First topic message reminder :

Just letting everyone know that the 3rd Mindya Rockfest will be on Friday August 26th and Saturday August 27th. There will be 10 bands, folk singing and dancing groups who will open the event about 5pm - 6pm Friday and also perform on the Saturday before the rock bands soundcheck. Can't be more specific. Media will be present and BNT are making a film of the whole process. Should be lots of stalls and the usual beer tents. Sponsors have been found so the event is FREE. All ages attend so its not just for the 'rockers' among you and it will be interesting seeing the retro cars and bikes turning up (hopefully).
Any people on Facebook can join the MINDYA ROCK FEST group to follow what's been going on. Use Google translate as most is in Bulgarian because it is a Bulgarian event!
The only accommodation available will be camping - plenty of places to erect your tent down by the river.

Fantastic Well done to everyone wish we could have been there too :Party2: :Fireworks: :Fireworks:
Delighted all went well and another successfully year fab!!!

This is an interesting read for those who are interested in Rockfest which I translated with Google

Eugene Dainov: This year's "
Mindya Rock Fest"
was twice higher than the previous


Dainov Eugene was born in Plovdiv on May 11, 1958. In 1976 he joined the University of Oxford, where in 1984 he obtained a Master's degree in modern history. Taught at Oxford and later at Sofia University and the university.
More about:



We met with Professor Eugene Dainov, Stanimir Gabrovo and Borislav Mavrodiev on Sunday, after a period of two days' Mindya Rock Fest "
was held adrenaline thousands of visitors to Veliko Tarnovo village levels. Deliberately waited to finish the festival to get an interview because you can understand what is the outcome of the organizers of the event, what are the lessons that have done after the third edition of the cultural event and what plans are for next year. Three followers patiently answered our questions, and it revealed to us their observations about the mentality of the modern Bulgarian peasant and his views on the role of the mayor of every village in its development and results of changing the election laws ...



Professor Dainov, you are born in Plovdiv, you lived, taught and have taught you in the UK, then your professional career takes you in Sofia ... What appears as a small village Mindya in your life?

Eugene: Yes, yes I was born in Plovdiv, and also the places I have listed, I lived elsewhere. France, Russia ... Mindya a village from which my father was born. My parents very correctly I started to "
park"
here with my grandmother and my grandfather for the summer in the mid sixties when I was little. In Minden I spent some endless summers. Thus, the village remains a strong memory in my mind when I grew, I continued to come ever here. Even when I was in England, visited the village when I came ... Until he was in 1994, I decided to do so: I created as a top priority idea to spend maximum time here, and minimal time in Sofia. To do this mainly had to rearrange their lives. I did and it allowed me to stay here half the time. Then in 1999 set a very unpleasant prospect to vote for Stefan Sofiyanski for a second term as mayor of Sofia. I wrote him a letter saying that if you think that Sofia is a city, they are wrong and I leave ... Also wrote to suit Rumen Rashev (Mayor of Veliko Turnovo Ed.), Which express their desire to become a citizen of the village Mindya. He scored with pleasure, so that in 1999 local people have.



Currently how much of your time here and how much - in Sofia?

Eugene: Small. Less than I want. We spend in Minden only about one quarter of the year. I had to change my life because before the crisis threw me money because I am myself. Besides his professorial salary and other revenue side gave me lot of money for each appearance on television or in the air at all. Then I spent half my time here because there was no need to push as much and work in Sofia. The moment you say that there is global economic crisis and Sergey Stanishev said that it will bypass, I stopped throwing money. So need to spend more time in Sofia and work more stuff for less money. So now I spend here only about one quarter of the time it is small, but poutihne crisis, I will normalize things.



How did the idea for "
Mindya Rock Fest"
?

Eugene: We have a Stanimir (Gabrovo, another of the organizers of the festival Ed.) For many years, really many years, for example, about 20, make plans to be something here. Projects we wrote, we would organize workshops ... Killing us not to ecology and culture ... Came the idea to make our Festival, but it delayed in time because most of our attempts to start something new here not succeeded. We said "
one day festival and will do"
and there. But in 2009 came Anna and Thomas were among the first foreign settlers. They knew that by doing anything with music, I was told that they can emit a certain amount and asked me if I could against her gather your group and bring a few friends bands to do a rock festival. I replied that he would try.

