President’s report at the AMAC General Meeting held in the premises of the Croatian Club “Dalmacija” – Terrey Hill, on October 30th, 2005 at 12 noon.

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Since the last GM the Committee has tried to continue with the established activities. Our work was focused on organising the visit of the university lecturer and organ player from Croatia, Mario Perestegi. That included providing sponsorship, promotion, accommodation, organisation of the Sydney concert, recitals and lectures, and liaison with Ivana Troselj and Wesley Music Centre in Canberra.

 

 

Activities in the 2004 – 2005 period.

 

  1. SOCIAL ACTIVITIES

1.1   Christmas Party in the residency of Consul General of the Republic of Croatia, prof. Goroslav Keller and wife Sanda

1.2   AMAC Christmas Party – Berkeley Hotel – Chippendalle

1.3   Party at the residence of Susan and Pedro Jurcevic

 

  1. LECTURES

PowerPoint lecture “Development of Croatian Church Organs” by Mario Perestegi in Sydney and Canberra. This was accompanied by photographic display of organs in Croatian churches.

 

  1. AWARDS

The establishment of the “AMAC Niksa Ciko Award”, in the amount of $250, to be annually presented to the HSC student with the highest result in Croatian language. This year the recipients were Ana Mijatovic and Marina Piljic (equal first).

 

  1. CONCERTS

Successful concerts performed by Mario Perestegi in Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne. The Melbourne concert was organized by the Melbourne Consulate General of the RC, while the Canberra concert was jointly organized by AMAC, Sydney Consulate General, Embassy of the RC and Ivana Troselj from Canberra.

 

  1. ORGAN RECITALS

Croatian Catholic Centre St John’s Park

Croatian Catholic Centre Wollongong

 

The concerts resulted in the promotion of Croatian cultural heritage and created a significant interest within the Australian professional music community, who expressed interest in further collaborative work.

The Canberra concert was recorded live by the radio channel and broadcasting company Art Sound.

 

The promotion by the Australian Croatian print and radio media, as well as Croatian Catholic Centres largely contributed to the success of the concerts. We are very grateful for this, as it served to promote not only the concerts, but also the AMAC Sydney Association within the Croatian community.

 

 

Tomislav Joos, President