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cont'd.from p. 1 Winner of Pontozó festivals in the past, the group is well known among the French-Canadian as well as Hungarian audiences. The suite presented at this festival is the second major Hungarian choreográphic work created by J e a n S a u r i o 1 , the group1 s resident choreographer. The group's performance was precise and conveyed genuine spirit. Appropriately, the "Kodály" Ensemble of Toronto, inder the direction of Kalman Dreisziger, presented two dances. One of these was a French-Canadian dance suite, superbly choreographed by R i c h - ard Turcotte. It was reassuring to see that Hungarians can perform French-Canadian dances as well as French-Canadians can do Hungarian dances. This is another evidence to the theory that folk dance is an excellent vehicle for intercultural communications, since in dance, language barriers do not exist. The "Kodály" Ensemble should be congratulated for their performance. Hopefully, their example will be followed by other Hungarian performing groups in Canada and the U. S. What suggestion could I offer to the groups? 1. The ensembles should continue to maintain the spirit of P o n t o z ó throughout the year, work together, since mutual support will be beneficial to ev-The NATIONAL COUNCIL OF AMATEUR FOLK DANCERS ( AMATŐR NEPTÁNCOSOK ORSZÁGOS TANÁCSA) was called into being on February 10,1980 in Budape st, at the state -wide Conference of educators, choreographers and leading personages of the Hungarian amateur folk dance movement. The new organization, along with the long - established Institute for Public Culture is to fulfill the function of guiding the course and progress folk dancing is to take in the country. Elected leadership: President: Ernő Peso var. Vice-Presidents: László Kardos, Ferenc Novák, Sándor Timár. Secretary:Z o 11 á n Varg a . Membe r s of the Council: Bertalan Andrásfalvy, András Béres, József Bodai, István Bogár, József Botos, Jolán Foltin, Béla Halmos, János Horváth, Mrs. Gyula Karczagi, Antal Kriskovics, Lajos Lelkes, Anna Maros, Pál Mlinar, Albert Nagy, Imre Olsvai, István Orsovszky, Mihály Szabadi, László Vásárhelyi, József Wenczl, Zoltán Zsuráfszky. The Association of Hungarian Dance Artists is represented by Tibor Galambos in the Council. We, in America, welcome the establishment of the Council of Amateur Folk Dancers in Hungary,congratulate its elected leadership and wish much success in its efforts of furthering the cause of Hungarian folk dancing.# Above information is from TÁNCMŰVÉSZÉT Magazine, April, 1980 issue. Article by László Maácz. All ensembles should taylor the choreographies to the capabilities of their members. Children should perform children's games and dances. Complicated men's solo dances should be done only by the very good dancers in the group, who are able to master the difficult figures and technique. 3. The groups should continue to learn and present authentic dances and leaders should acquire more knowledge about Hungarian folk dance, since this is what assures continual development of the group. 4. All in all: keep up the good work . In conclusion, I wish to congratulate the organizers: László and Mariann Horváth, thei r Assistant Gé z a ( Geatan) Lemyre and also the City of Montreal for their help in bringing PONTOZO/QUEBEC to success.# ^Photos taken at the Montreal Pontozó are defective.We are t sorry for not being able to Kalman Magyar bring you pictures of the event.) 2 =niiiiliiiiiiLmiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii......minin = Sponsored by the American Hungarian Educators’ Association in conjunction with the Chair of Hungarian Studies, University of Toronto E and the EUniversity of Toronto Ethnic and Immigration Studies Program 1 American Hungarian I Educators9 Association I Fifth Annual Conference was held = betweenMay 15-17, 1980, at the University of Toron= to. = The program varied between lectures in literature, E social studies, history, science and folklore. In this 1 latter field, Prof.Ildikó Kriza of the Ethno£ graphical and Folklore Institute, Hungarian Academy = of Sciences talked about "H ungarian OutlawPo: etry", Maria Kriszt inkovich of the Universi- S tyof British Columbia elaborated on the "Hungarian i Influence in Canadian Folklore", and Lász 1 ó Kiir§ ti of New York University held a lecture , entitled s "Hungarian or Romanian-A Study of Dance : as an Ethnic Marker in Romania. E Other activities included a visit to the local Hunga£ rian schools- one sponsored by the St. Elizabeth R . C. s Church and the "Arany János" School of the Hungari- E an Cultural Center. A tour of the Hungarian-Canadian S Cultural Center was also conducted. £ The General Meeting of the Ame rican-Hun£ garian Educators' Association was held on E May 17th. New officials were elected: Enikő Mol- E nár-Basa, former President of AHEA became the : Executive Director. The new Pre sident is Prof. 5 Barbara Lotze. Vice-President: Ruth Biro . jjj Secretary: Mária B o r o s - K a z a i , Treasure r: Pe - I ter Basa. Members of the Advisory Board(in order E of votes):J udith Magyar, Dalma Brunauer, 5 György Bisztray, András Ludányi, Ká - £ roly Nagy, Denes Sinor, Klára Gönyei. 1 It was also suggested at the General Meeting that = every third year the Conference be held in Toronto, S under the aegis of the Hungarian Chair of the Univer- E sity of Toronto. Next year, the Conference will move £ to Kent State University and to New Jersey = after that. #