Get organized, then we had three groups - my Magistry, Blues traffic and "
outdated"
in Gorna Oryahovitsa. Only Blues traffic had money because they came from Sofia. So the first edition of "
Mindya Rock Fest"
happened. Then, during the last long and sad autumn and winter evenings, when we had time to ponder and discuss, we decided to make the next edition of the festival with our forces without British intervention. We wanted to see if we, Bulgarian children, we can repeat the event, but in a slightly larger version, because he made ashamed that Bulgarian bands gather to perform music to Bulgarian Bulgarian and English pay for it.

In the second edition of "
Mindya Rock Fest"
last year, which was again one day to three groups of first year joined two gangs - "
Silhouette"
and Krupka blues band. It was interesting, because every player who enters the village, comes with some bias. Which is somewhat normal because I know the village and they do not know ... With a slight fear coming to play the festival because they expect the scene to be three boxes, but they see what it's all say "
next year, we are here! Amazing village, an incredible audience."
A crowd gathered last year as really fitting. So many smiling faces, so many people I swear to do it again, we decided to organize a third edition. Many companies have promised that the money will come from them, but we just have to organize things. We, naive, thought that once would have money and will not have to look here and there, we can make a big festival and created a large organization, the "
Mindya Rock Fest"
to be all orderly and not chaotic. Elected leadership in the face of Gabrovo and Stanimir Borislav Mavrodiev and started.



How did you choose them both to help in organizing the festival?

Eugene: In accordance with the principles of democracy (laughs). I said "
They will be."




What is your balance from the third edition of the festival?

Eugene: Well, this is the same happy event as last year, but twice as large scale. My main conclusion is the first time, it is wonderful that the natural capacity audience at the festival managed to fit the square. If it were poured another 2 000 people would become clear that next year will have to move it to a meadow outside the village, which in turn raises the cost repeatedly.

Another conclusion from this year's festival is that we will have a slight problem with the group because all the bands that were here will want to come back and we can not afford to repeat the musicians each year. Veterans of the festival - we, Blues traffic and Vasko the Patch, say, will play until it has because we have special merit. In the sense that risk at the beginning, was something new and generally can not receive or get really bad, but we came and played ...

Can not bring the same groups and next year there should be some refreshment. The question is how such groups begin April and May to call and ask how things are for the festival next year, how to tell them "
Dude, this year will not play you because we want to invite new groups."
Now even need to give two groups, one from England and one from the Netherlands who wanted to play here for free because the logistics would be obtained very difficult. They landed at the airport "
Sofia"
, and then must be brought there with the equipment you need to be accommodated ... That's why they gave up. This raises the following question. I will define that the festival is purely Bulgarian, which actually is my desire, or will continue to offend European groups who want to come at their expense. With the development of a series of festivals occur moral dilemmas, which should give an answer.



Still, there is now a Western intervention, as in folk groups, who dances on the second day of the festival, there were English ...

Stanimir Gabrovski: Anna, who was a soloist in the local folk group, that is, which provided funds for the implementation of the first edition of "
Mindya rock festival."
But I think she has many more inhabitants of the village rather than British.



How did you two are part of the organization of the festival?

Stanimir: In Eugene we know from the late eighties. Then I left Veliko Tarnovo and came here to do a workshop for furniture. So our acquaintance is older than democracy ... By Borislav situation is a bit of nepotism, because my brother (laughs). The things that Eugene said the festival generally covered with my impressions. I can talk more specifically about logistics, because it was responsible and deal with it. I'm sure next year and to us as a group in Eugene will be a problem with the wishes and claims of the merchants. The festival has grown in such cases there are always commercial claims ...

