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SUMMARY OF THE FALL ISSUE
Volume 8, No. 3, Fall 2000
Slovak
Heritage Live
A Newsletter of the
Slovak Heritage and Cultural Society of British Columbia
published four times a year
Fall issue has been published in late
September 2000 and it was mailed
to 1500 recipients world wide on October
4.
FROM THE EDITOR
September 8, I turned 51. I invited 30 of my good friends to celebrate
with me and it was a blast.
A BIG THANK YOU goes to all members that renewed their membership and
helped to finance the last two issues. However I am still down from my own
resources CAD$ 2142.97 and this issue and next still to be published. I
will need additional CAD$ 2500.00 to publish the two issues. I will
finance these issues via my Royal Bank Visa card in hopes to recover the
investment. I know you will open up your hearts and send in the necessary
funds to cover the expenses.
I would like to thank the following members for their generous donations
since the last issue:
USA donations: RUNGE, Anne M., Anaheim CA, $10.00; HORECKY Bob, Aurora,
CO, $75.00; JURCENKO Dorothy, Chicago, IL$10.00; PALISCHAK John T. &
D. J, Rosamond, CA$215.00; DAYTEL Edward G., Holyoke MA, $20.00; PROHINSKY
Norman M., Reisterstown, MD, $5.00. Total USA donations $335.00. Total USA
donations year to date: $440.00
Canadian donations: PISKORIK, John, Langley, BC, $25.00; URBAN, Joseph,
Josephine Chrumka, Innisfail, Alberta, $5.00. Total Canadian donations
$30.00. Total Canadian donations year to date: $370.00
FROM THE MAIL BAG
Read the correspondence received from our members.
MY SUMMER 2000
SLOVAKIA TRIP REPORT
Sometimes the waiting game with airlines in hopes for reduced fares
doesn’t pay off. This was my case this time. Earlier reports in the
newspapers indicated that the European charter sales aren’t doing that
well. So I decided to wait a while with my booking, anticipating drop in
price. Well I waited and was constantly checking CANADA 3000 Charter
airline web site, until my flight was sold out. My idea was to go to
Slovakia only for three weeks, open my author’s exhibit in Liptovska
Teplicka, do some ancestral videos and research and to return home on
August 11....
...This was also the weekend of
Folklore celebrations in Velka nad Velickou in Moravia, Czech
Republic, just a short drive from the border close to Senica and Vrbove.
I arrived in Velka nad Velickou early morning on Saturday. Went to
see the open-air market-HORNACKY JARMAK at the Towns Square. There
were many folk artists displaying and selling their works. Early afternoon
as usual there was a procession of folklorists from near by villages in
their folk costumes accompanied by several folk musics.
I met many friends
of mine in one of courtyards of local krcma. Of course Jirka Tomanek
was’t missing. Couldn’t believe how inexpensive everything was...
..Saturday August 5, at 2 PM was the
opening of my exhibit. I was very exited the whole morning and we arrived
at the school early. There were many of my friends present already and I
was really happy to see them. Shortly after 2 PM the Mayor of Liptovska
Teplicka, Jozef Mezovsky opened the exhibit and his remarks were:
Dear ladies and gentlemen I sincerely welcome everybody to the beginning
of our festival that begins today in non traditional way and that is with
the opening of photo exhibit of my friend and a friend of Liptovska Teplicka
Mr. Vladimir Linder. In these photographs you can see the endeavor of the
folk groups, individuals and organizers that were performing and were
involved at the previous folk festivals in Liptovska Teplicka.
Festival Liptovska Teplicka is very demanding for our village. In
amateurish way we prepare this festival now in it’s fifth year and it is
really hard but despite of all this we feel that the way we are following
is good one the right one. I would like to thank Mr. Linder for these
beautiful pictures that we have in front of us and we are trying also in
this way to show the world what we have to offer in the name of our
forefathers, our customs and traditions. I believe that these photographs
will show also our people and children of Liptovska Teplicka, the
beauty that they don’t realize exists here. They will perhaps realize
the beauty once they view the pictures taken at Kralova Hola
that show us the beauty that we have here from God. So once more time
Vladimir I would like to thank you for everything...
VLADO LINDER'S
TEPLICKA
We have received an invitation to
Fifth Folklore Festival below Kralova Hola, Liptovska
Teplicka 2000 plenty of time in advance, what is not the rule
in Slovakia.
Not many Slovaks know much about Liptovska Teplicka. We know
because our dear friend, Vlado. Two or three years ago he came again
to our house telling us about beautiful Liptovska Teplicka. So
we decided instead to go swimming in this really tropical weather,
which we have this year in Slovakia starting from April, with
temperatures coming very close to 40 degrees Celsius, to drive 280
km close to Nizke and Vysoke Tatry and to participate above all in
the ceremonial opening of the photography exhibition of Vladimir
Linder, entitled “Soul Searching in Liptovska Teplicka,
Slovak Heritage Live II,” organized directly by Liptovska Teplicka...
FOLKLORE GROUP
TEPLICAN
Folklore group Teplican was
established in 1976 as youth folklore group. In 1978 they
amalgamated with women’s folklore singing group that was
performing at different actions for several years.
At the present
time they perform together as Folklore Group TEPLICAN at different
festivals for several years...
FOLK ENSEMBLE
JANOSIK FROM SVIT
The folk ensemble JANOSIK is one of
the first amateur ensembles in Slovakia that started to collect and
interpret the most beautiful customs, songs and dances of Slovak
folklore.
It works in an industrial town of Svit situated below the High Tatra
Mountains. Its activity in the sphere of folk culture and art during
its long existence was awarded by many prizes in Slovakia and
abroad.
Since its origin in 1956 it presents scenically Slovak traditions
from various regions like Zemplin, Liptov, Zamagurie, Podpoľanie,
Spis, Pohronie and Horehronie...
THE CHARM OF OLD
CRAFTS IN KREMNICA
Coopers, Joiners and Tanners.
FOLKLORE GROUP
MOSTAR BREZNO
MOSTAR is an amateur folklore
group associated with the hose of culture in Brezno, Central
Slovakia. It comprises of folk dance, folk singing and folk
musicians groups. In their repertoire they have songs, dances and
instrumental music parts from the Upper Hron river region of
Slovakia from Cierny Balog, Gemer, Mount Polana and Zemplin.
They
regularly participate at Vychodna, Straznice, Detva and regional
folk festivals in Slovakia. Their participation abroad included
Hungary, Germany, Yugoslavia, Spain, Italy, Greece, Finland,
Afghanistan, Syria, Jordan, Turkey and France...
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SOUL
SEARCHING IN LIPTOVSKÁ TEPLIČKA
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