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Online RSVP is closed as of 3.05 pm today, no more names will be added.

70s/80s entertainment provided by
Flying Kilim Entertainment DJs Palamuth, DJ Tossun and DJ BoFo.

Complimentary appetizers served between 7 pm and 8 pm
GUEST LIST – no door fee from registered members or guests. Otherwise $20 at the door so do register!

Members, please login and register for the event

Non-members please send an email to newyork@eurocircle.com with your name/country of origin (names for all your guests, me + 3 guests is not acceptable). NO DOOR FEE for registered guests.

This event is co-hosted by

Albania, Mimoza Cakrani, Musician (The Bank of New York
Belarus, Alexander Touboulets, President of the UN Russian Book Club
Estonia, Kristi Roosmaa, Singer
Estonia, Krista Tassa, The Estonian American Chamber of Commerce & Industry, President
Finland, Anu Arponen, Anu Arponen Design & DanceCircle
Finland, Johan Rinne, Enskilda Securities
France, Michel Besse, Consulate General of France, Adjoint Consul
France, Ataf Nabli, MERRILL LYNCH Global Private Client
Germany, Amy Sander, German Language MeetUp Group, German Language StammTisch, Expat German MeetUp Grup
Greece, Alexander Glibbery, Merrill Lynch
Greece, Aliki Levi, The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
Hungary, Istvan Flesch, .www.CraftsmanWine.com!
Unkarilainen mimmi poistettu koska mustasukkainen miesystava halusi hanen nimensa pois (AT)
Italy, Massimo Toschi, one of the 6 Best Profile candidates
Anna Maria Sorrentino, www.ShopWineandDine.com, Italy (Sicily and Agrigento Blues & Wine Soul Festival July 8-19 EuroCircle trip)
Italy, Shariar G. Rahimi, Ambassador, Permanent Observer Mission to the UN
Lebanon/Jordan, LAK, name edited/company name changed due to fraudulent claims
Lithuania, Valentine Valuca, Prudential
Norway, Young Associates
Russia, Olga Lutsenko, Council for trade and economic cooperation
Romanian Business Professional Association, RBPA, Sandra Petrisor
Slovakia, www.slovakinfo.com, Oto Racek and Brano Novak
Turkey, Arda Sayiner, Executive Director of FTAA
www.biz2gether.net Ozgur Madak, Turkey
www.sinem.net, Turkey, Sinem Varoglu (Turkish Hour TV show host, Singer)
Turkey, Tuba Icen – Turkish Trade Attache
Ukraine, Victoria Vinokur, Prudential Douglas Elliman

Back to the 70s and when disco started!! 1975 was the year when disco really took off, with hit songs like The Hustle and Donna Summers Love To Love You Baby reaching the mainstream. Disco’s popularity peaked in the so-called Disco era of 1977 – 1980, driven in part by the 1977 classic film Saturday Night Fever and the unforgettable John Travolta in his white suit. Dalida, Boney M, Abba, Baccara, Spagna, Martinelli, Novecento, Alla Pugachova (most famous Russian singer),Valery Leontiev…those were the times.
Elements of disco music appear on records from the early 1970s such as the 1971 theme from the film Shaft by Isaac Hayes (Jones and Kantonen, 1999). In general it can be said that first disco songs were released in 1973, however many consider Manu Dibango’s 1972 Soul Makossa the first disco record (Jones and Kantonen, 1999). Initially, most disco songs catered to a nightclub/dancing audience only, rather than general audiences such as radio listeners, but there are many aspects proving opposite tendencies as well; popular radio-hits were being played in discotheques, as long as they had an easy to follow rhythmic base-pattern close to 120 BPM (beats per minute). Most 70′s Disco genre songs had a distinctive four/four bass beat.

Disco also gave rise to an increased popularity of line dancing and other partly pre-choreographed dances; many line dances can be seen in films such as Saturday Night Fever, which also features the Hustle.

In 1975, the pop star Dalida was the first to make disco music in France with her song Jattendrai which was a big hit there as well as in Canada and Japan in 1976. Many other European artists also recorded disco music; in Germany, Frank Farian formed a disco band by the name Boney M around 1975. They had a string of number one hits in a few European countries which continued into the early 1980s, with songs such as Daddy Cool, Brown Girl in the Ring and By the Rivers of Babylon.

