June 4, 2023
Sokolske hudebni odpoledne
June 10, 2023
Children's Day Picnic in Lake Chabot
August 27, 2023
Informal "Ironman" Triathlon and Group Picnic in Tiburon, CA
September 23. and 24. 2023
Moravian Days in Lemont, Illinois
Field trip to Chicago Area
October 29, 2023
Picnic and Sokolský Běh Republiky, Ryders Park, San Mateo, CA
All event times listed are in Pacific Time
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Sokol SF' Literary Competition
Sokol SF - LITERÁRNÍ SOUTĚŽ
Thank you to all of you who sent in their wonderful poems!
They will be published in our July newsletter.
Who knew that we have so many talented poets in our community!
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Thank you to all of you who registered to be part of Slet 2024 in Prague
in July 2024 with us. We have two units!
All participants have received an email with further instructions.
We are looking forward to our first meet!
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Sokolske Hudebni Odpoledne
Sunday, June 4 @ 2 pm, 2023
Do not miss out this Sunday!
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!
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 and there is a kids slide in the backyard too!
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 will send an email you where to go :-) Thank you!
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Children's Day Picnic in Lake Chabot
Saturday June 10, 2023
Sokol SF and Czech School of California present our traditional Children's Day!
Join Sokol San Francisco and Czech School of California for this fun, active family afternoon.
Join us for an outdoor picnic lunch and bring some food for the grill
and maybe something to share :-)
We will have the BBQ ready to grill from 11:30 am.
Children's fun activities such as potato sack race, ring toss, egg and spoon races and more surprises will commence at 2pm.
We are asking Sokol members and friends
to please help out during the picnic
and
with staffing the children's games.
Thank you!
We are meeting at Lake Chabot, the Mallard Picnic Area by the lake with large picnic tables and extra large BBQ.
Charcoal, water and coffee will be provided.
Bring your own picnic lunch and maybe something to share.
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Informal "Ironman" Triathlon and Group Picnic
Sunday August 27, 2023 in Tiburon, CA
Come join us at an active picnic in Tiburon!
Many of us like biking and running.
Many of us heard about triathlon and wanted to try it out! Some of us have raced triathlons.
We are organizing a friendly, family oriented triathlon in one of the prettiest parks in Tiburon.
All participants will compete as a group.
We start with a swim in the warm currents of the Bay. The group stays together the whole time and we wait for everyone to get out of the water.
Then we transition back to our cars to change for the bike ride. We start and bike as a group and adjust our speed to stay together. The bike ride goes through Sausalito, around the area and back to the park.
Once everyone is back from the bike and ready to run we start the last segment and run along the water for about 3 miles.
After crossing the finish line we will have a picnic with fruit and a heated grill.
Do you want to come for a picnic and cheer on the triathlon participants?
Do you want to try one of the triathlon disciplines (swim/bike/run)?
Do you want to complete the whole course at your own pace?
Or do you want to compete with others?
Come and join us for the event.
Everyone participating is a winner!
The race course could be modified to accommodate individual needs. If you don't feel like swimming, never mind, come enjoy biking and running. If you want to come just for the picnic, you are welcome too :)
The event is followed by picnic potluck to share the energy and enjoy the community.
We have the Paradise Beach Park in Tiburon reserved for the day and are looking forward to meet fellow Sokols, new members and athletes and their friends and families.
Registration will open in July.
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Mark your calendars and let us know
- we are planning a field trip to
84th Annual Moravian Days Festival
in Lemont, IL
September 23rd and 24th, 2023
We are planning a field trip to visit a two day event in Lemont, IL in September. Everyone is invited to join us on this trip. We have budgeted a stipend to help cover some of the traveling expenses for Sokol SF members, amount depending on number of people who sign up and attend.
I attended a few years back and was impressed by the two day festival, all the music, dances, food, wonderful people, kroje (traditional costumes), beer... you name it... made me feel like I was back at home!
"Moravian Day festival focuses on the spirit, beauty, and talents of the Czech, Slovak, and Moravian regions. Come to Moravian Days to feel the heart and soul of people celebrating a festival in true ethnic style. Our goal is to preserve traditions and show our future generations the music, dancing, and culture of their ancestors. During this weekend festival, you can listen or sing along to beautiful songs of the heartland. Enjoy the energetic rhythms of polkas and such from our dancers of all ages. Have traditional food & bakery and imported Czech beer. You can also purchase arts & crafts from the Czech and Slovak Republics.