Leaving this aside, however, another very serious problem occurs with the placement of the groups. Mindyanchani hope to have taken a lesson, because this year there were only one or two guest houses which offer good conditions. Let them come shit that bathrooms should be built inside the house, not somewhere in the yard ... The shops are also closed or work when they want ... Rural traditions such. One time there was no way stores work from eight am to four pm, because all people have dealt with the Polish work at that time. This tradition continues to exist so far, although he does not work in the field almost nobody. This is a momentum that prevails because of laziness probably ...

Eugene: Modern Bulgarian peasant, unlike the generation of my grandparents, born before World War I, which took place in three and a half at night and worked all day, because finding a sin not to do so is very lazy. This occurs because farms tend th and is totally completed during the APC's. Currently the Bulgarian peasants do more lazy than he needed money. None grandmother did not come for these two days to sell five home ... That is, facing the choice whether to sell five home and take some money or to lazy, she always chooses her lazy.

Some of the most active were somewhat re-educated by the British. They managed to do what I previously did not succeed. I could not get anyone to help me when I do house repairs for example. They came to watch me and laugh at me: "
Professor up my roof! Ha ha ha!"
, "
Your professor dig drainage ..."
. When I drove them to come help me, for a fee, of course, they perceived it as a personal insult ... It's like they want to farm laborers ... British managed to convince them that having money is better than no money. Now ten people who are more active in the village, helping them to maintain their gardens and to make repairs. But others have no idea whether we will be able to move out by this festival. I rely on the famous Bulgarian envy. If a grandmother as foot and pulled out some home to sell, others will envy and another "
if"
she did not burn the barn during the winter of next year and others will come to sell tomatoes. Titanic laziness of the Bulgarian peasant is something if you do not see will not believe. The roof of his house can run, but he will not go anywhere to work out five leva ...

Borislav: Here, you saw yesterday, you two hundred people waiting in the square in front of the shop owner but the afternoon will go home to sleep. The door is locked and people waiting for it to condescend to open. This greatly confuses our work, because the festival guests can not get basic things they need.

Eugene: We are doing something good for the village, although not with its people. If next year and so, thinking to invite people from the neighboring village Merdanya because its inhabitants are enterprising. They even passed this year, stands to catch the flow of cars here and back ... If you have tomatoes, yogurt, houses for rent and desire to invite them to spend some money and help the visitors' Mindya Rock Fest "
to feel more comfortable.



And how local accept that the square of their playing rock music until 12:00 at night? I ask you, because Berkovitsa in northwestern Bulgaria, before time ran rock festival called "
Berkstok"
one of the main reasons he was terminated that local residents are constantly complaining to the mayor and the police that they were noisy, gathered that many foreign people ...

Borislav: Thank God we have not had any problems with the local in this respect.

Stanimir: Maybe this is not made by lazy (laughs).

Eugene: The first festival began when the first samples of sound synchronization, gathered in the square some grandparents in groups and discussed. I went to hear what you say. They, of course, had never heard anything like it, however they like. I was very worried how they will react, but really enjoyed ...

Stanimir: This year, the Mayor brought residents to explain to them what will happen, what is rock music and so on ...



I wanted not to mention politics in any way, but talking about the mayor and I want to ask you about your position on changes in legislation, according to Minden, and all villages with population under 350 people will be able to choose their mayors of the local elections in the autumn and will be mayor's deputies?

Eugene: During the government of Ivan Kostov Eugene Bakardzhiev took it upon himself to raise the bar up to 2000 people. Each village with a population under 2,000 people had to be managed by appointed rather than elected mayor. Then I went deputation, and Dejan Kiuranov team heroes, and of Bakardzhiev explained that the withdrawal of already won democratic rights is acceptable only in extreme emergency situations such as crisis or total war. Both then and now, none of these extraordinary circumstances not present, so that any such withdrawal rights pressed extra tension in society that can play a practical joke on the government when they least expect. Historical examples prove this. In XIX century in France there are four revolutions. Each of them responds to restricting the right to vote one way or another.

However, if at all limited voting rights for the population of a village, I think that is reasonable under number 50. And in smaller settlements should also be elected mayors, but no polling stations. Otherwise, the democratic rights of a majority of the population are being denied. Such behavior leads to excessive government lost their authority. Politicians in Bulgaria still do not understand that credibility is more important than the instantaneous power.



