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Please join us for the Czech Heritage Society of Texas Miss Texas Czech-Slovak Queen and
Youth Royalty Pageant, as we crown new royalty to represent our organization across Texas and the US for 2025-2026. We have contestants representing various chapters in each of the
following categories: Queen, King, Junior Queen, Junior King, Little Princess and Little Prince.
The pageant will be held on Saturday, July 12, 2025, and will be hosted by the Ellis County
Chapter at Sokol Ennis, 2622 State Highway 34 in Ennis. Registration is at 8 AM and the
Opening Ceremonies begin at 9 AM, with pageant activities concluding by 3 PM. Lunch meal
tickets ($13 adults/$10 under 12) are available for purchase at the door. Activities include a silent auction, vendor booths, Parade of Kroje (everyone is welcome to participate), and a performance by the Czech-Slovak Dancers of CHS, including the Maypole dance.
We are a non-profit organization founded in 1982, dedicated to preservation of Texas Czech Heritage. The mission of CHS is to preserve and promote the genealogy, history, heritage, culture, and language of Texans who trace their ancestors to Bohemian, Moravian, Slovakian, Silesian, or Rusyn (Ruthenian) regions within the boundaries of the former Czechoslovakia, as created in 1918 at the end of World War I.
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We are a non-profit organization founded in 1982, dedicated to preservation of Texas Czech Heritage: Genealogy, History, Music, Customs, Food, Costumes, and Language.
State Officers, Elected
President, E.J. Biskup
Vice President, Danny Hughes hughesdanny200@gmail.com
Secretary, Cindy Gentry
Treasurer, Ed Nevlud
Membership Coordinator, Victor Mozisek
Reporter, Rich Harrison
281 731-7111 cell
Director of Pageant Affairs
Kathy Podsednik kathypods@gmail.com
Annual Giving Campaign
James Steffek
Archives Custodian
Waymond Davis
Cesky hlas Editor, Cindy Gentry CESKYHLAS@gmail.com
Communications Committee
Cindy Gentry
Historian, Christine Shimek
Legal Advisor
Dan Hrna Dhrna@aol.com
Genealogy Coordinator
Marie Dulak,
Youth Pageant Director
Lauren Gerik Castanon, laurengerik@gmail.com
Parliamentarian,
Dotty Davis
Photographer, Jon Vaculik chsstatephotographer@gmail.com
Publications, Phyllis Tekyl p.teykl@sbcglobal.net
Scholarship Committee
Richard Skopik (Pending)
Social Media Coordinator, Jana Vaculik Riley, janamriley@gmail.com
Youth Activities,
Danny Hughes hughesdanny200@gmail.com
Webmaster,
Christine Shimek
James Steffek (2020-2025); Chair jjsteffek@yahoo.com
Danny Hughes (2020-2025); Vice Chair, hughesdanny200@gmail.com
Secretary; Vacant
Ed Nevlud (2024-2026)
Dan Hrna (2025-2027) dhrna@aol.com
Tom Teykl (2025-2027)
Frank Dulak (2023-2025)
Creg Gentry (2024-2026)
Mike Kozelsky (2025-2027)
Lifetime Honorary Trustee:
Jean Blaha Davis