Pan Arcadian Federation of America West District
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Mezzo-soprano Christina Alexopoulos Performing Maurice Ravel’s “Five Greek Folk Songs”
Fellow Arcadians,
I hope that you and your loved ones are doing well during these very difficult times.
First, we must have the discipline to follow the recommendations of the "health experts" for taking the right precautions so we can stay healthy.
Second, we must have the strength to fight this pandemic and take the time to appreciate and value our families and friends. We are fortunate that our Arcadian ancestors organized the Pan-Arcadian Federation of America (PFA) and gave us this opportunity to continue our cultural connections across the globe. One such connection is the talented young lady of Arcadian descent, Mezzo-soprano Christina Alexopoulos, who is the daughter of Dr. Nicolaos and Susie Alexopoulos, residing in Southern California. Many of you have met Dr. Alexopoulos at the last Alosis tis Tripoleos (September 2019) at Saint John's in Anaheim, CA where he was our keynote speaker.
The site below takes you to a youtube video where, Mezzo-soprano Christina Alexopoulos, accompanied by pianist Cheryl Lin Fielding, performs Maurice Ravel’s “Five Greek Folk Songs” (Cinq mélodies populaires grecques) at St. James‘ concert of Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 on Oct. 27, 2019 in Newport Beach, CA.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTnMwLXIw-w&list=RDCTnMwLXIw-w&start_radio=1
I hope you take the time to enjoy this beautiful performance by Christina Alexopoulos and pass it to your friends as well.
With American-Arcadian pride and best wishes for staying healthy,
Konstantinos V. Kapogianis
Past PFA President (2014-2016)
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Important Letter to all PFA WD Chapters
March 20, 2020
All administrative business conducted at the District Convention is being postponed.
Accepting Scholarship applications and the awarding of these Scholarships will be moved to a later date.
The
District Lodge will monitor the advice and recommendations from the
government and public health officials in making decisions on how we
will move forward.
The only goal is to protect the health and safety of the PFA members, our families, friends, and the community at large.
Thank you for being part of this great Arcadian Family. Please take the recommended steps to protect yourself and others from contracting this virus and to mitigate its spread.
Please share this decision with the members of your chapter
Stay safe. Be well.
PFA WD Officers
2020 Western District Scholarship Application Forms are now available
February 19, 2020
The 2020 Western District scholarship application forms can be downloaded here. Note that the completed application forms must be submitted and postmarked by Monday, April 13, 2020.
If you have any questions please contact Scholarship Chair Karen Anastasopoulos, 801-913-2414, karenanast@gmail.com
Congratulations to our WD PFA Scholarship Chair Karen Anastasopoulos!
Congratulations to our 2019 WD PFA Scholarship Recipients!
October 17, 2019
This year the Western District PFA Scholarship Committee received applications from seven outstanding students by the May 15, 2019 deadline. These were reviewed and ranked by a panel of three professional non-Arcadians. After careful review, the Scholarship Committee has decided to award a $2,000 scholarship to each of the following top three applicants:
Maritza Helena Kelesis - will continue her graduate
studies at the University of Nevada School of Medicine—Las Vegas; Las Vegas Chapter
Vickie Konstantinos Louras - will continue her undergraduate studies at the University of Utah majoring in Psychology; Salt Lake City Chapter
George Gregory Papadeas - will begin his undergraduate studies at Butler University in Indianapolis majoring in either Biology or Business; Denver Chapter
You can read the complete 2019 report of WD Scholarship Chairman Karen Anastasopoulos here. You can also read the complete 2018 WD Scholarship report here.
Thanks again to all of the WD Chapters for their support of our scholarship program, and for helping to get the word out to so many well qualified applicants.
