Sokol SF Newsletter - January 2022 |
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Dear Sokol Members and Friends of Sokol,
Happy New Year 2022!
We hope that the new year will allow us to gradually return to our regular activities. In addition to our well-established walks, picnics, and dances, in 2022 we plan to attend a Sharks hockey game, organize a family-friendly camping trip, visit the annual Folklore Festival in San Diego, and plan an exciting Day of Czech Culture in Orinda.
Please join us at our Annual Meeting on January 22nd over Zoom at 4:00 pm Pacific Time. All Sokol SF members are welcome! Registration details for attending the meeting are in this newsletter.
Thank you to everyone who has already renewed their Sokol membership for 2022.
For those who still need to make a payment, please visit our website at:
Wishing you much joy and happiness in the new year and looking forward to seeing you soon.
Nazdar!
Jara Dusatko
President
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January 2022
Renew your membership or
Become a member of Sokol SF
January 16, 2022
Hike in East Bay at Tilden Park @ 10 am
January 22, 2022
Annual Meeting @ 4 pm via Zoom
February 6, 2022
Sokolske hudebni odpoledne/ Sokol SF musical afternoon @ 2pm
March 12, 2022
Ambros Duo Concert - Piedmont
March 20, 2022
Sharks' Czech Heritage Night
Sharks vs. Arizona Coyotes @ 4pm
May 7, 2022
San Francisco Symphony - A. Dvorak Symphony 9th - From the New World
May 14, 2022
Visit to San Diego Cesko-Moravsko-Slovensky Folklorni festival in La Mesa
All event times are in Pacific Time
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East Tilden Park Hike
Sunday, January 16, 2022 @ 11 am
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Let's start 2022 with a hike that has beautiful views of San Francisco Bay
as well as San Pablo and Briones Dams and of Mt. Diablo.
Join us on Sunday, January 16th @ 11 am
for a moderate difficulty hike on the east side of Tilden Park.
As we are starting the hike later than usual, to allow for more travel time for people coming from across the Bay, you can bring your lunch with you.
There are benches at the top of the hike and we can enjoy a picnic lunch together.
The hike is kids and dog-friendly (on a leash; dogs, not kids:)
We will meet at a parking lot on S. Park Drive, about 1/2 a mile after your turn from Wildcat Canyon Road. Please see the map.
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Virtual Membership Annual Meeting
Saturday, January 22, 2022 @ 4 pm
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Join the Sokol SF Board as it recaps the previous year, plans for the upcoming year presents Reports of Officers, conducts Board of Directors elections, and secures member input.
Are you interested in joining the Board of Directors or serving on a committee?
Email us at sokolsf@gmail.com
All members are welcome and encouraged to attend.
Registration is required. The Zoom link to the meeting and agenda will be shared the week of the meeting.
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Sokolske hudebni odpoledne
Sunday, February 6, 2022 @ 2 pm
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Let's get together and enjoy our own music! Bring your musical instrument and your vocal chords. We are going to play Czech and English country/tramp/folk songs from the song books. Guitars, bass, keyboards, flutes, drums, triangles, .. all instruments are welcome. There is one piano waiting for a player too!
During registration you will have a chance to share your favorite song you would like to play/sing/hear ! We will start a our own zpevnik and prepare the song sheets with chords for this and all upcoming musical afternoons and camping trips - so please do not be shy!
Bring your family and kids! They can sing along or there is a backyard to play games at. There are also many toys to play with.
Sausages, bread and mustard will be provided. Bring your favorite drink and any deserts or side dishes which would complement our meal together. There will be outside grill and kitchen available to use.
The event will be hosted at the house of our Sokol member Ondrej in Mountain View. He is able to host about 30 people. RSVP early and secure your spot. We will be singing indoors or outdoors (weather permitting). The exact location of this gathering will be shared with those registered for the event. Doors will open at 2pm and singing will start at 3pm.
Feel free to invite your musical friends. The more musicians we have the better! If you are unsure if you can play with other musicians or you haven’t played your instrument for a long time, feel free to come earlier to practice!
We are going to follow the general covid safety rules, but while actively eating or drinking, you won't need a mask.
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Ambros Duo - Concert
Saturday, March 12, 2022
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SAVE THE DATE
more information is coming soon
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Sokol SF would like to know your input on which events and activities you would like to see offered.
Our intent is to grow & improve & offer enriching activities that support the culture & history of the Czech and Slovak countries.
Please take a few short minutes and fill our survey.
Thank you very much and we are looking forward to reading your feedback
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Czech Christmas Cookies Virtual Demonstration
December 12, 2021
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Thanks to all of you for joining us in our virtual cookie baking party.
We hope you enjoyed the three Czech Christmas cookie classics :
- Denisa's made "vanilkove rohlicky" aka "Vanilla crescent cookies"and "Islske (Brabantske) dorticky"
- Milena's "linecke cukrovi" aka "Linzer cookies"
Few notes from the demo chat:
- - for vanilkove rohlicky - walnuts have more fat than almonds, so if using almond flour add a little bit more butter; chop the nuts in a nut chopper or using a fine grater in a food processor
- - lazy-baker trick for the rohlicky dough from Miska: (which is cheating and maybe not allowed haha): I cool the dough into a long tube (like how you can buy Pillsbury dough) and when I pull it out of the fridge, I slice the roll in half lengthwise, and then slice into evenly sized half-moons. That way I don't have to roll each one, I just pinch it a little to get it into the crescent shape.
