Christopher Koltun
General Chairman
2000 Polish Heritage Festival
Dear Friends:
Welcome to the Twenty Eighth Annual Polish Heritage Festival at the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, NJ. As we close the old century we enter a new century and a new millennium facing many new challenges, prominent among them is our young Polonia to whom I dedicate myself as Chairman of the 2000 Polish Heritage Festival.
The Holmdel Arts Center is an ideal venue for the Polish Heritage Festival which is dedicated to promoting our Polish culture and demonstrating our pride in Poland's social and economic achievements. I take this opportunity to invite all Polish-American organizations and groups to join us in promoting this new image of Poland and Polonia and to exercise a positive and moral influence on the American culture through our strength and unity.
These festivals can be the foundation for our children and young adults for building a genuine pride in their Polish-American heritage; thereby, creating a new generation of Polish-American patriots, activists and leaders working on behalf of Polish-American causes.
I invite all Polonia and especially the young, the students and children to join their parents, grandparents and friends in celebrating our heritage and culture. I promise all— good music, good food, good entertainment, and other activities that will make you happy and relaxed.
Let us demonstrate our Polish Pride as we celebrate our Year 2000 Polish Heritage Festival. The future of Polonia will be what we create together. I am very excited and optimistic about what we can achieve.
Christopher Koltun
General Chariman of the Polish Heritage Festival 2000