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Ethnic Heritage Council DECEMBER 2 0 1 0 Ethnic Heritage Council Member Organizations Celebrate Traditional Native Stories Ukrainian Club of Wash- and Music - A Benefit for ington—Ukrainian Red Eagle Soaring Youth Traditions Theatre—December 5 Coupled with Featured Ukrainian Artist in Kirk- land—December 12

~ HAPPY HOLIDAYS ~

Photo by Jal Schrof © EHC Winter Worldfest 2005

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Red Eagle Soaring 1 Photo by Jal Schrof Ukrainian Club of Washington It is winter - traditionally the best 4th Annual Evening of Sevdah season all over the world for story- telling, for gathering families and Shen Yun Performing Arts 2 communities together to share For the Ukrainian people, Christ- warmth, humor, and wisdom. Here mas is the most important family Calendar of Ethnic Events 3-5 in Seattle, there are Native Ameri- holiday of the whole year. It is Holiday Recipes 6 can and Alaskan Native peoples celebrated solemnly, as well as from many tribes and bands, all Join Us! 7 merrily, according to ancient cus- with a rich heritage of storytelling toms that have come down Meet the EHC Board & Staff and songs that not only entertain through the ages and are still ob- 2010 Photos by Jal but teach memorable life lessons. served today. An important 8 Alaskan Native master storyteller Christmas custom is caroling, Inserts: - “” Ukrainian Gene Tagaban; Native youth from “Koliada”, which is joyful and Christmas @ Heritage Hall our local Red Eagle Soaring Native merry. - New Year’s Eve @ Russian Youth Theatre; Native flutist Peter Community Center Ali with his amazing collection of On December 12 , the Ukrainian hand-made traditional flutes; and Club of Washington will bring to Institute of Applied and Decorative more music fusing the ancient with you the wonderful Christmas tra- Arts, department of artistic textiles. the contemporary. dition of “Koliada”, as well as other interesting customs. A tal- She has participated in international, This very special afternoon is en- ented, award-winning local national and regional exhibitions. tirely a benefit for Red Eagle Soar- Ukrainian artist, Oleksandra Pry- Her work can be found in private ing Native Youth Theatre thanks to veda, will be featured as well. collections of Ukraine, Russia, Ger- the generosity of the in-kind dona- View the exhibit of her paintings many, Japan, Italy, Czeck Republic, tions mentioned below. RES, an out and batik prints. Ongoing live France, UK, USA, Canada and Austria. of school time tuition-free program performance of Ukrainian carols She has exhibited in solo shows in of drama workshops and perform- and instrumental performance of 1993 at , and in 1996 at Vienne. ance projects, has been working the beautiful Ukrainian instru- Ms. Pryveda is a contemporary vis- with Native youth for nearly 20 ment, Bandura, will complement ual and textile artist, who is also years. RES has served over 200 the art exhibit. In addition, par- highly skilled in several important youth, and has seen dramatic ticipate in the authentic Ukrain- Ukrainian folk art forms - the egg growth in these youth in self- ian ornament making workshops, decorating tradition of pysanky, esteem, self-confidence, interest in and the lighting of the live straw weaving and decorations, pa- school, and participation in their Ukrainian per cutting, and hand woven tradi- community. 2pm, Plestcheeff tional clothing. Auditorium, Seattle Art Museum, The featured artist, Olexandra Call: 206-390-2603; e-mail: Pryveda, graduated from Lviv Pysanka is an ancient tradition that [email protected] . College of Applied Arts in 1974 dates back to the 3rd century B.C. In and in 1982 from the Lviv State Continued on page 2, Members P AGE 2 E TH N IC H ERITAGE C O UNCI L — DECEMBER 20 1 0 N EWSLETTER

