Tulsa Greek Festival, Glendi, September 20-22, 2012
. . . Tulsa’s Oldest Ethnic Festival
Dates are Thursday, September 20 to Saturday, September 22 (Thursday–11 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Friday, Saturday–11 a.m. to 10 p.m.). After 4 p.m. on Thursday and Friday and all day Saturday, admission is $3 for adults. Children, when accompanied by parents, are always free. (Visit our web site to download free admission tickets!)
Sponsored by Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, the Tulsa Greek Festival offers everything from ethnic dancing and dining to shopping for Greek pastry, jewelry, imported Greek foods, and a cookbook featuring the recipes of Tulsa area Greeks.
Located at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 1206 South Guthrie (3 blocks west of 11th and Denver, south of the Inner Dispersal Loop; take the Houston Ave. exit from the Broken Arrow Expressway). Find a map on our web site.
Fun fact: Tulsa’s first Greek festival was in December 1961 at the Tulsa Hotel. Holy Trinity parish members catered the event with Greek foods prepared in their homes.
The a la carte food menu replaces the traditional Greek Holiday dinner. The a la carte menu features home-cooked Greek foods – including chargrilled shish kabob, gyros sandwich, Greek salad (with feta cheese and olives), calamari, tiropita (cheese pie), feta cheese, olives, and spanakopita (spinach pie). Not to miss is the Greek lamb plate–slices of baked lamb on a bed of rice served with potatoes and green beans. Visit the web site for menu descriptions and prices.
A meal of Greek food and beverages would not be complete without taste-tempting Greek desserts such as the famous baklava or loukoumades (honey puffs).
Tulsa Greek Festival, Glendi, September 20-22, 2012
At the marketplace, Greek Holiday visitors can buy imported Greek food and gifts–such as clothes, jewelry, olive oil, Kalamata olives–as well as a new official Greek Holiday tee shirt. A cook-book (Cooking Greek for Tulsa) features Greek recipes from Tulsa-area Greeks.
EPSA, a Greek imported, carbonated drink, will be among the beverages sold in the tavern. Along with beer, wine and ouzo.
A breathtaking Mediterranean cruise will be raffled at the Festival. Purchase raffle tickets on our web site!
Ancient traditions will come to life on stage, as dancers in authentic ethnic costumes, age 5 to 57, perform dances that are hundreds of years old and that tell stories of harvest, wars, love, and passion for Greece. Six dance groups will perform during the festival.
To learn about the role Greek Orthodox faith and traditions play in our culture, tours of Holy Trinity will be conducted throughout Greek Holiday by Father William Christ.
Overflow parking is available at 11th and Denver, compliments of 21st Century Properties.
For more information: call Holy Trinity Church (918-583-2082).
Visit our website: http://www.TulsaGreekFestival.com
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Get your Greek on – hope to see you there!
Thank you for sharing this article Lori. This must have been one well attended
event for our Greek fellowmen. The famous baklava or loukoumades looks
mouth watering. Hope to have more blogs like this from one of the most
respected Realtor in Tulsa, Lori.
Erika Rogers
Re/Max First Realty