In addi on to our new events, I urge you to enjoy our Picnics this summer, our Bingos, and many other events throughout the year. If you haven’t yet joined our Social Media pla orms, I urge you to ‘follow’ us, so that you are kept abreast of happen‐ings in our community.

I want to thank you very much for your con nued sup‐port of our community, and I look forward to seeing you in the upcoming months!

Best regards on behalf of my en re Execu ve: Erin Lebar, Boris Poredos, Luke Ma‐jowski, Dan Kozicki, Sabrina Simonic and Myranda Terry.

Stan Majowski President CSCS president@canadianslovenian.mb.ca

P.S. Check out our website for events and celebra ons! www.canadianslovenian.mb.ca 

  

Gree ngs  Members and Friends! 

I do hope that this newsle er finds you in good spirits and good health!

As we look back at 2016, the one word that comes to my mind is ‘togetherness’. As a community, we had some wonderful events that we partook in, with the highlight being a 65th Anniversary cel‐ebra on of the founding of our organiza on. A truly mag‐ical evening was held, and was very well a ended. We had lots of fun in 2016, whether it was at Folklorama, at our Picnics, or playing Bin‐go. On behalf of the CSCS Execu ve, I thank you for your support of this commu‐nity.

Looking towards 2017, we have some challenges thrown our way, in par cular with our inability to secure a ven‐ue for our Folklorama pavil‐ion. A er spending numerous weeks searching for a venue (our current venue Sargent Park, and old venue Daniel Mac were unavailable this year), we could not locate one. It was a difficult deci‐sion, but with no venue, we were le with no op on but to take a year off of Folk‐lorama in 2017. However, we as an Execu ve are busy plan‐ning summer me ac vi es, and in par cular we are scheduling a ‘Winnipeg Slo‐venefest’ at our Picnic Grounds on Saturday July 29, and we are sponsoring An‐sambel Novi Spomini from Slovenia, to play in our church hall on Friday August 25. Both of these new events promise to be something new, and will bring a lot of fun to our community.

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CSCS Celebrates 65 

years! 

Check out what 

we’ve been up to 

the past year! 

Novi Spomini! 

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Slovenefest! 

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CSCS Celebrates 65 Years! 

Saturday October 22nd was a very magical evening for the Canadian Slovenian Cultural Society (CSCS). On that day, we celebrated our 65th Anni‐versary of our existence with a Gala Celebra on Evening.

Prepara on for this event began many months earlier, and it all came together won‐derfully at our Celebra on Evening! Our event planner and head cook Kris na Ma‐jowski did a fabulous job deco‐ra ng the hall, and preparing a wonderful meal and a tableful of pastries. Much me was spent by Stan Majowski work‐ing with VIPs and working with our band in Ontario to arrange for a mutually agreed date.

Our band, Ansambel Brajda, arrived into Winnipeg Friday evening, and this was the trio’s 4th trip to our community. They entertained us the past 3

mes, and this me would prove no different. Their abil‐ity to showcase Slovenian music, both polkas and waltz‐es, was beau ful. The three gentlemen are absolutely fab‐ulous musicians, and the love they have for Slovenian music is truly hear elt. The commu‐nity very much enjoyed their music!

Also joining us for this evening, was the Ambassador of the Republic of Slovenia to Cana‐da, Dr. Marjan Cencen. Dr. Cencen arrived in Winnipeg Saturday morning, and had a very frui ul visit to the Mani‐

toba Museum. Luke Majowski served as his personal tour guide. They spent over 4 hours at the Museum, and the Am‐bassador was enthralled with the history of the Winnipeg and Manitoba area.

When our evening did start, we were also joined by the Provincial Government, repre‐sented by Janice Morley‐Lecomte, the MLA for Seine River. It is always wonderful to include our Provincial Govern‐ment, as their support of our community has always been second to none!

Our Host and Master of Cere‐monies, Mark Lebar, started our evening with a wonderful introduc on, and a er Grace was said by our parish priest, Fr. Diosdado Parrenas, dinner was served.

A er dinner, gree ngs were brought to the community by Dr. Marjan Cencen and Ms Janice Morley‐Lecomte. CSCS President Stan Majowski also spoke about the need to pro‐vide leadership guidance and mentorship to our youth, so that they can take addi onal responsibility in our communi‐ty.

