At the Forum, a special performance was prepared for guests invited to mark European Senior Citizens’ Day. The group from the BOK-MCC Contemporary Dance Workshop of instructor Halina Bałacka-Kłak presented the performance “From One Lump of Clay.” Children and young people from the workshops Promyki, Nocturn and Modus told the story of Bolesławiec ceramics through dance over the centuries. The performance showed the creation of Joppe’s famous pot, the wartime period, work in communist-era factories and the ceramics fairs held during the Bolesławiec Ceramics Festival.
The rich costumes—white linen dresses, airy tunics, delicate polka-dot dresses with ruffles and unusual cup costumes—were sewn for the children by Eugenia Janeczek. BOK-MCC employees handled the technical production of the performance: Piotr Gnyszka (sound editing), Waldemar Cieślak and Dorota Berdzik (set design and props), and Leszek Rzepka (lighting). The performance, dedicated to all ceramics producers and employees involved in its production, was greatly enjoyed by the seniors from the city of ceramics.
The seniors sincerely thanked the city representatives and the mayor who attended the meeting, Ewa Lijewska-Małachowska and the BOK-MCC employees for the attention given to the needs of retirees in Bolesławiec.
Piotr Roman gave a presentation lasting several minutes, outlining all the activities and institutions in the city that serve seniors: active people who cultivate tradition, broaden their horizons, pursue artistic hobbies with passion and are open to the many new opportunities offered by contemporary life.
Representatives of the Senior Citizens’ Council took part in the European Senior Citizens’ Day celebrations, with chairwoman Maria Szpak, as did the Association of Reemigrants from Bosnia, Their Descendants and Friends, with chairwoman Halina Waniak, the head of the 1st Community Self-Help Home Ewa Słonina, MKK NSZZ Solidarność, with chairman Zbigniew Razik, members of the University of the Third Age, with coordinator Wiesława Olczyk, Bogusław Szeffs, director of the Social Welfare Home, the Carpe Diem Teachers’ Club, with chairwoman Eugenia Wolska, seniors from the Day Stay Home, with manager Danuta Zamaro, the Bolesławiec Siberians’ Association, with chairwoman Maria Niemczuk, and the Polish Association of Pensioners, Retirees and the Disabled, with chairman Jan Doktor.