Shen Yun Performing Arts @ McCaw Hall A performance by Shen Yun is tra- many dynasties and ethnic groups. ditional Chinese culture as it was From this backdrop of Chinese his- meant to be—profound study in tory, they bring to life tales of well grace and wisdom distilled from -known legends and time-honored 5,000 years of civilization. values, displaying goodness and loyalty, courage and tragedy. Shen Yun features one of the most expressive, and also one of the On December 29 and 30, and most demanding art forms in the January 2 , Shen Yun will return to world: classical Chinese dance. It is Seattle for the 5th time (1st time at a complete system of dance refined Marion Oliver McCaw Hall at Seattle through thousands of years. The Center) and will again debut a classically trained dancers, musi- spectacular original production cians, and singers of Shen Yun with all new dances, costumes, and dedicate themselves to reviving the music. Visit: essence of humanity’s divinely in- www.shenyunperformingarts.org/ spired culture. They believe that to city/seattle for more information. create true art, there must first be Presented by Giant Magnet and Se- inner purity. Thus, they are sure to attle Center. include study and meditation into their religious training regimen. “5,000 years of Chinese Music and Dance in one night” - New York Choreographers find an inexhausti- Times ble source of inspiration in China’s

Members, Continued from page 1 the Ukraine, eggs are a powerful symbol for fertility, the rebirth of the earth and the coming of spring. The tradi- tion of decorating eggs is often associated with spring religious celebrations such as Easter.

Oleksandra's ancestors believed in the divine powers of straw and grain. The last sheaf of grain harvested from the field each year would be revered and kept in the house until the next harvest. There are many Ukrainian rituals and traditions associated with straw, including the belief that it could predict the future. Straw weavings Photo by JalPhoto Schrofby were made for many of these rituals.

Tickets and information at: www.eveningofsevdah.com/ Come meet the artist, view her work, and experience Ukrainian first-hand. 1-6pm, Market Over 5,000 people from Bosnia and Herzegovina now Hall, Kirkland. www.uaclub.org ; [email protected]. live in the Puget Sound region (350,000 in North Amer- ica), displaced from their homes during the war in for- 4th Annual Evening of Sevdah: The Love mer Yugoslavia in the early 1990’s. They have worked Songs of Bosnia and Herzegovina— hard and accomplished much in the past 15 years. Now immigrant and refugee communities are being hit hard December 18 during this period of economic downturn. As Bosnians face the stress and uncertainty of possible job and home Beginning at 7:30pm on Saturday, December 18 , at Mu- loss, perhaps being forced to relocate yet again, their tra- seum of History and Industry (2700 24th Avenue E, Seat- ditional music gives needed emotional support and unity tle), local musicians from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mace- to this fragile new community. donia, , Croatia and America celebrate the tradi- tional culture of Bosnia and Herzegovina through song This concert is one of numerous events taking place in and dance. The heart rending traditional Bosnian love Diaspora communities throughout North America as part songs, called sevdalinke, are often compared with Ameri- of the 4th Annual “North American Days of Sevdah.” can Blues, Spanish Flamenco, Portuguese Fado and Greek Local performers include: Elvir & Amina Becic - father Rembetika. Bosnian dance will be performed in tradi- daughter duo; Joe Finn - fiddler of the renown Balkan tional costume by the children, teen and young adult Cabaret; Daniela Ivanova - internationally recognized per- members of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Cultural Artistic former and teacher of Bulgarian song and dance; Damir Association of Seattle, WA. Jurkovic –bass and vocals from local group Zlatne Strune;

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READ THIS NEWSLETTER Friday 3 Music Guild and Seattle Baroque Or- ON LINE! VISIT: St. Nicholas Feast Days Events at the chestra. 8pm, St. James Cathedral. Call: www.ethnicheritagecouncil.org Croatian Cultural Center in Anacor- 206-325-7066; earlymusicguild.org .

