Greek Festival set for Saturday June 15, 2007
Posted by grhomeboy in Greek Diaspora Festivals.trackback
Members of the Holy Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church in Mason City have been baking up a storm since the day after Memorial Day in preparation for the Greek Festival on June 16.
On a recent morning in the church basement, they were busy preparing kourambiedes cookies. Church members rolled the dough into balls. After the pans of cookies came out of the oven, they used strainers to shake a blizzard of powdered sugar over them. Men, women and children all help with the food preparation.
The cookies, pastries and bread will be available for sale during the morning of the festival, which takes place from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. at the church at 1311 Second St. S.W.
A favorite part of the festival is the dancing. In addition to dancers from the church, a dance troupe from Albert Lea, Minn., and a professional Middle Eastern dancer will perform at the festival. A Greek band also will play.
Festival-goers can purchase a Greek-style chicken dinner or buy gyros, souvlaki (pork on a stick) and many other items a la carte. Spices, macaroni, cookbooks and T-shirts also will be available for sale. Face painting and games will help keep children entertained.
Church member Jim Fountas said he enjoys “getting everyone together and seeing all the people come and enjoy the Greek day. Everybody seems to have fun.”
grhomeboy
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