75TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT IN CLEVELAND
Cleveland, OH - The evening’s program began with a mass chorus of the Our Father then the American, Canadian and Serbian National Anthems were sung. Followed by Tebe Pojem by Stevan Stojanovic Mokranjac. This selection was sung in honor of the 150th Anniversary of the birth of Serbian composor Mokranjac. This year the all Serbs celebrate 150 years of Mokranjac and Nikola Tesla, inventor.
Our Master of Ceremonies was Ms. Jovana Batkovic who introduced our participating choirs including: the St. Nicholas Serbian Cathedral Choir of Hamilton, with directress Mira Stojsavljevic and president George Pejic, the Dr. Laza Kostic choir of Midland, PA, the Kosovo Men’s Choir of Northeastern Ohio, and the St. Theodosius Russian Cathedral choir of Cleveland. SSS Njegos choir president, Mrs. Biljana Batkovic welcomed the guests at the concert and spoke briefly on the history of the SSS Njegos choir.
Because this is a milestone year, many presentations were given this weekend. Honored were our past music directors, past presidents, our Kumovi (sponsors) and many who have helped our choir over the years.
Special recognition was given to our current assistant conductors including: Joan Jakovich, Suzanne Zec, Emilija Tulevski, Amanda Vlainic, Mira Damljanovic, Lindsay Zobenica, and Loretta Knezevic. full text