Hungarian Heritage Review, 1987 (16. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1987-08-01 / 8. szám
föefoz ^Nuggets TORONTO, CANADA - “Metro Toronto International Caravan ’87”, a nine-day, ethnic-cultural festival was held in this beautiful city recently and was thoroughly enjoyed by more than 2,000,000 people from all over the world. The 19th annual festival of its kind and the largest in all of North America, there were 41 Pavillions throughout the city representing just as many different nationalities. One of these “pavillions” was the very impressive “Magyar Haz” of the Hungarian community of Toronto, where thousands of visitors over the nine-day period of the festival enjoyed the exhibition of Hungarian arts and crafts, rare photographs and paintings (many donated by the Rákóczi Foundation), the military museum, and other displays. The huge social hall of the “Magyar Haz”, which features a splendid chandalier in the shape of the “Holy Crown of St. Stephen”, and where visitors sampled a large variety of Hungarian foods and pastries while being entertained by singers, folk dancers, and a gypsy orchestra from Hungary, was jampacked every day. The original founder of this great get-together of 41 different ethnic communities in Canada and still the President of “Caravan” and Executive Director of the Canadian Folk Arts Council was Mrs. Zena Kossar. If you ever should have occasion to visit Toronto, make sure to visit the Hungarian-Canadian Cultural Centre (Magyar Haz) at 840 St. Clair Avenue, West (Tel: 416-654-4926). You will be pleasantly surprised! TRENTON, NEW JERSEY - According to the State of New Jersey Office of Ethnic Affairs, the Ninth Annual New Jersey Ethnic Festival will be held on Saturday and Sunday, September 12-13, 1987, from noon to 6:00 p.m. at Liberty State Park in Jersey City. Tables are available at no charge to non-profit, ethnic organizations wishing to sell ethnic food or crafts, to demonstrate ethnic art and culture, and to present displays of their activities and goals. Festival applications for performance groups, and food and craft vendors are available from Juhan Simonson, Director, Office of Ethnic Affairs, New Jersey Department of State, CN 300 State House, Trenton, New Jersey 08625 (Tel: 609-984-7145). The weekend festival will be held both indoors and outdoors at the historic Central Railroad Terminal and the plaza area at Liberty State Park. The theme of this year’s festival is “WE THE PEOPLE - TOGETHER” in tribute to the 200th anniversary of the U.S. Constitution. Hungarian clubs, organizations, and churches are especially urged to participate. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - It has been reported that, ever since Father Eordogh became the Pastor of the St. Stephen Church here, Hungarian community life has begun to show signs of “revitalization”. One good example of this “born again”, Hungarian community life in Chicago is how some of the parishioners of the St. Stephen Church volunteered to help the good Father do some badly needed repairs on his Church and then went to work with-a-will in spite of the ninetydegree heat. It is said that these hardworking volunteers will devote each Saturday to doing the job until it will be completed. Hats off to Father Eordogh and his crew of volunteers! Maybe, they will inspire others to do the same! CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - Accor ding to Patricia Varga, when Hungarianborn architects retire from the ACT Region here, they are sent off with a fiddler, who “fiddles” them out of the building to their waiting car on their final day of work. At least that’s what happened to Peter Wagner, she says. When his co-workers learned of this Hungarian tradition, they scoured the city looking for a suitable violinist. They finally found one in the person of Frank Horvath, also from Hungary, who was pleased to oblige. —From “Mortar the Point” Magazine SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS - By the time this issue of the Hungarian Heritage Review reaches your mailbox, the “Texas Folklife Festival” (August 6-9, 1987) sponsored by the Institute of Texan Cultures of the University of Texas will have been held and we can all rest assured that the Hungarian community of the great State of Texas was well represented by the members of the San Antonio Hungarian Association who, as they’ve done in the past, set up a colorful booth and then went to work cooking and baking up-a-storm to offer visitors such Hungarian palateticklers as Green Bean-Chicken Salad, Pecan and Poppyseed Rolls, Palacsinta, Gulyas Soup, and many other delights. Incidentally, the present members of the Board of Directors of this active organization are Rose Safran, President and Newsletter Editor; Dr. Leslie Andre, Vice- President; Rudolph Balogh, Recording Secretary; Ann Weigand, Corresponding Secretary; and Ann Rado, Treasurer. Directors are Dr. George Fodor, Barbara Newberry, and Dr. Eugene Omeis. The newsletter of this organization (“PAPRIKA”) provides fascinating in—continued next page 4 HUNGARIAN HERITAGE REVIEW AUGUST 1987
