Video of Our Lady Of Czestochowa Catholic Church in Houston Texas Christmas songs concert on January 3, 2010.
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Video of Dr. Jim Mazurkiewicz playing Green Meadow Waltz and Siwi Kon on his concertina with Brian Marshall and friends at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church Annual Homecoming Bazaar In Anderson Texas on October 11, 2009.
Video courtesy of James Mazurkiewicz.
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Video of Dozynki or the Polish Harvest Festival at Our Lady of Czestochowa Catholic Church in Houston on Saturday, September 12, 2009.
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On September 12-13, the 2009 Houston Slavic Heritage Festival took place on the grounds of Our Lady of Czestochowa Catholic Church. Several groups danced, sang, and performed music! There were also vendors selling goods and foods from the Slavic cultures.
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The conclusion of another informal family gathering, this time the occasion of the Houston Polish Festival, March 2009. That’s Brian’s kids leading the tune, “Piwa Kuba.” Cousin Ronnie Kazowski on guitar. Chuck in ben-ben, and Bradley Williams on concertina. I feel compelled to share this sort of stuff with you because it’s becoming apparent to me in my middle age that not all of y’all experience music this way, the way many of us here in Texas sort of take for granted: nearly every day in within a living context. It also makes me a touch melancholy as well to note that my own tribe is now so fully assimilated into the greater culture that it has nearly completely lost touch with these simple, everyday life events where music is simply the soundtrack.
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