Atlanta, Georgia, June 2011 PONTIAN AMERICAN THEATRE MOVES AUDIENCE! “THE PAN PONTIAN FEDERATION OF NORTH AMERICA AND CANADA’s”  senior members and youth put on a theatrical drama/comedy, at the Cultural festival hosted in Atlanta Georgia. Growing up 1st generation Pontian American and trying to keep alive the memory of their culture and history was the theme. Sang in Greek (and Pontian Greek), an English language subtitled projection above the performers, united the generations of attendees in all languages. A passionate exuberant performance  touched the crowed.  Laughs were heard bellowing through out  the performance; It concluded by leaving the audience  in tears in its final scene that reflected on it’s love of it’s ancestrial homeland (Pontos/Eastern Black Sea Shores of present day Turkey)  and the lost loved ones of the genocide  (1914-1922). (slide show to come)

Atlanta, Georgia, June 2011

PONTIAN AMERICAN THEATRE MOVES AUDIENCE!

“THE PAN PONTIAN FEDERATION OF NORTH AMERICA AND CANADA’s”  senior members and youth put on a theatrical drama/comedy, at the Cultural festival hosted in Atlanta Georgia. Growing up 1st generation Pontian American and trying to keep alive the memory of their culture and history was the theme. Sang in Greek (and Pontian Greek), an English language subtitled projection above the performers, united the generations of attendees in all languages. A passionate exuberant performance  touched the crowed.  Laughs were heard bellowing through out  the performance; It concluded by leaving the audience  in tears in its final scene that reflected on it’s love of it’s ancestrial homeland (Pontos/Eastern Black Sea Shores of present day Turkey)  and the lost loved ones of the genocide  (1914-1922). (slide show to come)

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