{"id":6076,"date":"2021-02-23T09:22:51","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T08:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slovenci.si\/?p=6076"},"modified":"2021-02-23T09:35:35","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T08:35:35","slug":"san-franciscos-2021-virtual-pust-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slovenci.si\/en\/san-franciscos-2021-virtual-pust-event\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"
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San Francisco\u2019s Slovenian Community has been celebrating Pust annually at the SF Slovenian Hall since the 1930\u2019s.   Sponsored by the local SNPJ lodge, this has been an annual event except for a brief interruption during World War II.   In the 1960\u2019s, a sit down dinner featuring krvavice was introduced and has continued ever since.  The head cook and helpers would gather on the Thursday prior to the event, making upwards of 700 lbs. of krvavice!  The number of attendees would often exceed the hall\u2019s capacity, where on some occasions, late comers had to be turned away! <\/span>You can read more about the event below. It was written by <\/span>John Hutar.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>

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In the fall of 2020, several members our community got together and organized a Virtual Vinska Trgatev.  Moving this event to a virtual platform was a natural choice for its sponsor, Club Slovenia (first organized in 1922 \u2013 nearly 100 years ago!).   Early Slovenian tech pioneers France Rode and Zvonko Fazarinc contributed to the early success of then tech start-up Hewlett Packard.  This Slovenian tech tradition now continues on under the leadership of Dr. Jure Leskovec (Stanford University Professor) and the American Slovenian Education Foundation (ASEF).  With the support of Club Slovenia and participation of musicians and singers who regularly performed at the live event, our inaugural virtual event held in September 2020 was a huge success.  We were optimistic that by February 2021, the pandemic would be behind us and we would gather in person for Pust. <\/span><\/p>

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When it became clear that the shelter restriction would prevent an in-person Pust event, Jozef Antolin (Board Director of the Slovenian Progressive Home) started recruiting the \u201cTrgatev Group\u201d to participate in a virtual Pust event.  David McCormick, president of Club Slovenia, committed the Club\u2019s support of the event.   The tradition had to live on! <\/span><\/p>

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In planning the virtual Pust, an idea took hold to incorporate cultural presentations explaining the history of Pust in the various regions of Slovenia and the traditional foods that accompany the celebration.   Mia Rode, our community\u2019s Slovenian language instructor helped her students research and assemble the presentations.  It\u2019s worth noting that over the years, many of the Slovenian language students joined the class with limited or no knowledge of the Slovenian language \u2013 many enroll to connect with their ancestry. <\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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