Monday, March 04, 2013
Folk Dance Festival/50th Anniversary of the Shrine Chapel
On
Saturday, March 2, 2013 the Wawel Folk Ensemble performed at the 6th
Annual Polish Folk Dance Festival at the American Polish Cultural Center in
Troy, Michigan. Wawel has performed at
this event since its inception. The
event featured 14 Polish folk dance groups from the Metro-Detroit area, as well
as 1 from Windsor, Ontario. At the
festival, Wawel presented its Sieradz and Biłgoraj suites, as well as its Polka
Warszawska.
On
Sunday, March 3, 2013 the Wawel Folk Ensemble was participated in a mass
celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Shrine Chapel at the Orchard
Lake Schools. The mass was well attended
by many Metro Detroit Polonian leaders and was celebrated by Archbishop of
Detroit, the Most Reverend Allen Vigneron.
Wawel’s
next public appearances are on March 9, 2013 at the annual Patty Joe Party at
the American Polish Century Club in Sterling Heights, Michigan and on March 10,
2013 at the annual blessing of the Polish Folk Dance Ensembles at St. Hyacinth
Church in Detroit, Michigan.
