Sokol SF Newsletter - December 2022 |
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Sokol SF Calendar of Events |
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December 11, 2022
Christmas Cookie Baking and Decorating - In-person at the Orinda Community Center, Orinda, CA
January 8, 2023
Hike in Briones
January 21, 2023
Annual Meeting for Sokol Members
in-person and online
February 5 , 2023
Virtual Cooking Class on Zoom
February 12 , 2023
An afternoon at the San Francisco Symphony - A. Dvorak and J. Vorisek
All event times listed are in Pacific Time
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Time to renew your Sokol SF Membership
Not a member yet? Then it is time to join!
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Pay your $40 annual membership dues by December 31, 2022
Send your payment via Venmo recipient Sokol SF
or send a check to Sokol SF, P.O. Box 5252, Walnut Creek, CA 94596
Sokol SF members who pay by 12/31/2022 will be entered into a drawing for a $10 gift card to Starbucks!
Drawing will be held at our Annual Meeting on 1/21/2023 - mark your calendars!
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Complete the online form or hard-copy application AND pay the annual membership dues of $40 when you apply for membership.
The $10 processing fee for new members has been waived for 2023.
Send your payment via Venmo recipient Sokol SF
or send a check to Sokol SF, P.O. Box 5252, Walnut Creek, CA 94596
See the whole list of member benefits on our website
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Christmas Cookie Baking and
Decorating Classes
December 11, 2022
1:30pm and 3:00pm
Orinda Community Center
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We are once again hosting in-person Czech Christmas Cookie Decorating and Baking Classes.
There will be two one-hour sessions, the first:
at 1:30 pm and the second
at 3:00 pm
Place:
Please make sure you register for the time you want to attend.
Class is suitable for kids, but parents must be there with their child.
Please register every person who will be attending.
NOTE: we will also be working with nuts.
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We will be decorating linecke cookies, gingerbread cookies, and baking vanilkove rohlicky cookies.
Everyone will leave with baked goodies and in a festive mood! You will receive the recipes as well.
Wear comfortable clothing which you do not mind getting some flour or sugar on :-)
Please plan your arrival so we can start the class on time! Thank you.
Suggested donation is $10 per person
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Save the date! Annual Meeting
Saturday, January 21, 2023
Our Annual Meeting will take place at DJ Bistro
We will have our meeting followed by lunch provided by Sokol SF.
All members are invited to attend!
Detailed information and registration is coming in January 2023 Newsletter.
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Ambroš Duo
Saturday, November 5, 2022
Piedmont Center for the Arts
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Over 50 people filled the hall and enjoyed an up-close and personal concert followed by a light reception to meet the artists.
The evening was co-hosted by:
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"Falcons Fly High"
November 12, 2022 @ 2pm - 4pm
Shoreline Park in Mountain View
Pousteni draku and outdoor gathering event
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Pocasi bylo pekne, ucastnilo se 6 deti (z toho 2 under 2 let) a 8 rodicu.
Program:
1.Historie draku (sport,science a Evropa)-jak deti pomahaly rodicum se sklizni zeleniny a brambor a potom poustely draky
2.Pribehy - storytelling
"My kite is stuck" by Selina Yoon, Olivia
"Kite Party" by Alex Harvey,
"Kite for moon" by Jane Yolen
3.Skladani vlastovek z papiru a kresleni (podzimni jezek)
4.Souteze -Sbirani plodu podzimu...orechy, male dyne, za doprovodu detske hudby
5.Souteze - Hazeni brambor na 5 metru do kbeliku
6.Drakiada
8.Sladke ceny, a kazdy si odnesl domu detskou knizku na cteni
My jsme mali sokolici
umíme se smát
mame pírko na čepici
v srdci hrdy řád
v každém sportu ( boji) obstojíme
nepřátel se nebojíme
do všech koutu světa smíme
na pomoc se rozlétat.
NAZDAR
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Dinner with author Marketa Pilatova
Sokol SF Member Only Event
November 18, 2022
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One of many benefits
of Sokol SF Membership
An intimate evening with author, journalist, and historian Markéta Pilátová reading from her children’s book "S Batou v džungli” (With Bata in the jungle) a book about the life in exile of shoemaker Jan Antonin Bata including her account of how she came to write the book, her meeting Bata’s Grandaughter and the family’s history.
Fascinating story!
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Day of Czech Culture and Sokolsky Beh Republiky
We received some wonderful feedback from attendees
that we would like to share with you
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Dobrý den,
Děkujeme z Prahy. Asi bych se opakoval, vše bylo na maximální spokojenost a mé dojmy z krajanské podzimní Kalifornie (i Oregonu) jsou jen ty nejlepší. Jste všichni skvělí lidé a o krajanství v Kalifornii nemám obavy do té doby, do kdy u něj budete stát vy všichni.
S pozdravem,
JUDr. Jiří Krátký, M.A.
Zvláštní zmocněnec pro krajanské záležitosti
MZV České republiky
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Je opravdu úžasné, že máte tak pěknou spolupráci i s e Sokolem v Čechách, stavíte tak pevný most, díky kterému se česká komunita cítí jako by byla pořád jednou nohou doma i přes ten nekonečný oceán.
Děkuji za to, co pro nás a hlavně naše děti děláte.
Z. Buriankova
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H. Suchel sent an article:
"Jak naucit sokola behat":
Vyrostla jsem dvěstě metrů od Tyršáku, na dohled od Sokolovny Malá Strana a moji prarodiče se v Sokole seznámili (kde také jinde v roce 1931).
