This 4-day festival will feature all things Greek, including authentic cuisine, live music, dancing, and a bustling Hellenic agora (marketplace).
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ODYSSEY 2016 includes:
• Classic Greek cuisine – appetizers (meze), Greek pastries (glyka), lamb on the spit (souvla), moussaka, gyro, spanakopita (spinach pie) and pastitisio (Greek style lasagna)
• “Gourmet Meze Grille” – gourmet appetizers, including saganaki (flaming cheese), loukaniko sausage, grilled shrimp, lamb chops, avgolemono soup, dips and pitas, and more; also featuring live music by “Grecian Nights;”
• Live Greek cooking demonstrations – learn to prepare some classic Greek foods;
• Greek marketplace – Gourmet Greek grocery, t-shirts, jewelry, arts and crafts, bookstore;
• Treasures ’n Junque – Odyssey’s giant tag sale;
• Presentations on Greek culture and religion, along with tours of Saint Barbara Church;
• Greek dance performances –Traditional Greek folk dances performed by the ODYSSEY Dancers;
• Greek dance lessons – taught by the ODYSSEY Dancers (8:30 pm, Sat and Sun);
• Nightly dancing to ODYSSEY’s live Greek band, “The Hellenic Company”;
• Kids’ area – Rides, games, and magic shows;
• Raffle – Have a chance at winning the grand prize of $10,000 cash, or 9 additional prizes;
• Senior Citizens Day: Fri. 9/2, from 12 – 3 pm – 20 percent senior citizen discount on meals.
The festival hours are noon to 10 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 2 through Sunday, Sept. 4. Monday, Sept. 5, hours will be noon to 7 p.m.
Parking and admission are free. Additional parking is available at Holy Infant Church, next door to Saint Barbara Greek Orthodox Chuck.
ODYSSEY 2016 will be held rain or shine.
For more information call 203-795-1347 or visit www.saintbarbara.org.