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Polish traditions fill Christmas event

Lenny Gomulka & Chicago Push will be performing at the Saturday event.

Polka music and the scents of traditional foods will fill the air at the first Polish Christmas Koledy Night being held Saturday in the Blessed Mary Angela Social Center.

“It’s going to be a great night of music and revelry,” said event coordinator Becky Dix. “We’re going to have all the traditional foods people love.”

The dinner will include golumki — cabbage rolls, cheese pierogies, red Polish sausage, baby red potatoes and dessert. The meal will also see the traditional passing of oplatki, bread that is broken and shared with gathered guests in good wishes for the holiday.

Following the dinner 12-time Grammy nominated band and members of the Polka Hall of Fame, Lenny Gomulka & Chicago Push out of Massachusetts will entertain attendees with Christmas carols and Polka favorites; sheet music and lyrics will be provided and there will be karaoke.

In addition to dinner, music and dancing there will be raffles for two art prints from the “Weeping Santa” series by West Seneca artist Fran Lagana-Brooks, a cash raffle in winning increments of $500, $300, $200 and five $100 prizes, a basket raffle and a silent auction.

All proceeds will benefit the St. Gianna Pregnancy Outreach Center, Chautauqua satellite office located at 32 Moore Ave. Fredonia, a 100% volunteer organization that assists in providing material, emotional and spiritual support to families in need during and after pregnancy.

“I want to thank the generosity and support from the societies of Blessed Mary Angela and St. Rose of Lima as well as Pat Morelle, the Chautauqua location coordinator of St. Gianna and Client Service Coordinator Marlene Lezark,” Dix added. “I hope everyone comes out and has a wonderful time.”

The advent party will start at 5 p.m. with welcome and prayer given by Fr. Jan Trela, with music to begin at around 6 p.m. the cost is $30 and tickets can be purchased by calling Morelle at 207-6509. Seating is limited and tickets are selling quickly, so call ahead for a reservation. The social center is located at 324 Townsend St. in Dunkirk.

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