|
FECC Russia 2001 Home
The Closing Ceremony
|
|
The 21at Annual FECC Reunion Closing
Ceremony was held at Pavlovsk
Palace which was built beginning in 1781 for Russian Tsar Paul I, the only
son of Catherine the Great (More
palace fotos & info) L ocated
near the rail stop for Tsarskoe Selo ( Czar's Village) the more common
local name for historic 2001 FECC host City of Pushkin (pushkin-town.net)
a popular attraction a short ride from St. Petersburg |
|
Mrs. Mgr. Malgorzata Wnuk head of FECC-Poland who
accepted the FECC Flag and duties on behalf of their delegation which entitles their
rich cultural region to be considered the World Capital of Carnival for 2002. Her
prestigious delegation was led by 3 Mayors whose speeches were further enhanced by much live
folk music.
|
Mayor of Ovar, Portugal,
Dr. Armando France who
will be hosting the
FECC Reunion in 2003 observes auction action with Zhanna
Shirokolobova, doll
maker/artist. |
 |
Mr. Gennady
Tkachev Head of External Relations for St. Petersburg is
introduced as the International and Russia FECC Presidents
Henry van der Kroon,
and Igor Yventchikov listen carefully |
 |
FECC-Russia President
Igor Yventchikov whose production company in association with
St. Petersburg authorities takes a moment to look with pride on
all he has accomplished in the last week. The next day he produced
the charming and much loved Puskin Carnival for the 7th year.
In the foreground is Anna a student volunteer who
assistance was much appreciated by many FECC participants. |
|
Head of Pushkin tourist bureau together with the Mayor
accepts gifts from appreciative representatives of other Carnival
Cities near the end of the program |
|
|
Leif Hallberg from Norrkoping
Sweden former FECC Vice-president of Conventions was key early
leader for historic 2001 gathering of Carnival Cities to witness the
rebirth of St. Petersburg annual parade as a Carnival
|
Klaus Bystrup (Denmark), Wendy
Collins (USA), Peter Buttigieg (Malta), Bramwell
Flyckt (Denmark) |
|
Anna (Russia), Bert Ferin (FECC-Sweden President) and Dmitri Pavlov ( Russia)
Anna & Dmitri were key in planning logistics and seeing
that everyone were well cared
for
|
Unofficial clowns and live wires Lennart
Soderberg, Bertil Hallenberg and Ingrid Soderberg ( Sweden)
hug Sue Collins (USA -San Francisco)
|
| |
The Mayor of Pushkin (Russia), and the
Lord Mayor Dr.Armando
Franca
Mayor of Ovar (Portugal) two Cities with much in common share
thoughts with the help of able translators.
|
|
Odessa Pegus (USA-San Francisco-deputy general
Marisa Stamper ( Aruba) and Mr. Gennady Tkachev, Chair of the
Committee for External Relations of St. Petersburg and Vice Governor
of St. Petersburg |
|
|
Representing
the Americas home of the syncretic Carnival traditions of
Europe, Africa, and indigenous peoples were Sue, Chris, Wendy Collins (USA-San
Francisco and FECC host web site Carnaval.com), Rex Brudette (USA-Branson Missouri ), Odessa Pegus (USA-San
Francisco-deputy general), Marisa Stamper ( Aruba) and Marcelo Antony (Bonaire)
Designer and artist Marisa Stamper has long been the most active
member of the FECC for the Americas and is often on the road with
her performing company. |
 |
Mayor of Pushkin, Russia greets Odessa Pegus (USA-San Francisco-deputy general), Mayor of
Pushkin,
Russia,who brought official greetings from
Mayor Willie Brown
of San Francisco and Mayor Jerry
Brown of Oakland explain how each
each politician expects to be moving up in the future to represent
the State of California which is now the 5th
largest economy in the world
Click
here for presentation of Greeting from Willie Brown. |
|
|
Hope to see you in Poland!
|
 |
More FECC |
|
appreciated by the Russians whose history has been defined by strong
leaders.