Není divu, že sokolské pochody mám v krvi. “Tužme se “bylo heslo mého sportovního dědečka (jinak úředníka Zemské banky), se kterým moje babička (žena v domácnosti) hrála tenis, věc dost nevídaná a nová pro ženy, stejně jako žena na kladině.
Nové také bylo, že po svatbě dvakrát týdně předložila dedečkovi večeři (někdy i studenou !!!) a odešla do Sokolovny cvičit s kužely.
Dnes se to zdá nemožné, ale opravdu to byla úplně převratná situace. Ženy si byly v sokolovně rovny s muži! Dělník převálcoval pana řidícího ve shybech !!
Není divu, že po založení Republiky Československé, bylo v Sokole přes milion členů. Kdo nebyl v Sokole prakticky společensky neexistoval . Sokolovny vyrostly téměř v každé obci, cvičit začal kde kdo.
Zbytek hrál v Sokole divadlo, ...
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17th All Sokol Slet Planned For Summer 2024
July 1 - 6, 2024 in Prague, Czech Republic
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Mark your calendars! More information about Sokol SF participation is coming!
Around 20,000 people are expected to attend the event, which will have an accompanying program at the National Theater and other venues. Such gatherings are held every six years by Sokol, which is a gymnastics and fitness association that dates back to the 19th century Czech National Revival.
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Czech News & Announcements |
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Czech and Slovak Club Christmas Event
Saturday, December 3, 2022 @ 3:30pm
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Dancing performance by Karicka Dance Troupe, music presentation a visit by Mikulas and also Czech food for purchase
Pleasant Hill Senior Center
Grand Chateau Room
233 Gregory Lane
Pleasant Hill, CA
Tickets are $20 on Eventbrite or by sending a check. See flyer for details.
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Sokol Los Angeles a Ceska Skola v Los Angeles
vas zvou na Mikulasskou besidku 12/3/2022
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St Andrew's Lutheran Church West Los Angeles (ELCA)
11555 National Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Cas: 10:00 do 13:00 hodin
10:30-11:30 budeme mit kouzelnicke predstaveni, potom bude Mikulaska nadilka s certem a andelem a male obcerstveni
RSVP/Tickets
Deti Ceske skoly LA : zdarma
verejnost: $5/dite
Time: from 10am to 1pm
We'll have presents for kids, craft stations, and at 10:30am a magician performance
RSVP required
Members of Czech School: FREE
Public: $5/child
RSVP link:
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Postavy a příběhy České Kalifornie
BOHUŠ BENEŠ (1901-1977) — ČS. DIPLOMAT Z ORINDY
(2. část – Konzulem v San Francisku)
By Amb. Jaroslav Olša, Jr. Czech Consul General
V roce 1940 v Kalifornii sídlilo už přes pět tisíc obyvatel narozených na území tehdejšího Československa a k tomu dvojnásobný počet Američanů českého a slovenského původu. Z nich celá třetina (1,536, resp. 2,740) žila v Los Angeles a výrazně méně (783, resp. 760) v San Francisku. Přestože bylo stále jasněji vidět, že Los Angeles ve svém významu pro Československo předběhlo San Francisko, Ministerstvo zahraničních věcí československé vlády v londýnském exilu v roce 1942 rozhodlo o opět – v pořadí už třetím – otevření efektivního konzulátu na severu Kalifornie.
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Note: For those of our subscribers who may not be able to read the Czech language, we recommend using the following online translator developed by researchers at Charles University called CUBBIT: www.lindat.cz/cubbit
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CZECH-AMERICAN TV QUIZ-CONTEST
Test your knowledge about Brno!
Czech-American TV - non-profit organization - is a compatriot non-profit organization based in the USA broadcasting cultural-educational TV programs. Czech-American TV (CATVUSA) has been educating people all over the world about the Czech Republic and its heritage for over 20 years.
The main objective of their activities is to spread the reputation of the Czech Republic abroad, in a completely non-profit way.
In cooperation with the city of Brno they have prepared a quiz-contest about this second-largest Czech city. The quiz-contest consists of fourteen questions about Brno, each of which has one correct answer.
The quiz-contest will last until December 31, 2022. When it concludes, ten winners will be drawn, each of whom will be awarded prizes by the city. The winners will be displayed on the Czech-American TV website by January 14, 2023.
The only rule is that only those who live outside the Czech Republic and do not have Czech citizenship can participate in the quiz.
We wish good luck to all participants.
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Česká Katolická Misie in San Francisco |
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Father Libor Svorcik is inviting you to a
Czech mass in San Francisco
Sunday, December 4, 2022
@ 1pm
at the Nativity Church
240 Fell Street, San Francisco
Visit their website or sign up for their Věstník for
the dates and places of their in-person and virtual mass.
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Volba Prezidenta ČR
v lednu 2023 na americkém Západě
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Vzhledem k časovému posunu oproti ČR se volba prezidenta republiky bude v Los Angeles konat ve dnech 12. a 13. 1. 2023. Případné druhé kolo se uskuteční ve dnech 26. a 27. 1. 2023, a to vždy v čase od 14.00 do 21.00 hodin.
Volební místnost bude umístěna v prostorách generálního konzulátu ČR na adrese 10990 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1100, Los Angeles, CA 90024.
K volbě prezidenta na generálním konzulátu v Los Angeles musejí být občané ČR předem zapsáni ve zdejším zvláštním seznamu voličů, anebo ve dnech volby předložit voličský průkaz. O vydání voličského průkazu je nutno požádat v místě, kde je volič podle svého trvalého bydliště zapsán.
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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.
The Sokol credo is “a sound mind in a sound body”
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