~ December 2010 ~ tes—Gallery Open - 6-9pm: Tapestries, Saturday 4 Binki's Baubles, Fine Jewelry, Croatian Holidays with a Twist—Choir of the Nutcracker – Pacific Northwest Ballet - Handmade Artifacts, Cards, Photos by Sound starts your holiday season off The only production like it in the world, Marius; Saturday, December 4: Great with new takes on old holiday favor- Nutcracker combines creator Kent Stow- Room - 10am-3pm: Croatian Food, ites. You’ve never celebrated quite like ell's charming and dramatic choreogra- Cevapcici, Croatian Beer, Slivovica; this! December 4-5. Shorecrest Per- phy with magnificent sets and cos- 10am-5pm: Costume Exhibit. Items For forming Arts Center. Call: 206-528- tumes by renowned author and illustra- Sale: Seasonal Pastries, Jams, Herbs; 9990; www.choirofthesound.org . tor Maurice Sendak ( Where The Wild Sunday, December 5: 10:30am- Things Are ), and features the live magic 12noon: Mass at St. Mary Catholic Fireside Singing —Share in the warmth of the PNB Orchestra and more than Church; Car Procession following mass and music around the crackling flames 200 roles danced by PNB's professional with St. Nicholas icon to Seafarer’s Me- of a bonfire. Folksingers lead in a mix dancers and students. Family Packs: morial; 12:30pm: Laying of wreath at of original, traditional, and contempo- Includes four discounted Nutcracker Seafarer’s Monument 1pm: Return St. rary folk holiday songs as embers illu- tickets plus valuable bonuses from Nicholas icon to shrine at Croatian Cul- minate the night. 5-7pm, Fisher Pavil- Salty's Restaurants and The Space Nee- tural Center. Followed by Croatian ion, Seattle Center. Call: 206-684-7200. dle. Group Ticket Discounts: Bring a music by BONACA , food & drink. Mon- Celtic Christmas—Bring friends and group of 15 or more and save up to day, December 6: 7:30pm: Concert - family and enjoy Christmas music with 25%! Through December 27 , McCaw Franz Joseph Haydn's St. Nicholas a Celtic twist. 10am-5pm, Thurston Co. Hall. Call: 206-441-2424; th Mass. 801–5 St., Anacortes. Call: 360- Fairgrounds. [email protected] . www.pnb.org. 299-2525. Mass of the Children—See the per- The Sheraton Seattle wel- Global Dance Party Performance Plus formance of Mass of the Children by comed back the 18 th An- Global Dance Family Workshops—An the Seattle Girl’s Choir. 2pm, Bastyr nual Gingerbread Village , Opportunity To See The Show And University. Call: 425-823-1300. benefiting the Northwest Learn The Moves The Next Day! Family chapter of the Juvenile Workshops In Global Dance, Decem- Sadako and the Thousand Paper Diabetes Research Foun- ber 4 , 10-Noon, The Moore Theatre – Cranes . 3pm, Wing Luke Museum. dation (JDRF) , to their For more information and registration, www.wingluke.org . lobby on Monday, November 22, 2010. Email [email protected]; 206-467- Simon Shaheen from Palestine as a This year, six of Seattle’s top architec- 5510; www.stgpresents.org/artists/? part of the UW Music and Theatre ture firms and trade associations – 4D artist=1325 World Series. 8pm, Meany Hall. Call: Architecture, Callison Architecture, DLR Dromeno —Dromeno is the Govetas 206-543-4880; www.uwworldseries.org . Group, KMD Architects, MasterBuilders Association and MulavannyG2 Architec- Family joined by Nick Maroussis on Scandinavian Dance—Come for a pot- ture – teamed up with the Sheraton Se- Laouto. Hear music from all over luck and an evening of Scandinavian attle Hotel’s culinary staff to design, and from Bulgaria, Macedonia dancing. 6pm, Island Center Hall. Call: bake and build gingerbread creations and Albania. 8:30pm, The Russian Cen- 206-780-8036. reflecting this year’s theme: “Home for ter. Call: 425-883-0332. Finnish Independence Day—Come for the Holidays.” The Gingerbread Village Skandia First Friday Dance —Join the a Dinner and Dance to Celebrate the is FREE to the public and draws more Skandia Folkdance Society for their Finnish Independence Day. 6pm, Swed- than 100,000 visitors per year. monthly First Friday Dance, featuring ish Cultural Center. Call: 253-874-2232. Through January 3, 2011 and is open the dances Lövnässchottis and Sture’s to the public 24 hours a day. Donations Stegvals. 7:30pm, Cedar Valley Grange. Santa Christmas Breakfast —Come for JDRF will be accepted for the dura- Call: 206-784-7470; www.skandia- have Breakfast with Santa hosted by tion of the display and can be made in folkdance.org . the Italian Club. University Village. person or online at Call: 425-557-0071; Outstanding College Performances — www.GingerbreadVillage.MyEvent.com . www.northcutlanding.com . KOMO 4 TV presents the Winterfest Hanukkah Begins at Sundown College Performance Weekend which Bodhi Trees—Make a mixed-medium features outstanding choral, dance, sculpture of Bodhi trees, the place Thursday 2 and music ensembles from five Wash- where Buddah found enlightenment. Christmas in Scandinavia—Come see ington Universities. December 3-5. 11am-2pm, Seattle Art Museum. the Christmas in Scandinavia Exhibit Seattle Center House. FREE. Call: 206- www.seattleartmuseum.org/family . and see holiday traditions from Scandi- 684-7200; www.seattlecenter.com . & navia. November 15 – January 4. Scan- Lutefisk Meatball Dinner—Join dinavian Cultural Center. Call: 253-535- Horizon—Gansango Music and Dance members of the Sons of Norway for 7322; [email protected] . presents Horizon, a performance of dinner. 12-6pm, Bothell Sons of Nor- contemporary African dance that ex- way. Call: 206-254-1772. Holiday Pops—Bring in the holiday sea- plores cultural confrontation and as- son with the Holiday Pops with Cirque A Gala Hannukah Concert —Featuring similation. December 3-4. Seattle Art de la Symphonie . December 2–5. Call: the Seattle Jewish Chorale & Shalom Museum. Call: 206-417-4679; 206-215-4747; Klezmer Ensemble with Candle lighting www.gansango.com . www.seattlesymphony.org . and Audience Sing-Along. FREE. Fami- Montiverdi 1610 Vespers —Come see a lies Welcome. 7pm, Temple B’Nai To- performance co-sponsored by the Early rah. Email: [email protected]. P AGE 4 E TH N IC H ERITAGE C O UNCI L — DECEMBER 20 1 0 C ALE NDAR OF E TH NIC E VE N TS

