By Molly K. Young, AIJI
Tabor, S.D.- For more than 60 years, a tiny South Dakota town has hosted a big summer celebration. The two-day event celebrates the community’s common bond: its ancestry.
“This is a Czech community,” Judy Lundy, from Tabor, said. “Czech Days, to a lot of them, represents home.”
Lundy said she and other volunteers from Tabor, population 400, begin preparing kolaches, a Czech fruit pastry, one month in advance to prepare for the celebration.
The weekend’s events included a Polka Mass, parade, memorial service, queen pageant carnival rides and dancing. Thelma Koupal, who greeted vistors in Czech Heritage Park, said almost 10,000 people were expected to attend the annual celebration, including nearly 200 dancers dressed in traditional Czech attire.
Links to other Czech Days 2009 coverage
Polka Dance-off and Dick Zavodny Band Stories
Czech Days “Giant Parade” stories
Kolache Baking Demonstration story
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