Location: Au Bar
Address: 41 East 58th Street (Park & Madison) New York NY
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ONLINE RSVP IS CLOSED as of 8:30 am on 3/16 due to the overwhelming popularity of the event. We are NOT able to add any names manually based on your emails/voicemails today. You are welcome to attend as a “walk-in” (non-registered extra guests are walk-ins as well) but we can not guarantee you will get in, all registered members/their registered guests have priority. NON REGISTERED ATTENDEES WILL BE CHARGED $20 at the door (cash, exact change or a check made to EuroCircle). We recommend you arrive early, before 8 pm.

All our co-hosts will wear a name badge.

Mimoza Cakrani will play flute very likely around 6:30 pm to 7 pm for a while.
Valeria will bellydance most like after 9 pm.

EuroCircle presents in association with

Mimoza Cakrani, Musician (our flutist for the evening)/The Bank of New York, Albania
Larissa Belova, Belarus
Consulate General Of Bulgaria, Nikolay Milkov, Ambassador, Consul General
Zornitza Taleva, Bulgaria
Consulate General of Estonia in New York, Peeter Restsinski, Consul General
The Estonian American Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Krista Altok Tassa, President, Estonia/USA
Estonia House New York, Eve Saar, Estonia
www.nyhconnection.org, Andrew Gonczi, one of the founders of New York Hungarian connection
AnnaBlanca Teleky, PR/Image Consultant, Hungary
Valentine Valuca, Prudential, Lithuania
Hanna – EuroCircle Team, Poland
Cinema Brasserie and Cinema Restaurants, Agata Galanis, Poland
Hanna Plucinski, EuroFilm Society, President, Poland
Romania – Permanent Mission to the UN, Mihnea Motoc, Ambassador
Consulate General of Romania, Pietro L. Pavoni, Consul General
Consulate General of Romania, Adrian Cristea, Consul -Economic Affairs
Ion Ionescu, Pianist, Romania
Romanian Business Professional Association, RBPA, Sandra Petrisor
Consulate General of the Russian Federation, Philip Rybin, Vice Consul (Chief of Protocol)
The Russian American Cultural Center, Dr. Regina Khidekel
Council for trade and economic cooperation (USA-Russia), Olga Lutsenko
The Russian Book Club/UN, Alexandre Toubolets (Belarus)
Andrijana Pantic, Serbia and Montenegro
www.slovakinfo.comOto Racek, Brano Novak
Stella Szantova, Slovakia
Turkish Trade Office, Tuba Icen, Commercial Attache
Consulate General of Turkey, Murat Omeroglu, Deputy Consul of Turkey,
www.nycturk.com, Yaman Erim, Turkey
www.biz2gether.net Ozgur Madak, Turkey
INTERCOLLEGIATE TURKISH STUDENTS SOCIETY Yagiz Ozguven and Ege Duruk, Turkey
Victoria Vinokur, Prudential Douglas Elliman, Ukraine

A flute perfomance by Mimoza Cakrani likely around 6:30 / 7 pmish
The bellydancer will perform after 9 pm

Cash Bar.

No door fee from the registered guests (online RSVP required).

ATTIRE: business, trendy, sexy, dressy (please do not wear sneakers etc)

Complimentary appetizers from 7 pm to 8 pm. Courtesy of 58.

NON-MEMBERS – REGISTRATION CLOSED NOW:
Each and every person has to be registered by NAME (not me + 3 guests). If you are NOT a member of EuroCircle, feel free to also send your rsvp by email (first and last name, country of origin) to newyork@eurocircle.com. Subject: March 16 RSVP. OR you can sign up for a FREE member, and then you can register yourself and any other guests (as well as enjoy all the other member features i.e. searching members by country of origin, posting your profile, sending messages to other members and more..)

Criteria what is EASTERN European…we simplified the process by using East vs. West.

EXPERIENCE BELLYDANCING BY VALERIA
There have been many theories about the origin of belly dancing, but most evidence links it to the Middle East and Africa. Some say it was originated by the Phoenicians; others claim that it was introduced into Egypt by the Turks. Egyptian tomb paintings dating from as far back as the fourteenth century BC depict partially clad dancers whose callisthenic positions appear to be very similar to those used in belly dancing.

Tonight – since we are spolighting TURKEY this month and on April 1 have our TURKISH NIGHT – you will have a little taste of Turkey by VALERIA, who will perform also on April 1. The danse du ventre (literally belly dance) of Turkish origin was introduced to Paris by Turkish women. They exhibited it in Midway Plaisance of the Colombian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, and then at the California Midwinter Exposition in San Francisco. As performed by Turkish women the dance consists of control and movement of the abdominal and chest muscles; hence its other name ‘muscle dance’. Varied with graceful steps and gyrations, cymbals an scarves, it was performed solo, accompanied by male Turkish musicians with Turkish instruments.