Before time Sever.bg talked to the mayor of this village Ganchovets, Todor Marinov (interview with him you can see here), who is young and educated man with good ideas. He said he thinks the law is unfair to the locals because they mayor is the most important figure. It helps in everyday life and is very important to a man who believe and rely ...

Eugene: Mayor is a figure who holds in his hands most power resource. He is king in the village. No City Council, which must comply. He even has the functions of a notary. He is the master. The situation in each village is a reflection of the actions of the master. Neighboring villages with similar endowments look completely different. This is due to the master, or that their job or not.



Going back to "
Mindya rock festival."
You said that you have a case with the groups to be invited next year. Which of those who played this year's fest, you made an impression good enough to expect to see them on stage again in Minden?

Eugene: Oh, this will solve it until March and April next year. Now in October will start to do queries and we will prepare brief and extended lists, but it is very important to change the groups to have interest. There are many quality Bulgarian groups should be promoted.



You are currently in a unique position and the organizer and musician. As a musician, what do you think about the organization of "
Mindya Rock Fest"
?

Only so much can not be divided. Last night before you go on stage, got the head organizer and I put muzikantskata. I need a little stage fright, the adrenaline that makes the scene. When I finished her performance, Stanimir grabbed something to talk seriously. I was so overwhelmed by the experience that told him to leave me at least half an hour to enjoy his role as a rock musician and then landing.



Wish something readers Sever.bg

Eugene: First, to their successful year from now until the next "
Mindya rock festival."
Do not be afraid to come because this is precisely the great festival of Bulgaria, who can enjoy the music real. And generally not afraid of anything in my life ...



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Carmen thank you so much for posting that interview. I have no idea how to post a link but I had read it and used Google translate, which leaves something to be desired, but I think it tells a lot about how Bulgarians feel about Bulgarians and village life. There is another interview in Sever.bg with the group Siluet who stayed with us. This too explains how much they enjoyed our Rockfest even though they come from Burgas and play there in front of 40,000. This is the second year they have come and they love the atmosphere and the village and support the idea of a FREE fest with no commercialism. If you can find it and post it, it would again, help a lot to explain to the forum the whys and wherefors of a Rockfest in a village! I honestly believe many people are sceptical of its value and support. Have to also mention that besides the happy crowd with no disturbances whatsoever, even though both evening went on until the early hours, that there was no rubbish left anywhere in spite of all the campers. The village is now back to being the clean, tidy and peaceful village it always is and no thieving!!!!! Here's to next year. ::

Hope this is what you want oldun let me know if its not?

Rock band "
Silhouette"
: Central Northern Bulgaria is our fortress! Photo: Sever.bg

Rock band "
Silhouette"
was established in 2001. It consists of five members - Maria, Maria, Michael, and Martin Bogdan. The band performs original music and very recently gaining more popularity with their original sound.

We met the boys and girls of rock band "
Silhouette"
to "
Mindya Rock Fest"
, which is Sever.bg media partner. They were so good to spend time to share with our readers his opinion about the festival and porazsazhdavame out loud for the music business, mastitis rock stars and making original music in Bulgaria



Hello, Could you provide readers of Sever.bg?

Mariana: Hi all, we are a group of "
Silhouette"
- Maria, Maria, Michael, and Martin Bogdan.



Since when do music together?

Bogdan: In this panel are from 2001. That is already ten years "
Silhouette"
is a configuration in which it is now.



And when I started doing music at all?

Mariana: We all started at different times. Some still in infancy, other school in the third as a student ...

Mary: Four have not yet started (laughs)



On what instruments started to play in the beginning?

Mariana: I started guitar when I was 12-13 years. And now conduct an orchestra (laughs).



What led you in Minden? Two weeks ago we played to the "
Spirit of Burgas"
in front of 40,000 people. How did you decide now to appear on stage in a small mountain village?

