In Los Angeles, on August 3, 1982, was established “Drita” orchestra ” (Albanian Folk Orchetra). It consists of American musicians who play Albanian folk music in the US. It was created at the initiative of Jan Fice, who since 1968 has visited our country more than 30 times, collecting and recording parts of Albanian folk creativity. The orchestra has performed numerous concerts in San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and elsewhere. It has also published the first CD, with 20 songs and popular melodies.
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23rd September 1860, Vangjel Zhapa, the Albanian millionaire in Rumania, intermediates with Greece for the foundation of a Balkan Alliance against the ottomans
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23rd September 1908, “Bashkimi” Club invited the colonies in Albanian Alphabet Congress in Manastir
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23rd September 1909, the drama “Besa” of Sami Frashëri was performed by “Drita” club in Gjirokastra
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23rd September 1913, Establishment of “The Provisional government of Dibra” after the liberation of the city
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23er September 1917, “Sazan” newspaper began publishing in the Worcester, USA