Halo,
On Saturday, at the St. Peter's Cathedral, a mass to celebrate 200 year anniversary of of the birth of St. John Newmann was served. Our own Ania, Krzysiu, Paula and Kuba, dressed in Krakowiak, represented the Polish community. Thanks for committing your time and energy to this cause. See photo.
Last Sunday myself and Andrew Wisniewski performed with the PAFDC group in NYC in their Rzeszow Preview Concert. It was a lot of fun. The program included 6 suites performed by the adult group, 2 numbers by the children's group and 3 kapela segments. The hall was filled with a cheering audience, making it easy to dance our best. While we danced, Eric and Monica were helping out with the operations; adding more chairs, running the sound system, manning the selling table. See photo as well as article in local paper GreenpointBlog
We returned on Monday to perform in our own Port Richmond's Campbell Sqare that evening. Although the program was short, the local audience seemed to really enjoy it, especially the young children, as over 30 of them joined us for the Polonez. See photos.
Yes, the White Water Rafting Trip is on for Saturday, July 9. Its a day trip, so no need to bring sleeping bags and such. The cost is $66 for a 5 hour ride down the river. Please bring your $$ tomorrow if you want to register with the group.
Tomorrow's practice will be focused on getting ready for the Noc Swietojanska Picnic which will take place this Sunday. Please bring all your costumes back so we can keep the Costume Closet current.
On Saturday we will also hold practice, this time with our guests from NYC, the PAFDC group. They are very excited to join us and we have a busy weekend planned with them. At 4PM we will take them into Philly for an informal tour. All PKM'ers are welcome to join us. We will visit some of the local cultural/historic spots, with a mandatory stop at Geno's / Pats for some Philly Chees Steaks, of course! We will begin the joint dance practice at St. Adalberts gymnasium at 7PM. After we finish, some of us (those signed up on Friday) will perform at a wedding in NE Philly. Others will head on over to Polish Home for some Polish Kareoke.
PKM Calendar
June 24 Dance practice
June 25 Joint practice with PAFDC @ 7PM
Performance @ wedding @ 10:30
June 26 Noc Swietojanska Picninc @ Polish Home
July 8 Performance (wedding, center city Philly)
Dance practice after performance - @9PM
July 9 White Water Rafting in the Poconos
July 10 Independence Day Picnic @ Polish Home
July 21 Rzeszow Festival, POLAND
Aug 12 Dance practice
Aug 19 No dance practice
Aug 26 Dance practice
Sept 2 Dance practice
Sept 4 Performance @ Polish Festival, Czsetochowa
Sept 10 Performance @ Little servant Sisters
Sept 18 AM - Performance @ Vineland NJ
PM - Wedding in Hainedport, NJ
Oct 2 Pulaski Day Parade
Jan 28 Royal Maor, Polish University Club Ball (2012)
Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow evening,
Diane
