Past Events
Sun, May 1 (11:00am and - 1:00pm)
Beatification of Pope John Paul II and May 3rd Constitution Day celebrations
11am at St. Mary’s Cathedral
1pm on stage in Golden Gate Park
Celebration of the Beatification of Pope John Paul II and May 3rd Constitution Day celebration at Bandshell stage/ several performances. Costume processional in church: in Przeworsk (All dancers and former dancers & friends invited to process in costume!!)
Sponsors: PNA LODGE 7/ Lowiczanie Folk Ensemble and Golden Gate Park and Recreation Dept
Sat, May 14 (6:00pm)
Performance for the attendees of the PNA Regional Conference
Performance at Polish Club for the attendees of the PNA Regional Conference and fundraiser by running the bar & vodka- Krupnik tasting booth.
Sat, June 4 (7:00pm - 9;00pm)
May 3rd Constitution Day Celebration
May 3rd Constitution Day celebration/ Spring Wine-Tasting for Poland Tour Fund! Tasting, hors d’ouevres/ Folk cabaret & performance/ SILENT AUCTION – $10 advance/ door.
Thu, Dec 9 (7:30pm-9:30pm)
8th Annual Slavic Christmas Choral Concert
at Berkeley Hillside Club
2286 Cedar St., Berkeley, CA 94709
(510) 575 7514
A gloriously varied collection of traditional carols that plumbs the rich traditions of East European Slavic folk and sacred holiday music, celebrating the sublime joy of the Christmas story. Vocals and instrumentals draw on the artistic talents of the Bay Area's Slavic communities.
Featured artists in traditional costume:
- Lowiczanie Polish Chorus
- Ukrainian Bay Area Carolers Dalmacijo Singers & Slavonian Traveling Band
- Bulgarian Koledari Singers
- Carolers of Eszterlanc Hungarian Folk Ensemble
- Vocal soloists Dalyte Kodzis, Natalia Ukrainska, and Rajna Ledoux
- Cellist Pawel Walerowski & Friends
- Susan Worland, violinist & Lowiczanie’s Folk Band
Tickets:
- general: $15 advance/ $18 door buy now
- student: $10 advance/ $12 door buy now
- children under 7 years: free
The San Francisco - Krakow Sister Cities Assoc & Lowiczanie Polish Folk Ensemble Saturday, January 22, 3pm
Dance & Sing Around the World
Pleasanton Public Library 400 Old Bernal Avenue, Pleasanton
The program is "...specifically selected to appeal to children but aimed at ageneral audience...performances by dance professionals representing cultures from allover the world. The series is intended to both entertain and educate by profiling the rich array of cultures represented in our community and throughout the greater Bay Area." Sunday, Jan 23, 2011
Auditions for the 32nd annual SF Ethnic Dance Festival
Palace of Fine Arts, SF
Lowiczanie will premiere a new suite of dances from Biale Podlasie choreography: Mary Kay Stuvland/ music: Susan Worland Saturday, April 16, 2011
2011 Annual Edith Coliver International Spring Festival
International House, UC Berkeley Campus 2299 Piedmont Ave., Berkeley
Performances from the Repertoire Sat Apr 17, 11:30am - 12:30pm
Edith Coliver Spring Festival of Cultures
International House, UC Berkeley, 2299 Piedmont Avenue, Berkeley
Łowiczanie performs for this lively day-long Festival that celebrates the cultural diversity of Berkeley with folklore performances, food booths, crafts, a fashion show and more.
Tickets $7 gen / free UCB students, faculty & staff Sat, Apr 3, 7:30pm
Pocket Opera's "Halka"
Julia Morgan Theater, 2640 College Ave, Berkeley.
Pocket Opera’s production of Stanislaw Moniuszko’s tragic story, "Halka," features new choreography for the Polonez, Mazur and Tatry Mountain dances, and glitters with the lavish nobility and Podhale costumes loaned from the collection of Łowiczanie.
Tickets still available for this show! $20-$34 Sun, Mar 7
Children’s Ethnic Dance Festival of the San Francisco Bay Area
Featuring children’s dance groups representing the traditions of Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, the Philippines, and Poland
Croatian-American Cultural Center
More info to be announced
Sun, Jan 24
Łowiczanie Auditions Songs & Dances from Spisz for the 2010 San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival
Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco
nominal entrance fee – time TBA www.worldartswest.org
Thurs, Dec 10 (7:30pm)
7th Annual Slavic Christmas Choral Concert
Hillside Club, Berkeley
ONLINE: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/90131
A Łowiczanie one-night only event featuring the Łowiczanie chorus and invited community choral ensembles.
The annual Slavic Christmas Choral Concert, presented by Łowiczanie Polish Folk Ensemble, features a charming and evocative array of richly-varied melodies from Central and East European vocal traditions including those of Poland, Ukraine, Croatia, and Bulgaria. Sung by local choruses and soloists, and performed as instrumentals by the Łowiczanie folk band, our time-honored carols are followed at concert's close by the popular audience sing-a-long, joined from the stage by all the artists. Every ticket includes a welcoming glass of holiday mulled cider or wine, and guests are invited to browse for holiday gifts at the folk arts boutique.
Major sponsors: PoloniaSF.org, The Law Offices of Kerosky & Associates, Polam Federal Credit Union, The Consulate of the Republic of Poland in Los Angeles and our ongoing sponsors, Lodge 7 of the PNA & The Polish Club Inc.