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“It’s a staggering amount of food, but people eat every last drop of it,” BauThe annual summer picnic at Durman said. “We really ramped things yea’s Nativity of Our Lord Parish reup more than last year, which was the turns next weekend and, according to most successful picnic we’ve had so far. organizers, it’s going to be bigger and Everyone said, ‘Let’s just make more better than ever. stuff.’ So, it was a matter of just having This year’s event, the ninth since a few more volunteers working at the the parish merger, will take place July right time and at the right pace. We al12-14 at the Parish Picnic Grounds at ways try to listen to feedback and make Sacred Heart. As always, the familythings better.” friendly affair will feature its usual Besides the aforementioned Eastern assortment of ethnic foods, live enterEuropean delicacies, the picnic also tainment, games, prizes and fellowship. serves up homemade pizza, porketta, The picnic will take place Friday, sausage and peppers, Buffalo wings, July 12, 6 to 11 p.m., Saturday, July 13, volcano fries, steamed clams, pizza frit5 to 11:30 p.m., and Sunday, July 14, ta and hand-dipped ice cream. There’s 5 to 10 p.m. For those worried about also a beer tent, bake sale, kids’ games, weather, there will be a large tent on cash raffle, bingo, designer purse the picnic grounds. stand, tool stand and baskets galore. Meanwhile, on Thursday, July 11, 5 to As always, a different local band will 8 p.m., the annual flea market will get a take the stage each night of the picnic: jump on the proceedings in the Sacred Flaxy Morgan on Friday at 7 p.m.; The Heart Upper Hall and will continue Sperazza Band Saturday at 7:30 p.m.; each day of the picnic. and, back for the second year in a row Last year, the picnic was such a huge and adding a true old-school touch to success that the food ran out on the the proceedings, John Stevens’ Polka last day. So, this year, more volunteers Band Sunday at 6 p.m. stepped forward to significantly up the “The polka was the highlight of last totals, said organizer Jef Bauman. year’s picnic. It had so many generaSince beginning their work several tions of people out there dancing,” months ago, the food preppers churned Bauman said. “I remember watching out 3,000 halupki (aka pigs in the blan- a girl and her grandfather polkaing ket), 700 dozen pierogies, and 2,300 around the picnic grounds. Without pounds of potatoes and 450 pounds of the picnic, they couldn’t have that moonions for the potato pancake batter. ment.” Indeed, that’s what the picnic is about — bringing the community together, Bauman said. “Last year, we knew we did very well. But the first thing we talked about was TS_CNG/TRIBORO/PAGES [T01] | 07/03/19
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From left, Paula Mesaris, Debbie Orner and Sylvia Orner worked the bake sale during last year’s bazaar at the Nativity of Our Lord Parish in Duryea. how much fun everyone had. That’s why I stick around pinching thousands of pierogies and boiling pounds and pounds of cabbage,” he said. “You’re giving people a memory, a callback to when they were a kid. Our picnic is not about making money; it’s about bringing people together.”
If you go What: nativity of our lord parish annual picnic Where: parish picnic Grounds at Sacred heart, Stephenson Street in Duryea When: friday, July 12, 6-11 p.m.; Saturday, July 13, 5-11:30 p.m.; and Sunday, July 14, 5-10 p.m. Details: for more information on the picnic, visit nativityduryea.org, or the parish’s facebook page.