Third Annual Russian Piano Festival/ John McLaughlin and the 4th Dimen- and hot improvisations. 8:30pm, The Competition—Downtown Sherman Clay sion—The Pacific Jazz Institute at Russian Center. Call: 425-883-0332. Store. FREE. [email protected] Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley presents John Saturday 11 McLaughlin and the 4th Dimension. BONACA at Georgia’s Greek Restaurant. Jolaball —Come to Jolaball sponsored 7:30pm, Jazz Alley. Call: 206-441-9729; 7pm, Croatian Music and more! For by the Icelandic Club of Greater Seattle www.jazzalley.com. reservations: 206-783-1228. and the Seattle Reykjavik Sister City. 2- Traditional Story and Song —On behalf 4pm, Our Redeemer’s Lutheran Church. Winter Festival and Crafts Fair—Come of Red Eagle Soaring come join us as do some holiday shopping at the Win- Call: 206-783-7900. we enjoy native American and Alaskan ter Festival and Crafts Fair. There are Leonin and Perotin—Enjoy Leonin and Native traditional story and song as 115 booths of crafts, entertainment, Perotin performed by the Medieval well as celebrate and support our Na- and a bake sale. December 4-5. Phin- Women’s Choir. 8pm, St. James Cathe- tive youth. 2pm, Seattle Art Museum. ney Center. www.phinneycenter.org . dral. Call: 206-264-4822; Call: 206-323-1868. www.medievalwomenschoir.org . Sunday 5 Eastside Piano Recital Series 2010— Sancta Lucia Pag- Holiday Symphony Serenade—The Se- The Russian Chamber Music Founda- eant—The pageant is attle Symphony welcomes you to their tion of Seattle presents a piano recital a Scandinavian tradi- Family Holiday Symphony Serenade by internationally renowned Russian tion with a girl or Concert. 10am, Benaroya Hall. Call: 206- pianist Alexander Ardakov. 3pm, St. young woman wearing 215-4747; www.seattlesymphony.org . Thomas Church, Medina. Call: 425-941- a crown of candles 2297; www.russianchambermusic.org . Holiday Magic: A Family Affair— portraying Saint Lucy Welcome to our home as we celebrate of Syracuse. Lucia Tuesday 7 the holidays family style. Performed by ministered to the The Mike Stern Band—The Pacific Jazz the Sno-King Community Chorale . 3:30 refugees in the cata- Institute at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley pre- and 7:30pm. Edmonds Center for the combs, lighting her sents the Mike Stern Band with Randy Arts. Call: 425-673-1242; www.sno- way through the darkness wearing a Brecker, Dennis Chambers and Anthony kingchorale.org . wreath of candles, and was martyred in Jackson. December 7-8. 7:30pm, Jazz 304 AD. 2pm, Grace Lutheran Church, Alley. Call: 206-441-9729; Port Gamble Country Christmas — Fellowship Hall. Call: 253-833-9048; www.jazzalley.com . Celebrate the holidays at the Port Gam- [email protected] . ble Country Christmas. December 11- Wednesday 8 12. 10am-5pm. Call: 260-297-8074; Eagles Soar, Ravens Dance and Sing— Norwegian Christmas Service—Come th [email protected] . Enjoy traditional Native stories and for the 34 Annual Norwegian Christ- music featuring Gene Tagaban in a mas Service to celebrate the holidays. Love for Three Oranges—The NW Pup- benefit performance for Red Eagle Soar- 7pm, Scandinavian Cultural Center. pet Center presents Love for Three Or- ing Native Youth Theatre. 2pm, Seattle www.plu.edu/scancntr . anges; the story of a cursed evil witch Art Museum. Call: 206-390-2603. and the prince that goes on a ridiculous Thursday 9 adventure in search of enchanted fruit. Ave! Come see Ave! A celebration of Bela Fleck and the Flecktones—The December 11-19. Call: 1-800-838-3006; Mary which will be a one of a kind ex- Pacific Jazz Institute at Dimitriou’s th www.nwpuppet.org . perience featuring 16 Century to mod- Jazz Alley presents Bela Fleck and the ern day music that will lift your spirits. Flecktones on their Holiday tour. De- Sunday 12 2pm, Convent of the Holy Names. Call: cember 9-12. 7:30pm, Jazz Alley. Call: Seattle Folk Festival—Come for the 509-326-9516; www.hnmc.org . 206-441-9729; Jazz Alley. first of many Seattle Folk Festival. There will be a variety of instrumental Hanukkah Celebration —Bring family Black Nativity—Come see the annual and dance performances featuring art- and friends to the Coming Home for holiday performances of the Black Na- ists such as Jim Page and the Spokes Hanukkah Celebration with plenty of tivity. December 9-26 . The Moore and Mr. Lif with Brass Menazeri. 12 – activities for everyone. 11am-2pm, Theatre. Call: 877-784-4849. 6pm, Town Hall Seattle. Stroum Jewish Community. Call: 206- www.seattlefolkfestival.com , 232-7115. Afrocentric: The Sounds Of Africa & Beyond with Eduardo Mendonca. Bass: www.townhallseattle.org . Family Winter Party—Come to the David Pascal; Keys: Josh Wilson; Julestue—Come make traditional Dan- Family Winter Party presented by the Drums: Kohen Burrill. Guest musicians: ish decorations at the NW Danish Asso- Arc of King County. 2pm, Asian Coun- Ted Bohn (Trombone), and Morris ciations Julestue. 1-5pm, Harmony Hall. seling and Referral Services. Call: 206- Chang (Alto Sax), Guest Singer: Adriana Call: 206-523-3263; 829-7039. and Louise. 9pm-12am, Muscquarium www.northwestdanishfoundation.org . Holiday Concert—Come to the Annual Lounge. Call: 206-838-4333 Koliada —Ukrainian Club of Washington Holiday Concert performance by the www.thetripledoor.com ; will be bringing to you the wonderful Norwegian Ladies Chorus of Seattle. www.showbrazil.com . Christmas tradition of “Koliada”, as well 3pm, Our Redeemers’ Lutheran Church. Friday 10 as other interesting customs. View Call: 206-783-7900. Brass Menazeri—The Brass Menazeri is paintings and batik prints by local Magical Strings—Enjoy a Yuletide Per- the San Francisco Bay Area’s Balkan Ukrainian artist, Oleksandra Pryveda. formance by Magical Strings. 3pm, Kent Romani powerhouse brass band. They Ukrainian carols and instrumental per- -Meridian Performing Arts Center. Call: cascade through the music of the Ser- formance. Participate in the authentic 253-856-5050; bian, Macedonian, Greek & Rajasthani Ukrainian ornament making workshops, www.magicalstrings.com . Roma with wild rhymes, soulful vocals and the lighting of the live Ukrainian