- - Linecke dough is very versatile - instead of lemon zest and vanilla extract you can use almond, orange, rum extract
- - vanilla sugar can be purchased at Cost Plus or you can put a vanilla bean into your sugar storage container.
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Christmas Carols Singing
December 18, 2021
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12 Sokol SF members and Friends of Sokol SF celebrated the season by getting together and singing koledy/carols.
Some koledy/carols were traditional, some less known but all were sung with gusto and were accompanied by Ondra's guitar.
Thank you Lea for your hospitality and wonderful refreshments!
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Not a member yet? Join us!
Benefits of Membership include:
- Event Discounts
- Preferred seating at events
- Pre-registration at popular events eg. our Christmas caroling event and winery visits
- Financial stipend to attend American &/or CZ Slets & Festivals
- Monthly newsletter
- Networking opportunities
- Access to educational & cultural programs
- Creating Czech connections
- Opportunities to practice Czech language skills
- Opportunity to earn a scholarship for the Czech School of California tuition
- Financial support toward entry fees to select events
- ....and more
- Click on the button "Apply For Membership" below and complete the online membership application
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Submit your $40 annual membership payment to sokolsfpay@gmail.com online via PayPal or Venmo
- Include the full name of all members you are sending payment for in the message field.
- If you wish to pay via check, after you complete the online new member application, mail your check to: Sokol SF, P.O. Box 5252, Walnut Creek, CA 94596
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Membership Renewal Reminder |
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Dear members of Sokol SF
Thank you all who already sent in your renewals!
If you have not done so, please renew by January 15, 2022, to avoid any late fees.
Renew your Membership
2022 membership dues are $40 and are due by December 31, 2021.
A $5 late fee is assessed after January 15, 2022, for those renewing their membership.
We now accept Paypal & Venmo in addition to a mailed check.
Follow ONE of these steps to renew easily:
A) renew online via PayPal or Venmo
Do not forget to include the full name of all members you are sending payment for in the message field. If there was a change in your address, phone, and/or email, please add that in the message as well.
B) renew via mail using the paper renewal form and a check made out to "Sokol SF".
Sokol SF, P.O. Box 5252, Walnut Creek, CA 94596
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The Largest Stadium in the World
Strahovsky Stadion in Prague
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Strahovský stadion byl původně postaven kvůli sokolským sletům. Poprvé byl využitý 4. července 1926, kdy se tam konal VIII. všesokolský slet.
Vejde se na něj devět fotbalových hřišť, konaly se tam všesokolské slety, socialistické spartakiády, vojenské přehlídky i koncerty.
První dva slety po sametové revoluci byly ještě na Strahově, ale další - v r. 2006 byl na Rošického stadionu, který je také na Strahově, a poslední dva v Edenu ve Vršovicích.
Strahovský stadion je s rozlohou 63 tisíc metrů čtverečních a kapacitou 250 tisíc míst největší sportovní stadion na světě. Od roku 2003 je tento kolos zapsán na seznamu kulturních památek. Jeho betonové tribuny ale zarůstají trávou.
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The Strahov Stadium was originally built for the Sokol slets/rallies. It was first used on July 4, 1926, for the VIII. All-Sokol Rally.
The stadium can hold nine football fields, the All-Sokol rallies, socialist Spartakiads, military parades and concerts were held there.
The first two Sokols slets/rallies after the Velvet Revolution were still held in Strahov, but another - in 2006 - was at the Rošický Stadium, which is also in Strahov, and the last two were held in Eden in Vršovice.
The Strahov Stadium is the largest sports stadium in the world with an area of 63,000 square meters and a capacity of 250,000 seats. This colossus has been on the list of cultural monuments since 2003. But its concrete grandstands are overgrown with grass.
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Miroslav Zikmund,
famous Czech traveler passed away
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Miroslav Zikmund se dožil 102 let. Spolu s Jiřím Hanzelkou procestovali v automobilech tatra několik světadílů. Jejich první vůz je vystavený v pražském Národním technickém muzeu. |
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Zlin and the legacy of Tomas Bata |
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There is a city in Moravia built by immigrants. Until the 1920s Zlín was a small settlement in the eastern part of what is now the Czech Republic. Then two brothers Tomáš and Antonín Baťa founded a shoe-making company, based it there and changed history. |
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Před 100 lety vznikla Velká Praha |
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Prvního ledna 1922 se Pražané probudili do jiného města. Počet obyvatel se ztrojnásobil, město se zvětšilo více než osmkrát. Z Prahy se stala evropská metropole. |
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Prague to restore original fire and water effects
to steel Art Nouveau bridge
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Čechův Most's original flaming torches and spewing hydras will spring to life a century after the bridge's opening. |
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Sokol San Francisco is a non-profit organization operating as an independent unit of the American Sokol Organization (ASO) and its Pacific District. Sokol SF provides physical, educational, and cultural programs for all who are interested in Czech, Moravian, and Slovak culture and their history, as well as those who are bonded by a common heritage and ethnic identity.
Sokol credo is “a sound mind in a sound body”
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