The 43 rd International Polonaise BallPoland Fascinated with Brazil

Gala Dinner DanceSaturday, the Seventh of FebruaryThe Year Two Thousand and Fifteen

at Seven O’clock pm

White or Black Tie Regalia

R.S.V.P.

Eden Roc Hotel

Mona Lisa Ballroom – Cocktail Hour

Pompeii Promenade Ballroom – Dinner

4525 Collins Avenue Miami Beach, FL 33140

“Polonaise” by the Members of the Committees and Special GuestsEntertainment by Paulo Gualano Samba Group

Music for Dancing by Frank Hubbell Orchestra

Under the gracious patronage of the Ambassador of theRepublic of Poland in Washington D.C.

Mr. and Mrs. Ryszard Schnepf

Special GuestPresident Lech Walesa

Royal Guests H. R. H. King Kigeli V of Rwanda

H.R.H. Duke Dom Duarte Pio de BragancaAmpun (H.M.) Sultan Muedzul-Lail Tan Kiram, Royal House of Sulu

H. I. H. Prince Ermias Sahle-Selassie Haile-Selassie of EthiopiaH.I. H. David Bagrationi of Moukhrani, Royal House of Georgia

Marquis Alberto D’Ornellase de Vasconcellos JardimCount Antonio De Deus Ramos Ponces De Carvalho

Ball Chairmen

International Honorary CommitteeDr. Horacio Aguirre

Princess Marianne BernadotteHonorable and Mrs. Zbigniew Brzezinski

Drs. Stanislaw and Barbara BurzynskiPrince and Princess Karol Czartoryski

Mr. Rafal OlbinskiPrincess Lada Schuiski

Ms. Loretta SwitMr. and Mrs. Henry P. Williams III

Dr. Damian Valenzuela MayerHonorable and Mrs. Walter Zachariasiewicz

Countess Barbara Pagowska - CooperLady Blanka Aldona Rosenstiel

Co-Chairmen

Mrs. Ruby BacardiMrs. Regina Beaman

Count Rodney HildebrantMr. and Mrs. Keith Gray

Mr. and Mrs. Amedeo GuazziniMs. Monika Jablonska

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lowenthal Mrs. Irena McLean - Laks

Count Matthew MeehanMarquis Alexander Colonna-Walewski Montague

and Marquise Maria Alonso MontagueMs. Alicja Schoonover

Mrs. Marjorie SonderlingMrs. Beata Paszyc and Mr. John Frank Velez

Baron Kimon Andreou VergaraMr. John Wayne Jr.

Chicago Committee Chairmen

Countess Izabella Pagowska – Budys Ms. Vanessa Godek

Dr. and Mrs. Janusz GolecDr. Michael Hytros

Dr. Ewa JachimowiczDr. Tomasz Osolkowski

Mr. Jacek and Dr. Jolanta TataraDr. and Mrs. Mark Tucci

Dr. and Mrs. Jerome Zwierzycki

Countess Brigitte Victoria CooperCountess Janelle Annette Cooper

Co-Chairmen

Ohio Committee Chairmen

Mr. Leon Cholewa BadzinskiMr. and Mrs. Gerald Broski

Mr. Edward GodlewskiMr. John Nosek

Mr. and Mrs. George SobierajMr. Ben Stefanski, II

Mr. Jon Theobald Dr. Michael Klimiuk-Wieczerski

Mr. and Mrs. Thad CookeMr. and Mrs. Chester Partyka

Co-Chairmen

Ms. Halina Malinski

Michigan Committee Chairman

Mrs. Barbara Lemecha Mrs. Henrietta Nowakowski

Co-Chairmen

Countess Jadwiga Krasicki

New York Committee Chairman

Mr. Grzegorz FrycMr. and Mrs. Chester Lobrow

Mrs. Jadwiga PaladeMr. Slawomir Platta

Dr. and Mrs. Tadeusz PyzMrs. Danuta Wilk

Co-Chairmen

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Social Committee

Mr. Douglas Evans and Mr. Mikolaj BauerDrs. Wojciech and Renata CymerMr. and Mrs. Gouzago Dal Borgo