Just a tease of what you can expect on Saturday evening - traditional foods for dinner, dancing, "Koláče" eating contest , visiting performers, Czech beer and wine.
On Sunday the day starts at 10 am with a mass in the Czech language followed by traditional dance performances, songs and dancing....
This year there will be a band "Legruti" visiting from Velke Bilovice
If you are interested in coming you are welcome to join us but please arrange your own transportation and hotels.
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Family Camping Trip and Táborák at Mt. Diablo
Saturday, May 6 to Sunday May 7, 2023
Kempovani na Mt Diablo se neslo v duchu rozkvetlych luk, krasnych vyhledu, romantickych barev oblohy a dramatickeho zapadu slunce.
Pocasi bylo uzasne, no posudte sami: vyska, tlak, teplota, rosny bod: 570, 954, 18.5, 3.6! Lepsi pocasi jsme si opravdu nemohli prat :)
Seslo se nas 6 rodin a spousta deti. Opekali jsme klobasy a smores na ohni, hrali na kytaru, zpivali, strileli rakety na okolni stromy, behali na louce a lozili po skalkach. Nekteri zustali pres noc, jini odjeli na noc domu. Park rangeri byli tak hodni, ze nam otevreli pozde v noci branu a tak i nejmladsi nekolikamesicni ucastnici mohli po taborovem zpevu odjet spat do sve kolibky.
V nedeli rano zbytek posadky provedl vyslap na vrchol Mt Diabla a vystoupal tak nad mistni oblacnost. Uzili jsme si vyhledy na okolni vrcholy a bilou oblacnou prikryvku kopcu a udoli pod nami. Leto je tu!
Ondra
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Czech News & Announcements |
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FRANTISEK DLASK (1924- 2016) and JARMILA DLASK(1924- 2023)
FRANTISEK was the president of Sokol San Francisco for many years.
Through his heart-felt engagement he strived to keep alive his own - and his compatriot’s - connection to his beloved Bohemia.
Born in Prague in 1924, he studied engineering until the Nazi invasion of Czechoslovakia, who transformed university students into forced laborers. During the war, Frantisek actively participated in the Nazi resistance movement. Deeply dedicated to democracy, he was persecuted and threatened when the Communist party seized control of the country in 1948. To save his life, he emigrated, first to Australia, and from there to California, where he worked, married, and lived until the end of his life.
He loved his work on airplanes and constructed beautiful airplane models for the joy of his two granddaughters. He was also one of the pillars of the Hiller Aviation Museum in San Carlos.
Frantisek was a very kind and generous man. Modest and loving, he was a dear father and much loved grandfather.
JARMILA, his wife, was Sokol's treasurer for many years. Born in Prague in 1924, she also had to work as forced labor after the Nazis closed her university. After the war, she finished her studies in literature and journalism and worked in Prague in the field of art, theatre and music.
In 1968 she emigrated to California, where she worked and lived all the rest of her life.
Jarmila had a great sensibility for art and beauty. She loved to sing and dance, and beautifully recited Czech poems. In her youth she was very athletic, loved mountaineering, skiing, and gymnastics, as well as airplanes and travel.
She will be remembered as a cheerful and artistic woman, singing, dancing, laughing, and raising her wine glass with a joyful "cheers!".
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Pozvánka na druhý ročník českého kempování
18. do 25. června 2023
V termínu od 18. do 25. června 2023 se bude konat druhý ročník
českého kempování (nejen) rodičů s dětmi.
V tomto týdnu se pokusíme vytvořit v Kalifornii české prostředí plné českých her, pohádek a písniček. Budeme kempovat poblíž oblasti Lake Tahoe (na přesném místě se ještě pracuje). Více informací - Pavlína Weigle pavlina.weigle@gmail.com
Tato akce není organizována Sokolem SF.
Vzpomínka na lonský tábor:
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Thank you, Vera, for sharing Czech related event!
