Address: 5300 Gabrovo
Timok str.2, p.o. 208
e-mail: chitalistegabrovo@abv.bg
Phone/Fax +359 66 804 136
President: Stilian Stilianov
secretary: Totka Poliakova
Gabrovo Community Cultural Centre is a new Community Centre, which for a short time turned into a centre of ideas, new approaches and more extensive cultural activities. Since 2002, an International Festival of Brass Music has been taking place successfully at the initiative of the Community Centre Board and supported by the Ministry of Culture, Gabrovo Municipality and Gabrovo vicarage. It is dedicated to the spiritual protector of Gabrovo - St. Petka. During the last years the National Community Centre developed and implemented 14 projects some of which are:
‘Let’s Renovate the Church’
‘Network against Violence’
‘The Song of the Bells’
‘Legends - a Key to Ethnic Tolerance’
‘Media Bridge against Corruption’
‘Concert Мerry-go-round’
‘Europe Dreams of Bulgaria’
‘Media Compass - Direction to Europe’
‘Humour for Litter’
‘Spring Festivals- the Common in our Diversity’
‘Tour of Tolerance’
‘Summer Studies - apart from games, in summer, we will deal with science, art and beauty’
Gabrovo Community Centre develops successfully a production activity as well; concerts, parties, exhibitions, book presentations and creative meetings are often arranged.
Long is the list of the artistic groups of the Community Centre and each of them has its place in the cultural life of Gabrovo.
Vocal groups:
- Gabrovo ladies’ choir for academic singing - conductor Dimitur Tsonev
- ‘Balkan Echo’ Choir, ‘Ruzhitsa’ Choir and ‘Hope’ Vocal Group – instructor Stefka Karapeneva
- ‘Charm’ Vocal Group and “Heart, do sing!’ Trio - instructor Tsanka Ivanova
- ‘Chance’ - vocal group for old-time city songs - instructor Petio Drashkov
- ‘Gabrovo Voices’ - cultivated folklore group- instructor Donka Ilieva
- ‘The Smiles of Gbarovo’ - Children’s vocal group - instructor Roberta Slavcheva
Dance groups:
- ‘Sivek’ Folklore Ensemble, 3 age groups - instructors Valia Marinova and Lily Stoynova
- ‘Marcoteya’ Dance Group - instructor Valia Marinova
- ‘Bozhentsi’ Folklore Dance Group - instructor Tsvetelina Atanasova
- ‘Liana’ Dance School, 3 age groups - instructor Lily Panteleeva
- Cheerleaders’ Group - instructor Verginia Myankova
- Аuthentic folklore dance group - instructor Stefan Marinov
- ‘Nine eighth BG’ Folk Dance Group - instructor Vladislava Hristova