Mr. and Mrs. Bob DickinsonHonorable and Mrs. Maurice Ferre

Baroness Magdalena A. von FreytagMr. & Mrs. Edward George

Mrs. Jadwiga GewertCountess Magdalena GrocholskiMr. and Mrs. Karlheinz Huth

Mrs. Alicja IwaszkiewiczMr. and Mrs. Jan Karaszewski

Mr. Steven KarskiMr. and Mrs. Krzysztof KruszelnickiMr. and Mrs. Anthony KruszewskiMr. and Mrs. Christopher Kurczaba

Mr. and Mrs. Leszek Ladowski

Miss Francesca LowenthalMiss Luccia Lowenthal

Dr. Basil and Mrs. Magdalena MangraMiss Monica Mangra

Mr. and Mrs. Roy MeyeringhMrs. Nina Mlodzinska de Rovira

Dr. Michel S. PawlowskiMrs. Daisy Richardson

Mr. Jarosław RottermundMr. and Mrs. Marcelo Sabino

Mrs. Carol SadowskiMs. Lynne Schaefer

Mr. Michael SkronskiMr. John Sullivan

Ms. Gloria Twardowski JohnsonMrs. Ligia Wiegand

Mr. and Mrs. Ludwik Wnekowicz

BrazilA magical, vibrant and passionate country of lively colors, spicy tastes, multinational cultures, awe-inspiring natural wonders

and an outrageous and eclectic carnaval celebrating the samba. The Brazil experience is like no other, enjoyed with acaipirinha in your hand and bossa nova in your heart!

Early Poles in Brazil

The first Polish settlers to arrive in Brazil in the 17th cen-tury were Krzysztof Arciszewski, Wladyslaw Wituski, and Zygmunt Szkop who maintained a colony on the coastline. But the greatest influx of Polish immigration to Brazil was in the late 19th century and they helped build the railway in São Paulo-Santos and a river port in Manaus, the captial of the Amazonas.

This great land attracted explorers, scientists, engineers, clergy members, economists and other professionals who were instrumental in making Brazil a vibrant inter-national country.

Polish family in 1940’s Brazil

Krzysztof Arciszewski (1592-1656) born into a noble family, became General of the Polish Royal Artil-lery and Admiral of the Dutch Navy. Served as the vice-governor of Dutch Brazil for a short time. Noted ethnog-rapher of the Brazilian Indian cultures and respected engineer.

Piotr Czerniewicz (1812-1881) Medi-cal doctor educated in Poland and France. Co-creator of Medical Acad-emy in Rio de Janeiro, he wrote sci-entific books which were popular throughout Latin America, as well as several pharmacology and prescriptionhandbooks.

Czesław Bieżanko (1895–1986) Ento-mologist, professor and recognized au-thority on South American butterflies. Established the generic classification of butterflies and many of them are named after him. He also introduced soya in Brazil and was decorated with highest Brazilian order, “Ordem de Cruzeiro do Sul” (Order of the South-ern Cross).

Voyage from Poland to Brazil

Making Brazil Home

The Poles settled primarily in the State of Paraná in the southern region of Brazil. Their native folk music, dances, customs, foods, traditions, clothing and architecture flourished in small towns like Mallet, Cruz Machado, São Matheus do Sul, Irati, and União da Vitória, eventually becoming an integral and accepted part of thelocal culture.

Brazil was the first Latin American country to recognize independent Po-land in 1918, with official diplomatic ties between the two beginning in 1920. Brazilians awarded Marshall Jozef Pilsudski (1920) and President

Polish Church in Rio-Claro, Paraná Brazilians girls of Polish descent celebrating Easter at Bosque do Papa in Curitiba

Brazil in the 19th century had the same allure to immigrants as the US did and for bold, entrepreneurial Poles, the “Island of Flowers” fascinated them with its raw beauty, endless possibilities and message of hope for a new

prosperous life.

Ignacy Moscicki (1935) with their high-est distinction, the Order of the South-ern Cross. This mutually rewarding di-plomacy in art and business continues to this day.

There are approximately 3 million resi-dents of Polish heritage in Brazil today. Paraná retains a strong influence from Polish culture and the capital, Curi-tiba, has the second largest population of Polish diaspora in the world after Chicago. Polish music, dishes and cul-ture are quite common in the region and the Polish language is still spoken by many residents along with theirnative Portugese.

Monument of Polish Sower in Curitiba

Train depot in New Gdansk, Paraná Vintage Polish settler house and commemorative plaque in Pope John Paul II Park

Fascinated with Brazil

Polish aristocracy who emigrated to Brazil after WWII included theRadziwill, Zamoyski and Czartoryski families.