Bogdan: Well, actually a "
Spirit of Burgas"
we all played before 40,000 people, because there were several scenes that were distributed among the audience (laughs). In Minden physically brought us our van, but do ideological Eugene (Dainov Ed.), Which began this endeavor with a lot of soul, heart and love to rock and roll, music in general and to the whole thing is happening here is real scary. Therefore, all musicians want to be part of this festival and to play it.



Mariana: Although only be carried out for the third time in Minden festival becomes a very serious event and is now a significant part of the festival program of our dear native homeland. I am very pleasantly surprised by the fact that the organizers' expectations have come true and today there are at least three times more people than last year. In Minden rush of rock music fans from near and not so close to populated areas, everyone knows that you can drink beer with friends, no login, no undue difficulties for the fans. Gone are the large parking lots, security and numerous other things that bother people in general.



Michael: While it is a normal village Mindya is very colorful and fun, because there are both Bulgarians and foreigners. Those two days turned into a fair in the best sense of the word. Absolute Day!



Maria: Let's note that Vasko the Patch has a major contribution to this we are in Minden. It really is the cause of many of the positive things that have happened to a group of "
Silhouette"
professionally. We are always reaching out and is very active.



However, "
Spirit of Burgas"
or "
Mindya Rock Fest"
?

Martin: "
Spirit of Mindya"
(laughs)

Bogdan: When rock live music and people enjoy it very difficult to dedicate their preference of one or another event. I personally here in Minden, I feel more at home, although we all are of Bourgas.

Marina: I think the same way. "
Spirit of Burgas"
is a very well funded festival so far, which unfortunately does not meet the requirements of musicians. A second or third year is not heard very good feedback on the policy of the organizers.



Is this your first participation "
Mindya Rock Fest"
?

Bogdan: Oh no, last year we played here again. The coolest thing of all is that the whole event is done by non-commercial purposes. With the exception of the few pubs that can not fail to attend such a festival because people must drink beer and eat meatballs, no one profits from the event. It is organized solely for the entertainment of those who came here and any idea in rock styles to coexist in one place. All are here to show that love music and often circulated version that rock is dead and no one likes this style is complete contraption ...

Martin: It is important, given that platform and the people who perform rock, because it is often forgotten. The new generation really can not see the young Bulgarian rock performers on TV or hear them on the radio. This makes the survival of each band very difficult because most of them play only in their rehearsal.



Have some strange format, with regard to gender composition of your group ... I've never seen a band in which three members are girls and two - boys. Not to hedge more there in a rock band "
Silhouette"
female realm?

Bogdan: This configuration has not purposely sought. Just so happens when we started to gather to make music.

Maria: As to the female realm, where we have no such thing. Everyone was pharaoh for himself (laughs).



Easy working together?

Bogdan: The truth is that it is not easy to work as a whole. It is difficult, whether in a team there are men or women. In Bulgaria is not at all easy for a rock or blues band to survive so long, especially if it seeks to break with the original music.

Mariana: At each step we encounter factors and circumstances that prevent this from happening. Of course, primarily about money. There is no market for our music, not because people do not like her politics but because of the large companies is to impose a different style. In Bulgaria, generally nobody wants to pay money for culture and art.



In recent years the music business has changed completely. It is no longer enough to record a band such as ten songs a year, make several promotions and two or three concerts to earn millions ... The power of groups currently in their concert appearances. What do you think?

Bogdan: our attitude is entirely positive. Living contact with the audience is more important than anything. Not to mention that this avoids the existence of fake musicians who used countless effects and technical devices in the works to conceal his incompetence. Recently, rock back on the concert halls, festivals, where it belongs. The idea of ​​rock is exactly that. To meet people you have one. And not some obese "
stars"
to make a few songs to sell albums million copies, and then two years lying on his back. This film has not screened. For musicians to make money, whether "
Silhouette"
or Rolling stones, must do tour. This is the situation.



True, but the Bulgarian musicians, especially in small groups hardly have many chances to express themselves and gain. Moreover, among the organizers of the big concerts have to make practice more unpopular bands to sign contracts that waive their copyright ...

