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The 47th International Polonaise Ball

Celebrating the Historic Alliance Between Poland and Hungary

Gala Dinner DanceSaturday, the 9th of February

The Year Two Thousand and Nineteen at 7:00 pm

Eden Roc HotelMona Lisa Ballroom – Cocktail Hour

Pompeii Promenade Ballroom – Dinner4525 Collins Avenue Miami Beach, FL 33140

“Polonaise” by the Members of the Committees and Special GuestsEntertainment by Polish American Folk Dance Company, Roxana Szabo Group and New Century Dance Company

Music for Dancing by Eight Note Band

Organized by The American Institute of Polish Culture

Under the gracious patronage of the Ambassador ofthe Republic of Poland in Washington D.C.

Honorable Piotr Wilczek

Ball Chairmen

Honorary Committee

Princess Marianne BernadotteDrs. Stanislaw and Barbara Burzynski

Mrs. Malgorzata Markowska and Mr. Jan DrozdzMrs. Irena McLean - Laks

Mr. Rafal OlbinskiHonorable John Petkus

Honorable and Mrs. Zygmunt PotockiMr. and Mrs. Alexander Storozynski

Princess Lada SchuiskiMr. Maciej Swirski

Ms. Loretta Swit

Lady Blanka Aldona RosenstielDr. Michel S. Pawlowski

Co-Chairmen

Mrs. Ruby BacardiMr. and Mrs. Marek ChodakiewiczHonorable and Mrs. Maurice Ferre

Mr. and Mrs. Keith GrayMr. and Mrs. Jan Karaszewski

Mr. and Mrs. Conrad LowellMr. and Mrs. Paul Lowenthal

Ms. Lynne SchaeferMs. Alicja Schoonover

Ms. Beata Paszyc and Mr. John Frank Velez

Special GuestsHE Laszlo Szabo, Hungarian Ambassador to the United States

Senator Maria Anna AndersDeputy Marshall of the Senate Adam Bielan

Minister Marek Gróbarczyk of Maritime Economy and Inland NavigationCaptain Rafal Szymanski of Dar Mlodziezy "Gift of Youth"

Professor Janusz Zarebski, Rector of Gdynia Maritime University

Social Committee

Honorable Darek BarcikowskiMr. Douglas Evans and Mr. Mikolaj Bauer

Mr. Robert BronchardMrs. Jadwiga Gewert

Ms. Anaid GovaertCountess Magdalena Grocholski

Mr. and Mrs. Zbigniew JaroszMr. Steven Karski

Mr. and Mrs. Krzysztof KruszelnickiMrs. Rose Kruszewski

Mrs. Stacy LangenderferMrs. Nina Mlodzinska de Rovira

Mrs. Henrietta NowakowskiDrs. Krzysztof and Grazyna Palczewski

Dr. and Mrs. Marek PienkowskiMs. Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk

Dr. Pat Riley and Baron Jason PsaltidesMr. Jaroslaw Rottermund

Mr. and Mrs. Jacek SchindlerMr. and Mrs. Zbigniew Slabicki

Hungarian Committee Chairman

Ms. Valeria BerkiMr. Peter Bodor

Mr. Janos DemkoHonorable and Mrs. Ovidius Lebada

Ms. Ildiko Egri and Mr. George Vennes

Honorable Petra Schmitt, Consul of Hungary

Co-Chairmen

Virgina Committee Chairmen

Drs. Marian and Maria PospieszalskiMr. and Mrs. Henry P. Williams III

Honorable and Mrs. Robert Joskowiak

Co-Chairmen

Ms. Rita CosbyCountess Jadwiga Krasicki

New York Committee Chairmen

Mrs. Danuta BronchardMr. Andrew KaminskiMrs. Jadwiga PaladeMr. Bartosz PiaseckiMr. Zbigniew Solarz

Co-Chairmen

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Mr. Zbigniew Klonowski

60 Million Committee Chairman

Mr. Mariusz BernatowiczMr. Jerzy Byczynski

Mr. Gregory FrycMs. Klaudia Klonowska

Ms. Aleksandra Krawcewicz Mr. Peter Nowak

Mr. Joseph Mikolaj Rej Jr.Mr. Bartosz SzymanskiMr. Kamil Szymanski

Mrs. Kasia Zak

Co-Chairmen

“Hungary and Poland are two eternal oaks.

