ASTORIA,NY– Due to inclement weather, the March 25th celebration at Athens Square Park in Astoria (30th St & 30th Ave, Astoria, NY 11102 ) was rescheduled for Sunday, March 26, at 2pm, the 2023 Parade Committee announced today.
The program includes the flag raising ceremony, keynote speech by Professor Sophia Fasos of St. John’s and Adelphi Universities, live traditional Greek music by Melodia orchestra, bouzouki by Giannis Staikos, traditional Greek dancing by the dance troops of the Federation of Dodecanese Societies USA, the Kalymnian Brotherhood in New York, and the Greek American Folkore Society of NY, as well as by the award-winning dance group of the Archangel Michael Greek Orthodox Church of Port Washington, NY, and a poetry reading by students of the St. Demetrios Greek Afternoon School of Astoria.
Politicians and official representatives of Greece, Cyprus and the U.S.A. have been invited.
