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January:
February:
March:
ACEC Czech Festival - Saturday March 27, 2010
Czech Dinner, Czech Boutique, Czech Cooking Instruction, Fashion Show, Booths and Dancing: Music by the "St. Louis Czech
express" and St. Louis "Button Box Club" Admission is Free of Charge.
April
Miss Czech Slovak Minnesota Pageant April 10, 2010. Montgomery, Minnesota, 5 p.m. ethnic dinner and 7 p.m. Pageant.
email: davidsdiner@hotmail.com
May
Ohio State Pageant - Seven Hills, OH - May 1, 2010
June
July:
Kansas Czech Slovak Queen Pageant (Wilson, KS) - July 25, 2009
August
Miss Czech Slovak US Pageant (Wilber, NE) - August 6, 7, and 8 2010
18th Bechyn Czechfest (Bechyn, MN) - August 23, 2009
September:
West Fest, in West Texas - Labor Day weekend
Annual Slovak Festival, (Padua Franciscan Hall in Parma, OH) - September 6, 2009 Johnny Pastirik Slovak band will
perform, Further info: (440) 886-4828 e-mail: henryhorvath@sbcglobal.net
70th Moravian Day, Lemont: Illinois, September 13, 2009
20th annual Czech and Slovak Festival - St. Paul, MN - September 20, 2009
Mark
you calendars now for the 20th annual Czech and Slovak (C/S)
Festival on Sunday, September 20, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
outdoors in
the parking lot and Michigan Street, plus upstairs in the main hall
at C.S.P.S. Hall, 383 Michigan Street
at West 7th in Saint Paul
Panhandle Czech Heritage Day - Nebraska - September 27, 2009
Lodgepole - Legion Hall - Noon
Covered Dish Dinner
(bring one covered dish)
Music by Bruha Trio of Elyria 1 PM - 5 PM
Supper 5 PM
Czech Heritage Day - Prague, NE - September 27, 2009
Pork Roast or Duck Dinners - 11 AM - 2 PM
Dinners served at
Kolac Komer Cafe
Czech Entertainment - 1 - 4 PM at National Hall
Polk Dance 4 - 8 PM
October:
Oklahoma Czech Slovak Queen Pageant (Yukon, OK) - October 3, 2009
York October Czech Festival - October 4, 2009 11 AM - 5:30 PM FREE ADMISSION, Authentic Czech Dinner 11 AM - 2 PM
Accordion
Jamboree 11 AM - 1 PM
Raffle - Silent Auction - Demonstrations - Drawings
Bob Blecha Band
Bohemian National Cementary Gala and Banquet - Chicago IL - October 11, 2009 www.friendsofbnc.org
St. Louis Czech Festival, St. Louis, MO - October 17, 2009
Czech Slovak Heritage Association Festival (Parkville, Maryland) - October 25, 2009 - http://www.panix.com/~czslha/CSHA_Events/Festival/festival.php
November:
Nov. 6th and 7th
- Kansas City, MO
A MIDWEST TRIBUTE
TO CZECH & SLOVAK INDEPENDENCE
As the Berlin Wall tumbled and the Iron Curtain
crumbled, actors, students, rock-and-roll musicians, and a playwright led one of the most unique revolutions in history. Join
us as we celebrate this momentous occasion.
The Midwest Consulates
of the Czech & Slovak Republics along with the Czech and Slovak Club
of Greater Kansas City invite you to a 20-year salute to The Velvet Revolution. Experience art, history, the revolution and freedom while
you enjoy ethnic food, pivo and the Midwest ’s best polka band.
Friday
November 6
Velvet Revolution Celebration!
This revolution marks
the 1989 break away from Soviet communism by the Czech and Slovak citizens, followed shortly by the election of Václav Havel, former dissident, as president in the country’s first democratic elections.
Let’s celebrate 20 years of freedom in style! Enjoy ethnic food, Czechvar beer, wine, authentic polka music and more!
Sylvester Powell Community Center
6200 Martway (north entrance)
Mission
, Kansas 66202
6:00 to 11:00 p.m.
Saturday November
7
“Accidental Army: The Amazing True Story of the Czechoslovak Legion”
Amidst the chaos of World
War I, a Czech Professor led a fight for freedom that stretched across three continents. Hear the story of movie production from the creators,
enjoy food and drink, and view the original 2009 documentary in the wonderful confines of the National World War I Museum
at the Liberty Memorial. This showing of Accidental Army is sponsored by
Czechvar (Anheuser- Busch).
National World War I Museum
100 W 26th St. Kansas City , MO 64108
, 816-784-1918
6:00
to 9:00 p.m.
(A post-movie gathering will be announced at the event.)
Attend the Friday, Nov. 6 Velvet Revolution
Celebration (a full evening of dinner and dancing) for just $40 per adult. The registration fee includes the Saturday, Nov.
7 reception and film at the National WWI Museum . Attendance is limited to approximately 200 people per event. Go to www.gkcptp.org and register now.
RSVP is required by Nov. 2. Contact Terry Smitka for more information at 816.217.9487 or tsmitka@rwbaird.com. Checks can be sent to Terry Smitka , 1205 Wellington Way , Liberty , MO 64068 . Make checks out to: Czech & Slovak Club of KC. If you are
unable to attend the Nov. 6 event, you may register for the Nov 7 film event only. The film documentary showing is free and
is limited to space available.
The
Woodrow Wilson Monument Returns to Prague - Celebrating 20
Years of Freedom
Honoring Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley
Tuesday, November
10, 2009
Ritz-Carlton Chicago, 60 East Pearson Street
6:00
Reception - 7:00 Dinner - Business Attire
The Gala Award Dinner marks the 20th anniversary
of the historic Velvet Revolution,
which delivered the Czech people from 40 years of communism. It is a celebration of Czech democracy, freedom, and progress,
as well as the partnership between U.S. President Woodrow Wilson and founding
Czechoslovak President Tomas G. Masaryk to create the Czechoslovak Republic. Event proceeds support reconstructing the
Woodrow Wilson Monument in Prague, which was destroyed by the Nazis in 1941.
For further information, please call 312-553-2000 or visit www.pjhchicago.com/AFCR.html
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