(story to be published in tomorrow’s issue, March 23)
Club A, together with Service Civile International, the Students’ Association for Fight against Racism and the Romanian National Council for Refugees, expect you to attend manifestations of the last evening of the project “United against racism.” The programme will start at 20.00 and it will include a parade of traditional ethnic costumes from various countries. The show was made by the Students’ Association for Fight against Racism in cooperation with the Romanian National Council for Refugees. The evening will also feature a live concert performed by Romanian bands Implant pentru Refuz (Implant for Refusal) from Timisoara, Daft Alison and Vank. “United against racism” is one of the projects included in the campaign initiated worldwide by UNESCO, namely “Year 2000 – the Year for Peace Culture.” This project is a sign of solidarity for other similar European events that will be organised for celebrating the antiracist week. The manifestation was granted financial support by the Youth and Sports Ministry, CEC (the Savings Bank) and the Dutch Embassy. Vank is a band made up of Victor Cenusa, Alexandru Belciu, Nicu Sarghia, Cornel Ilie and Marius Cojocaru. It was formed in 1994 but topped the charts at the beginning of 1999, when Atomic TV – the TV channel that produced and launched the “Independent” video – first started broadcasting. In November last year, Vank released an album called “Voyeur,” deemed by the public as a big hit, although the band’s members had been previously called “kids performing for kids.” The song entitled “Noi o scoatem la capat” hit Number 1 in almost all Romanian charts. “Langa inima mea vine inima ta” is a song with two videos and was designated “Valentine’s Day” anthem, having already made it to the first position in many charts. In a story on Romanian mundane life, CNN also included shots from the launch of the band’s album “Voyeur”, and interviews with the five components. Vank has just finished shooting its fifth video, currently working on the sixth, thus becoming the Romanian band whose album includes the most videos.