Arkady Fiedler (1894-1985) Writer, journalist and adven-turer. Established a museum

in Poland in his name to house the many artworks and artifacts

from his world travels. Wrote extensively about Brazil.

Julian Tuwim (1894-1953) Poet and leader of Skamander, the Polish futurist poetry society. Wrote the epic masterpiece, Kwiaty polskie (“Polish Flow-

ers”) while living in Brazil.

Irena Eichlerówna (1908-1990) Actress known as “Poland’s

Eleonora Duse.” She emigrated to Brazil in the early 40’s, per-forming on radio shows and in

several stage productions.

Alfred Jurzykowski (1899-1966) Prominent entrepreneur and

philanthropist who was the first to manufacture cars and trucks

in Brazil in the 1950’s and introduced and managed first Mercedez-Benz. A foundation and library bearing his name

are in NYC.

Many artists, writers, aristocrats and business people went to Brazil dur-ing and after World War II to find refuge or to start anew, including poet Jan Lechon, singer Jan Kiepura, pianist Witold Malcuzynski and actor and

theater director Zbigniew Ziembinski.

Prince Olgierd Czartoryski and Archduchess Mechthildis of

Austria in 1912

Prince Roman Władysław Sanguszko (1901-1984) Nobleman, horse

breeder, industrialist, philanthropist. Inspiration for “Prince Roman,” a short

story by Poland’s Joseph Conrad.

Zygmunt Sulistrowski (1922-2007) Ecologist and film maker who loved Brazil so much, that he devoted 30

years to the preservation of the Ama-zon region. His several films include

Naked Amazon (1954), nominated for the Grand Prize at Cannes, and AIPC awarded him a Gold Medal in 1999.

Polish Brazilians Today

Filipe Luís Kasmirski (born 1985) Star left back footballer in Bra-zil’s Premier League. Began his

career in Spain but chose to join Brazil’s team Chelsea as a fulfill-

ment of a life long dream.

Letícia Wierzchowski (born 1972) Author of best selling

novels and kid’s books. A Casa das Sete Mulheres (“House of

the Seven Women”), translated into 5 languages was adapted as

a mini-series by TV Globo and aired in 23 countries.

Andrzej (Andres) Bukowinski (born 1940) Movie director and

renowned “King of Commeri-cials” made Brazil his home in

1973. He is the recipient of sev-eral prestigious awards for both

his films and television work, including the Cavalier Cross from

the President of Poland.

Angélica Cristine Kvieczynski (born 1991) Rhythmic gymnast

who won a silver medal and three bronze medals in the 2011

Pan American Games, won six gold medals in the 2010 South American Games and won the Prêmio Brasil Olímpico once.

Francisco Lachowski (born 1991) This Ford Agency Supermodel

of the World (2008) is featured on the runways and in print and TV ads for the most successful men’s designers in the world.

Maria da Graça Xuxa Meneghel (born 1963) Xuxa is a Brazilian

television presenter, film actress, singer and businesswoman who is broadcast worldwide. A two-

time winner of the Latin Grammy for Best Children’s Album also

known for her epithet, Queen of the Shorties.

Thaís Felipe Pacholek (born 1983) Brazilian actress who has appeared in several Brazilian TV shows including Programa Silvio

Santo, Amor e Revolução and Balacobaco.

Paulo Szot (born 1969) An op-eratic baritone who has earned several honors, including a 2008 Broadway Tony Award for Best Performance in a Musical for

his starring role in South Pacific. Performs in international opera

houses La Scala, the Metro-politan Opera and the Palais

Garnier.

Enrique Ricardo Lewandowski (born 1948) An activist attorney

and ardent supporter of the Clean Record Law for those in civil service office, he has held a number of public positions. Currently the President of the

Supreme Federal Court of Brazil. Alessandra Corine Ambrósio (born 1981) Model and cover girl who first achieved international fame with Victoria’s

Secret (2004) and is still one of the top earners in the field. Besides cameo parts in TV and film, she also serves as an ambassador for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

Alexandre Herchcovitch (born 1971) Successful international fashion designer applauded for his glamorous yet avant-garde designs and eclectic prints. Young

Brazilians embraced his iconic skull motifs in the 1990’s.