The annual St. Joseph’s Day dance will be back in 2022 with a bake sale and live music by Becky & The Ivanhoe Dutchmen. This event will be held Sunday, March 20, 2022 from 1pm-5pm at the Dancemor Ballroom. This event is sponsored by the Czech Heritage Foundation and all profits will go to support the CHF educational programs.

In Czechoslovakia, St. Joseph’s Day was a day of fun and gaiety. Musicians of the village serenaded the homes of people where a Joseph lived. The band traveled by horse and wagon and the festivities continued late into the night. It is thought that St. Joseph’s Day originated in Italy in the 14th century. A friar named Joseph was honored on March 19. In 1870 Pope Pius IX declared Joseph a patron saint to honor the day of his death. Many Czech families use the name Joseph in honor of the saint. Unlike the green on St. Patrick’s Day, red is used in clothing, bread and even beer. (From Czech and Slovak Heritage, Family Traditions, Stories and Recipes … available at https://store.ncsml.org.)