International Folk Dance Association and   First Unitarian Church of St. Louis present . . .
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Tükrös Hungarian Folk Ensemble

in a concert and dance party

Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at 7:30 p.m.
First Unitarian Church of St. Louis
5007 Waterman Ave. (at Kingshighway)
St. Louis, MO 63108  (see Google Map)
Admission $15 (students 18 and under, $10)

Join us for an exciting evening of exciting and authentic folk music and dances from Hungary and Transylvania at its best, from one of the finest folk ensembles of its kind!

The Tükrös Hungarian Folk Ensemble was founded in 1986 and today is one of Hungary's most respected revival folk bands.  The group specializes in collecting authentic folk music from remote villages of Hungary and Transylvania and from archival recordings, and preserving and presenting this music in its most authentic form yet in a style most entertaining and suitable for all audiences.  Their performance is a voyage back to times when traditional folk music was an integral and crucial part of a village community’s daily life.

Tükrös is a regular band at the Fonö a popular folk music club in Budapest.  The ensemble's CD's have been very popular, especially their disc of folk music collection from Szatmár county (in northeastern Hungary) which became a landmark release.  In addition to performing, the band members are dedicated to teaching folk music in schools and organizing an annual folk music camp in Hungary.  The band has toured throughout Europe, twice in Australia and once in North America.

Members of Tükrös include musicians Attila Halmos, Gergely Koncz, Péter Árendás, Endre Liber, and András Lelkes, as well as dancers and teachers Barbara Baranyai and Ignác Kádár.

We are especially fortunate in St. Louis to hear this music presented with the dances it was intended to accompany.  Don't miss it!

For further information please contact Rex or Nancy Couture at 314-275-8228 or .

Co-sponsored by the 
• International Folk Dance Association of University City
• Partner Church Committee of the First Unitarian Church of St. Louis
with the generous support of the 
• Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis
• National Folk Organization