As usual, I am attending the New Brunswick Hungarian Festival. Anyone want to meet up for some stuffed cabbage , walnut roll, fried dough, and dancing? (Not necessarily in that order)
Saturday, June 6, 2009
34th Annual Hungarian Festival
New Brunswick, NJ
34TH ANNUAL HUNGARIAN FESTIVAL
COMMEMORATING THE RE-DEDICATION OF THE MAGYAR REFORMED CHURCH
AND THE 800TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FRANSISCAN ORDER
Coordinated by the Hungarian Civic Association (HCA) New Brunswick, New Jersey
FESTIVAL MALL AREA ALONG SOMERSET STREET
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PARADE STARTS at the Hungarian American Foundation Somerset & Bethany Street Proceeds to Somerset & Division Street
OPENING CEREMONY
In front of the Magyar Reformed Church
Welcome
Professor August J. Molnar
President of HCA & President of American Hungarian Foundation
Invocation
Fr. Capistran Polgar,
O. F. M. St. Ladislaus Church
HCA Welcome (Hungarian)
Rt. Rev. Barnabas Roczey
Honorary Member of HCA, Pastor Emeritus of MRC
Greetings from the The Honorable James M. Cahill City of New Brunswick
Mayor, City of New Brunswick
Commemorating the Re-dedication
Rev. Zsolt Otvos Magyar Reformed Church
Minister of the Magyar Reformed Church
Commemorating the 800th Anniversary of Franciscan Order St. Ladislaus Church
Fr. Capistran Polgar, O. F. M.
Benediction
Rev. Zsolt Otvos
Minister of the Magyar Reformed Church
After the opening ceremonies performance by the Hungarian American Athletic Club’s Folk Dance Group and Fencing Team
HUNGARIAN FESTIVAL
PROGRAM & SCHEDULE
11:00 Festival Parade procession on Somerset Street from the corner of Bethany and Somerset Streets at the American Hungarian Foundation processes to Division Street to the Magyar Reformed Church.
11:30 Opening ceremony in front of Magyar Reformed Church, 175 Somerset St.
12:00 After the opening ceremonies performance by the Hungarian American Athletic Club’s Folk Dance Group (***) and Fencing Team
12:00-3:00 Csurdongolo Folk Pavilion: Beer Garden, Hungarian Folk Bazaar, Music by Életfa at the St. Ladislaus Church Parking Lot, 39 Plum St.
12:00-4:00 Hungarian Music Entertainment by Gypsy Joe at the Magyar Reformed Church Courtyard, 175 Somerset St.
12:00-7:00 Tivadar Papp Orchestra on Somerset St in front of HAAC
1:00-2:30 Széchényi Magyar Iskola: Puppet Show and Craft Making at the St. Ladislaus Church Lower Level, 39 Plum St.
1:00 Hungarian Scouts Folk Dance Group of New Brunswick, Dances from Székelyföld, Transylvania at the Hungarian Scout’s Home, 66 Plum St.
2:00 Csurdöngölo Folk Dance Ensemble of New Brunswick, Dances from Gömör, Northern Hungary at the Hungarian American Athletic Club, 233 Somerset St.
2:00 Hungarian Scouts Folk Dance Group of New Brunswick, Dances from Székelyföld, Transylvania at the American Hungarian Foundation 300 Somerset St.
2:30-3:00 Violin Concert by Gypsy Joe at the Magyar Reformed Church Courtyard, 175 Somerset St.
3:15 Fencing demonstration HAAC Fencing Team at the Hungarian American Athletic Club’s Auditorium, 233 Somerset St.
3:30 Folk Dance Gala Performance at the Hungarian American Athletic Club’s Auditorium, 233 Somerset St.
6:00 Twilight Concert, Lisa Apatini with Continental Orchestra at the American Hungarian Foundation Courtyard, 300 Somerset St.
9:30-2:00 am Festival Closing Disco at the HAAC, 233 Somerset St.
(***) This performance has been made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on Arts/Department of State, A Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts; through a grant provided by the Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission/Board of Choosen Freeholders.