The British-Slovenian Society’s annual picnic will be held on Sunday, 9th July, around the Slovene kozolec (hayrack) on Gillots Field, Greys Road, Henley-on-Thames, RG9 1RZ.
To help us celebrate our Society’s 30th anniversary, folklore dancers and musicians from Bled in Slovenia will create a true veselica (village feast) for us. Accompanying them are Deputy Mayor Iztok Pesrl, former Mayor Janez Fajfar and an Olympic rowing medallist Jani Kovačič. Bled is twinned with Henley, so they will be renewing longstanding friendships with Henley people.
We will also have a painting workshop for children as part of an art competition called »This is Slovenia« launched by the National Museum of Contemporary History of Slovenia. Children will be invited to paint the little Slovenia which will be created on the spot. You can bring your paints. The best pictures will be rewarded and sent on to Slovenia.
Bring friends, children, dogs, balls, a blanket, food for yourself and others and enjoy a party by the kozolec we erected last year. There is plenty of space for children to play and run around.