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Christmas tree. 1-6pm, Market Hall, Magical String—Enjoy a Yuletide Per- with a focus on bygdedans. 7:30pm, Kirkland. www.uaclub.org ; ua- formance by Magical Strings. 3pm, The Epiphany Chapel. Call: 206-784-7470; [email protected]. Lincoln Theatre. Call: 360-336-8955; www.skandia-folkdance.org . www.magicalstrings.com . Magical Strings—Enjoy a Yuletide Per- New Year’s Eve Celebration with the formance by Magical Strings. 3pm, Community Square Dance—Twirling Machine—Ring in 2011 with the rocking United Methodist Church, Kingston. skirts abound as dancers ages 8 to 95 sound of the Machine. The Machine of- Call: 800-838-3006; follow calls in this age-old folk dance. fers the best party music in town – set- www.magicalstrings.com . 4pm, Seattle Center House. www.cpsc- ting the stage for a magnificent display squaredance.org . of New Year’s fireworks in the skies Thursday 16 above the Seattle Center. 8pm, Seattle Handel’s Messiah—Join the Seattle Monday 20 Center. www.themachinelive.com . Symphony as they perform Handel’s The Magic of Budd and Durgin — Messiah. December 16-19. 7:30pm, Award-winning magicians Budd and Bach for New Year’s Eve—The Cathe- Benaroya Hall. Call: 206-215-4818; Durgin feature grand illusion, stunning dral Cantorei along with the Cathedral www.seattlesymphony.org . levitation, doves, manipulation, acro- Chamber Orchestra bring in the New batics and much more in a show Year with selections from Bach. 11pm, Friday 17 packed with excitement. 2:30pm, Seat- St. James Cathedral. Call: 206-622-3559. Yuletide Potluck and Sing-a-long—Join tle Center House. us to celebrate music during the holi- New Year’s Eve Dance Party—Join in www.buddanddurgin.com . days in the warmth of Holy Names’ the fun with Balkanarama for their New recital hall while we all gather together Magical Strings—Enjoy a Yuletide Per- Year’s Eve dance party. 8:30pm, Bay and sings holiday songs. 4pm, Holy formance by Magical Strings. 7pm, View Civic Hall. Call: 260-293-9274.

