Updated October 20, 2008

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XIII Lithuanian Folk Dance Festival - July 6, 2008, Los Angeles

Spindulys dancers make their  entrance at  the XIII Lithuanian Folk Dance Festival - click to  enlarge
Spindulys dancers make their  entrance at  the XIII Lithuanian Folk Dance Festival - click to  enlarge
XIII Lithuanian Folk Dance Festival - click to  enlarge
XIII Lithuanian Folk Dance Festival - click to  enlarge
XIII Lithuanian Folk Dance Festival - click to  enlarge
XIII Lithuanian Folk Dance Festival - click to  enlarge
XIII Lithuanian Folk Dance Festival - click to  enlarge
Conclusion - XIII Lithuanian Folk Dance Festival - click to  enlarge

The JOURNEY of Los Angeles LB SPINDULYS to the 2008 FOLK DANCE FESTIVAL

"Los Angeles Lithuanian-American youth ensemble LB Spindulys took on the challenge to host the XIII Lithuanian Folk Dance Festival. Spindulys, registering as the largest of the 40 participating groups from the North American continent, welcomed the task of planning and presenting the upcoming festival. Preparations for this huge event, which would feature over 1000 dancers in a large amphitheater performing to an audience of three thousand, took over a year of planning. This was to be the 13th such festival, occurring only every four years in North America, and now it was to be held for the first time in Los Angeles. What a challenge! "

Read the full illustrated and detailed story by Danguole R. Varniene here.

Visit the Lithuanian Folk Dance Institute site www.lttsi.org for news stories about the festival; also visit festival photo page for photo views of the dance festival as provided by a number of photographers..


Still photographs of the 2008 Lithuanian Folk Dance Festival, and other past Spindulys events are available for purchase.
For more information, contact Kestas Kazlauskas at kestasfoto@aol.com.



Prisimenam Joną Bužėną ir Paulių Jasiukonį



Spindulys webmaster and Festival Technical Director Al Razutis and Artistic Director Danguole Varniene at the XIII Folk Dance Festival Los Angeles 2008 Spindulys.com webmaster passes the torch to Vilija Joyce

Al Razutis, the Spindulys.com webmaster since its inception in 1996, is resigning and 'passing the torch' (still shining brightly) to Vilija Joyce, who will assume the webmaster role as of August 6th, 2008. Vilija is a Spindulys alumnus and is also responsible for the XIII Lithuanian Folk Dance Festival websites www.sokiusvente.com and www.lithuaniandance.com.

Best wishes to Vilija: "May the web shine with your creativity and dedication!"



Spindulys previously performing at Scandinavian Festival - Los Angeles April, 2008

Spindulys performaing at Scandinavian Festival in Northridge, California April 19 - click to enlarge
Spindulys performaing at Scandinavian Festival in Northridge, California April 19 - click to enlarge


2007 Memories

PEFORMANCE IN LITHUANIA

SPINDULYS at the 2007 Lithuanian Song Festival - July 6th, Kaunas, Day of Dance

2007 Dainu Sventeje Lietuvoje - Sokiu Dienoje Kaune liepos 6 d. 19 LB Spindulio sokejai soko.

Photo page - 2007 Lithuania Song & Dance Festival


Repeticijos - Rehearsals:

p r a n e s i m a s

--------------------------- REPETICIJA VISIEMS STUDENTAMS -----------spalio 26 d. 4 val p.p-----------

------------------------------- sokame ir registruojames LIETUVAI 2009 m. --------------------------------------------

JAU daug kas klausinejo apie sokima Lietuvoje..... o dabar jau turime VISAS informacijas. Ateikite, uzsimokekite $15. registracija ir planuokime kartu toliau.. JUSU DALYVAVIMAS BUTINAS jeigu norite patekti sarase. Jau sarasa pateiksiu lapkricio 1 d.

Nelaikysime Jums vietos jei DABAR neuzsiregistruojate....

Repetuosime su "creative" planu su tais studentais kurie negali visuomet buti LA...

--------------------------------------vistiek sokame VISI.. Iki pasimatymo!--------------------------------------------------------

Vadove, Danguole Varniene

Mokytoja, Daina Zemaitaityte

PS......Susitarsime kada sauksime tolimesnes repeticijas lapkr. ir gruodzio men. ...

2008 SPINDULYS PERFORMANCE events to note:

Future performance schedule to be announced.



MEMORY LANE

Visit performance archive page for extensive list of photos and videos of past events.

For videos of SPINDULYS performing at 2005 WORLD EXPO in AICHI, JAPAN visit
EXPO photos and videoclips page, or click photo below.


click for more on LB SPINDULYS dancers performing at Japan World EXPO

Photos from the 2004 12-th Lithuanian Folk Dance Festival - Chicago, Illinois

click for David Grieze photos  click for Varniene photos click for Polikaitis photos

Dance Festival photos posted on the Dance Festival Photos Page.


For a complete list of photos from previous events visit the Spindulys Photo Archive pages.

 

For further information on events or rehearsals contact:
Danguole Varnas - Director, SPINDULYS
3165 Harmony Place, La Crescenta, Calif. 91214


TELEPHONE:  Danguole Varnas - 818 - 249 - 7574
E-MAIL:   Spindulys@aol.com

News and web comments to:   arazutis@hotmail.com (webmaster)

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