Magyar News, 1993. szeptember-1994. augusztus (4. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1994-02-01 / 6. szám
SCHOLARSHIPS TO SCHOLARS Our Hungarian community always makes an effort to help students of Hungarian background with some financial support. The American Hungarian Heritage Association now for the eighteenth year in a row awarded college students with the Mary Katona Scholarship. Three applications were accepted this year by the A.H.H.A. Scholarship Committee. The chairman of the committee is Bette Standish Johnson, Claudia Margitay-Balogh, Linda Chehy and Joseph Racz. The recipients are Tünde Miklós, Alexandra Rakaczki and Andrea Hanak. Strange as it may be, no boys applied for scholarships. It is known that the amount varies between $500.00 and $1,000.00 for a person. It might be possible that it is hard work to fill out an application, or probably the money they earn is sufficient. Maybe the parents should give it a thought. The awards were given out at the Scholarship Tea Party which was held in the club room of the Calvin United Church of Christ. Joseph Stiber, president of A.H.H.A. welcomed the gathered people. Bette Johnson HUNGARIAN BATONS MAKE THE BEST It was always a pleasure to go to a concert in Budapest, let that be at the academy of Music of other halls, when Emo Dohnanyi was on the stage. He was an outstanding piano player and composer. Even his interpretations of other composers’ works was enough to draw an audience to fill up the place. He passed way in 1960, leaving behind a son who was 20 years old at the time. He is Christoph von Dohnanyi. In the years between, Christoph married Anja S ilja, a beautiful dramatic soprano. He worked with orchestras in Germany, among them in Lübeck, Cologne, Hamburg and with the Frankfurt Opera. At the latter he was assistant to the Hungarian George Solti. In 1984 Dohnanyi came to the States and became the conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra. It was quite an undertaking. After the War for a quarter of a century the orchestra had a heavy handed conductor, George Szell, who was referred to as the “Hungarianborn terror.” Szell put the Cleveland Orchestra on the map. After he died they were waiting for another Hungarian to continue the work. Fourteen years of waiting finally gave them their wish. Now, after a decade of hard work under the baton of Christoph von Dohnanyi the Cleveland Orchestra is considered probably the finest orchestra. What is the difference between the two Hungarian conductors? Dohnanyi says that under Szell the musicians had to be the best. With Dohnanyi they want to be the best. Page 6 Front row: Alexandre Rakaczki, Andrea Hanak and Tünde Miklós. Second row: Bette Standish Johnson, Joseph Stiber and Claudia Margitay-Balogh. talked about the special Hungarian spirit and the importance of knowing our identity. Then they gave out the scholarships. During the program the audience sang Christmas carols with Claudia Margitay- Balogh at the piano. Then they sang along with Rozsika who played Hungarian music. The event was topped off with a reception. Coffee was served and there was a large spread of the most delicious Hungarian pastries. All in all, it never fails to be a delightful event. See you next year. THE TWINKLES OF THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS IN THE EYES OF THE CHILDREN Julika Borsos gives out presents to the participating children. No year could go by without the Pannónia American Hungarian Club’s Christmas celebration for the Children. The program is in Hungarian and the participants are children from the Hungarian community. Sarika Balogh, president of the Pannónia, welcomed the audience, also at the end wished everybody a happy New Year. In between she was busy handing out Christmas presents to all the children who came. Among the teenagers were those who received this year’s scholarship. The recipients, as Mrs. Balogh said, worked hard at their studies and also participated in our Hungarian community affairs. The Christmas play was directed by Mrs. Julika Borsos who has done this in the past year, also. It was a pleasure to see and hear these children, mostly American bom, do the play, recite poems and bring joy to the audience. If you weren’t there then this is the time to mark it on your New Year’s calendar so you will not miss out on the next one.
