Starčevačka tamburica 2007

For second year in a row our tamburica group attended Starčevačka tamburica festival in little town of Starčevo in Serbia. The festival itself took place on the 3rd November- on Saturday. This year we decided to do some more sightseeing of Belgrade, so we departed Vinica in early hours of Friday. By the time we arrived in Belgrade it was already late morning.
Our guide did a great job in showing us most interesting sights in Belgrade. We only had one afternoon, so the tour was short, but we still managed to see Tito's mausoleum, Marakana stadium (and next to it house of Svetlana Ražnjatovič), the temple of St.Sava and Belgrade fort with Kalemegdan. In the evening we took a stroll in center of Belgrade, where we rounded the day with sampling of Serbian cuisine in a joint on Skadarlija street. Mouth watering experience. ;-)

Paying respect to el presidente

Confluence of Sava and Danube rivers

Most of Saturday we got ready for the festival- recovering from previous night, practising, and doing the sound check. The festival itself was even better than last year- great tamburica bands (from Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Slovenia, Romania, and Hungary) and great players. I was particularly impressed by two prim players of bands from Osijek and Hungary. The first prize and prize of the public went to "Vojvođanski tamburaši" band from Novi Sad. I'm glad to say we performed even better than last year- the public was especially moved by the song "Ko te ima taj te nema", which they co-sang with Gašper. Altogether great-night! After festival all bands went to dinner, after which Kumanovski tamburaši and later ourselves provided entertaining.
What to say for the end? Damn I wanna go back. :-) The time's ticking slower back there. And with such a great entertainment and kind people who wouldn't want to come back...

Viniški tamburaši at the festival