Invites to

Annual Polish Picnic

On June 19^th , 2011 from 1:00 to 7:00 pm

at

Sycamore Park, 790 Long Pond Rd., Mahopac NY 10541

There will be:

• delicious Polish food, beer, home made cakes
• lots of fun games for children and adults
• excellent music and entertainment by DJ Daniel
• raffle
• soccer
• volleyball

and much more!

Free admission!

Please join us, have fun, and bring friends!

All proceeds from the picnic will benefit Polish-American Heritage Club programs.

On June 19^th , 2011

from 1:00 to 7:00 pm

Please come to have fun !

PICTURES

Every summer the Slavic American Cultural Association is

presenting a spectacular and free professional concert of Polish

 and Slavic music, dance and songs as part of the Morgan Park

Summer Festival in Glen Cove L.I., NY. This year's concert will

 take place on Sunday, September 12 at 7:00pm. The harbor and Long

 Island Sound is a spectacular backdrop for the evening

entertainment.

 This free concert is widely attended by thousands

 of people from everywhere. People of all ages enjoy this splendid

 musical evening in an idyllic setting under the stars.The well

know Polish String Quartet "Slavic Arts Ensemble" will open

the program with ALL-CHOPIN's selected masterpieces arranged

 for Strings and Voice by Mieczys?aw Gubernat; mazurkas, waltzes,

 nocturnes, preludes, fantasie-impromptu, etudes and songs

 will be performed by Marta Wryk - mezzosoprano, Krzysztof Kuznik

 and Mieczyslaw Gubernat - violins, Maurycy Banaszek - viola

and Marta Bedkowska - cello. Marge Fitts - harp with

Patrick Dillery - flute will play works by Dvorak, Wieniawski,

 Debussy, Ibert, Bernstein and "Two Guitars", "Dark Eyes",

 "Sunset Sunrise". The spectacular dancers from the "Barynya"

 Folk Ensemble will perform Russian, Ukrainian, Gypsy, Cossack,

 Siberian and Jewish traditional dances, music and songs

 on balalaika, garmoshka and guitar. Their program will include

Kalinka, Hopak, Kazachok, Bottle dance and other selections.

This concert is sponored in part by Polish & Slavic Federal Credit
Union.

Info.:
www.morganparkmusic.org or: : (516) 671-0017, (203) 702-1400,

(718) 606-1038 or : www.slavicartsensemble.org

Cloudy, drizzly and possibility of thunderstorms – it never happened to us before in Sycamore Park, while we held our annual picnic. But this unpredictable weather didn’t scare our old and new guests.

Polish food and beer lovers gathered in Sycamore Park shortly after 1:00 pm and stayed there until dusk.  Famous pierogi (dumplings), golabki (stuffed cabbage), bigos (hunter stew) and fasolka (beans in tomato sauce) were served as well as kielbasa and shish kebab from grill.  Homemade cakes prepared by the most experienced members of Polish-American Heritage Club and traditional donuts from the Polish bakery in Greenpoint (Brooklyn) satisfied all dessert lovers. DJ Daniel warmed the audience with his music and entertained children.

Mr. Zdzislaw Rutkowski with verve and skill led the entire program, including a historical quiz, where participants had to demonstrate a pretty good knowledge of Polish history. Paul Wolak was the special guest of this year’s picnic – he is Polish boxer with the American passport, Master of the New York State American Federation of IBA in the junior middleweight and the international champion of Poland.

Many Americans came to our picnic this year. They not only praised the Polish food and drinks, but also the good organization of the event.

Town of Carmel Supervisor Kenneth Schmitt and Senator Vincent Leibell visited our picnic as well as other officials.

We decided that during this picnic we will raise funds to help victims of the devastating flooding that recently took place in Poland. Thanks to the generosity of participants we have $ 866, which will be forwarded to flood victims.

We hope that despite the gloomy weather everybody had fun and we invite everyone to the autumn festival in September!

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Invites to

Tenth Polish Annual Picnic

On June 13^th 2010 from 1:00 to 8:00 pm

Sycamore Park, 790 Long Pond Rd., Mahopac NY 10541

Preparations for the Tenth Annual Picnic in Mahopac are in progress.
Hard to believe, but we will meet for the tenth time. When in 2001 a group of enthusiasts has decided to arrange the first picnic in the park for the local Polish Mahopac residents no one thought that the event grows to such size and become one of the largest outdoor events in the region. At the beginning all delicious food was prepared by volunteers. They cooked hundreds of pierogies, stuffed cabbage, and pots of stew. Other volunteers grilled Polish kielbasa and served it with cold Polish beer.

This year we will have more delicious food to test. There will be sport tournaments, games for kids and adults, themed quiz, raffles, great music. We hope that everyone who comes to the picnic will have good time.
The last month was very tragic to many Polish people. There was a flooding in Poland, and many residents lost everything they had.

We would like to raise funds to help these people. During our picnic we will set labeled cans, so you can drop your donations for this purpose.  Checks and Money Order can also be made to the Polish-American Club of Mahopac and send to:
Polish-American Heritage Club of Mahopac
P.O. Box 605
Baldwin Place, NY 10505
With a note: “For the flood victims.”

We are waiting for you on June 13 at Sycamore Park from 1:00 pm!  Beer is cold, delicious dishes and desserts ready, numerous and attractive prizes in a lottery funded, good humor ordered!
Free admission! Please join us, have fun, and bring friends!

Rain date: June 20, 20109

DIRECTIONS

Picnic web page