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1. „THE FAIRYTALE OF
THE EUROPEAN G
(OLD)EN FUTURE”
European journeys through Hobby—land
Slovenia
The main goal was to enrich the
human relations and knit fri-endship
between people through
the exchange of knowledge and
experience between generations. We want to build and expand solidarity
and harmony between the generations in the context of active and creative
spending of time. We believe that Hobbies, volunteering and connecting
generations of socially recognized and appreciated value. With all activities
we try to contributing intergenerational cooperation.

2. S T R A N 2
HOBBIES PRACTISED BY YOUTH IN
SLOVENIA
“Which is my
I like reading books,
writing poetry and like
hobby and
almost every teenager I
what does it
like to hang out with my
friends. My most impor-tant
mean to me?”
hobby is volleyball.
I`ve started training it
almost 2 years ago and I
am still happy to play it.
I love the game, I love
competitions and I am
good in it J. I hardly wait
for the summer when it
is time for beach volley.
Kaja Krašovec
I love playing bass gui-tar.
I play it for several
years
now. It's
always been the exciting
instrument for me. Music is
my passion. Whenever I am
playing bass I am in my own
world, I feel relaxed. In
future I hope to have my
own band.
Kaja Uranjek
I love computer, computer
games and programming.
My dream job would be
video games programmer.
Roman Polšak
My favorite hobby is playing basketball.
Basketball is my favorite thing in the
world. My favorite basketball player is
Kobe Bryant. Why? He is simply the
best. I am so excited because Celje is
hosting Eurobasket 2013. I have already
bought the ticket for all Slovenian mat-ches.
Matevž Arzenšek
„ T H E F A I R Y T A L E O F T H E E U R O P E A N G ( O L D ) E N F U T U R E ”

3. S T R A N 3
THE REPRESENTATIVE HOBBY OF
THE SENIORS
Dancing Slovenian tra-ditional
dance polka
and waltz
About polka and waltz
The traditional music
dance of Slovenia is
closely related to Aus-trian
music because of
its common history and
Alpine and littoral cul-ture.
Croatian and Nor-thern
Italian music
from the regions close
to Slovenian border
also bear some resem-blance
to Slovenian
music. In the minds of
many foreigners, Slove-nian
folk music means
a form of polka that is
still popular today,
especially among
expatriates and their
descendants. However,
there are many styles of
Slovenian folk music
beyond polka, kolo and
waltz. Lender, štajeriš,
mafrine and šaltin are a
few of the traditional
music styles and dances.
The polka is a Central
European dance and
also a genre of dance
music familiar througho-ut
Europe and the Ame-ricas.
It originated in the
middle of the 19th
century in Bohemia. Polka is
still a popular genre of folk
music in many European
countries and is performed
by folk artists.
„ T H E F A I R Y T A L E O F T H E E U R O P E A N G ( O L D ) E N F U T U R E ”

4. S T R A N 4
THE REPRESENTATIVE HOBBY OF
THE SENIORS
Interview with Mrs. Ivanka Zver
Sara: How did you discover this hobby and why this one?
Mrs. Ivanka: I have many hobbies. I love reading books, having
fun with my granddaughters but most of all I like dancing polka
and waltz. All members of my family are really good dancers.
When I was younger I saw my parents dancing at one party and at
that moment I had just one wish - to be as good dancer as they
were.
Sara: What are the benefits that you find in practicing this hobby?
Did this hobby change your life in one way or another? If so, plea-se
explain.
Mrs. Ivanka: One of the major benefits of dancing is spending
more quality time with my husband.
Sara: What is a good age to start dance classes or other activiti-es?
Mrs. Ivanka: It is never too late to learn new things, find your
passion and hobbies, and follow your dreams. Stop thinking and
just start doing.
„ T H E F A I R Y T A L E O F T H E E U R O P E A N G ( O L D ) E N F U T U R E ”

5. Our activities
S T R A N 5
TV show (23th November
2012). The TV show goal
was to promote the impor-tance
of intergenerational
cooperation. Our main aim
is to revoke the importance
of intergenerational
knowledge transfer in
youth.
http://vitv.si/v2/video/play/
pises_ti_pisem_jaz
Hobbies workshop (23nd
November 2012). Mrs. Ivan-ka
Zver visit our Scholl
Centre to talk about her
hobbies. She talk about dan-cing
polka and waltz, Slove-nian
traditional dance.
Hobbies roundtable -
(23nd November 2012)
Students talk about their
hobbies.
Roundtable – Students
motivation (13nd Decem-ber
2012)
Workshop had focus on
understanding the role of
the students in society,
identifying values, acceptan-ce
of diversity and
knowledge of their rights
and duties. Citizens disclose
a high degree of political
apathy as well as involve-ment
in other public mat-ters.
One of the most
important goals of this
roundtable was to find a
way to motivate and
encourage students to
take part in all levels of
the socio-political deve-lopment.
Ecological roundtable
(10th January 2013)
Students talk about The
biggest volunteer-based
project in the history of
Slovenia was inspired by a
similar clean-up action,
which happened in Estonia
in 2008.
TV show – Meaning of
the lifelong learning
(16.3.2013). It is never
too late to: learn new
things, studies circles, life-long
learning project etc.
http://vitv.si/v2/video/play/
ucimo_se_drugace_5
Musical approach
(2.4.2013). The main goal
was to enrich the human
relations and knit friendship
between people through
the exchange of knowledge
and experience between
generations. We believe
that music link people
together.
Throwing or Cornhole
game (8.4.2013). Tone
Pugelj and his friends come
to Celje to learn us one
very interesting game
called throwing or. Cornho-le
game.

