Suparna Ghosh from Canada and India poses beside our WCP sign outside our main meeting room.
UPLI President Benjamin R. Yuzon and 22nd WCP President Demitris P. Kraniots were interviewed in English on National Greek Television, ERT TV
Dr. Demitris P. Kraniotis, L.M.L., President of the 22nd World Congress of Poets gave a lengthy interview in Greek on Thessaly TV
Natica Angilly, as the artistic coordinator of Natica Angilly's Poetic Dance Theater Company, which put on a magnificent performance for the opening program, was also interviewed on TV.
Our WCP head table included Dr. Demitris P. Kraniotis, 22nd WCP President; Mary Haliburton, 20th WCP President; Dr. Wanda Rider, UPLI Exec. VP and 14th WCP President; Despina Kraniotis, wife of the Congress President; Mr. Benjamin R. Yuzon, UPLI President; Pilar Yuzon, wife of UPLI President; Dr. Ronald Shafer, 15th WCP President; Judy Hardin Cheung, UPLI Sec./Treas.; Natica Angilly, UPLI VP Western USA; Puntalee (Noi) Jirathun, 17th WCP President.
Dr. Demitris Kraniotis, M.D., officiated for the evening's program and gave the welcoming speach.
Mr. Benjamin R. Yuzon, M.E., President of United Poets Laureate International, gave the opening address
Georgia Kotrotsiou was crowned as the Congress Muse of poetic inspiration
An original painting by Georgia Kotrotsious, our Congress Muse is presented to UPLI President Benjamin R. Yuzon. The painting was to depict the blossoming of peace and brotherhood that was to grow from the Congress
We were presented with a program of traditional Greek dances by the Lykion ton Ellinidon of Larissa
Natica Angilly's Poetic Dance Theater Company opened the final portion of our Opening Night with "Poets of the Call," a poem by Richard Angilly.
Richard and Natica Angilly performed a duet as the Poet and the Dancer