Meydenbauer Theater. Call: 425-450- Names Music Center. Happy New Year! 3810; www.magicalstrings.com . Skandia Third Friday Dance—Join the Skandia Folkdance Society for their Wednesday 22 monthly Third Friday Dance and Zambini Brothers Puppeteers — Jullekstufa festival with the band Gam- Zambini Brothers is a troupe of puppet- mel Dansk from Vancouver. 8pm, Ce- eer-artists who perform their splendif- dar Valley Grange. Call: 206-784-7470; erously wonderful giant puppets, rov- www.skandia-folkdance.org . ing comedy characters, puppet and Members, Continued from page 2 comedy shows all around. 2:30pm, Se- Selmah Kapidzic –vocalist from Vancou- Magical Strings —Enjoy a Yuletide Per- attle Center House. ver BC; Jesenko Lalic , Music Director– formance by Magical Strings. 7:30pm, www.zambinibrothers.com . guitar & vocals, owner of Studio Aquar- Urban Grace. Call: 253-857-3716; www.magicalstrings.com . A Charlie Brown Christmas —Come ius; Peter Lippman -saz player and jour- hear the Seattle Symphony perform A nalist; Tali McGill –vocalist; Steve Ram- Saturday 18 Charlie Brown Christmas. 7:30pm, sey-guitarist of the renown Balkan Evening of Sevdah—Enjoy Benaroya Hall. Call: 206-215-4747; Cabaret; Fehim Salaka –vocalist; Bos- Love Songs of Bosnia and Her- nian-Herzegovinan Cultural Artistic th www.seattlesymphony.org . zegovina at the 4 Annual Eve- Association of Seattle , WA-ensemble of ning of Sevdah featuring local Friday 24 traditional dance from Bosnia and Her- musicians from Bosnia and KlezKids—This multigenerational zegovina, directed by Denis Basic, PhD; Herzegovina, Macedonia, Bul- group of musicians, singers and danc- Mary Sherhart , Managing Director, garia and Croatia. 7:30pm, Mu- ers presents interactive concerts filled 2006 WSAC/Artist Trust Fellowship seum of History and Industry. with World Jewish music and mirth. Recipient, and internationally recog- www.eveningofsevdah.com . 1pm, Seattle Center House. nized teacher and singer; Dragi www.templebetham.org . Magical Strings—Enjoy a Yuletide Per- Spasovski -professional singer and re- formance by Magical Strings. 7:30pm, Saturday 25 cording artist from Skopje, Macedonia; Town Hall Seattle. Call: 253-857-3716; Enes Tirak –vocalist. Merry Christmas! www.magicalstrings.com . This concert is made possible by support Wednesday 29 from: Sevdah North America: Christmas Fest and Banquet —Come Shen Yun Performing Arts —Giant th www.sevdahnorthamerica.org ; Bosnian- for the 18 Annual Nordic Christmas Magnet and Seattle Center are proud to Herzegovinian Folklore Ensemble Fest and Banquet. 6:30pm, Scandina- present one of the most expressive, SEVDAH of Seattle, WA: vian Center. www.plu.edu/scancntr . demanding art forms in the world of www.sevdahlije.com ; Ethnic Heritage classical Chinese dance accompanied Christmas Potluck and Dance—Come Council; Studio Aquarius: for a finger food potluck and dancing by a live orchestra. December 29-30, www.studioaquarius.com/main.htm ; New with the Skagit-Anacortes Folkdancers. January 2 . 2pm, McCaw Hall. Land Music. Sevdah North America is a 6pm, Bay View Civic Hall. Call: 260-293 www.shenyunperformingarts.org . non-profit organization formed in early

