This weekend was the annual festival at the Greek Orthodox church. I've taken the kids there in the past, but they didn't remember and so I decided to go again this year. We enjoyed gyros and souvlakis, listened to traditional Greek music performed on traditional Greek instruments and watched Greek dancers of all ages. It was a fun, although crazy hot, day.
I went over to the band and talked to one of the performers about his instrument. He plays a cimbalom and is one of only 6 people in all of North America that play one. It was very fun to watch them all play.
I loved the dances the most. The music had a lot of fun energy and a great beat. I loved how every dance was a group dance with lots of clapping and synchronous tapping, jumping, and moving. It created such a feeling of community and friendship and really made you want to join in the fun the group was having. I can see how a big Greek wedding with dances like that would be a blast.
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