Sarasotai Magyar Hirmondó, 2003 (9. évfolyam, 1-10. szám)
2003-06-01 / 6. szám
THE MESSENGER Newsletter of the Kossuth Club June, 2003. Vol. 9. No. 6. Scholarships and Awards. Three college-bound seniors of Hungarian descent from Sarasota County received Kossuth scholarships for the 2003-2004 academic year. Forty students at the Hungarian school in Csíkszereda (Transylvania) received year-end awards for scholastic achievement from our donation of $ 1,600. Fund Raising Concerts for Transylvanian Schools. Young artists of Budapest from the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music will be performing in November in Sarasota and in Tallahassee. The Kossuth Club sponsors the Sarasota concerts. The proceeds will be used to help the Hungarian Sapientia University and other schools in Transylvania as well as the Liszt Academy. We ask our readers to support the organization of the concerts with donations and volunteer work to the best of their ability. As Europe marches towards economic and political union Hungarian minorities in the Carpathian Basin will continue to depend on help from American-Hungarians to preserve their ethnic identity, language and unique culture. More information about the concerts will be forthcoming in the September issue of the newsletter. The Program in June. You are cordially invited to a video presentation of Franz Schubert’s “Das Dreimadl Haus” (The House of Three Daughters) on Thursday, June 26 at 4:30 p.m. in the Selby Public Library auditorium (1331 First Street, Sarasota). Members of the Hungarian State Opera perform this delightful musical in Hungarian. The program is free. There will be a sale of original art from the Winkler estate after the program. Y The Winkler Estate. Mrs. Beverly Wright, executor, donated to the Kossuth Club watercolors and drawings by the late Sarasota artist and illustrator Nor Winkler, for the benefit of the fall concerts by the Liszt Academy. Nor Winkler was the widow of Hungarian composer Lajos Winkler (1899-1983), a 1923 graduate of the Academy. During frequent visits to Hungary with her husband the American-born Mrs. Winkler was inspired to paint scenes of Budapest and the countryside, including the charming town of Szentendre. Mrs. Wright offered the Winklers’ unique collection of Hungarian dolls in exquisite native costumes to the Museum of the American Hungarian Foundation in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The original handwritten manuscripts of Mr. Winkler’s compositions were offered to the Liszt Academy. 4
