BUFFALO, NEW YORK, January 3, 2011 – Organizers of Buffalo, New York’s annual Dyngus Day Parade invite social groups, ethnic organizations, schools, marching & polka bands, dancers and performers to participate in the 5th annual Dyngus Day Parade. The parade will take place at 5pm on Monday, April 25th. http://www.dyngusdaybuffalo.com/
Buffalo’s Dyngus Day Parade, the first and only kind of parade in the world, will march through the Historic Polonia District passing numerous Dyngus Day celebrations including those at Central Terminal, St. Stanislaus Church, Corpus Christi Church, The Adam Plewacki American Legion Post 799 and the Adam Mickewicz Library and Dramatic Circle. Parade organizers anticipate more than 150 parade entries and over 50,000 spectators this year.
Parade entry applications are available on-line at www.DyngusDayBuffalo.com.
The deadline for parade entries is 5pm on April 15th, 2011. Completed applications or people interested in volunteering are to contact Dyngus Day Parade Director Bernadette Pawlak at _[email protected]_
or to Dyngus Day Parade, Attn: Bernadette Pawlak, 54 Arend Avenue, Williamsville, New York 14221.
“The Dyngus Day Parade has become a uniquely Buffalo tradition,” explained Parade Director Bernadette Pawlak. “2011 is a very special year as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of modern Dyngus Day in America. We welcome volunteers to assist in parade preparation as we expect that this will be the
biggest Dyngus Day parade in history.”
A Polish-American tradition, Dyngus Day celebrates the end of the restrictive observance of Lent and the joy of Easter. Over the decades, Buffalo, New York has become the Dyngus Day Capital of the World attracting thousands of people from across the northeast United States. Although celebrated in Buffalo’s Polonia neighborhood since the arrival of the first Poles in the 1870s, the city’s first modern Dyngus Day celebration was held 50 years ago by the Chopin’s Singing Society, a tradition that continues today. Dyngus Day Buffalo, the provider of marketing and organizational support to area celebrations was founded in 2005. Dyngus Day 2011 will take place on Monday, April 25th.