Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-05-19
Sokols Are All
Set For County
Scat Exhibition
Afternoon Program, Start
ing at l O'clock, Expected
to Draw Large Crowd.
VOLUME XIV

Spectators at the Sokol Gymnastic
Exhibition to be held at the fair
grounds in Pine City May %, will
have unique treat in store for them
in the form of several feature num-
berS.
The group composed of Pine City
Sokol ladies will perform a dancing
drill to music that is lively and in
teresting. These ladies dressed in
snappy satin outfits present pleasing
picture as with quick, graceful dane
ing steps they 60 into different forma-
tons.
Judging from previous perform
ances, the drill to be put on by six
st. Paul young men will win loud
acclaim from all those who witness
it. AS one sequence follows another
there is unfolded a portrayal of var
ious classic sports and games in
smooth rhythmic movements.
In a special number the st. Paul
Sokol ladies will present the Parade
of the Wooden Soldiers" All of these
drills are symbolic of the teachings
of the Sokol organization. The ladies'
drills embody the light graceful move
ments so properly essential for wom-
en-. The mems drill depicts the beauty
of controlled strength, and carries
out the idea that true athlete has
knowledge of all sports, calisthenics
and games.
In a whirl of bright color with gay
ribbons flying and the dancers laugh
ing and breathless, the Beseda will be
performed as the concluding number
of the Sokol Festival.
The Beseda is the national dance
of Czecho-Slovakia and its particular
charm lies in the variety of its dance
steps and interesting formations. The
music to which it is danced has a
quick, lively tempo and is composed
of old folk songs The dance was
organized in 1860 by Czech patriot
to reawaken the national spirit which
was at its lowest ebb at that time.
At least rs men and women in colorful
costumes of old Bohemia, Moravia and
Slovakia will dance the Beseda.
The program will start at p. m.
Sunday, May %, with a patriotic
parade beginning at the high school
grounds and continuing over U. S.
Highway 81 to the county fair
grounds. The parade will be led by
the flag bearers followed by the men,
bers of the Battery of the 125th Field
Artillery, the American Legion, the
Boy Scouts and other organizations.
A large Czech delegation from Will
low River will also participate in the
parade The Sokols will march in
their uniforms and colorful national
Czech costumes. Music for the parade
will be furnished by the Pine City
high school band. The gymnastic
program itself will start promptly at
2 p. m. with the playing of the ma
tional anthem and the raising of the
"Stars and Stripes" by a local Boy
Scout troop with all other participants
at attention.
Refreshments will be sold at the
fair grounds before, during and after
the program. In case of adverse
weather conditions arrangements have
been made to hold the program at
the high school auditorium. An
nouncements to that effect will be
made on the streets by means of loud
speakers. In the evening there will
be dancing and special entertainment
at the Crystal Palace where oppor-
tunity will be given everyone to meet
the Sokols from the entire Northwest.