Secondary school students and adults are divided into four groups and the oldest student is 74. Each group has got its dynamics, characteristics and when they all gather together, fifty of them, including older and younger ones, dedicating their free time to studying Slovenian and getting familiar with Slovenian culture, this Thursday, 9 June, was really magnificent.
The premises of the National Minorities’ Club were hardly big enough to receive all those attending the final event.
We were visited by two guests from Slovenia - Tone Partljič and Božena Kolman Finžgar. On behalf of the Association of Slovenians Triglav Banja Luka they were greeted by Marija Petković. Slovenian author Tone Partljič prepared an interesting programme, including the performance of students as well, while Božena Kolman Finžgar from the Library of Anton Tomaž Linhart from Radovljica distributed certificates for participation in the project Library – Universe of Treasure. Cooperation with Readers Badge Association and library from Radovljica has been traditional, whereas there are many good readers among adult attendees, eight of which won readers badge, and six received certificates of Library – Universe of Treasure. They also received book awards and aprons. Božena Kolman Finžgar brought many books and magazines to students to prevent the lack of interesting reading material during summer. We are happy to have had June evenings full of stories by Tone Partljič, and his lively story-telling.
Barbara Hanuš
