17th Annual Eastern European Festival
Next October in Old Deerfield
Polish Knights Invade
Old Deerfield
17th Annual
Eastern European Festival
Deerfield, Massachusetts
Next October
12 noon until 6 pm
In the spirit of a “Dozynki” or Polish harvest festival, visitors will enjoy music, dance, demonstrations, shopping, and of course, food. The Memorial Hall Museum grounds and the entire “Old Deerfield Acropolis” (the group of historic buildings surrounding the museum) will be filled with the sights and sounds of Eastern Europe. Admission is $5 for adults; children are free.
The Czarniecki Division, “the proudest and most distinguished cavalry unit in the service of King Jan Kazimierz,” will invade the village of Old Deerfield, Sunday, October 5th for the annual Eastern European Festival hosted by Memorial Hall Museum. This band of Polish knights in period costume, weaponry and armor will make camp in the center of the festival with a Turkish tent. Throughout the festival they will demonstrate how a military unit in the 17th century Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth lived and fought.
Another feature of this year’s festival will be a Pysanki egg show in Memorial Hall Museum from 12 until 4 pm sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Rhode Island Council for the Arts, and the Massachusetts Cultural Council featuring Carol Kostecki, a Pysanki artist for more than fifteen years under the advanced tutelage of Father Paul Luniw, Master Pysanky Artist. Mrs. Kostecki and Father Luniw will give demonstrations throughout the afternoon.
For more info visit Memorial Hall Museum website for more information