VodaFest | Czech and Slovak Festival in Melbourne

Maypole celebration

Date:

Saturday, 4 May 2013 - 10:00am

Location:

Sumava Peksa Park

46 Locks Way

Belgrave South, VIC 3081

See map: Google Maps

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VodaFest in association with Melbourne Czech and Slovak schools invites you to a full day event with free admission – traditional May Pole Building, which will take place on Saturday, 4 May 2013 at Sumava Peksa Park, 46 Locks Way, Belgrave South.

Easter Function at the Slovak House

Date:

Sunday, 31 March 2013 - 7:30pm

Location:

Slovak House

105 Triholm Avenue

Laverton, VIC

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Prize will be awarded for the nicest hand painted Easter egg in two categories: children under 14 years of age and persons older than 14. New competition for children during the function – creating their own design for an Easter egg for which there will be a lucky prize winner. As always, there will be a ruffle, and the Slovak Band “Zmena 5” will be playing for your entertainment.

Entry: $10 members, $15 non-members. Dinner: $15 (kids dinner $7). Reservations at evabilek@digisurf.com.au or 0425 739 372.

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Easter Lunch and Dance at Sumava

Date:

Sunday, 31 March 2013 - 12:00pm

Location:

Sumava Peksa Park

46 Locks Way

Belgrave South, VIC

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Caretakers of Sumava Peksa Park invite you to the traditional Easter lunch at the Czech and Slovak community centre. Traditional meal, coffee, cakes and Studio 4 playing evergreens are all awaiting you on the day.

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Czech and Slovak Newsletter - March 2013

Submitted by Jan Tomka on Thu, 28/03/2013 - 3:07pm

Dear friend,

Welcome to the Easter issue of the Czech and Slovak newsletter, which is one of the VodaFest Association's ongoing projects. The main one is the annual Czech and Slovak Festival that took place in Heidelberg earlier this month.

VodaFest 2013
VodaFest T-Shirts
Easter Lunch and Dance at Sumava
Easter Function at the Slovak House

VodaFest 2013 by Ron Kugler

Enjoy a foto story of VodaFest 2013 took by Ron Kugler. Everything Czech and Slovak recorded well in detail.

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VodaFest this Saturday!

Dear friend,

After a year of waiting on your part and wild organising on ours, we are now 3 days from the third make of the Czech and Slovak Festival in Melbourne, VodaFest 2013. For those keen to come, here's what's awaiting you on the day. For those undecided, this should make it easier for you. Details and tickets online available at http://vodafest.org

Program
For Kids
Competitions
Czech and Slovak Cuisine
Surprise!

VodaFest 2013 in 3 weeks

Program

This year's headliner is Miss Vendulka Wichta, a Czech-origin finalist of the 2012 X-Factor singing competition. Special guest is the Polish dance ensemble Polonez. We're going to introduce new talents, too, and a unique dance performance by the Slovak Social Club "Ludovit Stur"'s Liptar dance group.

VODAFEST PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION - IMAGES FROM HOME

VODAFEST PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION - IMAGES FROM HOME

Sponsored by Hendry Pianos

An opportunity for Czechs and Slovaks to submit their favorite images from their homeland...
And for visitors to the Czech and Slovak Republics to select highlight photos from their trip...

Images from home

Images from home1

VODAFEST BABOVKA COMPETITION

Think that Nigella Lawson is overrated? Bored with watching “My Kitchen Rules” on TV? Think you are better than the contestants on Masterchef? Then have a go at competing in our “BABOVKA BAKEOFF” !

Never heard of a “Babovka”?

A Babovka is a traditional cake of the Central Europe. In other countries it is also known as gugelhupf, marble cake, pound cake, kuglof, babka or wacka. It may contain chocolate or coconut or poppy seeds. It is baked in a special circular pan originally made of pottery. Deceptively simple, it is an art to get the babovka light and fluffy.

Babovka