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Lithuanian Independence Day
In Kansas City, our community’s celebration is typically in late February. We gather at Wyandotte County Museum (permanent home of the St. Casimir’s bell) to eat, dance and share information about our community and current events in Lithuania.
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February 21st (Sunday), 2010 |
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Wyandotte County Museum |
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631 North 126th Street
Bonner Springs, KS |
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(913) 721-1078 |
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Click Here |
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“JONINĖS” - Saint Jonas' Festival
Saint Jonas' Festival is a midsummer folk festival celebrated on June 24th all around Lithuania. While midsummer day is celebrated throughout Europe, many Lithuanians have a particularly lively agenda on this day. The traditions include singing songs and dancing until the sun sets, telling tales, searching to find the magic fern blossom at midnight, jumping over bonfires, greeting the rising midsummer sun and washing the face with a morning dew, young girls float flower wreaths on the water of river or lake. Lithuanians with the names Jonas, Jonė, Janina receive many greetings from their family, relatives and friends.
It IS AN OVER NIGHT event! Some rooms are available.
For more information, please contact Renata Bakelyte.
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June 19th (Saturday), 2010 |
| Where: |
Kate Porterfield & Marvin Rau's House |
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15045 161st St
Bonner Springs, KS 66012
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| Phone: |
(913) 721-1078 |
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Lithuanian Song Festival
This festival occurs every 4 years and is afun, wonderful event for all ages. At the last song festival over 1000 adults, students and children participated in ‘Dainų Sventė’ (Song Festival) in Chicago, Il. The President of Lithuania was also in attendance.
The Kansas City Lithuanian Community is againorganizing a group to participate.Extensive experience in a choir isNOT necessary to participate and have fun. Our KC group will get together only a few times at most to rehearse and plan so it's not a big time commitment.The dead line for participants has past at this time, but if you are interested in going with a group as a viewer, please contact Sally Žemaitytė-Dannov.
The website is extremely user friendly and all music and scores can easily be downloaded for review.
For more information, go to:
www.dainusvente.org (lithuanian language version)
www.lithuaniansongfest.org (english language version)
Let's go sing in Toronto!
| When: |
July 2nd – July 4th, 2010
July 3rd (Saturday) – rehearsal
July 4th (Sunday) – performance |
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Toronto, Canada |
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Enrichment
Ethnic Festival
The Ethnic Enrichment Festival is held every year on the third weekend of August. Over 50 countries have booths placed in a large circle around the Swope Park Pavilion in Kansas City, Missouri. The Festival was started in the late 1970’s as a major event for the Ethnic Enrichment Council which was started by Mayor Richard Berkeley. Taste the World at the Festival!
| When: |
August 20-22, 2010 |
| Where: |
Swope Park |
| Address: |
4701 East Gregory Boulevard
Kansas City, MO |
| Phone: |
(816) 871-5600 |
| Map: |
Click Here |
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Fall Picnic
Our Lithuanian Community’s Fall Picnic is a tradition that was started many years ago by our community’s first families. We now gather at Wyandotte County Park to play games, eat and meet new and old friends.
| When: |
October (Sunday), 2010 |
| Where: |
Wyandotte County Park |
| Address: |
631 North 126th St.
Bonner Springs, KS |
| Phone: |
(913) 721-1078 |
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“Kalėdų Vakaras” – Christmas Party
| When: |
December (Saturday), 2010 |
| Where: |
Davis Hall at Wyandotte County Lake Park |
| Address: |
91st & Leavenworth Rd.
Kansas City, KS |
| Phone: |
(913) 573-8327 |
| Map: |
Click Here |
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