCHOOL PROGRAMME CULTURE COMPETITION / ISTCUP SPORT TOURNAMENTS  in Istanbul  20-24  April 2023. 

PERFORMANCE : All groups will performance max 12 minute. competition min 6 minute max. 8 minute  Performances and competition  can be with live music or CD. Perfromance will be schools and competition  programme concert hall. Sport tournaments will be sport hall. Festival Committee will give Certificate, Medal to the all participants, moreover; plates and souvenirs will be given for each group.

26 APRIL CULTURE COMPETITION children youth adult veterans

 A1 FOLK DANCE :  FOLK DANCE  (traditional and stylized).A2 MODERN DANCE : ( grup, solo, düet)    Classic dance, neo-classic, Modern choreography ,jazz, show groups, step, oriental dances, disco,hip-hop, techno,, break dance ,Theaters of dance , B1 FOLK MUSİC :  FOLK MUSIC- INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC, Vocal soloists and duets, trios, authentic vocal, folk vocal C1 CHORUS MUSİC :  CHORUS GROUPS  Children  Female Male Mixed, D1 BRASSBAND -MAJORETTE GROUPS :  Children,Female, Male, Mixed, E1 SOLO AND DUET DANCE & MUSIC COMPETITION : The competition will be organized folk solo -duet and modern dance solo -duet.

ISTCUP SPORT TOURNAMENTS . We are honored to invite your sport groups ( FOOTBALL –BASKETBALL-VOLEYBALL - HANTBALL and CULTURE GROUPS ) children youth and veteran  groups to our international sport tournament. Same time will be culture & school competitions ( Folkdance-music chorus brass band majorette bale modern dance E:T:C)

We would be happy to welcome your team in our wonderful city Istanbul and all together you form the beginning of new friendship to make a collaboration culture exchange and also confraternity with each other. You are going to see the historical and touristic places of Istanbul some which are Ottoman, Byzantium.

Let’s meet at in our wonderful city at the field with Fair play.

If you want to participate to Istcup International CHILDREN SCHOOL PROGRAMME – CULTURE COMPETITION AND IST CUP SPORT Tournament please send us application form, group info, group pictures and the group list by e-mail. This information is not a legal invitation.

ACCOMMODATIONS STAR 3  185 € / per person/ all Festival time 4 NIGHTS 5 DAYS

We will provide to you Two  meals per day   (Breakfast+Dinner) and accommodation at the  3* 4* HOTEL  ISTANBUL centrum  each room has 2-3 beds.  free internet wifi. If group come more than 25 people and more 1,  40 people and more 2  free. If groups want to lunch pocket we can arrange it. Eaach participant groups will be given a maximum of 3 twin or double rooms. An extra fee is charged for single and extra double romms

TRANSPORTATION;  If group is going to by PLANE, we are going to hire the bus for their all ground transportations.  Groups will pay this bus cost. Bus, serves throughout the festival dates (Airport transfers, excursions program transfers (group will visit historical area in Europe side only once), and transfers to the field performance). At the first day of the festival transportation fee should be paid to the festival committee. This is the cost of BUS for max. 45 person, totally 1200 €. If group number of participant  less than 16 person bus cost is 980 €.  For the solo duet participate Between 1-4 people cost  per person 90 euro.

Please inform us short brief about your group background by the way a few nice photos of your group with attachment file. If you are agree and accept the conditions please fill up Official application form and send it back to us with attachment file.

P.S: All payments have to be pay in cash (travel-cheque not acceptable) at the first day of the festival.Deposit is non-refundable.

 TECHNICAL & ARTISTIC INFORMATIONS: All the basics are providing by the festival organization, such as lightening, one stage side for musicians with microphones participation groups. The groups will perform at the open-air stages mostly during the nights, however some daily performances will be in festival schedule programmed too. https://www.facebook.com/eurasia.festivals

 FESTIVAL MEDICAL INSURANCE  : All groups are required to secure MADICAL INSURANCE before coming to festival. Organization won’t pay any medical or hospital cost incurred at the festival period. However for any emergency situation, we will provide an ambulance and it will be always ready for 24 hours.