Ensemble “Zornitsa” participated in the concert on July 20, 2007 organized by the community center of “Gotze Delchev” in Ilinden neighborhood. The occasion for the concert was the 104th anniversary of the Ilinden-Preobrazhenie Uprising. The concert took place on the summer stage of the park “St. Troitza”. The dancers of “Zornitsa” opened the concert with “Trakiiski smesen” (boys and girls dance from Thrace) and then performed “Jenski shopski” (women dance). For a final they performed “Shopska suite” - boys and girls dance. The big singers Volodia Stoyanov and Iordanka Hristova also participated in the concert.

Folk dance ensemble “Zornitsa” won The Golden Carnation!

On 07.07.2007, while in Bulgaria hundreds of couples were saying “I do” in front of the alter, hoping that the number 7 will bring them happiness in their marriage, under the bright sky of Yalova, Turkey, the dancers from ensemble “Zornitsa” were receiving loud applause from the audience gathered to watch the final competition of the 21 st International Folklore Festival “The Golden Carnation”.

During the competition concert dancers from South Korea, Mexico, Columbia, Jordania, Sweden, Slovakia, Bosnia and Herzegovina , Romania and Bulgaria performed their best dances and were being judged by competent jury from elected members from the dancers of each group. After the end of our “Shopska suite”, and as well as during the whole stay of the group, everybody said with absolute certainty – ensemble “Zornitsa” are number 1 in the classification and the Bulgarian dancers are the best.

The victory was well deserved, in spite of the severe competition and good performances of the groups from Mexico and Columbia, which in the end were classified on second and third place respectively, but still applauded when ensemble “Zornitsa” was pronounced winner of The Golden Carnation. The cup was handed by the vice mayor of Yalova Mr Ibrahim Akai. After all the happy emotions that the group experienced during their seven-day stay in Turkey, the date 07.07.07 will undoubtedly remain unforgettable in the 25 year-old history of “Zornitsa”.