At 10:00 a.m., a scholarly conference was held at the Old Theatre on the cultural diversity of people from the eastern borderlands who came to the lands of south-western Poland. The conference was led by Józef Wyspiański, a resident of Lubin who has been researching, among other things, traces of Polish identity in the Lviv lands for many years.
At 2:00 p.m., the musical part of Bolesławiecka Kresowiana began on a stage set up in the Market Square. The festival programme was very rich and varied. Visitors could listen, watch and even dance on a platform assembled specially for this purpose.
The performers included: the Orchestra from Nowogrodziec, the “Mały Bolesławiec” Song and Dance Ensemble, the “Jutrzenka” Song and Dance Ensemble, and the winners of the “Music of Many Cultures” music competition.
After 4:00 p.m., “Bajbusy” from Węgliniec, the “Axel” duo from Gromadka and the “Ta Joj, my Wrocławianie” ensemble performed. The artists presented Ukrainian and Lviv songs, as well as elements of the folklore of the former Yugoslavia. The “Ta Joj, my Wrocławianie” ensemble gave immigrants from the eastern borderlands, especially those from the Lviv area, a pleasant surprise. In addition to songs from the streets of Lviv, the artists recalled elements of the Lviv dialect. Few people from the younger generation of Bolesławiec know the meanings of words used by their grandparents. In the Lviv dialect, shoes were called meszty, while residents of Lviv’s streets were known as batiars. It should not be forgotten that the most famous batiars were Szczepcio and Tońko.
Around 8:00 p.m., the Lemko Song and Dance Ensemble “Kyczera” appeared on stage. This folk ensemble is not called the Lemko Mazowsze for nothing. The colourful costumes, beautiful dances and, above all, the energy and passion radiating during every performance were qualities that captivated the Bolesławiec audience. The performance was rewarded with thunderous applause.
After “Kyczera’s” performance, “Paka Rycha” appeared on stage. The three-member ensemble from Bytom sang songs from the eastern borderlands. The best known of them are “Hej Sokoły” and “Tylko we Lwowie”. The artists appealed so much to the Bolesławiec audience that they performed several encores.
The final item on Saturday’s Bolesławiecka Kresowiana programme was a performance by the “Roma” ensemble. This Roma song and dance ensemble delights audiences not only in Poland. “Roma” also enchanted viewers in Bolesławiec. Atmospheric music, beautiful colourful costumes, and lively dancing and singing made the residents of Bolesławiec applaud every song. The Roma ensemble warmed up the audience so much that they forgot how many degrees the thermometers showed that evening. The “Roma” ensemble’s performance ended around midnight.
The organisers of Bolesławiecka Kresowiana were: Jan Cołokidzi, Chairman of the County Council; Stowarzyszenie Ziemia Bolesławiecka; Edward Szczerbień, Mayor of Nowogrodziec; Robert Relich, Councillor of the Nowogrodziec Municipal Council; Alfred Janicki of the Society of Friends of Lviv and the South-Eastern Borderlands; the St. Wyspiański Youth Cultural Centre in Bolesławiec; and the Bolesławiec Cultural Centre. The Boleslawiec.org service provided media patronage for the festival.