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2009 Hungarian Festival

As usual, I am attending the New Brunswick Hungarian Festival. Anyone want to meet up for some stuffed cabbage , walnut roll, fried dough, and dancing? (Not necessarily in that order)

Saturday, June 6, 2009
34th Annual Hungarian Festival
New Brunswick, NJ


34TH ANNUAL HUNGARIAN FESTIVAL
COMMEMORATING THE RE-DEDICATION OF THE MAGYAR REFORMED CHURCH 
AND THE 800TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FRANSISCAN ORDER

Coordinated by the Hungarian Civic Association (HCA) New Brunswick, New Jersey
FESTIVAL MALL AREA ALONG SOMERSET STREET
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PARADE STARTS at the Hungarian American Foundation Somerset & Bethany Street Proceeds to Somerset & Division Street




OPENING CEREMONY
In front of the Magyar Reformed Church

Welcome
Professor August J. Molnar
President of HCA & President of American Hungarian Foundation

Invocation
Fr. Capistran Polgar,
O. F. M. St. Ladislaus Church

HCA Welcome (Hungarian)
Rt. Rev. Barnabas Roczey
Honorary Member of HCA, Pastor Emeritus of MRC

Greetings from the The Honorable James M. Cahill City of New Brunswick
Mayor, City of New Brunswick

Commemorating the Re-dedication
Rev. Zsolt Otvos Magyar Reformed Church
Minister of the Magyar Reformed Church

Commemorating the 800th Anniversary of Franciscan Order St. Ladislaus Church
Fr. Capistran Polgar, O. F. M.

Benediction
Rev. Zsolt Otvos
Minister of the Magyar Reformed Church

After the opening ceremonies performance by the Hungarian American Athletic Club’s Folk Dance Group and Fencing Team



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The Kindness of Strangers

The Annual New Jersey Hungarian Festival occurs the furst weekend of June in New Brunswick. As much as I am looking forward to having a little bit of fresh lángos with powdered sugar, I always get worried when I take my family to public events. I already mentioned the whole ordeal concerning "The Secret Language" but sometimes, Nagymama's actions speak louder than her words.

Every time we attend the festival, we always make sure to stop at the Athletic Club around dinner time to sit down and enjoy truckloads of stuffed cabbage, kielbasa, and other Hungarian goodies. We usually all sit down at the long rows of tables while we eat so we could enjoy a free performance from the talented Hungarian Folk dancers. One time, we were so enamored by what was happening on stage that no one noticed when Nagymama wandered away.

It wasn't until I heard the table next to us laughing hysterically that we even noticed that she was gone. Apparently, she quietly strolled over to another table, grabbed a bottle of Hungarian "Bull's Blood" wine from in front of a...
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