Ottawa's own "Chairman George" has graciously offered to do a house concert for
SalvAide!
(You must take a look at the film clip and bio about George below!)
We would be honoured with your presence for this very special event!
House Concert
Saturday, December 1st, 2007
Dinner 5:30 p.m.
East meets Central
Delicious Salvadoran Pupusas & Chinese Noodles will be for sale
$6/plate
Concert 7:00 p.m.
$25/person
BYOB
This is going to be a great event so you MUST RSVP because seating is
limited.
Please rsvp to Sue Brewer at 613 233 6215 or salvaide@web.net
You won't be disappointed so RSVP ASAP!!!
Looking forward to a great evening!
George Sapounidis has been called a poster boy for Canadian
multiculturalism,"a modern day Theodore Bikel" and "all around musical
ambassadeur du monde".
He sings in nine different languages, and is a virtuoso on the Greek
bouzouki.
He has performed at five international performing arts
festivals in mainland China,
at the National Arts Centre, across Canada
as well as in Greece and the U.S.
Ever since the Chinese embassy invited George Sapounidis, a tall lanky
Canadian
civil servant of Greek descent, to perform at an international
folk festival in Shanghai
in the fall of 2000, this populous nation has
not been able to get enough of him.
They have invited him back time and
time again since then - to the Nanning International Arts Festival
of
Folk Songs the same year, a Beijing tour in May 2002 and again, four
months later in September.
Lead singer, guitar and bouzouki player George Sapounidis (Chairman George) is a Canadian folk-singing sensation of Greek descent. He has appeared at international festivals across China, on stage at Beijing's
Forbidden City Concert Hall and at the Great Hall of the People, and on China Central Television. George is a polyglot who sings fluently in Mandarin Chinese and in more than six other languages. In 2005 he was
the subject of the award-winning W5 CTV / BBC international television documentary Chairman George. He was Olympic Torch-Bearer and National Olympic Committee Assistant with the Chinese Delegation at the Athens
2004 Olympic Games. His CD release George from Athens to Beijing, consisting of Chinese and Greek repertoire, was nominated in the Best
World Music category at the 2005 Canadian Folk Music Awards. He holds a Ph.D. in mathematical statistics from the University of Toronto.
Recent News:
Sapounidis has been selected to be Olympic Torch Bearer at the 2008
Beijing Olympic Summer Games
International Talent Monthly in Beijing will feature Sapounidis in the
December issue.
In November Sapounidis appeared on the China's popular national CCTV3
Variety show "yu nin xiang yue"
Sapounidis will host a national CBC Television Special called
China-Canada Hand in Hand: A celebration of the Olympics
Date:
Sunday, December 9, 2007 at 4PM (ET)
Links about Sapounidis:
1) Radio profile (CKCU at 93.1 FM) http://www.carleton.ca/midweek/
and
click on link about Beijing
2) CBC TV (Radio Canada) profile :
http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/international/carte-interactive/reportages/2007/09/27/001-351.shtml
3) Chinese documentary advance promotional video :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqjIf5JNsFc
4) Olympic Torch Bearer winning speech :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stEDSzUg98Q
Website: www.chairmangeorge.com
Email: george_sapounidis@hotmail.com
