HORA celebrated the beginning of summer and the International Children’s Day by hosting the annual children’s picnic. It was a pleasure to invite the children to participate in a new painting workshop mentored by our talented Romanian artist, Cora Parvu. This year, the challenge for the little artists was to paint on glass! Cora taught […]
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HORA participated as a guest nation in an extraordinary exhibit of Christmas traditions organised by the American Swedish Institute in Minnesota. The Romanian exhibit displayed beautiful, authentic costumes and artifacts related to winter traditions around Christmas. This was an amazing event with over 30.000 visitors.
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This year Lucas Meachem, operatic baritone of Metropolitan fame and pianist Irina Meachem delighted us with American Christmas Songs …and other musical treats. Also, at our Christmas Party we launched an amazing CD called “Colinde”, performed by the Ciprian Porumbescu Choir of Minnesota and Orkestar Bez Ime, arranged and conducted by Colleen Bertsch.
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The Romanian American community gathered together at Christmas time, following the HORA tradition. This past year, we had an exceptional attendance (over 160 attendees!), to celebrate our traditions, try some delicious traditional food, enjoy outstanding entertainment, listen to stories and get the children excited around nice presents. We were thrilled to have Costel Busuioc, the
Over 45 people attended a day of outdoor play and fun, on a wonderful summer day in Minnesota.
On an absolutely gorgeous, warm fall day, a joyous crowd gathered at Clifton French Park in Plymouth, MN. Grape must (sweet fizzy drink) was made and mici were grilled to the sound of children playing, storytelling and Romanian popular music. It was an incredibly successful day, and a great big Thank You! goes out to
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Community members gathered at the Como Park Conservatory to celebrate the day.
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