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George Wassouf returns to the festival and entertains his audience thirsty for music.
Abu Tayeh presents traditional songs and started with Yasaad.
Two bands, Harmony and Jardina from Syria, present variations of Syrian singing.
Two bands, Muhammad Zuhdi and “Naya”, enchant the audience of the “Odeon”
in the main arena, and “Artemis” and “Sound and Light” continue. The performances of
the southern theater,
George Wassouf, for the sixth time in the festival.
Al-Wasouf returned to the Jerash Festival, preceded by the audience's traditional chants of "Abu Wadih" and in the hands of the audience were banners bearing his name, to prove that he is the Sultan of Music, George Wassouf.
Over the course of an hour and a half, Wassouf moved between his songs, which his fans chanted with him by heart. He appeared from behind a black curtain that covered the stage in preparation for his singing. The beginning was with the song Someone Forgets His Heart, as he sang enough.
Followed by the song Abdel Halim Jana passion Jana.
And he went back to the day that "people's words are neither advanced nor delayed." Saber and Radi also sang.
And to the tune of his song "I lost all the people because of him." After Wassouf welcomed his fans and declared his thanks to the festival management for inviting him again to meet his fans in Jordan and Palestine.
The festival director, Ayman Samawi, honored the singer Wassouf with the shield of the festival, and the harmony seemed clear between Wassouf and his orchestra, led by Maestro Elie Olaya, as he chose to present a large group of his songs stuck in the minds of the audience in the form of successive “couples”. They envy me”, before he went back to his beginnings and sang “Ya Lil Al-Asheqeen”, which the audience chanted with him for a long time, and he brought back many “couples” from it, and he did the same with his song “The Lover’s Heart is His Guide”.
Abu Tayeh sings for Nashama Public Security and presents the Jordanian heritage.
The artist Saad Abu Tayeh was on a date with his audience, who came to enjoy his voice and distinguished performance. .
He also presented Al-Dahyah, Al-Hajini, Al-Dabka and Al-Majouz in a developed folk style, as he used a Turkish bouzouk player as part of the band's performance as part of the innovation in the performance of his songs.
He also presented a new song to Nashami Public Security, "Oh, Nashami Shammar Znodak, we are your land and your borders, we are your men, O Abu Hussein."
Abu Tayeh expressed his happiness with the participation of a Palestinian and a Jordanian troupe, who presented several paintings and traditional dances.
On the other hand, he praised the Jerash Festival in its current session in terms of the wonderful organization, and this would not have been without the presence of the festival director, Ayman Samawi, who said that he has experience and knowledge, which was confirmed by previous years, and described Samawi as having fraternal and sincere relations with the stars of Arab singing, which is what embodied this. The year with the positive participation of the stars of the Jordanian song along with the Arab artists.
Abu Tayeh wished the Ministry of Culture to activate the cultural exchange between the Jerash Festival and the Arab festivals through the participation of the Jordanian artist in those festivals, similar to their participation in the Jordanian festivals.
He thanked the Jordanian TV "Screen Al-Watan" for the distinguished media coverage, which reflected the image of the Jordanian artist and creativity in the best possible way, along with the media in general.
The Northern Theater
, a harmony group from Syria... the beauty of attendance
The harmony band presented variations of Syrian singing in an evening that was like a panorama in which the diversity of Syrian singing was. .
Among the songs of Samira Tawfiq are excerpts from the shelf of the pigeons..and you will come to our neighborhood. 16 years old...and we have become accustomed to your absence. Then, she presented a Jordanian song with Marea’s song, Fath Al-Ward and Willy, how beautiful the rural girl was, and she continued to present varieties of Syrian singing. I saw you, flinching, and stepping up...my colleague is amused by it..and oh, Abu Al-Houdali..and the waterwheel..and you have doubts about diamonds...and the nightingale is growing from a dairy branch..and I concluded with a song, Yamal Al-Sham.
Gardenia Band and Childhood Songs
The Gardenia band presented songs for children's series references, as it started with Sarah's song, the series "Iftah Ya Simsim"... and continued, amidst the audience's interaction, with the signals of the series, "Stories of Peoples", "Sandy Bell", "The Golden Eagle" and "The Testament of Friends".
And I continued with Sarah's songs, the Remy series..and the audience sang with the band a song, How Sweet It Is to Live in Goodness and Peace, for the Heidi series.
Then they presented the series "Sinan Ya Sinan", "Sazuki", "Grendizer" and "Sarah", the series "Treasure Island".
After that, the theme song for the series “Lady Oscar” and the Japanese series “The Sniper” was concluded with the series “Junger”.
