Festivals and Bazaars

In October of 2012, after a short visit in New Orleans, I drove two and a half hours up to Lafayette, Louisiana, to play at the annual BlackPot Festival. Each year, the South Louisiana BlackPot Festival & Cook-Off is held at Lafayette’s Acadian Village, a living history park. In addition to presenting many kinds of roots music, the festival holds a “cook off” (hence the name “Blackpot”) in which contestants serve their best versions of Louisiana gumbo, cracklins, and jambalaya. Visitors sample the wares (mmmmm!) and leave tickets at the booths of their favorite chefs. The cooks who get the most tickets from satisfied customers win cash prizes, but nobody seemed overly competitive at this friendly festival.
…

Brian Marshall and The Texas Slavic Playboys Play the BlackPot Festival in Lafayette, LARead More »

St. Stanislaus Catholic church in Chappell Hill, Texas held their 4th annual Dożynki Mass and Celebration at the historic old church on Sunday, November 18, 2012. The dożynki or harvest festival is a joyful celebration which dates back to the middle ages in Poland. The celebration honors our Polish Heritage by giving thanks for our many blessing during the week of Thanksgiving.
…

4th Annual Dozynki Mass And Celebration In Chappell HillRead More »

St. Mary’s Catholic Church hosted their 22nd annual Polish Heritage Festival on Sunday, October 28, 2012 at the Parish Activity Center on the church grounds in Brenham, Texas. At 11 am, a delicious Polish meal was served to the waiting crowd. The meal included baked ham, kielbasa, rosół z kury, czarnina, kiszona kapusta, potatoes and green beans along with delicious desserts and ice tea, soft drinks and cold piwo to drink.
…

2012 Polish Heritage Festival At St. Mary In BrenhamRead More »

The weather was a little warmer then normal for this time of year as a large crowd of people with Polish roots in Robertson and Falls county came together in Bremond, the Polish Capital of Texas, to celebrate St. Mary’s Catholic Church annual homecoming bazaar on Sunday, October 21, 2012. The early Polish settlers built their first small wooden church in Bremond in 1878.
…

2012 St Mary In Bremond Annual Homecoming BazaarRead More »

The weather was hot with a mix of rain and sunshine on Sunday, October 14, 2012 as St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Anderson, Texas celebrated their 58th annual homecoming bazaar. The day began with Holy Mass celebrated by pastor Fr. JoJo Cal-Ortiz. The choir sang a beautiful rendition of bądźże pozdrowiona in Polish as the communion hymm.
…

2012 St. Stanislaus Bazaar In Anderson TexasRead More »