July 17, 2021 - Klapa Luše from Split became the brand new winners of the women's competition at the 55th Klapa Festival in Omiš. The jury awarded the second prize to Kaprić from Zadar, and the third to Oželanda from Zagreb.

On Friday, July 16, at the Square of St. Mihovil in Omiš, with a live television broadcast on national television, the Final Evening of Women's Klapas of the jubilee 55th Festival of Dalmatian Klapas was held, reports Slobodna Dalmacija. The ten most successful women's ensembles from the election evenings performed: Mir (Medjugorje), Stivanja (Trogir), Sorelo (Zagreb), Stentoria (Daruvar), Ventula (Split), Euterpa (Zagreb), Figurin (Zagreb), Oželanda (Zagreb), Luše (Split), and Kapric from Zadar.

The first prize of the expert jury and the brightest medal, a golden shield with the historical coat of arms of the City of Omiš, was won by the women's Klapa Luše from Split. The audience agreed with the jury, and also entrusted most of their sympathies to Luše, to whom the Golden Omis Leut was awarded.

Dalmatian Klapa festival in Omiš Final Scores (Official Facebook page)

Due to epidemiological measures on the central Omis Square, the audience was much smaller than usual. An expert jury composed of prof. Rajmir Kraljević, Ph.D. Ivana Tomić Ferić, maestro Mojimir Čačija, klapa tenor Mirko Barišić, Ph.D. Mirjana Siriščević, Ph.D. Velebit Veršić and associate professor Blaženko Juračić awarded the second prize, the silver shield, to the klapa Kapric from Zadar, while according to the votes of the audience, the second prize, the silver Omiš leut, was won by the klapa Figurin from Zagreb. The expert court and the audience also agreed on the award for third place.

Thus, the bronze shield according to the jury, and the bronze leut according to the votes of the audience was won by the klapa Oželanda from Zagreb. Festival director prof. Mijo Stanić presented the same klapa with a plaque for the best debut klapa of this year's 55th Festival. The program was hosted by Edita Lucic Jelic and Mirko Fodor.

On Saturday, July 17, on the same Square of St. Mihovila at 9 pm with a live television broadcast, the final evening of men's klapas awaits us, in which they will perform: Concordia (Medjugorje), Sebenico (Šibenik), Kolapjani (Sisak), Sagena (Zagreb), Krunik (Kučine), Bošket (Zagreb), Stine (Zagreb), Mriža (Split), Kaše (Dubrovnik), and klapa Vinčace from Novi Vinodolski.

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As Morski writes on the 18th of July, 2020, the first competition evening of the 54th Dalmatian Klapa Festival in Omis for this year, given the name the Evening of New Compositions, was held on Friday, July the 17th, at Stjepan Radic Square in Omis.

At the very beginning of this year's Dalmatian Klapa Festival, with the sounds of the song Na omiskoj stini (On the rocks of Omis), the official anthem of Omis, the Dalmatian Klapa Festival flag was raised by Bozo Mimica - Điran, a longtime member of the Festival Council. The Mayor of the City of Omis officially declared the 54th Omis Dalmatian Klapa Festival open.

Eleven Dalmatian klapa bands performed twelve new compositions and the winners were decided by a jury consisting of Rajmir Kraljevic, Mirjana Siriscevic, Ivana Tomic Feric, Blazenko Juracic and Marijo Krnic. The well known Klapa Kase from Dubrovnik had the most reason to rejoice, winning the award for the best performance of the popular song Spanjola. The same composition was declared the most successful and its authors, composer Vicko Dragojevic and lyricist Vedran Bonacic, won the prestigious Golden Plaque.

The second prize went to the composer Zivko Kljuca, who composed the song U oni dan based on the text by Ruzana Kovac. The song was performed by Klapa Vincace from Novi Vinodolski. The third prize was shared by the song Dozivju nas glasi, the music and lyrics of which were written by Roko Radovan. The song was performed by Klapa Korda from Lumbarda. The composition Ne umiru kapetani/Captains don't die, which was written by Vinko Didovic, with lyrics by Pjero Miric, was performed by the local klapa band Klapa Oneum.

The lyricist Pjero Miric is also the winner of the Drago Ivanisevic plaque for the best text. Due to the small number of spectators owing to the proper observance of the current epidemiological measures in force across Croatia as we battle the coronavirus pandemic, the award for the most successful composition according to the votes of the audience wasn't awarded. The programme was hosted by Edita Lucic Jelic.

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