Stanford Live and the San Francisco Symphony Present
Dvořák’s New World Symphony
Featuring Joshua Weilerstein, conductor | Alexi Kenney, violin
In his New World Symphony, Antonín Dvořák frames his impressions of the music he heard in America through the lens of his Bohemian roots. Joshua Weilerstein conducts the San Francisco Symphony in a program that also includes Alexi Kenney in Jean Sibelius’ Violin Concerto, an impassioned showpiece written by a composer whose first love was the violin.
This is a public announcement and not Sokol SF sponsored event.
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Thank you, Martino!
Czech team is participating at 2023 World Lacrosse Championship
in San Diego, June 21 - July 1, 2023
Some of you may already be aware that the championship playoff will take place in San Diego starting June 21st through July 1st to determine the gold medalist team.
There will be teams from 30 countries participating in the 2023 World Lacrosse Championship, including team from the Czech Republic.
The championship event organizers reached out to the HPR (Balboa Park International Village) for support and help by connecting 18 out of 30 participating national teams aligned with the respective HPR International House Members.
1. USA; 2. England; 3. China; 4. Czech Republic; 5. Denmark; 6. England; 7. France; 8. Germany; 9. Israel; 10. Italy; 11. Korea; 12. Mexico; 13. Philippines; 14. Poland; 15. Puerto Rico; 16. Scotland; 17. Sweden. 18. Peru.
If you are in the area come and cheer them on!
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We would like to share news from our San Francisco Symphony lecturer and composer, Lukáš Janata.
I am very pleased about the upcoming presentation of my violin concerto by the chamber orchestra Pražská konzervatoř. And even bigger, that the main magician of the project is the phenomenal Daniel Matejčar, for whom this concert is directly written. The whole thing was created at the impulse of a synchronicity common history: we both come from Liberec and we are connected with ZŠ a ZUŠ Jabloňová and Pražská konzervatoř
Fe w years ago, our former mentor, Jan Prchal, came up with the idea to connect our art through this project. And I'm very happy for him and the fact that the project is coming to life right now.The world premiere was on May 17 in the beautiful space of Na ́rodní muzeum under mthe auspices of C ̌eské Muzeum Hudby / Czech Museum Of Music
Thank you for your support. More info at www.lukasjanata.cz
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Thank you, John, for sharing Czech related article!
May 1945: Czechoslovakia at a crossroads
Czechia was the place where the last shots of World War II were fired in Europe. The generally accepted narrative is that, with most of the country liberated by the Soviet Red Army, the former Czechoslovakia was inevitably headed for the communist Soviet bloc. Vít Smetana from the Prague Institute of Contemporary History dispels some deeply-rooted myths perpetuated by the communists about what happened in the very last days of WWII in Czechoslovakia.
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Thank you, Simko, for another WWII rememberance |
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Eighty-one years ago, Deputy Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich's assassination occurred in Czechoslovakia.
This historic event would not have been accomplished successfully without the presence of courageous individuals.
The brave members of the Sokol, from the Jindra group, provided shelter to the paratroopers, even though their lives were at risk.
In the photograph, we see the Novák family, who provided a safe place for Jan Kubiš and Jozef Gabčík.
Unfortunately, after being betrayed, they all faced execution. Let us always remember their sacrifice.
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Thank you, Jaro, for bringing us this article:
Chceme moderní pohled na krajanství,
zaznělo také na setkání u Panny Marie z exilu
Od chvíle, kdy byla na zahradě Strahovského kláštera vztyčena mramorová socha Panny Marie z exilu - dar českých krajanů v USA a Kanadě - uplynulo 29 let. Bylo to přesně 7. května 1994. A stalo se už tradicí, že se kolem tohoto data u sochy scházejí lidé, kteří se zabývají krajanskou komunitou. Letos se setkání konalo popáté.
Zvláštní zmocněnec pro krajanské záležitosti ministerstva zahraničí Jiří Krátký všechny přítomné pod sochou Panny Marie z exilu přivítal a poznamenal, že jde pravděpodobně o jediné místo v Česku, které je trvale spojeno s exilem. Připomněl pak hlavní témata krajanské agendy v posledních čtyřech letech.
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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, June 4, 2023
@ 1pm
at the Nativity Church
240 Fell Street, San Francisco
or
on the Internet on 6/11 at 10 am
Visit their website to confirm the above information or sign up for their Věstník for
the dates and places of their in-person and virtual mass.
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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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