Mariana: Not exactly. We have nobody to care for the rights of musicians in Bulgaria. Because people do a good job, those who are engaged in such illegal practices may be even convicted.

Maria: We know about the attempt of some of the organizers of the concerts. They seek to promulgate similar documents of all groups, but we never consent to such treatment. Nobody can make you sign anything. Moreover, when both groups learn to refuse such unscrupulous promoters, they will be forced to stop with the numbers.

Martin: Anyone who sells music by independent concert or any media, and take money for it, should pay the creators of this music.



Do you want something to readers Sever.bg?

Mary: I want to address all of your readers who like Bulgarian music urges them to be more demanding of the product they are offered. To get something better, you must have claims or demands on those who create art for which you pay. Be happy!

Bogdan: I want to thank all the fans of rock from Central North Bulgaria, Veliko Turnovo region, in particular for the support we receive from them. This is the bastion of "
Silhouette"
, the region of Bulgaria, in which we are most popular and most do concerts.


Mindya - Rock village of Bulgaria!
Over 3000 people have forgotten about two days for city buzz, bustle and life of fast-

This year Mindya gathered ten of the best Bulgarian rock bands and more than 3,000 fans to win the glory of his only Bulgarian village, which held a rock festival for the third consecutive year.

More Square on Friday night in Minden became collectively place for rock fans from all over the country. The organizers of "
Mindya Rock Fest"
had got the good mood of all visitors to cultural events, which again attract fans of harder music, nature lovers or just people who love to entertain.

Although with some delay, on 26 August fest was inaugurated by "
Chernorizets"
from Gorna Oryahovitsa, who impressed the audience with his melodic music and patriotic texts. Second were "
Murzilka"
(which you Sever.bg recently introduced), whose upbeat punk and free behavior has sustained positive impression on all who have bothered to walk up the road located 21 kilometers east of the village of Veliko Tarnovo.



The third group on stage "
Mindya rock festival"
as a new name, but not as musicians. "
BG Band"
was formed from the familiar to all music fans in Bulgaria bassist "
FSB"
and "
old faces"
Ivailo Kraichovski (coming interview with Sever.bg it in) and his friends from the "
Monolith"
, "
Atlas"
and other favorite groups. Aggregate band delight all visitors to the festival with well-known Bulgarian hits.

Young instrumental band Add Groove, which combined elements of music jazz, funk and progressive, surprised the audience with their originality and diversity, not typical of most newly formed groups. As a transition to the final part of the first night of "
Mindya Rock Fest"
was a guest appearance by the singer of "
Silhouette"
, Mary, the last song Add Groove.

Burgas-the "
Silhouette"
, which came in at predbalkanskoto village in composition, in which more than ten years, the festival ended the evening more than adequately. The music of three girls and two boys make friends in the band of rock to feel excellent despite the late hour, and conquer their stage performance with its simplicity. On the last song the group just two weeks ago playing the "
Spirit of Burgas"
, inviting children from the audience dancing in front of the stage, to embark directly on it for a memorable finale of the evening. (Expect an interview with "
Silhouette"
in Sever.bg)



The second day of "
Mindya Rock Fest"
began with performances by amateur troupe of the village, which involved British, who settled there several years ago and in the words of political scientist Professor Eugene Dainov, the main engine of cultural initiatives are already more residents of Minden, than in Britain (coming interview with Eugene Dainov and other organizers of the festival and Stanimir Gabrovski Borislav Mavrodiev in Sever.bg). Although previously announced, the parade of vintage cars included in the festival, falls on square in front of City Hall, several vintage motorcycle, a well-kept Ford from the first half of last century and now forgotten limousine "
Victory"
from the communist period.

Rock the evening was opened by a young group "
outdated"
, which changed its name and rejoiced with his interpretations of timeless hits of the world "
dinosaurs"
by AC / DC, Jimi Hendrix and Lenny Kravitz.

Sevi band also turned to the world repertoire of rock evergreens and charming vocalist Sevi get the audience to sing with her.

With a storm of applause had greeted a group of Magistry, fronted by conceptual engine "
Mindya Rock Fest"
, which for about an hour out of his role as promoter and showed that among the most talented guitarists in Bulgaria.