Each of them shot up a separate and distinct trunk,

but their roots widely scattered in the ground

are intertwined and knitted invisibly.

Hence the existence and vigor of one is the

condition of the other’s life and health.”Stanislaw Worcell, 1849

A Historic Alliance

This 16th century saying is an hom-age to the thousand years of friend-ship that have existed between Poland and Hungary. A long-time alliance like this is very special. It is a testament to the great trust and admiration that has grown between them. They not only shared an historic border but they have been aligned in common interests,

lifestyle decisions, democratic politics, national temperament, and historical events throughout the centuries. From the time of the Middle Ages, the ruling classes of both countries recognized that a unified front would be a great benefit in exchanging ideas and skill sets, defeat-ing invaders and enriching their respec-tive lands.

Pole and Hungarian - two brothers,good for saber and for glass.

Both courageous, both lively.May God bless them.

Two nations - two brothers indeed! Ten centuries of friendship and mutual acceptance is a truly remarkable achievement.

Antique Map by Petrus Bertius, 1600s

Louis the Great is regarded as the most powerful Hungarian

monarch who ruled over an em-pire “whose shores were washed by three seas.” He gained respect

by focusing on the oppressed and granting them freedoms.

When Poland’s King Casimir died in 1370, his nephew, Hungarian King

Louis I was crowned King of Poland and known as Ludwik Wegierski. He engineered several invasions

during his reign and issued a num-ber of reforms. He also secured

the future of his two daughters in the Polish monarchy.

Queen Jadwiga of Poland was born in Hungary in 1373, the youngest daughter of King Louis I. After his

death, she moved to Poland in 1387 and was crowned. During her reign, she led two military

campaigns and restored Kraków Academy (now Jagiellonian Univer-sity in her honor) by selling all her

royal jewels. She died in 1399.

In 1434, Wladyslaw III ascend-ed the Polish throne at the

age of ten. Six years later, he became the King of Hungary. It is believed he was killed in defeat at the 1444 Battle of Varna, but legend has it that he escaped to Jerusalem and lived out his days under an

assumed identity.

Prince Stephen VIII Bathory was a Hungarian nobleman whose

leadership skills and prowess in battle earned him great respect. At age 23 he became the third

elected King of Poland when he married Anna Jagiellon. He is

one of Poland’s most successful monarchs, exalted for his victory against Russia and securing the

Truce of Jam Zapolski treaty.

1342-1370

1370-1382

1384-1399

1400’s

1576

Józef Bem was a Polish engineer and General, an Ottoman pa-

sha and a national hero of both Poland and Hungary. His military accomplishments have inspired

comparisons to other patriots like Tadeusz Kościuszko and Jan Henryk Dąbrowski. In 1838 his remarkable leadership as a General during the Hungarian Revolution earned him

immense respect and honor.

1848

Timeline of Mutual Cooperation

This plaque commemorates the Hungarian aid to Poland during the Polish-Soviet War:

“In paying tribute to the Hungarian nation has provided friendly assistance to the Republic of Poland threatened with death by the Bolshevik aggression. In the time of our struggles decisive importance, August 12, 1920 a transport of 22

million rounds of ammunition arrived in Ski-erniewice from Budapest, by the Manfred Weiss

Establishments at Csepel. Between 1919 and 1921 the Kingdom of Hungary sent to Poland some 100 million carbine cartridges as well as artillery shells and military equipment in large

quantities.” Grateful Polish Nation. March 2012

A student demonstration in Buda-pest in support of Polish October and seeking similar reforms was

an event that sparked the Hungar-ian Revolution of 1956. During the revolt, 12,000 Poles donated blood

and the Polish Red Cross sent 44 tons of medical supplies to Hungary.