6. S T R A N 6
Introducing hobby: Throwing
Tone Pugelj introduce us
one unusual hobby, it’s
called throwing.
Throwing or Cornhole
game, also known as
bean bag toss, corn toss,
baggo or bags, is a lawn
game in which players
take turns throwing bags
of corn at a raised
platform with a hole in
the far end. The history
of this game is much
unknown. It is one very
interesting game. It’s
very simple game and
you can make it on your own.
At the beginning he introduced us some basic rules.
 its game for 2 or 1 player in 1 or 2 teams per side
 Coin toss to throw first
 Game is up to 21
 Bean bags (or corn, wheat) both start on one side. Team that won toss
throws first.
Once that person has thrown the bags the
other person throws theirs. Do not remove
the bags from the board until both players
have thrown, you can knock around the oth-er
teams bags.
„ T H E F A I R Y T A L E O F T H E E U R O P E A N G ( O L D ) E N F U T U R E ”

7. S T R A N 7
Introducing hobby: Throwing
Scoring
Points: On the Board: 1 Point In the Hole: 3 Points
Scoring works by taking the difference of the
points accumulated. So if team A gets 1 on the
board and 1 in the hole and team B only gets 2 on
the board, then team A would be granted 2 points
and team B would get none.
The game is great fun
for all ages and can be
played anywhere!
„ T H E F A I R Y T A L E O F T H E E U R O P E A N G ( O L D ) E N F U T U R E ”

8. HOBBIES PRACTISED BY YOUTH IN SLOVENIA
“Which is my hobby and what does it mean to me?”
Kaja Krašovec
I like reading books, writing poetry and like almost every teenager I like to hang out with my friends.
My most important hobby is volleyball. I`ve started training it almost 2 years ago and I am still happy
to play it. I love the game, I love competitions and I am good in it . I hardly wait for the summer
when it is time for beach volley.
Sara Vidmar
I love playing bass guitar. I play it for several years now. It's always been the exciting instrument for
me. Music is my passion. Whenever I am playing bass I am in my own world, I feel relaxed. In future I
hope to have my own band.
Matevž Arzenšek
My favorite hobby is playing basketball. Basketball is my favorite thing in the world. My favorite
basketball player is Kobe Bryant. Why? He is simply the best. I am so excited because Celje is hosting
Eurobasket 2013. I have already bought the ticket for all Slovenian matches.
Roman Polšak
I love computer, computer games and programming. My dream job would be video games
programmer.

9. THE REPRESENTATIVE HOBBY OF THE SENIORS
1 Dancing Slovenian traditional dance polka and waltz
2 About polka and waltz
The traditional music dance of Slovenia is closely related to Austrian music because of its
common history and Alpine and littoral culture. Croatian and Northern Italian music from the
regions close to Slovenian border also bear some resemblance to Slovenian music. In the
minds of many foreigners, Slovenian folk music means a form of polka that is still popular
today, especially among expatriates and their descendants. However, there are many styles of
Slovenian folk music beyond polka, kolo and waltz. Lender, štajeriš, mafrine and šaltin are a
few of the traditional music styles and dances.
The polka is a Central European dance and also a genre of dance music familiar throughout
Europe and the Americas. It originated in the middle of the 19th century in Bohemia. Polka is
still a popular genre of folk music in many European countries and is performed by folk
artists.
3 Interview with Mrs. Ivanka Zver
Sara: How did you discover this hobby and why this one?
Mrs. Ivanka: I have many hobbies. I love reading books, having fun with my granddaughters but
most of all I like dancing polka and waltz. All members of my family are really good dancers.
When I was younger I saw my parents dancing at one party and at that moment I had just one
wish - to be as good dancer as they were.
Sara: What are the benefits that you find in practicing this hobby? Did this hobby change your
life in one way or another? If so, please explain.
Mrs. Ivanka: One of the major benefits of dancing is spending more quality time with my
husband.
Sara: What is a good age to start dance classes or other activities?
Mrs. Ivanka: It is never too late to learn new things, find your passion and hobbies, and follow
your dreams. Stop thinking and just start doing.