Volume 94 Number 10
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Bowling for a Cure
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SPJST, Hermann Sons, KJT, and KJZT Bowling Tournament Saturday, February 18, 2006 • Westgate Lanes in Austin
Fraternalists raise more than $3,000 for Susan G. Komen Foundation
SPJST Supreme Lodge President Brian Vanicek, left, presents the Gold Cup to Hermann Sons Grand President Leroy Muehlstein at the bowling tournament February 18 in Austin. The Hermann Sons bowlers earned the trophy for their highest pin fall (141). SPJST was second with 119, followed by KJT with 84, and KJZT with 76. The tournament attracted 124 bowlers. RIGHT PHOTO: Liz Bielefeld, right, of SPJST Lodge 107, Floresville purchases raffle tickets from Hermann Sons member Betty Kurtz. Three prizes were awarded in the drawing.
Lodge 24, Cyclone youth wins 2006 Camp Tee-Shirt Design Contest
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Lodge 133 members celebrate anniversary Page 8 Lodge 187 gives to community Page 9 DYCs meet in Killeen Page 15 Lodge 28 members visit Czech Republic Page 21
The Grand Prize winner of the 2006 SPJST Summer Camp Tee-Shirt Design Contest is Stephanie Vanicek of Lodge 24, Cyclone. Stephanie’s design will appear on this year’s camp tee-shirts. Congratulations, Stephanie. See page 19 for all of the age category winners and a listing of participants.
Interest Rates .....................2 Family Fun Dates ...............3 District Meeting Info ..........3 Lodge Letters .....................5 In Memoriam.....................14 Youth .................................15 Vestnik Project .................17 Kraslice Rules ..................18 Czech Culture...................20 Activities Calendar...........22
Brotherhood
March 8, 2006
Lodge 183, Arlington member Jefe Brown brings “Call of Dudy” Tour to Texas-Czech Communities
“Call of Dudy” (2006, screened with questions and www.callofdudy.net), the first answers to follow. This film captures the and only fullpeople and length docuplaces which mentary film are keeping on the Czech the region’s bagpipe tradicenturies-old tion now on bagpipe tradiDVD, will be tion alive screened today and for along with a future generaCzech bagtions. pipe presentaBagpipes tion in Texas(dudy Czech comin munities from Czech) are mid- to late generally March as part associated of a Texas Lodge 183, Arlington with the Celtic state tour by member Jefe Brown dis- Fringe of its filmmak- plays his DVD: “Call of Europe, but ers. one of the Dudy.” richest and Fresh off the success of a Midwest tour, most ethnically diverse bagCzech-American bagpiper pipe traditions can be found in Michael Cwach and Texas Central Europe, especially in native Prague-based filmmak- the Czech Lands and neigher Jefe Brown will visit boring Bavaria. approximately 15 Texas “Call of Dudy” towns in presenting the new Texas Public Screenings documentary film “Call of Dudy.” (The Czech word Friday, March 17 dudy means bagpipes.) Victoria — Welder Theater Filmmaker Jefe Brown is a 6:30pm member of SPJST Lodge 183, Sunday, March 19 Arlington. La Grange — TCHCC Mr. Cwach, a recipient of a Czech Heritage Texas Fulbright scholarship to study and Cultural Center the bagpipe tradition of the 2 p.m. Czech lands, will make a presentation to contextualize Monday, March 20 the musical and cultural histoSan Antonio — Our Lady ry of the bagpipes, showing of the Lake University Sueltenfuss Library rare photos and postcards Community Room, 7 p.m. from the Czech Republic as well as from early Czech setWednesday, March 22 tlers in the USA. He will also College Station — sing and play. Texas A&M University Jefe Brown’s new docu- Stark Gallery, MSC, 7 p.m. mentary film “Call of Dudy” Continued on page 14. (52 minutes) will then be