For the first time in 35 years, the Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria, has united 45 regional organizations, reviving the old tradition of the pan-regional fundraising dinner dance.
The event was held on Saturday, October 17, at Stars International Hall, in Preston and 600 guests were in attendance, including the Consul General of Greece in Melbourne; Christina Simantirakis, Victoria Minister for Small Business, Innovation, and Trade; Philip Dalidakis, representatives of the Church and State of Victoria, and community organization representatives.
The President of the Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria Bill Papastergiadis thanked the attendees for their participation and support. “First and foremost is the revival of the annual dinner dance of the Greek Community of Melbourne, since last this was held was over 30 years ago”.
“The difference is, that before this event was just a Greek Community dinner dance, but now it [the event] has an important role. It has become an event of the whole community and involves more than 50 small and large organizations. In short, this event unites our community and proves that together we can achieve a lot. I am proud we had such an exceptional response and within two weeks 600 tickets were sold. This is something unprecedented,” he added.
During the event, guests enjoyed excellent food,and a presentation by the Pan-Cretan Association and Pontian Community dance groups.
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