{"id":4266,"date":"2014-11-18T13:00:22","date_gmt":"2014-11-18T13:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.youthbandfestival.gr\/?page_id=4266"},"modified":"2021-06-10T12:02:26","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T10:02:26","slug":"velingrad","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.youthbandfestival.gr\/en\/participating-orchestras\/velingrad\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth Brass Orchestra Dimitar Mechev Velingrad, Bulgaria"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Representative Youth Brass Orchestra \u201cDimitar Mechev\u201d \u2013 town of Velingrad, Bulgaria was founded in 1965. His founder and bandmaster until 2006 was Mr. Dimitar Mechev.<\/div>\n
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Including full range of wood and brass wind instruments has a performing staff of 35 to 40 teen boys and girls at the age of 12 to 18. When needed, the Orchestra draws in older Orchestra ex-members.<\/div>\n
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The associate Cheerleader Squad gives the Orchestra completeness and perfection, full of elegance, refinement and beauty. The total number of both the Orchestra and the Cheerleader Squad consist of 50 performers.<\/div>\n
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The program of our shows contains numerous art and music compositions of Bulgarian and foreign composers. The performances are known by their genre variety \u2013 marches, folklore music and dance, classical, popular and dance music.<\/div>\n
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During the past years our \u03bfrchestra becomes and approves itself as \u201cleading\u201d one, not only in Bulgaria but also in the rest Europe, participating in more than 55\u00a0 international festivals and contests, acquiring tenths of rewards and prizes such as:<\/div>\n
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  • Laureate and prize-winner of the III, IV, V, VI and VII National Festival of Amateur Art Activities<\/li>\n
  • Honored Participant at \u201cContemporary Bulgarian Music\u201d Review<\/li>\n
  • First brass orchestra named \u201cLeading\u201d at the European Brass Orchestra Contest in Karlsruhe, Germany<\/li>\n
  • Laureate at the International Contest in Bamberg (1992), in Trier (1993), in Fussen (1995).<\/li>\n
  • Honored participant at the bicentennial of the Great French Revolution in Bonneuil in Paris.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
    For his leading role in the Orchestra, Dimitar Mechev was awarded with the \u201cGolden Hercules\u201d statuette \u2013 awarded from the International Art Academy \u2013 Rome, Italy.<\/div>\n
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