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POLISH FEST Pageants and Youth Chopin Competition
Sunday, June 17, 2018, 12:00pm - 08:00pm
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37th Polish Fest
June 15, 16 and 17 in Milwaukee, WI
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         Special Events on Sunday, June 17th 


 10:00 am Sunday Mass
celebrated by Father Aron Laskiewicz

 12:00 pm Polish Fest Pageants (in four age groups)

    3-8 pm 19th Annual Chopin Youth Piano Competition


MUSIC and DANCE:

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Polka and other music bands performing on three stages
  .... (
37th Polish Fest performance schedule);

     ●
Syrena Polish Folk Dance Ensemble
(WI), Warszawa Dance Group   (Poland)

COOKING AND CRAFT DEMONSTRATIONS:
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Cooking Polish food: gołąbki (3pm)
      ● 
Making Polish crafts: wycinanki (paper cuttings), pisanki (decorated eggs),
         wianki
(flower head wraths) and much more 
  

POLISH FORUM:  "The Struggle for Independence in America: Polish Workers and the Eight-Hour Movement of 1886" (prezenter: John Gurda, Milwaukee-born writer and historian) (3-4pm)

CHILDREN ACTIVITIES: science and wildlife presentations, magician and
escape artist shows, games and Polish Tatra sheepdogs from Tatra Mountains
(the lakefront side of the Cultural Village)

SUKIENNICE MARKETPLACE: Baltic amber jewelry, Boleslawiec pottery,
hand blown Christmas ornaments, hand-carved wooden boxes, Polish books,
CD's, Polish Fest souvenirs and more

FOOD and DRINK: all the Polish food favorites from pierogi to Polish sausage
as well as beer gardens and Polish vodka tastings

 

Ticket Information:         see the Polish Fest website 

                                               Don't miss FREE ADMISSION on Sunday with a donation
                                              of three (3) or more food items to the Hunger Task Force

                                              Free Admission also on Sunday (Father's Day) between 3 and 6pm 
                                              for fathers accompanied by their children (of any age)

Location:  Henry W. Meier Festival Park, 200 N.Harbor Dr, Milwaukee, WI 53202