Lithuanian
GRANDINELE | Panevezys | |
Now
some facts about the folk dance ensemble “Grandinele”.
The ensemble was faunded in 1977. It began its
activities when children and youth were unite into the national dance
circle in Panevėžys Building Trust Culture and The
ensemble “Grandinėlė” took party in the many dance and song
festivals in Panevėžys and it’s regions, made various perfomances,
participated in compettions: 1985, 1987, 1990, 1994, 1998 – participated
in the Republican song and dance festival in Vilnius (Lithuania); 1990 –
took part in the dance festival in Tallinn (Estonia); 1991 –
participated in the perfomances in the Fourth World Lithuanian Sport’s
Games in Kaunas (Lithuania); 1994 – represented Lithuania in Cultural
Days in Punsk (Poland); 1996, 1998 – represented Lithuania in Lunen (Germany);
1996 – Lithuanian folk dance festival Chicago (USA), 2000 - Lithuanian
folk dance festival in Toronto (Canada). |
PYNIMELIS | Panevezys | |
PYNIMELIS (kind of festoon) was founded in 1986. lt
is an amateur folk group and the representa-tional folk ensemble for the
City of
The biggest in number is the dancers' group. There are two preparatory and
flye performing dance teams. The teams are made up depending on the age of
dancers:
The orchestra consists of two bands: one band playing archaic Lithuanian
instruments (such as birbyné, lumzdelis, kanklčs, skrabalai, skudučiai,
ragelis), and the other band playing traditional village instruments (accordion,
harmonica, violin, clarinet, bass, trumpet, trombone, percussion, etc.)
Most solos are perforined by the national woodwinds like BIRBYNE (various
size reed pipes with a horn bell), LUMZDELIS (very flexible longitudinal
pipc giving similar-to-flute sound). Pleasant-to-car sounds are provided
by the KANKLTS (ancient string instrument similar to kantele). The
national percussion instrument SKRABALAI (in a way similar to xylophone)
will add fresh and original sounding to the orchestra. SKUDUClAl - the
most archaic of the Lithuanian instruments - are wooden single tone pipes,
and each member of a group of performers is playing two or three pipes to
produce homophonic or polyphonie harmony of sounds.
The choirs (about 50 singers) consists of two groups: preparatory and
principal. While in the preparatory group the kids are trained to improve
their vocal skills. The principal choir consists of about 30 singers. All
national dances are performed to vocal and instrumental accompaniment, so
all the three - dancers, choir and orchestra - are active on stage during
the most of the performance time. All performers wear Lithuanian national
costumes. PYNIMELIS has participated in folklore festivals
and gave concerts in the following countries: 1989 -
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