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History of "Moraczewo"

Folk Dance Group "Moraczewo" was founded in 1988 by Mrs. Kazimiera Rozynska. She is a resident of a Moraczewo village in Rydzyna province. Mrs. Kazimiera was also a president of a womans society in Moraczewo. From the first day a managers and instructors functions was held by Dorota and Grzegorz Smiglewski.

In our 19 years history we were giving concerts on almost every region of Poland and also in some European countries, like Germany, Netherlands, Czech Republic, France, Spain, Italy,Greece, Ukraine, Slovakia, Russia and also in Hungary and Austria. We were usually invited to came back another time to these places.

Poland: Folk Dance Group "Moraczewo"   

We are working in a patronage of a Rydzyna's House of Culture, in which we also train. There is about 70 dancers in Folk Dance Group "Moraczewo" divided into 2 groups, the beginners group and the advanced one. We have also our 4 professional musicians.

We are ready to give about 2 hours of performance, which contain dances from every region of Poland. We are of course able to give shorter performances.