On March 12 and again on March 16, both Hungary and Poland respectively named

March 23rd as Friendship Day between the two countries. This day of mutual celebra-tion features concerts, festivals, exhibitions and dance. It pays tribute to the centuries long relationship of support and esteem

between the two countries.

Miklós Horthy de Nagybánya was a Hungarian admiral and statesman who became the Regent of Hungary, serving between WWI and most of

WWII. During his leadership, Hungary gave support to

Polish refugees in 1939 and in other military confrontations.

1939

NATO formally invited Hungary, Po-land and the Czech Republic to join the alliance at the end of the 20th

century which was the biggest single expansion of the Western

alliance in its 48-year history.

1999

On the last day of February 2016, the Hungarian Parliament voted

100% to designate the year in honor of Hungarian-Polish solidar-ity for their mutual assistance and

aid during the anti-communist uprisings in both Poland and Hun-gary in 1956. Poland also adopted

the same decree earlier in the month to celebrate the shared

60th anniversary.

2016

1919-1921 1956 2007

Timeline of Mutual Cooperation

Accomplished Polish Hungarians

Adrianne Palicki (b. 1983), who is Polish and Hungarian on her fa-ther’s side, is an American actor who appeared in TV’s Friday Night Lights and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and several films. Her love of com-ics inspired her 2011 role as Won-der Woman which never aired.

Adrien Brody (b. 1973) is an Ameri-can actor of Polish and Hungarian ancestry who deeply embraces a role. To prepare for his Oscar win-ning role as Władysław Szpilman in the film, The Pianist, Brody gave up his home, his car and lost more than 30 pounds in order to live in the re-ality of Poland during WWII.

Charles Kraitsir (1804-1860), a Hun-garian intellectual with Polish ances-try, was a philologist, and studied lit-erary texts and historical records. He established a school in Maryland dur-ing the 1830s. Among his five books is The Poles in the United States in 1836. He died in Morrisania, which is now the Bronx.

Romola de Pulszky (1891-1978) had a Hungarian mother and Polish father. She planned to become a ballerina, but instead married the famous star of the Ballets Russes, Vaslav Nijinsky, an innovative and masterful dancer. He was a troubled man who was insti-tutionalized much of his life. She pub-lished two biographies of him that are considered sanitized accounts today.

Popular Polish singer, Edyta Geppert (b. 1953) grew up in a musical family with a Hungarian mother and Polish father. She loved the lively Hungarian czardas and went on to study voice at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Mu-sic in Warsaw. She remains the only Polish singer to receive the Grand Prix three times.

Hollywood idol Paul Newman (1925-2008) was of Hungarian and Polish heritage. After his service in the Navy during WWII, he studied at the es-teemed Actor’s Studio in NYC and in 1958, became a star for his stunning portrayal in A Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. He received every honor for his acting and directing, and founded charitable organizations, such as Newman’s Own Foundation. He was a dedicated race car driver well into his 70s.

Revolutionary Ilona Duczynska (1897-1978) was born into wealth to a Polish father and Hungarian mother. She was avidly anti-war and her activism land-ed her in jail a few times as a teenager. As an adult, she wrote books, orga-nized groups against inequity, tested aircrafts during WWII, and did transla-tions in several languages.

János Starker (1924 - 2013) was a child prodigy cellist who first per-formed in public at the age of six. His Polish father and Hungarian mother were very supportive of his gift. He remains the most recorded cellist in the world, with over 150 recordings, and he received a Grammy in 1992.

Piotr Anderszewski (b. 1969) is one of the world’s most brilliant contempo-rary classical pianists. He was born in Warsaw to a Polish father and a Hun-garian mother. His intensity and in-terpretations have elicited accolades such as “breathtaking” “genius” and “unsurpassed,” and he is a recipient of several prestigious music awards, including the 2002 Gilmore Award.