Wawel Folk Ensemble

On March 1, 2008, members of the Wawel Folk Ensemble participated in the first annual Festival of Polish Dance sponsored by the Polish American Cultural Center in Troy, Michigan. The event featured 31 different performances by Polish Folk Groups from the Metro Detroit area. Wawel presented its Rzeszow suite to a standing room only crowd and also had a table at the event with information about the group's history, performances, and booking.

On March 2, 2008, Wawel participated in the 6th annual blessing of the Polish American Folk Dance Ensemble's mass at St. Hyacinth Parish in Detroit, Michigan. This is a now annual event started by St. Hyacinth's pastor emeritus, Fr. Frank Skalski. Wawel has participated in this event since its inception.

Wawel's will next appear in procession on Easter Sunday at Sweetest Heart of Mary Church for their Resurrection Mass. 2008 will mark the 30th Anniversary of Wawel's participation in the Easter Sunday services. In addition to participating in Easter services at Sweetest Heart of Mary, Wawel annually participates in their Pierogi Festival and in procession at their Christmas Eve Pasterka Mass.

Wawel will next perform at a private event on April 12 and then again on April 27, 2008 at Transfiguration/ Our Lady Help of Christians' Parish for their annual Spring Festival.

If all that wasn't enough, the members of the Ensemble are hard at work rehearsing the Polish suites and American novelty number they will present at the Rzeszow Folk Festival in Rzeszow, Poland this summer.