Aspasia Dassios

Born in Toronto of Olympian parents, Aspasia left Canada to live and work in Italy, Spain and Greece for 15 years. Her personal Odyssey led her to the accumulation of languages, sharing of cultures and the discovery of her own identity. Along the way she taught English, promoted European performance artists and co-founded a non-profit organisation dedicated to multimedia production, artist promotion and cultural research in Greece with composer Jannos Eolou (Maladie d'Amour Theatre of Arts). Currently she teaches English, ESL, Drama and Spanish at the Secondary School level for the Toronto District School Board.

Eva Papolis-Vassilakakos

Eva was born in Toronto and studied English and Theatre at U of T, performing in the Vic variety show "The Bob" and a number of other productions. She was Social Convenor of Knox College and co-ordinator for the co-ed Volleyball league at the Recreational Centres. She then took her drama talents, mixed them with her innate teaching and organisational abilities, and was a weekend and camp councillor with Autistic children, a summer councillor at the Inner City Angels and an Educational Assistant with behavioural kids for the Toronto Board of Education. After studying Dental Hygiene at college, she currently works in Restorative Dental Hygiene. She is married to a handsome guy and has two young sons.

John Preketes

Born and raised in Toronto, John earned his Electrical Engineering degree from Queens University in Kinston, Ontario and lived and worked in major cities across Southern Ontario. In the high tech industry, he developed software and hardware for companies such as Nortel, 724 Solutions, and Revolution Display Systems. In the arts, John has worked on the technical aspects from stage production (wireless remote control for Phantom of the Opera) to sound and film production (Cinematography and Editing). Currently, John runs JPC Post Studios, a film, photo, video rental studio in Toronto as well as his own IT Consulting firm, J.P. Consulting Corp, providing network infrastructure and web/multimedia development for organizations such as The Ontario Telemedicine Network and Oxford Seminars. He also operates a post production facility providing film and corporate video production, specializing in online streaming video.

Maria Antonakos

The daughter of a Greek immigrant father and a Scots-Irish/French-Canadian mother, Maria grew up in Ontario where her family had businesses and lived in 10 different communities. She pursued a degree in vocal performance at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Music. Her postgraduate studies took her to Florence, Zurich, Salzburg, as well as to New York University and the Juilliard School. She embarked on the next step of her musical journey- composition- blending her classical training with popular culture. Her penchant for bringing together different worlds has led to collaborations with artists such as Irish-Canadian tenor John McDermott on her debut album Four Corners, No Walls. Her desire to return to her roots led her to recording her second album Mystras, which features original and ‘classic’ songs in Greek, Italian and Spanish.

Steve Germanakos

Steve arrived in Toronto one year after being born in Sparta. Here he excelled in athletics, art and music, which led him to his first career in EMI Music Canada. At EMI he met superstars and befriended Canadian artists, but his greatest achievement was putting together “The Best Greek Album… Ever” CD that featured Greek artists from both Greece and North America. What is music without wine? Steve’s other passion got him his current position with Stem Wine Group where he studies and tastes the world’s most stunning wines and visits vineyards and producers both in Italy and Greece. Steve is married and has two beautiful daughters.

Tom Anastasios

Tom Anastasios has been teaching Chemistry and General Science for the past 17 years for the TDSB. He has held posts at several collegiates and is currently at West Hill C.I., where he has also served as Head of the Science Department. Tom’s ‘second career’ has been in the arts. He has worked mainly as an actor, but has also stage managed and directed several shows. His recent focus has been primarily on film. Having successfully completed the short film The Hitman Brunch as producer and director , he is currently preparing to shoot the prequel entitled The Blackout. In addition, Tom has worked on several feature films and his knowledge of the medium is both wide and current. He teaches Acting for Film classes. Tom has travelled extensively- to over 28 countries. For more info: www.upstartcrow.ca

Angela Papolis

Angela's background is mainly in the hospitality industry including hotel management, leisure travel, and currently managing a Corporate Travel Department. Her career has given her the honour of hosting the Chinese delegation when they were visiting Canada on a special assignment. Another one of her accomplishments was the opportunity to escort a group of dedicated fund-raisers for the Juno Beach Opening Ceremonies held in Normandy, France. Travel is a passion of hers and she has travelled extensively to many countries, although Greece holds a special place in her heart: she considers it her second home. Being of Greek decent, she feels proud to be a part of group of friends and family dedicated to keeping the Greek spirit alive.

Harry Sideropoulos

Harry originally made his name in Johannesburg as the "throaty voice" of 94.7 Highveld Stereo's Rude Awakening breakfast show. He then went on to become one of South Africa's youngest and most successful Theatre Producers and performers whose credits include the original smash hit musical, Big Band Blast (sold out for three seasons and garnered 5 Naledi Theatre Award), Songs from the Mediterranean, No Sugar, Canderel Please, and the show My Favourite Swings which was inspired by the release of his debut swing album CD of the same name. He is currently working on his second CD with the working title, Three Minutes Past Love, which features collaboration with Toronto Jazz singer Rita di Ghent. His most recent theatrical appearances in Johannesburg include the Broadway musical The Buddy Holly Story and HAIRSPRAY . Harry is making Toronto his second 'stage' for performances.