The Eighth Tribe, 1978 (5. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1978-09-01 / 9. szám
September, 1978 THE EIGHTH TRIBE Page 11 SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS HUNGARIAN ASSOCIATION It seems like only yesterday, but it was a year ago in July, 1977, that we met in the Institute of Texan Cultures. In December, about a dozen Magyars met at Southwest Research Institute to figure out how we could take part in the 1978 Texas Folklife Festival although we weren’t at that time an official entity. In January, 1978, we became an official club, and as the months passed, and through diligent effort, we were recognized by the State of Texas and by the Internal Revenue Service as a tax-exempt organization. SAHA lias a club house for meetings and social activities, and we also put together the first Texas-wide Magyar Picnic in May at Bastrop. It was the first time for us, and the Hungarian Booth was quite an undertaking. We had no veteran Festival participants to guide us but we had strong leadership and good, hard workers. Prez Miska and Booth Chairman Géza asked me to convey, through this issue, their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all members, out-of-town Magyars and adopted Magyars, for helping the club have a very succesful first year at the Festival. They emphasized it would be impossible to list each person who worked or aided in any way, but they did want especially to thank Bukovitz Pista bácsi and Mária néni for their selfless, tireless and constant volunteer help. Acknowledgments also to the young people who helped along with their parents. They seemed to enjoy themselves immensely and their youthful enthusiasm and smiling faces were happy assets for the Magyar booth. Fuerte abrázós, küdös, and miliő csók to Elemér’s group from Houston with the gentle but watchful Elemér conferring with Miska and giving moral support to the youthful András and his three goodlooking buddies who wowed the ladies they served beer to, to untiring Mike (Olah) and Doris, Manci Demaret, and all the other good people who came from Houston; to SAHA’s Houston rep., the youthful and venerable Beeső Lajos; to Beaumont’s Hackboldts; Austin, Bob Arnold; Col. and Mrs. Fernald, Lake Medina; to Dallas’ Otts, Lakys, Sándors to name a few; to John Posey who did our artistic signs; Dan Brown, the strudel man; and to the others whose ‘rushes and takes’ to use the Hollywood lingo, might end up on the cutting room floor because Miska says 1 get too wound-up. It was also a lot of fun to have people come to the booth and introduce themselves as Hungarians. A salesman from Cleveland came to chat with fellow Hungarians; he had been in S.A. all week on business. A young girl knew exactly what cheese strudel was because her mom learned to bake it for her Hungarian father. The planning and operation of such an immense undertaking is awe inspiring. SAHA thanks the Institute, Claudia, Jo Ann, Joan, and its other officials for asking us to be a part in this spectacular endeavor. We hope to be invited again next year, and we have bigger plans. The Council of International Relations has asked SAHA to participate with a booth at its annual Noche de Luna to be held on September 24th. Grand Prairie would also like to have SAHA as a possible participant at an Oktoberfest on October 28th and 29th. It looks as if a lot of pleasure and fellowship are ahead for SAHA so don’t get left out. At its longest, life is short, ugye? So, enjoy! Mariska Tannen For more information about SAHA please contact: San Antonio Hungarian Association Michael J. Balint, President 211% Broadway San Antonio, Texas 78205 Antal Dorati has achieved gold record status with more than 2 million records sold — a rare distinction for classical music. He recorded the complete symphonies of Haydn. Haydn, who practiced and performed in the Eszterházy salons. Haydn, and there’s not an electric guitar in all the 107 symphonies and I’m quite sure the album covers don’t feature blue jeans, beer bottles or city signs of Luckenbach. But then — each to his own taste. I happen to think the Luckenbach song was a pretty good country-Western — wish I’d written it! * * • Second note of cultural interest: Gábor Kevéházi, Todora Bán and Ildiké Pongor from the State Ballet of Hungary, have joined the newly-formed Texas Ballet which began its Texas tour on August 26th in Dallas.
