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April 4th: For the second consecutive year we celebrated Easter at Costa's house. More than 40 members and friends of our association attended the event.
Easter 2009
On April 19th 2009 our members celebrated our third
Greek Orthodox Easter at one our members house (C. Caramanis...thanks Costa for everything!). This year we cooked a full lamp following the traditional easter style of cooking, that is the spit!!!The whole day ended with a lot of traditional greek dancing and singing.
Vasilopita Night 2009
Our second annual Vasilopita night
for 2009 took place on Jan. 30 2009 at Elgreco greek taverna place. This year we had almost 50 people attending the event including our guests from Ahepa and other visiting people that honored us with their participation and help. The big winner of the night, as the photos show, was our guest Mr. Angelou.
Easter Celebration 2008
On April 28 2008 our members celebrated the Greek Orthodox Easter at County Line at the hills. As expected (see "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" for more details ;-) ), the day was full of BBQ food, easter eggs, some really really delicious deserts made by the young missies of our association (thank you girls for your nice treat!) and endless conversations about everything.
B-B-Q at Salt-lick, Austin
On February 24 2008, a small but hungry enough group of people met at Salt-lick B-B-Q for a meat feast!!! The short story is that the weather was great, the food was amazing and the spirit really high... what else could someone ask for a great sunday?
Vasilopita Night 2008
On January 25 2008, we organized a vasilopita night at Elgreco greek taverna place. Almost 40 members of our association attended the event which ended with the cut of the traditional vasilotipa made by one of our members, the amazing cook Louiza Fouli! The big winner of the night, and according to the tradition the luckiest of all, was Chris Kelesoglou since he managed to find the hidden coin.
Singing the Greek anthem at Panathinaikos game - Oct. '07
On October 13 2007, our association, in conjunction with Austin's
AHEPA Chapter, had the honor to be invited to sing the Greek national
anthem at the beginning of the basketball game "Panathinaikos vs. San.Antonio Spurs",
at the AT&T center in San Antonio.
Panathinaikos vs. San Antonio Spurs - Oct. '07
St. Elias Mediterranean Festival '07
Top row: Chris Konstantinidis, Danae Manika (Vice President), Ioannis Korkolis, Louiza Fouli, Vaggelis Meintanis, Antonia Chimonidou, Daphne Soteriou (Officer) Bottom row: Mr. Konstantinos Kouzas, Mr. Angelos Angelou, Mrs. Alexandra Theodoropoulou (Houston's Greek Consul) , Dimitris Kaseridis (President), Socrates Petrides
Cactus 2007 year book photo
Top row: Vaggelis Meintanis, Danae Manika (Vice President & Public Relations),
Dimitris Kaseridis (President), Ioannis Korkolis, Emmanouil Kalaitzakis, John C Kozyrakis Bottom row: Daphne Soteriou (Officer), Christina Stylianou, Artemis Ailianou,Antonia Chimonidou, Louiza Fouli, Elias Mizan (Treasurer)
Photos from visit at Robert Lee Elementary School
On 27th of April '07 our organization was invited at Lee's elementary school geography day to speak about
Greece to the students. Two of our members, Irene Stavrou and Dimitris Kaseridis,
spoke to 4th and 6th grade students about ancient Greece, Olympic games and Greek culture. The whole event ended with
Irene teaching to students how to dance some of the well known Greek dances ;-).