Dear Krokeates and friends

The Laconian Forum in collaboration with the Hellenic Congress of Quebec and the Hellenic Community of Montreal, Canada, is organizing a "Peace" concert to take place in Montreal on November 20, 2009. Proceeds of the event will be used for the financial assistance of the Greek Elementary School "Socrates" of Montreal.

The concert will feature the poem -set to music- "To Robert Openheimer " (father of the atomic bomb) by our poet the Krokean Nikiforos Vrettakos, the poet of peace and love for the environment and for humanity.
The Symphonic Orchestra and chorus of Montreal will perform under the baton of maestro Louis Lavigueur with baritone Marc Boucher, soprano Maria Diamantis and tenor Dimitris Ilias. The "Socrates" Greek school children chorus will also participate in the performance in the presence of the composer Nikos Kallitsis.

In response to the appeal for financial support by the organizers of the event and after a telephone conference on October 12, 2009, we the members of administrative council of Krokeai Society, US and Canada with pride in support and cooperation with the Krokean Association of Montreal who actively involved with this project, have unanimously decided to sponsor the event /concert with the amount of $1000. We also have decided to make an appeal via our web site ( www.krokeai.org or .com ) and E-list to you Krokeates, Lacons, Greeks and Philhellenes and ask for your personal contribution to this worthy cause. All contributions received will be added to our society's contribution. If you would like to contribute, please fill out the special form ( provided here ) and return it to us along with your check before November 10, 2009

Thank you for your support and we hope to see you at the concert