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K A T O W I C E
DECEMBER 13-DECEMBER 19, 2007
Xmas crib on main market in Gliwice
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Gliwice residents can catch some of the
real Christmas spirit by helping to build a
manger scene on the main market square.
The community effort, which starts tomorrow,
makes it “something special,” said
Dariusz Jezierski, who came up with the
idea. He is director of Gliwice’s National
Theater.
A collective effort to create the manger
scene “will emphasize the community
character of Christmas,” Jezierski said.
A manger, or animal feeding trough, was
where the Bible says Mary placed the baby
Jesus after his birth. It has become a symbol
of Christmas worldwide.
“Right now the best-known manger
scene is in Krakow,” Jezierski said. “Maybe
that will change.”
Many residents have expressed interest
in helping to build the Nativity scene,
including students from the Silesian Polytechnic
Institute in Gliwice. There is still a
need for carpenters and bricklayers, however.
Each volunteer can propose ideas about
the interior of the scene, gifts for the baby
Jesus and the clothes of the main characters,
including Mary and Joseph, shepherds
and the three Wise Men.
During the nine-day construction period,
which will end Dec. 23, the main market
square will be alive with the sights, sounds
and feel of Christmas. Each day, for example,
youth choirs will give Christmas
concerts.
Soloists and theater groups will also
perform, Jezierski said.
A culmination of the festivities will be
Bishop Jan Wieczorek performing a Christmas
Mass at the Saint Peter and Paul Cathedral
on Sunday Dec. 23.
Saint Francis of Assisi came up with the
idea of building the first Nativity scene in
the Italian city of Greccio in 1223. The custom
that he started spread throughout the
world.
The Roman Catholic Church’s Franciscans,
an order of monks named for
the saint, were a catalyst in spreading the
manger-scene tradition. They built scenes
wherever they established monasteries.
The Nativity scene is a deep-rooted tradition
in Poland because Franciscans built
their first monasteries here in the 13th Century.
Today, every Roman Catholic church
has a manger scene with Jesus, Mary and
Joseph.
MUSIC LIVE
Hey hits Krakow
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Top Polish rock outfit Hey are in Krakow this Saturday
Dec. 15 at Klub Studio as part of their fifteenth anniversary
national tour.
Hey skyrocketed to fame in the early 90s signing with
Izabelin Studio label after being noticed by Katarzyna Kanclerz
at the Jarocin Festival – only one month after the group
formed in 1992.
Their 1993 debut album Fire has been called one of the
most important Polish albums of the 90s.
The combination of vocalist and lyricist Katarzyna
Nosowska with guitarist Piotr Banach, resulted in songs
popular across Poland including Moja i Twoja Nadzieja,
Teksański, or ZazdroSc.
When Fire sold more than a hundred thousand copies in
the first five months, probably no one, including the band,
dreamt that their second release, the 1994 album Ho!, would
achieve even greater success, selling just under a mln copies
in 6 months.
These were the band’s golden years, and though they never
came back, during the next decade Hey have consolidated
their position with excellent albums, such as Karma, Hey
and Echosystem in 2005. Singles from these releases have
hit number one in national charts, and the band continues to
attract a large fan base to their performances.
As part of the band’s anniversary year, they have released
a copy of their live unplugged MTV recording at Roma Theater
in Warsaw this September, with remixes of their most
popular songs and covers of P.J. Harvey and Iggy Pop. The
album Unplugged went gold on the first day.
The national anniversary tour 92-07, is stopping in 12 cities
across Poland with over two hours of on stage time and
all their favorite songs featured in the sets.
Hey will be supported by the indie group Muchy, who
have been called the “Discovery of the year” by Machina
magazine.
Gig info: Klub Studio, ul. Budryka 4 – in the AGH Student
Campus from 19:00, tickets 32-37 zloty from www.ticketpro.
pl or at the club’s ticket office.
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