Miss Texas Teen has Czech Roots, will be at TCHCC Saturday

The Texas Czech Heritage and Cultural Center in La Grange will host the 11th annual Heritage Fest & Muziky on October 20-21 The Festival will begin on Friday afternoon on the deck in front of the Main Center and TCHCC’s famous homemade Chicken & Dumplings will be served while it lasts in the Hanslik Banquet Hall beginning at 5:30 pm.

Saturday, the big day kicks off at 10 am with an opening ceremony at 10:30 am. and will continue through 10 p.m. that night.

In attendence as part of Saturday’s events will be Natalie Poveda of Grapevine, who was crowned Miss Texas Teen this summer.

“It’s exciting that someone with a strong Czech background has won,” said Texas Czech Heritage and Cultural Center manager Mark Hermes.

Natalie is the daughter of Antony and Larisa Ludeke Poveda and the granddaughter of Joreen Kocurek Ludeke and is a 2023 graduate of Grapevine High School and plans to pursue a business degree at Texas A&M University.

Here’s a look at the full schedule of events this weekend at the Czech Center:

SCHEDULE OFEVENTS Friday, October 20:

4:30-10 p.m. KJT Octoberfest on the Deck

• Music by the Dujka Brothers 6-9:30 p.m.

• Chicken & Dumplings serving at 5:30 p.m.

• Czech Village open till dusk.

50/50 Raffle

Saturday, October 21:

8:00 a.m.:

• KJT State Taroky Tournament Registration: Hanslik Hall

• Antique Farm Show Registration in Newspaper Museum

• Car Show Registration, front of Main Building.

10 a.m.: Czech Village open for tours 10:30 a.m. : Opening Ceremony – Hospoda Pavilion 11 a.m.: Jodie Mikula Orchestra – Hospoda Pavilion 11A-2P

• Zapalac Sawmill Operation

• Activities by the CHS Queens & Demos all day around the Demonstration Tent

• Activities by the Czech Fraternal Organizations at the Fraternal- Mutual Pavilion 11:30 a.m. Round Top Brass Band – Fraternal-Mutual Pavilion

• Newspaper Museum Operation • Corn Grinding/Shelling, Hay Baling—Front of Janak Barn

1 p.m. SPJST Kolače Eating Contest Registration Opens – Fraternal- Mutual Pavilion; Youth & Adult Divisions 1:30 p.m. Newspaper Museum Operation 2 p.m. Kolače Eating Contest 2 p.m. Zapalac Sawmill Operation 2:30 p.m. Al Sulak & the Country Sounds – Hospoda Pavilion 2:30-6 p.m.

3 p.m. Stein Holding Contest – Fraternal-Mutual Pavilion 3 p.m. Corn Grinding/Shelling, Hay Baling—Front of Janak Barn 3:30 p.m. Newspaper Museum Operation 4 p.m. RVOS Beer Tasting Competition – Hospoda Pavilion (21 & Over) 6 p.m. Czech Village & Main Center Closes

Sanford Schmid Amphitheater

5:30 p.m.Amphitheater Opens, Admission $25

7 p.m. MUZIKY, MUZIKY— The Legends Series, Part IX:Bob Wills & the Texas Playboys Tribute 10 p.m. Grounds Close— S Pánem Bohem! Dobrou noc!

DEMOS & DISPLAYS THROUGHOUTTHE DAY Saturday, October 21:

Fraternal-Mutual Pavilion Putting Green by KJT/RVOS Pumpkin Painting by KJZT Ring Toss by KJZT Koláče Eating Contest – 2 p.m. Stein Holding Contest – 3 p.m.

In The Czech Village: CHS Queens Activities at Demo Tent:

10:30 a.m.—Czech-Slovak Trivia, Color Sheets, Memory Game 11 a.m. —Czech-Slovak Bingo, Kraslice Wooden Egg Decorating 12:30 p.m. — Pernik-Czech Gingerbread, Memory & Word Games 1:30 p.m. —Kids Art, Pottery 2:30 p.m. —Create: A Wooden ‘Czech-Slovak’ Pendant or Magnets Mule Drawn Wagon Rides • Children’s Train Rides

Sausage Making by Schulenburg C of C Sausagefest Washboard Clothes Washing Butter Making • Candle Making • Noodle Making • Apple Cider Press • Hand Corn Shelling/Grinding Monument Hill/Kreische Brewery State Park Display Fayette Co. Historical Commission Display Burton Cotton Gin Museum Display Baby Chicks in the Janak Barn by Ideal Poultry

In The TCHCC Museum/Library/ Lobby: Miss Texas Czech-Slovak &

Miss Czech-Slovak US Queens Tables—Lobby Miss Texas Teen—Lobby & Roaming

Neighbors Helping Neighbors for Prosperity Exhibit—Museum Military Display, Czech Glass Display—Melnar Library Genealogy Research available in the Melnar Library Kopecky Czech Gift Shop Antique Farm Show and Demonstrations by the South Texas Wheel Spinners & Crank Twisters Antique Farm Equipment Club Car Show by H & H Automotive Supply, Schulenburg * Next Year’s Dates: October