A er the speeches, the dance floor was cleared of the buffet tables, and the band took the stage, front and centre. Before too long, many people were kicking up their heels to lively polka or waltz music made famous by many Slovenian

ar sts, such as Slak, Mladi Dolenjci, and Avsenik!

A very special 90th Birthday gree ng to long me CSCS member and community sup‐port, Mrs. Ana Sukic. Mrs. Sukic was presented with a bouquet of flowers by the Catholic Women’s League, and a 90th Birthday cake was brought by her family. This type of excep onal birthday just made the evening that much more special!

As always, the evening ended much too quickly. Lots of work went into preparing for the evening, and before you know it, it’s over! Even though it ended very quickly, it was a wonderful evening for all who a ended.

Visit the CSCS Facebook page for pictures of this evening.

Our thanks to the following people, who assisted in mak‐ing this evening a wonderful event:

Adam Majowski Boris Poredos Danny Gregoric Eric Marinko Kris na Majowski Kris na Van Buren Luke Majowski Mark Lebar Mike Gregoric Sabrina Simonic Stan Majowski Teresa Kozicki Tony Sadl Trip Prasad

On Saturday, 

October 22, 

2016 the CSCS 

Celebrated our 

65th 

Anniversary! 

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CSCS Celebrates 65 Years! On Saturday, 

October 22, 

2016 the CSCS 

Celebrated our 

65th 

Anniversary! 

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BINGO! The CSCS has started opera ng a BINGO during the fall to spring me period, holding a BINGO every other month a er church Mass and Sunday coffee. Usually an average of 50 – 60 people par cipate in 2 hours of BINGO. The largest payout has been over $150.00 for the Jackpot games. The BINGO’s are well a ended by a broad sec on of our communi‐ty, from seniors to young adults to even children. Look for BINGO’s to resume in October 2017!

BOBBIN LACE! 

Nine ladies in our community par cipated in Idrija Bobbin Lace classes. Kris na Ma‐jowski led this class and introduced the basics of Idrija Lace making, and the class pro‐duced many wonderful pieces of lace, pictures of which are now posted on our Face‐book and Twi er account. Thank you very much Kris na for taking the me to share

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LEADERSHIP! 

In November, 2016, the CSCS hosted a Leadership Presenta on in our church hall. Stan Majowski led a session on building on Lead‐ership skills, and the presenta on was a ended by a varied age group in our community. Discus‐sions ranged from leadership skills on various leaders, including an interes ng presenta on about Ernest Shackleton and his Antarc‐

c Expedi on. We hope to have more sessions like these in the future.

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Events from the past season! 

Check out our 

many and 

varied events 

held over the 

past year! 

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KOLINE! On February 4th, 2017, the CSCS was proud to put on a Koline Sausage Making event. This event was a mas‐sive success and 3 different delicious sausages were made: meat, blood and white. On February 5th, the CSCS sold these sausages to our members, who enjoyed them so much, they came back the next week asking if we had any more. This event would not have been successful if it was not for Daniel Kozicki and Luke Majowski who ran this event and a big thank you goes out to them. Hopefully the CSCS can run another Koline next year.

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held over the 

past year! 

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Events from the past season! 

FOLKORAMA 2016 Hello! I first off would like to thank everyone who volun‐teered, this could not have happened without you, and you all made this the most financially successful year we have ever had.!

The kitchen staff worked countless hours throughout the week making sure there was always food for our customers and volunteers.

the BBQ crew roasted pigs and chickens during the mornings and a ernoons, always cooking them to perfec on, and the cu ers always had pork and chicken ready for 6 o'clock.

The door crew was fantas c with direc ng guests and making sure the line moved fast.

Our dance groups who prac ce almost year‐round once again represented us as one of the best Slovenijan groups in Canada.

Our fantas c cultural display, which is always set up so perfectly and so factually accurate.

Our pastries, which always taste fantas c, and for which people would come back just to buy a piece of cake or strudel.

Mark Lebar, with his fantas c opening, informing the people about Slovenija, and who I’ve been told was one of the best emcees by people vis‐i ng, with which I agree.

Mark Fewster, who did a great job with the soundboard behind the scenes.

