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   <item id="16479-1063347653" type="url">
      <url>http://www.balalaika.biz</url>
      <title>American Balalaika Symphony</title>
      <desc>A symphony orchestra based on the balalaika and domra, performs symphonic and folk music in the Washington, DC area.</desc>
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   <item id="17033-1064199136" type="url">
      <url>http://www.atlantabalalaika.com/</url>
      <title>Atlanta Balalaika Society</title>
      <desc>An orchestra of all Russian folk instruments with more than 30 members, performs locally twice per year.</desc>
   </item>
   <item id="17049-1064200621" type="url">
      <url>http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/Bayou/5961/balaruss.html</url>
      <title> Balalaika Russe </title>
      <desc>A sextet based in the tri-state area of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.</desc>
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   <item id="17044-1064200126" type="url">
      <url>http://www.scu.edu/SCU/Programs/Diversity/balka.html </url>
      <title>Balka Ensemble</title>
      <desc>A group of around 22 players in the San Francisco Bay Area, since 1987.</desc>
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   <item id="17039-1064199589" type="url">
      <url>http://webusers.siba.fi/balalaika/hboinengl.html</url>
      <title>Helsinki Balalaika Orchestra</title>
      <desc>One of the oldest Russian folk music instrument orchestras. Repertoire varies from folk tunes and popular music to romances and classical pieces.</desc>
   </item>
   <item id="17035-1064199284" type="url">
      <url>http://www.midcoast.com/~martucci/libal/</url>
      <title>Liberty Balalaika Ensemble</title>
      <desc>A 20 person group based in Liberty, Maine performs Slavic, Klezmer, Israeli, and Scandinavian music.</desc>
   </item>
   <item id="17036-1064199374" type="url">
      <url>http://modlang.luther.edu/russian/balalaika.html</url>
      <title>Luther College Balalaika Ensemble</title>
      <desc>Based at a college in Northeastern Iowa, the group consists of students, faculty, staff, alumni and community members.</desc>
   </item>
   <item id="17047-1064200358" type="url">
      <url>http://www.russianfolk.com/</url>
      <title>Moscow Nights</title>
      <desc>Touring trio of Russian musicians, based out of Ohio.</desc>
   </item>
   <item id="17040-1064199784" type="url">
      <url>http://tremolo.no/english/orchs/balalaik.htm</url>
      <title>Norwegian Balalaika Orchestra</title>
      <desc>A balalaika orchestra based in Oslo and founded more than 80 years ago.</desc>
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   <item id="17533-1064812341" type="url">
      <url>http://www.ossipovorchestra.ru/english/start.htm</url>
      <title>Ossipov Orchestra</title>
      <desc>One of the best known Russian Folk Orchestras in the world. Website has a wide range of information on the genre.</desc>
   </item>
   <item id="16481-1063348202" type="url">
      <url>http://balalajka.dk/english/index.html</url>
      <title>Pavlovski's Balalaika Orchestra</title>
      <desc>An amateur orchestra founded in 1936 by Evgeni Pavlovski.Located in Copenhagen, Denmark, plays mostly Russian folk music.</desc>
   </item>
   <item id="17046-1064200282" type="url">
      <url>http://carnival.nycfoto.com/</url>
      <title>Russian Carnival Ensemble</title>
      <desc>A quintet founded by domra virtuoso Tamara Volskaya, and bayanist Anatoly Trofimov.  Based in New York.</desc>
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   <item id="17048-1064200446" type="url">
      <url>http://www.sfbalalaika.com</url>
      <title>San Francisco Balalaika Ensemble</title>
      <desc>Traditional Russian Folk, Gypsy and Classical Music from a group in California.</desc>
   </item>
   <item id="17041-1064199868" type="url">
      <url>http://www.balalaika.nu</url>
      <title>Södra Bergens Balalaikor</title>
      <desc>A balalaika orchestra based in Stockholm, Sweden</desc>
   </item>
   <item id="17043-1064199979" type="url">
      <url>http://membres.lycos.fr/balalaikas/peter.html</url>
      <title>St. George's Balalaika Orchestra (Paris)</title>
      <desc>A 20 member group of balalaika enthusiasts created in Paris, France in 1994; A balalaika-only ensemble. </desc>
   </item>
   <item id="17042-1064199905" type="url">
      <url>http://www.balalaika.com.au/</url>
      <title>Sydney Balalaika Orchestra</title>
      <desc>An 18-piece group dedicated to bringing the folk music of Russia to the Australian people.</desc>
   </item>
   <item id="17030-1064198976" type="url">
      <url>http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Choir/2574/LASPRFO.html</url>
      <title>The Los Angeles-St. Petersburg Russian Folk Orchestra</title>
      <desc>A ensemble that promotes Russian folk orchestral music with performances throughout LA and Southern California.</desc>
   </item>
   <item id="17038-1064199408" type="url">
      <url>http://www.sierra-balalaika.org</url>
      <title>The Sierra Nevada Balalaika Society</title>
      <desc>A group based in Reno, Nevada, dedicated to the perpetuation of music written for the balalaika, domra, and related instruments.</desc>
   </item>
   <item id="16480-1063347994" type="url">
      <url>http://www.balalaika.org</url>
      <title>The Washington Balalaika Society </title>
      <desc>A large Russian Folk Orchestra in the Washington DC area, since 1988.  WBS is also the home base for several Russian folk ensembles.</desc>
   </item>
   <item id="17034-1064199186" type="url">
      <url>http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/4698/</url>
      <title>University of Arizona Balalaika Orchestra        </title>
      <desc>A University-based Russian Folk Orchestra, performs throughout Arizona since 1980.</desc>
   </item>
   <item id="17031-1064199088" type="url">
      <url>http://www.wisc.edu/creeca/rfo/rfo.htm</url>
      <title>UW-Madison Russian Folk Orchestra</title>
      <desc>Orchestra of more than 20 members performs Russian and other Slavic folk songs and classical music.</desc>
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