The guys from "
Blues traffic"
infected his fans with a strong dose of classic rock blues inspired by the hits of the 60s and 70s. Guests of the festival with fun dance music of the band and enjoyed her brilliant improvisations.

The third edition of "
Mindya Rock Fest"
was closed by well-known to rock fans in Bulgaria Vasko the Patch, which was in full swing and fans charged in the picturesque village with so much energy that a large number of them greeted the sunrise with a beer and a guitar in hand tent.

The organizers of "
Mindya Rock Fest"
had taken care not to miss anything good to spend lovers harder music. Sever.bg cultural event hopes to continue to gather more fans and hope next year to meet more readers in the square in Veliko Tarnovo village.

Coming galleries, interviews and more materials for the most serious rock event in the August cultural events of the Central Northern Bulgaria.

I must thank you again for taking time to post that interview. I have no idea how you did it - you are so clever. It really does make good reading and explains everything that myself and the organisers wanted to achieve. I have always tried to explain to British people that it is not MY event but the Bulgarians. We did have more Brits attending this year including Karen's Bookcave which got some publicity in the press and I think will be in the film on BNT1 and 5 on September 24th at 3pm. I am so very happy that the groups like our festival and long may it continue in spite of some sceptics.

Glad I was able to help oldun and good luck for next year.

:Great:Carmen thank you so much for both the posting you did great

Oddy

That was such an interesting read and a real insight to what this all means to the Bulgarians in the village and how it effects their lives well do to all of you and you too oldun for you constant plugging of it which I'm sure without it would make a great difference to us Brits

cheekychops wrote:

That was such an interesting read and a real insight to what this all means to the Bulgarians in the village and how it effects their lives well do to all of you and you too oldun for you constant plugging of it which I'm sure without it would make a great difference to us Brits

I agree with you cheekychops, oldun is an inspiration and knowledgeable person who should take the positives out of what is being achieved

Well thank you all. Yes I am taking the postitives, definitely. I have had so many compliments from Bulgarians I have never met besides the organisers who told me I will never be forgotten for being the very first sponsor in 2009. It seems the Bulgarian rock followers are amazed that an Englishwoman (and an old one!) would do such a thing and have such faith in one of their small villages. I am overwhelmed by the response which was totally unexpected. It has made me realise that the nasty comments and bullying from some of our own Brits are to be totally ignored. I actually asked to be anonymous this year because of it.
I should mention that my partner convinced me to stay with it and he had a lot of the ideas. He will have nothing to do with internet and I must say, I can see why! However, he does use me as his secretary sometimes!

The film about the Rockfest is showing on BNT channel 1, 17.30 this Saturday for anyone in Bulgaria and interested. Its not just the performing but about its inception and setting up as I understand it. I know the journalist had a mamoth task editting all the chat!!! [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Just heard there is a time change for the film of Mindya Rockfest this afternoon. It starts at 5pm and not 5.30pm (15.00) on BNT channel 1 for anyone interested in seeing what the festival and its making was all about.

15.00 ...is 3pm oldun ...not 5pm....which is it molya

ok ..got it



Programme for Saturday / 24.09.2011
06:40 For the love of animals (n)
07:10 Television shopping
07:25 Elections 2011
07:30 Without luggage - tourist reality (n)
08:00 Faith and Society by Goran Blagoev
09:00 Life and other things - talk show Saturday
10:30 Library
11:00 Small stories
12:00 The world and in our
12:25 Elections 2011
12:35 Furrows
13:00 Music comes nashenskata
14:05 Memory in Bulgarian Dimitrov prof.Bozhidar
14:35 Is very minute - TV competition
15:05 Thieves in time - feature film (UK, 1981).
17:00 Mindya rokfest 2011 - Documentary
17:45 Smart

Oops - Sorry. Should have stuck to the old ways of time ie. 5pm!!!!! Of course that's 17.00 isn't it? Too much excitement for this old lady. Is it the onset of alzeimers? I do hope its not. I haven't even had a drink! Thanks Varnagirl.