Video: MKUD Vardar Bankstown Celebrates 35 years of Macedonian Tradition through Dance, songs,culture

This Saturday MKUD Vardar Bankstown celebrated its 35th Anniversary at the Conca D’Oro Reception. It was a great milestone celebrated through dance , music and  culture in front of distinguished guests, sponsors supporters and its dancers.

MKUD VARDAR dance group was established in 1984 by Tode Popovski, Spase Karabelevski, Trajan Ristevski and assisted by a few others. It was evident that the Macedonian parents in the Bankstown region, not only wanted a place to gather but wanted to ensure that their children had the opportunity to continue the culture and traditions.

The group began with 20 to 30 students and eventually grew to an amazing 150!The Choreographers were Ilo Trajkovski followed by Johnny Mitrevski who worked tirelessly together with the students to create authentic routines.

In 1990 MKUD Vardar travelled to Melbourne and then the Magnificent Motherland Macedonia. The students and parents where honored to be a part of the journey and created many memories for the community both here and abroad.

Current dancers at MKUD Vardar Bankstown 

In 1996 Bill Stojanovski and Borce Cvetanovski lead the group as President and committee members and were able to maintain a strong 80 student club.

In 2006 Tanas Germanoski was named the new president and lead the club for numerous years.A special mention to the late Cane Nedelkovski and late Nove Paceskoski who for many years created and provided MKUD VARDAR with the most genuine Nosii. They may not be with us today but they remain with us through each piece of clothing.Our current President Dejan Civkaroski and the committee lead MKUD VARDAR into 2020 with the goal to assist each student to strive for their personal best, while inspiring self-confidence, discipline and respect for our culture.