-9274. Beethoven’s Ninth —Hear the well 2007 to promote and sponsor educa- Sunday 19 known Symphony by Beethoven per- tional activities which honor, preserve Seattle Flute Society—The Seattle Flute formed by the Seattle Symphony play- and celebrate the genre and culture of Society will treat you to a seasonal ers. 7:30pm, Benaroya Hall. Call: 206- sevdah, foster understanding and respect feast of classical, jazz baroque, ethnic 215-4747; www.seattlesymphony.org . for all peoples through music, and link and contemporary flute music. North American communities to Bosnia 12:30pm, Seattle Center House. Friday 31 and Herzegovina. www.seattleflutesociety.org . Skandia Fifth Friday Dance —Come for www.sevdahnorthamerica.org/ a special celebratory Skandia dance, P AGE 6 E TH N IC H ERITAGE C O UNCI L — DECEMBER 20 1 0 N EWSLETTER

~Holiday Recipes~ cover jelly roll pan FIRST with clean pieces of angelica into leaf shapes towel, then with inverted cookie and cut glace cherries in half to make Buche de noel (French log) sheet. Turn over pan, towel, and log decorations. Keep cake refriger- Serves 16 sheet to turn out cake. Remove jelly ated until ready to serve. Before

Buche de noel: roll pan; peel off wax paper. Slide serving, surround cake with holly 3/4 cup cake flour towel and cake onto counter; cake is and cranberries.

