Tropical storm Don did not make it to Houston as predicted very early in the week. The ‘Polish Happy Hour’ was not in jeopardy. On Friday, July 29, 2011 Polonia Restaurant on Blalock in Houston hosted its first ‘Polish Happy Hour’ sponsored by Luksusowa Vodka, a Polish Vodka made from potatoes. Wódka Luksusowa (Polish for Luxury Vodka) is one of the oldest Polish vodkas in continuous production, being first sold in 1928.
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Current Polish Texans Events
Not too long ago, many of the people that were descendants of the early Polish immigrants in Texas spoke Polish but now it is rare to find someone that still speaks the language. In an effort to learn or re-learn the language of their ancestors, a group of people are meeting for Polish lessons every other Tuesday in the old parish hall at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Anderson, Texas.
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Polish flags, Polish food and plenty of cold piwo set the stage for an amazing Polish music jam session in downtown Bremond, the Polish capital of Texas on June 25, 2011. The Polish pride was apparent as Texas Polish danceband fiddler Brian Marshall took the stage around 4 pm on this hot Texas afternoon. Brian introduced an all-star cast of around 20 musicians and then proceeded to rock the house with good old time Polish music.
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Excitement was in the air early on Saturday morning, June 25, 2011 as the 24th annual Polski Dzien or Polish Days began in downtown Bremond, Texas. Vendors were setting up on Main Street long before the sun came up and the day officially started at 8:00 am with the Polish Pickle Run, a 5K run for adults and a 1K run for the kids. There were a record number of runners this year and each participant received a beautifully designed t-shirt with a photo of a vintage Polish wedding on it. As they crossed the finish line, the runners were greeted with cold piwo, kielbasa, watermelon and lots of other refreshments.
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Five thirty in the morning. That’s what time you have to arrive on Main Street to get your booth ready for the day’s festival browsers. Don’t even ask what time you have to get up.
Every year, the Polish community of Bremond, Texas holds Polski Dzien (Polish Days), a wonderful small-town festival with a parade, a Polish Pickle Run, 42-tournaments, washer-thrower contests, a barbecue cook-off, and booth after booth of wares sold by tired, hot vendors–all to lively polka music cranked up loud on the PA system.
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Stoneham, Texas, an old Polish parish established in 1909, held their annual homecoming bazaar on Sunday, May 29, 2011. The day started with a special bazaar Mass celebrated by Fr. Bill Kelly at 10:30 am in the beautiful remodeled church. At 11:00 am, the dinner line quickly grew as the workers started serving the delicious barbecue pork and beef dinner with all the fixings including a choice of homemade deserts and ice tea.
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A standing room only crowd gathered at Our Lady of Czestochowa Catholic Church on Sunday, May 1, 2011 to commemorate the Beatification of Pope John Paul II with a special Mass celebrated by Bishop Vincent Rizzotto. The Mass was concelebrated by Fr. Leszek Wewdziuk, pastor of Our Lady of Czestochowa, Msgr. Eugene Francis and Fr. Janusz Ihnatowicz. Deacon Antoni Rudnicki also assisted at the Mass.
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On a warm, windy spring day in Houston, Our Lady of Czestochowa Catholic Church held their 5th annual Polish Festival. The festival was held on Saturday, April 30 and Sunday, May 1, 2011 on the church grounds in the Spring Branch area of Houston. A large crowd showed up on both Saturday and Sunday to enjoy the good food, cold piwo and great entertainment. The festival opened on Saturday morning at 10:00 am with a presentation of the American, Polish and Texas flags and singing of the national anthems of the United States and Poland. There was plenty of activity for young and old on both days.
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