Hazmat Modine Departing Moscow…………………..

 

Arrival in Perm after an Aeroflot flight………………..

 

I turned in after a very uninteresting hotel meal to prepare for the next day ……..

Day 9………….

             After breakfast we departed to the festival grounds which were located a few miles out of town in a beautiful rural setting that appeared to be an old farm that was converted to a national park, quite an interesting place.

 

 

We were able to do a constructive sound check in preparation for the next day concert………….

Upon returning to the Hotel I bowled a few rounds before another uninteresting meal and bed…………….

 

Day 10………….

 

Concert: “Flow festival 2011” Perm,Russia at the Architectural-Etnographic Museum “Khokhlovka” located 45 KM from the the city of Perm:

Audience awaiting Hazmat Modine stage entrance

 

 

Extensive Festival photos by Tetiana Kashkarova:

Perm Festival Photos

 

    We returned to the Amask Hotel during an beautiful evening sunset…………………………..

 

 

 

 

 

I began the day with a return visit to the beautiful St Basil Cathedral………………………

During the afternoon:

Sound check_Early dinner in preparation for Club Masterskaya concert …………………

 

 

 

      An enthusiastic audience arrives for a pre concert dinner…

 

Also In attendance is Vladimir Oboronko

MC Impresario Alexander Cheparukhin……………………..

    

Video Compilation Club Materskaya……………..

                    

Backstage Expressions……………………………….

 

After Concert Moments………………………….

 

 

 

 

Kiev to Moscow(Sheremetyevo) via Plane

Hazmat Modine leaves for Moscow as Reut and Steve depart to New York and Milan for other adventures………

 

Arrival at the interesting and colorful Art Hotel………….

 

 

 

T.V. Rain.ru Studios for a live broadcast to the 700,000 viewers of the New Year program

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Entire TV Program………………………………………

 

After broadcast late dinner and commentary with impresario Alexander Cheparukhin

 

 

                

   Next morning I began a walking tour of Moscow, in celebration of the 450th anniversary of St. Basil’s Cathedral the following photos were taken, very fortunate to hear a military band concert during my explorations of this beautiful city.

 

 

 

 

Return to Hotel for dinner and wonderful concert by

De Temps Antan a trio from Quebec, Canada……..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kazan, Russia to Kiev, Ukraine via Airplane

An early departure from Kazan with five bands and other passengers going through the one door entrance of a small Kazan airport proved problematic. This one door entrance led to a security check point that everyone had to pass to enter the terminal which also had a check point duplicating what was done a only few minutes before.

This of course was very stressful to all…..

 

 

            The scheduled sound check was cancelled because of rain allowing us an opportunity to go to the Hotel Slavutich to rest and prepare for the evening performance

 

 

 

It was a cold, wet evening for a outdoor concert but the enthusiastic mood of the audience in Kiev was inspiring……..

 

 

Concert Video……………..

 

 

After concert reflections……………..

 

 

Groups meeting in lobby for transport to venue…….

 

Artist Security Check Point…………….

On Stage Photos…………………………

 

Concert Video………………

 

After Concert Collage…………….

 

 

 

 

 

                        With a two hour delayed departure from New York’s JFK airport of our Aeroflot flight, we arrived at our Hotel in Kazan via Moscow in a little over 16 hours…….

 

In Kazan we were greeted by a wonderful support team………….

 

 

Hotel Park Inn Karzan

 

After checking in a late dinner………………

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next Day Sound Check at Millenium Square

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then a short outdoor concert presentation with the Gangbe Brass Band

followed by a little sightseeing…………

 

 

 

 

 

 

God’s Trombone’s
in Association with Lift Ev’ry Voice:
Celebrating African-American Culture & Heritage in the Berkshires

Sunday, June 19 • 7pm

A: $25 • B: $15 • C: $10
special family package $65 for 2 adults with 2-3 children ages 16 and under

 

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In 1927, James Weldon Johnson published the classic God’s Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse. This seminal work, consisting of actual sermons written in free verse form, sought to document and preserve the unique African American cultural tradition.  Now musician and composer Craig S. Harris continues that work with his opus God’s Trombones. Harris looks to Johnson’s poems for inspiration while creating a musical interpretation of the unique rhythm and cadence of traditional African American sermons. This performance is sure to be a soaring, triumphant musical event not to be missed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Worpswede to Saarburg by tour bus…………

Friendly receptionist at the Hotel Am Markt

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Walking to “Die Saarburg” Castle…………………

 

Finally, The Venue……………………………..

 

with a spectacular view…………………….

Wonderful outdoor concert although it rained all evening…

 

After concert reflections…………….

 

 

 

 

Kiel to Worpswede by Tour Bus……………..

 

Meditating with Berta before the concert…………

 

Photo reflections: before and after concert…………………

 

 

 

 

 

Over night bus ride north to Kiel

We arrived on Father’s Day in Germany and began a

walking tour of this beautiful city………..

Venue is an interesting converted pumping station……………..

 

Backstage before the concert………….

 

 Concert photos taken by Klaus-Henning: 

 

Klaus-Henning Hansen

 

 

After concert moments…………….