2018

Polish Culture & Heritage Day

Polonez Tri-City Polish Association extends a heartfelt thank-you to all who made the Polish Culture & Heritage Day celebration possible.

We are very grateful to the Polish Consulate in Vancouver and the City of Port Coquitlam for their patronage & continuous support. We thank father Jan Staszel, together with the Knights of Columbus, for their help and support. We also thank the Polish Fishing & Hunting Club “Hubertus”, Barka Canada and the Polish Canadian Women’s Federation for their help. We thank our generous sponsors, artists, young MCs and all the volunteers. We are grateful for the work of children who participated in the contest “Poland – my heritage” and to their parents for their encouragement. We thank all the artists, crafters, organizations & vendors who participated in our marketplace.

We thank all of you who came to take part in our beautiful celebration of Polish Culture.

With your consistent support & enthusiasm we were able to provide the community with another day of beauty, culture & fun.

Thank you again & till the next time,

Antoni Kostka

President of Polonez Tri-City Polish Association

Photos by: Jadzia Dobrowolski, Monika Szlachta, Honorata Kostka

THANK YOU

PERFORMERS AT 2018 POLISH CULTURE & HERITAGE DAY

„Polonez” Folk Dance Ensemble under the direction of

Małgorzata i Jacek Niemirski

White Eagle Band

Chór „Na Polska Nutę” under the direction of Bohdan Siedlecki

And alphabetically:

Alicja Cichecka

Waldemar Biernacki

Gina Cooper

Paweł i Juanita Desjarlais

Ema Forgac

Wojciech Gawryś

Grażyna Kapuścińska

Wiktoria Lachowska

Marek Lachowski

Anita Ławrynowicz

Olivia Łukasiewicz

Maria Teresa Olszewska-Hopkins

Rudy Różański

Bohdan Grzymała-Siedlecki

Monika Sowiński

MCs:

Janelle Kosik, Wojciech Majewski, Joanna Pater i Ewa Szymczyk

Sound Engineer & DJ: Tym Zajac “DJ Tym”

VOLUNTEERS AT 2018 POLISH CULTURE & HERITAGE DAY

Barbara Aweryn, Dariusz Banka, Lisa Brideau, Ela Chmielowski, Kasia Cison, Krystyna Czengery, Jadwiga i Andrzej Dobrowolscy, Aleksandra Drzewiecka, Dominika Drzewiecka, Jeffrine Drzewiecka, Max Drzewiecki, Piotr Drzewiecki, Agnieszka Dziurka, Darek Gagracz, Tadeusz Gagracz, Tonia Gajecki, Beata Grotkowska, Piotr Grygorkiewicz, Danuta Jestel, Jan Judycki, Miroslaw Kania, Marian Kapela, Grażyna Kapuścińska, Małgorzata Koczwara, Honorata i Tolek Kostka, Piotr Kostka, Malgorzata Kowalczuk, Zygmunt Kowcun , Zofia i Piotr Kucharscy, Tomasz Kuczmierowski , Jerzy Kuśmider , Jan Kutyla, Elżbieta Lesiczka, Eugeniusz Lesiczka, Robert Makarewicz, Jerzy Malinowski, Emily Mandev, Andrzej Marszal, Janusz Morawiec, Abdul Mousa, Igor Nestar, Hanna Niewińska, Jadwiga Nowak, Katarzyna Opiol, Wanda Orzechowska, Henryk Osak, Barbara Osijuk, Jan Porowski, Teresa Rakowska , Jennifer Richardson , Krystyna Rosicka, Małgorzata Sitkowiecka, Ryszard Sławski, Teresa Sobczak, Beata Sosnowski, Piotr Śpiewak , Katarzyna Stelmashczuk, Teresa Stój, Iwona Swiątczak, Monika Szlachta, Maria Szubska, Rafal Szymański, Iga Trca, Edward Wojciechowicz, Krzysztof Wołoczko, Zbyszek Wiktor, Danuta Yannopoulos, Robert Żytniak and others whose names we don’t know or omitted by mistake.

Joining together for a good cause: Welcome to Polonez Tri-City Polish Association of BC serving city of Port Moody, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Pitt Meadows and Maple Ridge.

The purpose of the Society are: to strenght the bonds Polish Canadians and the rest of Canadian society, to preserve and to familiarize Canadian society with the contribution of Poles to the culture and civilization of Canada and the rest of the world. Providing assistances to indigent youth and children of new immigrants and establishing themselves in the Canadian community. Sponsoring and promoting outdoor, educational, recreational, physical and religious activities as well as educational conventions for the youth and adults.

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