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\"\"Last weekend Yianni and I headed toward Grand Rapids Michigan to attend the Yassou! Greek Cultural Festival<\/a>. Co-chairs Esther Caruso Koukios and David Darling did a fantastic job coordinating this wonderful weekend event at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church.<\/p>\n

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My cousin Becky is featured here in this promo on WoodTV8.
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I loved spending the weekend with my cousins Stathi and Georgia.\"\"<\/p>\n

I’ve been to several Greek festivals but this one is definitely my favorite. The food was delicious. Look at all this souvlakia!
\n\"\"The pastries were incredible. My favorite was the galaktoboureko, a semolina-based milk custard in phyllo.
\n\"\"Music was performed by The Levendes<\/a> and the Greek dancers were adorable.
\n\"\"You should definitely plan on attending next year. Here’s a slideshow of my photos of Yassou! Enjoy!<\/p>\n

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\nLike it says on the Yassou! t-shirt: Eat! Dance! Be Greek!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last weekend Yianni and I headed toward Grand Rapids Michigan to attend the Yassou! Greek Cultural Festival. Co-chairs Esther Caruso Koukios and David Darling did a fantastic job coordinating this wonderful weekend event at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church. My cousin Becky is featured here in this promo on WoodTV8. I loved spending the weekend … Continue reading Yassou! Festival<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,124,15,20],"tags":[199,197,203],"yoast_head":"\nYassou! 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