Ethnic Festival Set Saturday

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Christina^ Lasts Swedes to Easter

CAPE MAY — Liz von Schlicten, who will be making Swedish straw decorations at the ethnic festival to be held Saturday at the Emlen Physick Estate, said she came to America to "get away from all those Swedes. Born in Stockholm, Sweden, von Schlicten first came to the U S. in 1948 when she worked as a bilingual executive secretary in New York. She returned to Sweden in 1954 and reentered the United States, this time to stay, in 1956. In coming to another country, she said, "You can't divide yourself and have your head here and your heart back home. I feel I am an American now.” Despite her proclaimed "Americanization." when von Schlicten began dabbling in crafts in the 70’s, along with all the other "back to basics” folks, she remembered her Swedish roots. HER SHOP. Gingham and Calico Crafts Gift and Christmas Boutique in the Cape Island Mall, is crammed full of ornaments, dolls, quilted vests, and woven mats, all tracing their design to Sweden. i PaRt* 18 Pleosel

Music, Dance, Crafts, Food

by Barbara Metzler CAPE MAY — An ethnic festival sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts will be held on the grounds of the Emlen Physick estate Saturday, Jure 25. The festival will pro vide music, dance, crafts, costumes, and, of course, food, all representing several of the area's ethnic groups. MAC Director, Michael Zuckerman, said that he discovered that an ethnic festival had been an annual event at the Physick Estate many years ago "In the few months that I've been here, I've become aware of the rich ethnic and folk heritage in the area," he said, adading that he hoped to seea revival of the festival on an an nual basis i roge IH Please*

Michael (iarvln and hlfi button arcordian. Irish Laid Back? NORTH WILDWOOD - The old stereotype of the hot-tempered, hard-drinking Irishman just isn't true, said Micheals Garvin comanager of the Irishman’s Cafe on New York Avenue. "Those are just the ones you hear about," said Garvin. “A lot of the Irish I know are pretty laid back, quiet, poetic types.” Garvin, who is a member of an Atlantic County Irish cultural club, will provide the musical background for a group of Irish Ceili Dancers, that will perform at the ethnic festival this weekend. (Page 19 Please)

Knfo \ndv. dHHKhtrr Vlvl. f). and (irrrH Molls Life Is Easier In Greece... CAPE MAY Leaving home is not easy, said Kotina Antoniades, better known to her Cape May friends as Knfo Andy Born in the northern regions of Greece. Andy came to the U S. in 1969 after she me! her husband, Gus, while he was on a visit there from the states The days before her departure were "very sad, " she said. "It. was a big decision to leave everybody there In Greece you never leave the house until you gel married." The language was the most dif ficult part of the transition, said Ahdy. "I took English, but English and American are very different." ANDY CO-OWNER of the La Mer Hotel on Beach Drive, will be involved with a Greek dancing group and food booth at Satur day’s ethnic festival to be held at the Physick Estate. She said that she loves the United States for the opportunities it has given her, but she has not forgotten her homeland. She taught Greek language lessons twice a week at Saint Demetrios Church in North Widlwood until recently, and all three of her daughters know the (Pago 19 Please i

Special Section of the Herald and Lantern June 22, 1983