"Discover Georgia" - 2019
“Discover Georgia”
Mel Lastman Square - September 15, 2019
Georgian Women’s Action Group (GW Action Group) with the support of the Embassy of Georgia to Canada and in partnership with the NATO Association of Canada hosted the Festival of Georgian music, dance and cuisine on Sunday, September 15, 2019 at Mel Lastman Square.
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About Georgia
Georgia is a country of rich traditions and ancient culture, located in Eastern Europe. Georgia is considered a cradle of wine making with evidence of the earliest wine, made from the Eurasian grape (Vitis vinifera)
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Georgian Women’s Action Group
Email: gwactiongroup@gmail.com
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Phone: 416 602-2859
Discover Georgia 2018
Last year we organized our inaugural event, “Discover Georgia – Cradle of Wine”, to great success!
Find out what they are saying about our last year’s event.
Location
Mel Lastman Square
5100 Yonge St, Toronto, Ontario M2N 5V7
Program Details
2:00 p.m. – 2:20 p.m. – opening speeches
- Eto Elizbarashvili, GW Action Group representative
- H.E. Kontstantin Kavtaradze, Georgian Ambassador to Canada
- Robert Baines, President & CEO and Kathryn Langley-Hope, Vice-Chair, NATO Association of Canada representative
2:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. – arts & crafts
Photo exhibition featuring 50 prominent women from Georgia, as well as several historical NATO photographs
2:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. – food & snack
Georgian Restaurant “Suliko”, “Mimino”
2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. – music, song & dance
Georgian folk music, songs & dance performed by Georgian & Canadian Artists.
“Ori Shalva”
The Makharashvili Family: Shalva Makharashvili, Andrea Kuzmich, Luca Makharashvili
“Gabo’s Trio”
Andrea Kuzmich, Mario Morello, Gabriel Makharashvili
Choir “Darbazi”
Raymond Kinoshita, Nick Moss Gillespie, Laurel MacDonald, Vato Katchibaia , Frank Griggs,Phil Strong, Daryl Vineberg
Trio “Machari”
Alan Gasser, Michelangelo Iaffaldano, Bie Engelen, Emma Whitla (guest singer)
Group “Alilo”
Al Hakimov, Diana Iremashvili, Sandro Hakimov, Mika Hakimov
GeorGian Nonna, Nona Berikashvili
