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conditions for our staff. The old building will continue to serve as a cultural and conference center. The new Bethlen Home's character will reflect our love of God and our compassion for God's children, the Hungarian heritage, for which we are grateful, and the strong Reformed Christian faith, by which we live. New Book Documents History of the Hungarian Alumni Association Emigránsok küldetésben (Emigrants with a mission) is a case study of forty years of volunteer mission by the members of an American Hungarian community in New Jersey, published by Prof. Karoly Nagy. Émigré university students of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution founded the Hungarian Alumni Association in 1960 at Rutgers University in NJ. The Association maintained a school and an oral history program, and published ten books. Its lecture series provided a forum for more than 260 outstanding Hungarian writers, scientists and artists from Hungary and from the other countries of the Carpathian Basin. In addition to detailed historic accounts, the richly illustrated volume contains facsimiles of a large number of archival documents including correspondence with government and other officials, newspaper articles and recently declassified secret reports of the Hungarian political police. These reports reveal how the communist officials attempted to spy on, to impede and to obstruct the Association's activities. The book can be obtained from the Coalition Washington office, at a cost of $15.00 including shipment. Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra's Trip to Pecs Sixty four members of the Seattle Youth Symphony traveled to Hungary in July where they performed four concerts in Budapest and Pecs. The trip was organized by the Seattle Pecs Sister City Association. Their first concert was held on the 4th of July at the American Embassy in Budapest, where Ambassador Peter Tufo had invited them to perform at the afternoon reception. Their second concert, given in the atrium of Eötvös Lorand University, was also considered very successful. Next the Symphony traveled to Seattle's Sister City, Pecs, which is the oldest university town in Europe. The Seattle Symphony's performance was the final event at the International Music Festival. They surprised the guests by playing the Hungarian National Anthem, which was not on the announced program. The musicians put their heart and soul into it; the audience responded with great enthusiasm. The last concert of the Orchestra, that took place at the 14th century Siklós Castle, was a joint performance with the Pecs Youth Symphony and the Krakow Youth Symphony. After these unforgettable concerts and other adventures, the orchestra went on to Prague and spent several enjoyable days there. Kossuth Club of Sarasota and its Leadership Receive Recognition The Director of the Liszt Academy in Budapest, Sándor Falvai, presented a certificate of recognition to Eva Kisvarsanyi and Dr. Geza Kisvarsanyi during the Academy commencement. The certificate 9 • Hungarian American Coalition • October 2000
