St. Anthony's Tamburica Orchestra "Croatia" of Los Angeles was founded in 1960 by Josip Bachman, a master tamburas and director from Osijek. Since then, generations of musicians have addressed themselves to Mr. Bachman's challenging and exciting repertoire: excerpts from Croatian opera and classical music, excerpts from Croatian musical theater, compositions for tamburitza orchestra, and arrangements of Croatian folk songs and dances. Under the leadership of Mr. Tom Yeseta, director since 1978, the orchestra also performs regularly for services at St. Anthony's Catholic Church, including Tom's own liturgical composition, "Hrvatska pučka misa" (Croatian Folk Mass).

The kolo ensemble's repertoire includes suites of dances from Valpovo, Međimurje, Prigorje, Konavle and Dubrovnik regions of Croatian as well as Croatian dances from Hercegovina, Bačka and Banat. The artistic director of the kolo ensemble is the accomplished dancer, researcher and choreographer Zeljko Jergan.

His cultural expertise flourished during the twelve years he served as a leading performer with the Croatian National Folk Ensemble LADO. His elaborate productions presented by the kolo ensemble attest to his training and extensive research of Croatian folklore. /See Zeljko's Bio/