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SUNDAY,09.08.2009
FINAL COMPETITION OF THE TRUMPETERS
OF THE 49TH FESTIVAL OF TRUMPETERS

MARKS OF THE OFFICIAL JURY:

THE BEST DRUMER – DEJAN ILIĆ FROM ORCHESTRA BOJAN KRSTIć   FROM VLADIČIN HAN
THE BEST BASS TRUMPETER – ALEKSANDAR JOVIC  FROM ORCHESTRA BOJANA RISTIĆ  FROM VLADIČIN HAN
THE BEST TENOR TRUMPETER – PREDRAG JOVANOVIĆ   FROM ORCHESTRA MACOLA – NOVICA ANĐELKOVIĆ FROM GRDELICA
THE BEST PLAYED SONG – ORCHESTRA DEJAN PETROVIC  FROM DUBOKO
THE BEST PLAYED KOLO – ORCHESTRA NENAD MLADENOVIĆ  FROM VRANJE
THE THIRD ORCHESTRA – DEJAN LAZAREVIĆ  FROM POŽEGA
THE SECOND ORCHESTRA – BOJAN KRSTIĆ  FROM VLADIČIN HAN
THE THIRD TRUMPET – ELVIS AJDINOVIĆ  FROM SURDULICA
THE SECOND TRUMPET – VELJKO OSTOJIĆ  FROM ZLAKUSA
THE FIRST ORCHESTRA – BAKIJA BAKIĆ  FROM VRANJE
THE FIRST TRUMPET  – DEJAN PETROVIĆ  FROM  DUBOKO
THE MOST ORIGINAL PERFORMANCE – GVOZDEN ROSIĆ  FROM RTI


MARKS OF THE AUDIENCE:
THE FIRST TRUMPET OF THE AUDIENCE – THE MOST POPULAR TRUMPETER– DEJAN PETROVIĆ  FROM DUBOKA

Jury:
  Dr Mirjana Zakić
Dušan Vujović
 Mr Danka Lajić Mihailović
Mr Mladen Đorđević
Nataša Plećaš

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From Ovcar and Kablar,
A shepherdess is saying:
"Serbian prince, take us
To become Serbians"
This song was fi rst heard during the war against the Turks, that Serbia was fighting 1876 -1878, sang by volunteers coming to Serbia to fight for its freedom. Although the tune has always remained the same, the lyrics have changed, in accordance with time and sit¬uation. So during World War I, the Serbian soldiers sang: "From Ovcar and Kablar,! drove away a German and Hungarian" During World War II the shepherdess was saying to Cetnici: "There is no war or fight, without Rakovic, the Commander". The Partisans adjusted it to their needs and to the name of their Commander: "Comrade Tito, take us, to become partisans"
Nowadays, the original version is played and sang as the Anthem of the Trumpet Festival in Guca.

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On the last day of the Festival - Sunday afternoon, a tradition¬al singing and dancing folklore ensemble "Dr Vladan Babic" from Vica take part in a most beautiful procession composed of trum¬peters and folklore ensembles from the country and abroad. They improvise the old wedding ceremony from the 19"' century. The first such wedding was organised in 1962 - at the second Festival. At first it was performed by a traditional folklore ensemble from Donji Dubac and then from Vica.
At the head of the procession rides the bearer of the wedding flag. This is usually one of the bridegroom's close friends. After him rides the bride, her horse being led by her "dever" [the groom’s brother or a close male relative]. After them are the best man and his family and the closest relatives. In the middle of the proces¬sion rides the groom with his friends. They are followed by musi¬cians: bagpipers, clarinettists, violinists, flutists and double flute players. Behind them are "ende" [women who sing wedding songs] and other wedding guests. The last in the procession are members of family who lead horses that carry large wooden chests usual¬ly engraved and painted in different colours. In them is the bride's clothes "ruvo" and the gifts that she has prepared for the groom her mother-in-law, father-in-law and other family members. "Si .>1 i svat" is in charge of the wedding (this is usually the groom's uncle), The guests carry guns and wooden flasks with brandy which I hey offer to one another. One of the guests carries a roasted ram on a spit with his long horns. The guests sing, dance and fire thcll guns on the way. Ende stand out when it comes to singing. Ihes(arc young women that wear the most colourful clothes famous for their wedding songs- They walk in groups, holding each other's hands and mocking other guests with words of their songs.
At the wedding the men wear traditional national costume -fur hats on their heads and leather or woollen sleeveless jackets or embroidered waistcoats [so-called anterija]. Around the waist they have broad colourful belts. Below the waist they wear woven pants, woollen embroidered socks and "opanci" (Serbian tradition¬al leather shoes). The women wear yellow headscarves, linen shirts and sleeveless embroidered waistcoats (so-called "jelek"), woollen black skirts and embroidered linen aprons. On their feet they have woollen socks that are richly embroidered and "opanci". They wear belts too, but theirs are not so broad as men's. The wedding guests often stop on the way and sing while numerous visitors greet them with cheers. Some woman, who got lost on her way, tries to join the wedding. 'I he guests give her brandy from their flasks but they don't let her join the wedding.
The wedding is over when the procession reaches the Cultural Centre where the group improvises the arrival of the bride at her new home. She first throws a wooden sieve onto the roof hoping that it would stay there. If this happens, she will stay in the house forever. She then takes a small child in her arms (nakonce), turns him round three times at all four directions, kisses him hoping to have her own children. Usually, lovely and healthy children are chosen to be "nakonce". Later the bride enters the house stepping with her right foot trying not to step on the threshold. Here, she is welcomed by her in-laws. She kisses their hands. They give her golden coins and golden fashion accesso¬ries. The mother-in-law takes her in her lap so that they love each other better and after that she offers her and her son honey and sugar so that their life is sweet.
The wedding guests carry on dancing, singing and firing their guns in front of the Cultural Centre, offering brandy to other guests and visitors who came to see them.
 

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