Bus Tour Sept 18 2010

The Slovenian Home Association has planned a great day-trip to Niagara Falls to enjoy the best that it has to offer.  Your enjoyable day begins at a local winery for tasting. After a delicious lunch at Betty's Restaurant, you will board the famous Maid Of The Mist boat for an exciting ride to the foot of the Falls where you will experience and feel the great power of the waterfall.  The rest of the afternoon will be at the Niagara Falls Casino or leisurely time in Lundy's Lane to visit the shops and attractions, including the great Hershey's Chocolate Store.  

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Christmas Banquet - December 4, 2010. The Christmas Banquet takes place on December 4, 2010 at Manning Hall in Toronto. This is when Slovenians come together to celebrate their achievements. Besides the gourment Slovenian dinner, music and dancing we have a Slovenian cultural program. For the cultural program we invite performers from Slovenska sola, dance groups, singers and other talented Slovenians who can bring Slovenian culture to life. The Christmas Banquet is also the venue where we award the Slovenski Dom scholarships, cultural awards and volunteer awards.

Slovenian Language Educational Materials.  We frequently receive requests from people wanting to learn Slovenian. Since Toronto does not have a Slovenian school for adults, only for school children, our Board has decided to purchase several Slovenian self-learning courses consisting of a book and CDs or cassettes. So far we have identified four such courses and are looking for more. Our plan is to evaluate those courses and have them available for people to borrow. We try to encourage our younger genetation to learn Slovenian so that they can communicate when they visit Slovenia.

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Among many local traditional culinary dishes, delicacies and delights, the Slovenian POTICA is quite unique in that it is shared in its basic form and ingredients by Slovenians from all corners of Slovenia. It forms an essential part of all major festivities and as such it remains a distinctive and enduring symbol of our Slovenian national identity and a reminder of our home country - Slovenia. For the Potica Challenge interested individuals are invited to form teams of three to five people led by a team captain (usually the most experienced potica practitioner). Each team prepares two poticas for the Potica Challenge. On the day of the event, all local Slovenians and their friends are invited to the judging at which samples of the poticas are available for tasting. The poticas are numbered, sliced to determine texture and appearance and then cut into test pieces for the both the judges and the audience to sample. At the judge's table, a second set of poticas, numbered identically to the first set is placed whole in front of the judges. After the judging is finished the winners receive their awards and the festivity begins.   If you would like to enter a team, please contact a board member.   Each team will be reimbursed $50 for submitting 2 poticas.  No Admission for guests.  See attachment for more details.