3/4 tsp. Baking powder wrong side up. Cut off any crisp From Babi’s Czech Recipes —175 1/4 tsp. Salt edges, fold one end of towel over Czech, Moravian & Slovak Recipes. 5 Eggs short end of cake, and roll cake in 3/4 cup Sugar towel. Place rolled cake seam side Chanukah Candle Salad 1 tsp. Vanilla extract down on wire rack or cookie sheet to Serves 4 cool completely. Chestnut Butter cream Filling: 2 Bananas 1/2 cup Sugar, superfine Chestnut Butter cream Filling: com- 4 Slices canned pineapple 1 Egg yolk bine sugar, egg yolk, salt, vanilla, and 4 Orange gumdrops 1 pinch Salt cream; beat for 8 minutes at medium 4 Strips green pepper 1 1/2 tsp. Vanilla extract speed. Without washing beaters, Lettuce 2 Tbls. Cream, heavy cream butter until light. Add yolk Mayonnaise 1/2 cup Butter mixture a little at a time, beating well Variation: 2 cup Sugar, powdered after each addition. Gradually add 2 Red apples 30 each Chestnuts, whole cooked powdered sugar, beating well after Variation 2: 2 Tbls. Butter each addition. Set basic butter cream Asparagus tips 4 Tbls. Cream, heavy aside. Puree chestnuts with butter, Lettuce 1/3 cup Sugar, powdered cream, and powdered sugar. Stir Carrots chestnut puree into butter cream, Water cress Mocha Silk Frosting: blending thoroughly. If necessary, Olives 1 1/4 cup Sugar, powdered thin with a little more cream to bring Radishes 3 Tbls. Cocoa powder to very spreadable consistency. Parsley 2 tsp. Instant coffee French dressing 5 1/3 Tbls. Butter Mocha Silk Frosting: Powder instant 1 1/2 Tbls. Corn syrup coffee by placing in plastic bag and Cut bananas in half and remove tips. 1 tsp. Vanilla extract crushing with rolling pin. Mix to- Stand upright in pineapple centers. 2 Tbls. Cream, heavy gether sugar, cocoa, and coffee. Add Top with gumdrop to represent remaining ingredients and beat for 1 flame. Pour a little mayonnaise from Prepare: Clean lint-free dish towel; minute at medium speed. If neces- tip of each candle to represent cookie sheet larger than jelly roll sary, add a little more cream to make melted wax. Arrange strip of pepper pan. Preheat oven to 400; grease 10” frosting easy to spread. Unroll cooled for handle, making a loop fastened x 15”x 1” jelly roll pan, line bottom cake, leaving it on towel; don't worry into pineapple at base of candle. and sides with waxed paper or parch- about the cake looking deflated, it Variation: Cut red apples in 2 with- ment paper, and grease paper. Bring will perk up soon. Spread 1/2 c frost- out paring and remove cores. Set a eggs to room temperature and sepa- ing evenly over cake, all the way to half banana into center to represent rate. Mix flour, baking powder, and the edges. Spread 2 c filling over thin candle, top with gumdrop and pour salt; set aside. Beat yolks until thick layer of frosting, pushing generous and pale. Gradually add 6T sugar, mayonnaise down side of candle. amount into curved end. Roll up beating well after each addition. again, without towel but using it to Variation 2: Use canned asparagus Mixture should fall in thick ribbon help roll. Place cake, seam side down, tips for candles. Arrange flat on a when beaters are lifted. Add vanilla on cake plate or tray. Remove any flattened lettuce leaf or finely shred- and beat again. With clean dry beat- excess filling from ends and seam ded lettuce. Make tips of carrot to ers, beat egg whites until foamy. edge. Refrigerate for 1 hour to firm represent flame, garnish with water Gradually add remaining sugar, beat- filling. Trim and discard (or eat!) a cress, olives, radishes, and parsley. ing constantly, until whites stand in thin slice from one end of chilled Serve with French dressing. Serve firm, glossy, moist peaks. Fold 1/3 cake; cut and reserve wedge from individually or arrange on a long whites into yolk mixture to lighten it, other end. Spread a small amount of platter. then fold remaining whites in too. filling on top center of cake and press Gradually fold dry ingredients into reserved wedge on it to make the egg mixture; fold in gently but thor- “knothole.” Frost entire cake with oughly. Spread batter evenly in pre- remaining frosting, building frosting pared pan, making sure to get it into up around sides of “knothole.” Do the corners. Put pan into oven imme- NOT cover knothole top! Work frost- diately. Bake 10-12 minutes, just un- ing as far under roll as possible. Re- til cake is golden on top and tester peatedly draw narrow metal spatula comes out clean. Do not overbake. lengthwise through frosting to simu- Remove from oven; working quickly, late rough texture of bark. Snip DECEMBER 20 1 0 E TH N IC H ERITAGE C O UNCI L — P AGE 7 N EWSLETTER

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Spring 2010 Summer

EHC 30th Anniversary & Awards Ceremony May 15, 2010

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26th Annual Naturalization Ceremony July 4, 2010 Photo by Jal Schrof

Winter 11th Annual Winter Worldfest Fall November 26-28, 2010 20th Annual Cultural Crossroads November 5-7, 2010

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