Our ambassadors who did a fantas c job. A fel‐low co‐ordinator asked me at one point if they could steal our two youth ambassadors, Taylor and Jared, for their pavilion next year, because they were so knowledgeable about Slovenija and so polite and professional!

Sabrina Simonic did another fantas c job with social media leading up to Folklorama, as well as during with Instagram, Twi er, and Facebook. She did a fantas c job taking pictures through‐out the week and showing the world what we’re all about.

Our Slovenija Secret Service, who did another fantas c job making sure our pavilion was al‐ways clean.

Our bar staff, the bar was always stocked with cold drinks and the bar staff was always so friendly to the customers.

I would also like to thank the heads of the depart‐ments at Folklorama this year. It was such a pleas‐ure to work with you all. I would especially like to thank the heads of the departments for all their dedica on throughout the week. Alenka in the kitchen, Kris na Majowski as entertainment, Sabri‐na as social media, Mark Lebar as our emcee for the week, Syrena Terry for se ng up the cultural dis‐play, Marc Schuster as head of security. Stefan Geric with the BBQ, Pauline with the pastries, our 4 am‐bassadors Daniel, Ma , Taylor, and Jared. Evan, who did a really great job with the door, always making sure we had ckets and guide books, and finally Stan Majowski with the bar and helping me along as co‐co‐ordinator. This was a unique experience for me as well as gra ‐fying one. I feel much be er connected to the com‐munity as the rela onships I’ve made during my term as co‐ordinator of the pavilion. I find that my problem‐solving skills were extremely tested and improved upon while working with Folklorama. Adam Majowski, Folklorama Co‐ordinator, Slovenija Pavilion, 2016 

“The Slovenian 

Pavilion 

par cipated in 

Folklorama for 

the 46th  me in 

2016!” 

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KIDS CAMP!  The youth of the community took part in a 'Slovenian Camp' on July 16th, 2016 at the picnic grounds. The event received rave reviews from the a endees as well as their parents! The event ran from 9:00am to 7:00pm and the nice weather held out for the most part! The youth aged 2‐12 had a full day of ac vi es to connect them to their culture and their friends! The 8 a endees started the day in high spirits, jumping in the inflatable course and sliding on the Slip & Slide. They par cipated in a Slovenian Amazing Race created by Director of Youth, Myranda Terry. The race took them to vari‐ous regions of Slovenija: Bela Krajina and Prekmurje to name a few! They took part in cultural ac vi es related to the region including wearing face masks, represen ng the spas in Stajerska and finding the "human fish" in Notrajnska. They painted beehive panels to reflect their Slovenian heritage and decorated Medenjaki just for fun! The par cipants were put onto 2 teams and completed an obstacle course that proved to be quite difficult! A special thank you to Syrena and Rybecca Terry and Vanessa Simonic for helping the day of the event. Based on the feedback the CSCS received, we will be hos ng another Kids Camp this year! The event will take place Saturday July 15th from 11:00am to 6:00pm. Meals and snacks are provided as well as a Slovenian cultural experience and las ng memories!

Contact 

Myranda Terry 

for more 

informa on 

about KIDS 

CAMP 2017! 

Events from the past season! 

TRIVIA NIGHT! 

The call for trivia buffs was put out and over 40 people answered! The CSCS hosted a Trivia night Friday, March 17th and it was great fun! Members of our community were joined by their friends in a friendly but compe ve environment. Team names included "There will be Bled" and Let's get Quizical". Organizers Marty and Myranda Terry incorporated many mental brain teasers and a few physical tasks to keep the par cipants on their toes! From geography and spelling, to movies and music, the trivia included it all! Par cipants enjoyed the drinks and snacks provided, and had many posi ve things to say about the event! There were mul ple door prizes given away as well as a "guess how many candies are in the jar" game. The winner luckily did not send us her den sts bill. Marty and Myranda will be looking to organize another Trivia night soon!

Swipe, Like, Comment, Repeat – The New Way of Connec ng in a Digital World 

Since the beginnings of our pres‐ence on social media, the CSCS has received lots of great response both digitally and in person. Earlier this year, a few of our members requested a social media work‐shop, and I thought this would be a great opportunity to share my background and knowledge on the topic, as well as connec ng mem‐bers to our social media pla orms, teaching them how to connect in today’s digital landscape, and of course, building the CSCS’s digital audience.

