DEARBORN — Friends of the Dearborn Symphony will celebrate Mardi Gras with a Polkas and Paczki party from 6:30 to 11 p.m. Feb. 28 at the O’Kelly Banquet Hall, 23663 Park St.
Tickets are $49, $20 of which is tax deductible. Proceeds will benefit the Dearborn Symphony Orchestra.
Tickets are available at Patrick O’Kelley Knights of Columbus Hall, 23663 Park St.; going to www.dearbornsymphony.org; or writing to Dearborn Symphony, P.O. Box 2063, Dearborn, MI, 48123.
The evening will include a Polish dinner, beer and wine, and musical entertainment. Keyboard player Joe Czapski and the Polish Dukes Band will play during the evening. The Polish Alliance Dancers of Dearborn also will perform.
“The Mardi Gras, originating in New Orleans, has for years drawn a crowd on Bourbon Street” said Carla O’Neill, Friends of the Dearborn Symphony president. Now we’ll have our own celebration before Lent It could become an annual event.”
For more information, call party chairwoman Margaret Schaefer at 313-565-2366.