Sokol SF has a rich program planned for you! It includes Moravian dancing, with Karicka Dance Group coming from San Diego in their beautiful traditional costumes - kroj.
We're also thrilled to welcome the students from the Czech School of California who will be on hand with some entertaining singing and historical presentations, followed by musical Sokol members who hope to engage our audience in sing-alongs of beloved Czech songs!
There will be vendors selling traditional Czech crafts - think Easter eggs, small puppets, Christmas ornaments, Iva Hladis jewelry, Czech crystal and porcelain, traditional handmade bobbin-lace by Jaroslava Pereny, and more.
We will have Easter egg decorating and craft-making classes.
We are delighted to have renowned children's book author Martina Skala join us for a book reading and signing of "My name is Čičák," which will be for sale for the youngest members of our audience.
Daniela Mahoney is coming from Portland! You might remember Daniela from our Easter Egg decorating Zoom class. She has some special workshops prepared for the participants.
You can look forward to some traditional Czech foods like jitrnicky and jelitka or gulash with knedliky, and bublanina from La Trattoria Bohemia, Sacramento, and rizek with potato salad, sausage selection and strudl from DJ Bistro, Concord.
Sacramento Cookie Factory will be offering their handmade lazenske oplatky. Today there is only a handful of bakers who still use this traditional recipe and technique to create this scrumptious treat.
And it would not be a Czech festival without beer!
Czech beer and wine will be available as well. You can look forward to beers like
Lev Lion Beers; Primator and Bakalar
We will be sampling R. Jelinek products too.
Free Mobile Czech Book library will be on site as well.
Put Saturday, October 8, 2022, on your calendar, you do not want to miss it!
PLEASE BRING CASH AS NOT ALL VENDORS ARE ACCEPTING CREDIT CARDS!
PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE IS A FARMER'S MARKET DOWN THE STREET 9 AM - 1 PM
SO BE PATIENT WHEN PARKING YOUR VEHICLE
Naší akce se zúčastní také generální konzul ČR v Los Angeles Jaroslav Olša, Jr., který spolu s historikem Martinem Nekolou plánují napsat knihu o historii české komunity v Kalifornii. Na akci budete moci vidět právě vydanou knížku věnovanou Čechům v Oregonu, Washingtonu, Idahu a Montaně.
Protože většina publikací, které vydávaly české spolky, jako např. Sokol, nejsou dostupné v žádné české knihovně a bylo by vhodné je zachovat, generální konzul prosí o následovné: Pokud máte nějaké publikace (včetně starých sokolských bulletinů, bulletinů vydávaných biskupem Esterkou a jeho předchůdci apod.), informace, dokumenty či fotografie týkající se historie Čechů a byli byste ochotni je věnovat, přivezte je prosím na akci do Orindy a generální konzul je od Vás rád převezme a dopraví do příslušných českých knihoven a archivů
Our Day of Czech Culture will be attended by Jaroslav Olša, Jr., the Consul General in Los Angeles, who together with historian Martin Nekola, are planning on writing a book about the history of the Czech community in California. You'll find their book dedicated to Czechs in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana at our event. Because most publications, which were historically published by Czech organizations, including Sokol, are not available in any Czech libraries and because it would be appropriate to preserve such publications, the Consul General is making the following ask:
If you have any publications (including older Sokol newsletters, newsletter published by Bishop Esterka and his predecessors, etc.) information, documents or photographs pertaining to Czech history that you are willing to part with, please bring them to Orinda and the Consul General will take them over from you and get them to the relevant Czech libraries and archives.