2017 FLMF Gala
Photos by Ed Ebrom
Photos by Ed Ebrom
2017 Folklife Festival Volunteers
2017 Gala Committee
Accordian player from Poland
Adeline Ciomperlik, Patricia Felux, and Frank Urbanczyk
Adrian and Loretta Niestroy
Al O'Berg and Virgil Moczygemba serving wine and beer
Baby Walker
Bishop John Yanta and Brenda Flores
Chicken Dancers
Chris Rybak encircled
Chris Rybak playing the Chicken Dance
Chris Rybak, the Accordian Cowboy!
Dancing fun!
Dancing in a circle!
Denise Fernandez, Anna Alvarez, Jackie and Ross Moczygemba
Dorothy Pawelek, Sister Emily, Bishop Boulette, and Sister Agnes
Dorothy Pawelek
Dr. Jim Mazurkiewicz
Ed and Janet Ebrom
Ed Ebrom, Dorothy Pawelek, and Father Thaddeus Tabak
Ed Ebrom, Dorothy Pawelek, and Rev. Thaddeus Tabak
Elaine Mazurek Stephens and Ed Ebrom
Elaine Stephens, Dorothy Pawelek, Maureen Brown, and Janet Ebrom
Elaine Stephens, Dorothy Pawelek, Rev. Norbert Herman, Maureen Brown, and Janet Ebrom
Elaine Stephens, Maureen Brown, and Janet Ebrom
Father Frank presenting plaque to Loretta Niestroy
Father Frank
FLMF Gala Volunteers!
Folklife Festival Polish Booth Volunteers
Gala Volunteers in 2017
George and Betty Kowalik, Sam and Susie Kotara, Peter and Carolyn Krawietz dressed in Silesian attire
George and Betty Kowalik, Sam and Susie Kotara, Peter and Carolyn Krawietz, Msgr. Frank in foreground
Geraldine Piegza and Elaine Mazurek Stephens
Geraldine Wilder, John and Kathy Beard, Mary Ann Watson, Suzanne Sheppard
Gift for Gala Guests
Guests from Poland being greeted by Bishop Yanta
Guests from Poland greeting Bishop Yanta
Guests from Poland hosted by PACT
Guests from Poland meeting Bishop Yanta
Guests from Poland on stage
Guests from Poland with Bishop Yanta
Guests from Poland
Irene Kace, Emily Kolodziejcyk, and Dorothy Moy
Janet Dawson Ebrom, FLMF Historian
John and Kathy Beard, Janet Ebrom, Mary Ann Watson, Loretta and Adrian Niestroy
John Wojtasczyk, Elaine Mazurek Stephens, Dr. Jim Mazurkiewicz, Dr. Piotr Przybylski, Genny Kraus, with Bishop Yanta in front
Larry and Lorraine Ibrom sharing the oplatek
Larry and Lorraine Ibrom
Mary Moczygemba and Dorothy Collins
Maureen Brown and Susan McKinsey
Maureen Brown
Megan Kolenda Walker
Msgr. Frank Kurzaj, President of the Father Leopold Moczygemba Foundation
Msgr. Frank Kurzaj, Sister Martha Janysek, Darlene and Hilmer Wagener, Lorraine and Larry Ibrom
Msgr. Kurzaj with Darlene and Hilmer Wagener
Patricia Urbanczyk Felux and Frank Urbanczyk
Polish guests serenading Texans
Rev. Scott Janysek and Bishop Michael Boulette
Rev. Wieslaw Iwaniec and Loretta Niestroy
Rev. Wieslaw Iwaniec, Barbara Jendryczka, Joyce Pawelek Rives, Msgr. Frank Kurzaj
Rev. Wieslaw Iwaniec, Barbara Jendryczka, Joyce Pawelek Rives, Msgr. Kurzaj
Rick and Regina Sowa
Robert Piegza and Adrian Niestroy
Silesian attire worn by George and Betty Kowalik, Sam and Susie Kotara, Peter and Carolyn Krawietz
Silesian costumes worn at the Gala
Sister Helen, Sister Natalia, and Sister Inez
Sister Inga of the Seraphic Sisters
Sister Sophia, Sister Elza, Sister Helen, and Sister Natalia
The Chicken Dance!
Victor and Margaret Gambill, Dietmar Schott, and Kim Gambill Bracewell
Visitors from Poland arriving at Gala
Visitors from Poland entertaining Gala audience
Volunteers at 2017 Folklife Festival