Social Media 101 was held at Booth University College on the evening of Monday, May 15th. The work‐shop was organized in a way that

would cover all four main social media pla orms – Facebook, Twi er, Instagram, and Snapchat. I also decided to include a topic on Privacy and Social Media since this was a topic of concern among par‐ents.

What was supposed to be an hour and a half workshop turned into a two hour and forty‐five minute presenta on! The seven par ci‐pants in the room showed such interest, curiosity, enthusiasm, and a real keenness for learning all they possibly could about social media; each par cipant followed along on their own devices and took notes. They weren’t shy to ask ques ons, especially when it came to stopping the presenta on midway to come look at their social media profiles and any issues they were having. By the end of the night, everyone

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who a ended le with more knowledge than what they came in with.

It was quite a successful evening, and all of us even connected on social media a erwards! I also no ced an increase in likes and follows on our CSCS social media accounts. A HUGE thank you to everyone who came out!

If you would like to stay up to date with the CSCS, follow us on:

Facebook ‐ @theCSCS

Twi er ‐ @CSCSWpg

Instagram ‐ @cscswpg

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Dance Groups 

ROZMARIN 

The Dance Ensemble Rozmarin were invited to perform at the year end recital for the Polish Dance Groups at Jubilee Place on June 2nd. Their performance was spec‐tacular and they wowed the audi‐ence with their energe c dances from the region of Stajerska. A er the performance, the en re group went out for Slurpees.

The Dance Ensemble Rozmarin includes: Hannah Henning Logan Casar Adam White Evere Marion Emily Swanson Braeden Swanson Isabella Casar Rozalia Casar Luke Majowski (Choreographer)

The community should be proud of these children who represented the Slovenian Community in such a dignified and professional way.

TRIGLAV 

Triglav is very busy preparing and planning for a trip to O awa this June, to par cipate in the Canada 150 celebra ons, as part of ‘Slovenian Day’. Triglav was invited by the Ambassador Marjan Cencen to perform in O awa as part of these celebra ons, and are excited to be represen ng all Slovenians in Canada, show‐casing our beau ful culture.

The Dance 

Groups are  

keeping very 

ac ve this 

summer! 

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Ensure you  reserve Friday August 25, 2017 on your calendar as  the CSCS will be hos ng Ansambel Novi Spomini from Slovenia.   Join us for an evening of great Slovenian music and kick up your heels and partake  in a waltz or polka.   Tickets are $40/adult and  for children under 13, only $20/child.   Tickets are available from Stan Majowski, or email the CSCS at info@canadianslovenian.mb.ca 

 

Other News and Upcoming Events 

NOVI SPOMINI

August 25, 2017!

The CSCS has embarked on a massive re‐organiza on of the CSCS Archives. Vanessa Simonic and Luke Majowski are currently  re‐organizing  the CSCS Archives  from  the years 2000  ‐ present. Addi onal work was done on Folklorama material and other odd archives that were not organized, and this project is nearing comple on. The need to digi ze these archives was made a priority and this part of the organiza on will occur during the summer.  

Visit our website every 2nd Sunday of the month, and take a listen to our monthly Podcast.  Mark Lebar produces a 20 minute Podcast on a monthly basis, where he  shares  informa on about our  community, has  some  interviews with either guests to our community, or people running a special project within our community, and has some great Slove‐nian music!  Visit www.canadianslovenian.mb.ca/podcast to listen to all our Podcasts! 

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Current Execu ve 2016/17 

 

President: Stan Majowski president@canadianslovenian.mb.ca 

 

Vice President: Erin Lebar vicepresident@canadianslovenian.mb.ca 

 

Treasurer: Boris Poredos treasurer@canadianslovenian.mb.ca

Secretary: Luke Majowski secretary@canadianslovenian.mb.ca 

 

Directors: Director of Youth: Myranda Terry Director: Danny Kozicki Director of Marke ng and Social Media: Sabrina Simonic

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CSCS is always interested in contributions for upcoming newsletters. If you have any articles/questions/comments about the newsletter please direct them to the Newsletter Editor: Marc Schuster at marc_schuster@hotmail.com