The director of the Northern Theater, Firas Al-Khatahtbeh, presented the festival shield in honor of them.
Artemis Theatre
The Jordanian artist Belqis appeared tonight on the stage of the Artemis Theater and performed a group of patriotic and Arabic songs, which received a great interaction from the visitors of the Jerash Festival for Culture and Arts, followed by a singing performance by a group of Jordanian artists. Artist Khaled Jamal, Nidal Al-Hamid and Basil Jreisat.
The main arena
The activities of the main arena opened yesterday, Thursday, with a song and Jordanian folk music presented by the Zaha Cultural Center's music group, followed by dances of Chechen culture presented by the Jordanian Chechen Folklore Society.
The audience of the main square interacted with folkloric dances that were performed on traditional songs in traditional Palestinian costume, followed by popular dances presented by the Maqam Gaza Band from Palestine.
From Tunisia, the National Folklore Band presented several songs and dances from the Tunisian heritage, and painted the most beautiful painting in which the elements of the intangible heritage were presented.
The events of the arena ended with a singing compass presented by a group of Jordanian artists: Omar Al-Saqqar, Adeeb Al-Qasim, Sharif Al-Zawati and Ahmed Al-Daraisa, which found great interaction from the festival's visitors.
Sound and Light Theater
On the stage of the Sound and Light Theater, the visitors of the family festival enjoyed a group of theatrical performances and storytelling for children, presented by the Family and Child Carnival and the Rabbit and Winter Play.
The Odeon Theater
The Muhammad Zuhdi Ensemble enchants the audience of the Odeon with its music..
and Naya the Women entertains the audience
with the Jordanian singing heritage.
On the impact of heritage music, the band started playing pieces from Arab heritage songs such as Wayne Ala Ramallah and others, and the band moved on with its professional playing on musical instruments to present distinctive passages that entertained the audience from the music of the Levantine heritage and Andalusian muwashshahs by playing the oud, the organ, and the flute, and professionally integrating them.
Then the musical artist, Dr. Zuhdi, performed a dazzling solo on the flute, accompanied by his band playing Fairouz's song "They Asked Me the People". The band consisted of: Ahmed Al-Jarraj, percussion instruments, Basem Al-Sharman, the keyboard, Joseph Demarjian, the guitar, and Aws Marji.
On the participation of Dr. Muhammad Zuhdi's band for the first time in the activities of the Jerash Festival, Zuhdi believes that it is supportive of new bands and the dissemination of musical culture.
Zuhdi reveals that the method of employing Arab and Western musical instruments in a language of dialogue attracts the audience, in addition to playing various pieces of the people's heritage and songs close to them.
It is noteworthy that Zuhdi had previously won the “Exodus from the Text” music project award within the Singing and Music Festival held by the Ministry of Culture in 2020.
* While the Naya Band, the first Jordanian group for female voices, carried songs of the Jordanian heritage, its audience was inspired by the atmosphere of the Jordanian singing heritage, and they presented three “medleys” with female voices from the band’s choir, which also included female musicians.
The first medley was the voice of the artist Lina Saleh, who presented a group of ancient heritage songs, including; North of me, O Hawa Al-Dirah, upon Dalouna, the northern air is different in color, O Zarif in length.
As for Madali Bisan Al-Qaisi, she presented, “Prepare the coffee, pour the tea, and give water to those who visited us, oh beloved of the house, the journey is long, longing for the house, we went to the garden, oh my longing, oh my cousin.”
Naya conveyed to the audience the atmosphere of the ancient heritage of professional singing, and the artist, Dania Awad, presented a series of distinctive songs from the distinguished Jordanian folklore, and the female musicians and female singers were able to present a special night and evening.
Dr. Rola Jaradat confirmed that the band specializes in singing Arabic heritage in general, and today the band chose to perform all Jordanian songs, to restore the atmosphere of the beautiful time.
It is noteworthy that the "Naya" musical group consists of twelve girls, and it is the first female musical group in Jordan. It includes: D. Rula Jaradat, head of the band and qanun player, Lina Saleh, Bisan Al-Qaisi and Dania Awad (vocals), d. Dima Swedan (oud), Alaa Takrouri (flute), Mai Hajjar (contrabass), Zainab Al-Samarrai (violinist), Stefania Stoyan (violinist), Nadine Qubain (percussionist), Joud Madanat (drum percussion) .
The ceremony concluded with honoring the representative of the Jerash Festival administration and the director of the Odeon Theater, Atallah Al-Rawahneh, the Dr. Muhammad Zuhdi Music Band, and the Naya Evening Band for their efforts in spreading joy and consolidating the Jordanian singing heritage to the audience.