William Penn Life, 1996 (31. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

1996-10-01 / 10. szám

WILLIAM PENN LIFE Volume 31, Number 10 Address Correction Requested Octc Members of the Tisza Ensemble perform a lively Hungarian folk dance. The Ensemble will present a program of traditional Hungarian dance during the Heritage Expo in Monroeville, Pa., to be held Oct. 25 to 27. Edith Nemeth of the Sisters of the Divine Redeemer and Penn View Art Center of Elizabeth, Pa., will present a demonstration and display of Hungarian folk art and embroidery. A pamphlet en­titled "Hungary, 896-1996,1100 Year Anniversary,” written by Sister Nemeth, will be available.-The chairwoman for the dis­play booth is WPA Home Office employee Maria Bistey. The Wil­liam Penn is asking its members and friends for some helping hands. If you can help in any way to make this an outstanding event for the Hungarian community in the tri-state area, please contact Maria at the Home Office week­days between 9:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. at (412) 231-2979, or toll­­free at 1-800-848-7366. Or, con­tact any WPA national officer or director. The Heritage Expo promises to be a patchwork of folk life in America. There will be some­thing for everyone, from a chil­dren’s activities and display area, to performances and displays of diverse cultures. Of course, there will be a wide variety of food booths, including a vegetarian booth for the health conscious and a traditional American booth for the less adventurous. For ticket information contact Charlotte Mozga or Maria Bistey at the WPA Home Office week­days between 9:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. at the numbers listed pre­viously, extension 101. Tickets are $4 for advance sale, $5 at the door. For more information, call Donna Nagy at (504) 845-8068. WPA helps launch inaugural Heritage E By Donna J. Nagy Branch 71, Duquesne, PA MONROEVILLE, PA — The William Penn Association has joined along with presenting sponsor Pepsi Cola, Expo-Mart Productions, the Monroeville Visitors Bureau, the Pittsburgh Children’s Museum and others to present "A Festival of Folk Life” on Oct. 25 to 27 at the Pittsburgh Expo-Mart in Mon­roeville. In addition to being one of the major sponsors of this inaugural "Heritage ,Expo,” the William Penn is sponsoring the Hungarian presentation for the festival. Featured for two performances on Saturday, Oct. 26, will be the Tisza Ensemble of Washington, D.C. They will be making their first appearance in the Greater Pittsburgh and Tri-State Area. Formed in 1982, the Tisza En­semble has been bringing the rich traditions of Hungarian folk dance to audiences throughout the eastern United States. Rudy Petke, dance director for the Ensemble, spent a year living in Hungary studying dance and music with the Nyírség Ensemble of Nyiregháza and conducting re­search trips to villages where dance and music traditions are still a part of everyday life. Other members of the troupe have also traveled to Hungary and Transylvania to study with regional instructors, learning the unique music and dance and acquiring the colorful costumes appropriate to each region. The Ensemble’s resume in­cludes performances at the Ken­nedy Center’s Terrance Theater, the National Theater, the Smith­sonian, Washington and North­ern Virginia Folk Festivals, the Hungarian Embassy and Hungar­ian Freedom Fighters’ Ball. In 1985, Tisza performed for an enthusiastic audience in Hungary. Members of Tisza enjoy lead­ing audience participation, enab­ling spectators to join in the fun of a swirling csárdás. Along with the Tisza Ensemble, the well-known Pittsburgh violin­ist George Bátyi and his group will perform the much loved tra­ditional Magyar folk songs and lively and energetic Gypsy tunes. On Sunday, George and his group will perform on the main stage, along with a children’s per­formance of the traditional Ugrós and Csárdás. A Hungarian Café will be co­chaired by Barbara Furedy of WPA Branch 352 Coraopolis, Pa., and WPA National Director Michael R. Kara. The menu will feature such mouthwatering Hun­garian favorites as chicken papri­kás, Mike’s famous gulyás soup, cucumber salad, cold cherry soup and a selection of pastries. There will also be a display booth featuring various aspects of Magyar folk life and traditions, along with some beautiful ex­amples of folk art. On Friday, Oct. 25, Sister t~ -u *• ( o -o (D J> o to c o 2 O P- N» MX N> m x o Xi o c u • < M \0 Association selects Detroit as site for bowling tournament PITTSBURGH — The Associa­tion’s Board of Directors has approved the selection of De­troit, Mich., as the site for the 54th Annual Bowling Tourna­ment and Scholarship Days. The tournament will be held over the Memorial Day week­end, May 23 to 25. Branch 18 Lincoln Park, Mich., will serve as the host branch. Hotel accommodations for bowlers and guests will be at what is currently the Ramada- Heritage Center in Southgate. The hotel is scheduled to be acquired by Holiday Inn later this year. All bowling events will take place at T ay lor Lanes in T ay lor. The weekend’s official sched­ule of events will open Friday, May 23, with the annual meet­ing of the William Penn Frater­nal Association Scholarship Foundation, Inc., at the hotel. After the meeting, all bowlers and guests are invited to attend a welcoming reception at the hotel. Competition will begin Sat­urday, May 24, with the five­­person team event. Once again, a special $10,000 prize will be awarded to the eligible member who rolls a perfect 300 game during the team event. That evening bowlers and guests will gather at the hotel for the annual dinner-dance, featuring a door prize giveaway and a raffle drawing for the benefit of the Scholarship Foundation. The weekend will close out Sunday, May 25, with the singles and doubles events. This will be the first time since 1983 that the Detroit area has hosted the bowling tourna­ment, and members there are eagerly preparing a special weekend for their visitors. We hope to see you there. Fraternal Congress bolds annual meeting NASHVILLE — As this issue was going to press, members of the National Fraternal Congress of America were gathering at the Opryland Hotel for the NFCA’s 110th Annual Meeting, Sept. 25 to 28. About 800 fraternalists and guests representing more than 70 fraternal benefit societies had registered to attend the meeting. Representing the William Penn at the meeting were Chairman of the Board Michael J. Hrabar, National President George S. Charles Jr. and National Director Elmer W. Toth. The fraternalists were to dis­cuss a variety of topics about the life insurance industry and the particular concerns of fraternal insurance societies. Among the planned highlights of the convention was an appear­ance by Millard Fuller, co-found­er and president of Habitat for Humanity International. Mr. Ful­ler was to present a report on the 1996Jimmy Carter Work Project in Vác, Hungary, for which the NFC A sponsored one of the 10 houses built. Meeting delegates were also to discuss plans for an NFCA/Habi­­tat "blitz build” scheduled for next September near Toronto. Delegates were also to elect new officers, several directors and officers of the NFCA’s var­ious committees.

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