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Felsőhegy/Gornji Breg 9th of May 2010
Scene: township of Felsőhegy/Gornji breg

Programme:

• Opening ceremony 9:00
• Traditional sheep-shearing (made by hand)
• Machine-made sheep-shearing
• Competition of cooking sheep-stew
• Display of goats and sheeps
• Exhibition and fair of dairy-products and shepherd-brandy
• Display of felt-products
• Sport competitions
• Shepherd-ball

The Tourist Organisation has newly designed calendars with Andrusko's Senta-pictures,which are available with the dimensions of 320 x 344 mm.

VII Traditional Santa Claus Day Exhibition opens on 5th of December at 9.00 in the old building of the Vojvodina Bank, near the Hotel Royal. A presentment about alcohol and 'brandy-law' can be heard from 10.00 in the assembly hall of the townhall.
From 11.00 starts the IX Competition of brandies and the tasting begins from 12.00.

The Lorist-International Fair of Tourism was held in Novi Sad between 6th and 10th of October, where Senta was popularized also. The visitors of the exhibition could get acquainted with Senta’s accommodations, catering facilities, sights and travel pockets. Numerous delegates of the media inquired about Senta and its surroundings, accordingly many appearances were made with radios, televison channels and magazines. Within the confines of the fair a competiton of the accommodations was held, where Kraljica Voća, the ethno house from Gornji Breg won an award of high-class quality.

The VI International Hot-air balloon Meeting is one of the biggest hot-air balloon programme on the Balkans. Apart from the domestic participants, groups are coming from Hungary, Slovenia, France, Austria and Montenegro. ..etc.
Six start of the swarm of the balloons are planned. According to the plans the first starting will be on the 10th of September in the afternoon, and the last landing will be on the 13th of September in the morning hours. The schedule of the programme depends on the weather. On the starting places there would be an opportunity for the spectators and visitors to get into a basket of a balloon.

Our town, Senta was poularized in our twin town: Kranj. The visitors of the Kranfest were curious to learn about Senta and the region of Vojvodina. Hundreds of people visited the Senta-stand, and tasted our traditional food and drink.