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Elderhostel Czech Festival Czech Homesteds Sand Hill Cranes

We studied the

Czech Republic

Past and Present

at

Doane College, Crete, Nebraska

 

the host

 

the campus

 

from Eva Chybova Bock we learned about Czech history

 

Dr. Jay Gilbert told us about Czech music

 

with Sue Prochaska Underwood

 

and Galen Beck playing Czech music on accordions

 

Dr. Bruce Garver told us about Czech politics

 

at lunch we met the Czech Queen and Princess from the Wilber festival

 

saw the swans on campus

 

visited a Czech cemetery near Dr. Don Pisar's home

Photos of Czech Homesteads in Nebraska

Other Photos from the Nebraska Czech countryside

 

learned about the Czech festival in Wilber, Nebraska

Other photos from the festival

 

Velma Kotas showed us how to bake Kolac

 

and we rolled the dough

 

and filled the Kolac ready for baking

 

all to the accordion music of Don Kotas, her husband

 

graduation

 

the class

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