Goodbye Slovenia

The Municipality of Nova Gorica celebrates its Municipal Festival in memory
of the beginning of the Gorica Front (Goriška fronta) the 9th September
1943. Therefore, at that time there is a celebration every year with
numerous events, the height of which is the official meeting of the City
Council of the Municipality of Nova Gorica where the awards are given to the
most deserving for development, creativity and efforts in different fields
in the Municipality.

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The old viticulture custom of setting up the city’s wind rattle is a part of the Old Vine  Festival.

It is eight meters high and has four metre long sails and a six meters long keel. The melody of the wind rattle, that keeps the birds away from the ripe grapes, is the most popular music of the winemakers.

This music can be enjoyed by many people in Maribor since the wind rattle is erected on the top of Mestni vrh hill and its song can be heard in the centre of the town.

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THAT’S WHAT CHILDREN CAN DO…

The annual lace exhibition by pupils
of the Lace School Idrija
Lace School Idrija, street Prelovčeva 2
Opening of the exhibition: 19. June at 6 p.m., Lace School Idrija
Opening hours:
21. and 22. June: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
From 23. June to 31. August: daily from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
On prior arrangement visits are available throughout the year.
Every year in June the exhibition is put up with new lace, results of pupils’ work of
the past school year.
The youngest lacemakers present their first steps in the world of lacemaking with
their colourful lace of various motifs and shapes. Making these pieces of lace, they
practise the knowledge and skills necessary for making more sophisticated lace in
the higher grades.
Lace, made by pupils in the final years of attending Lace School is real pieces of
lace art and unites the wealth of their lacemaking knowledge that is preserved
and developed in the programmes of Lace School Idrija.
During the Festival days, till 4 p.m. on Sunday, June 22, visitors of our exhibition
can vote for their favourite lace and are welcome to attend the public
announcement of the most beautiful lace at this year’s exhibition.

Metka Fortuna

Philatelic exhibition:

Miners and lacemakers,
depicted on postal stamps
Old granary Magazin, square Trg sv. Ahacija 4
Opening of the exhibition: 20. June, at 6 p.m., in the old granary Magazin
Opening hours:
20. June, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
21. and 22. June, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
from 23. June to 31. August—from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
The philatelic association Idrija, established in 1949, remains loyal to the Idrija Lace
Festival. The 16th time in a row it presents postal publications and stamps, postmarks,
letters, postcards and picture postcards. Among the Slovene philatelic associations, the
one from Idrija is among the best. In the last years it was twice assessed as the best and
once as the runner-up on the state level.
Mining and lacemaking motifs are common in countries with this tradition. Slovenia
is among them due to the efforts of the Idrija association. On behalf of their proposal,
Pošta Slovenije (the national post office) issued two stamps with depictions of minerals,
twenty stamps with Idrija Lace motifs, two postcards with a lacemaker and with the
famous waterwheel »kamšt« and this year the picture postcard commemorating the
500-years anniversary of the discovery of a rich ore deposit in Idrija.
The exhibition involves a topical selection of predominantly domestic postal
publications collected and owned by the members of the association.

Exhibition »IDRIJSKA ČIPKA« (Idrija Lace)
Old granary Magazin, square Trg sv. Ahacija 4
From 21. June to 31. August
Opening hours:
21. and 22. June – from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
From 23. June to 31. August – daily from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Idrija is Slovene oldest mining and lacemaking town. The lacemaking tradition
has been recorded since the 1660s onwards. Like mercury was transported from
Idrija all over the world, the bobbin lace were exported, too – to be sold, to make
money and to provide for the daily bread of the miners’ families.
The lace exhibition offers insight into the historical development of lacemaking
techniques and motifs. The oldest lace belong to the Municipal museum Idrija
archives, the newer ones have been made by members of the Association of
Idrija Lace lacemakers. The main exhibit is the bobbin lace – the copy of the table
cloth, which was made as present for Tito’s wife Jovanka Broz in 1976. The copy,
measuring 3

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The Tartini festival is an international musical festival dedicated to the Piran born maestro Giuseppe Tartini. Every year we join forces to be able to bring eminent, world renowned performers to the Slovene Istria and allow you dear visitors to enjoy the rich heritage of the great masters of music.

In 2008 there are a total of 10 classical music concerts in store at the Tartini festival, and we will also be introducing festival events in two new venues, Avditorij Portorož and the Koper Rotunda.

The festival ensemble „Il Terzo Suono“, which was founded three years ago, will accompany eminent soloists this year as well.

The distinctiveness and comparative advantage of the festival is its own festival production. This is an unique interpretation of compositions, that is the fruit of several days of labour of the great musicians, a synergic reinterpretation of the pieces, that each musician prepares at home. Tartini and the Tartini festival are becoming a great challenge, and a promotional opportunity for the whole of Slovenia and above all a series of superb artistic events, that year after year receive the highest praise of the critique and audiences.

The festival is dedicated to those who appreciate refined classical music and considering the eminent performers and the eminent in the audience, to those that wish to enjoy an evening of music but also make important new acquaintances.

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Compared to 2006 and 2007 1.2% more water supplied to households and business entities from public water supply was consumed. (18.8.2008, Environment)

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