3 videos showing the Polish Day celebration on November 5, 2011 at the Texas Renaissance Festival In Plantersville Texas. These videos were filmed by videographer Slawomir Gogol from Our Lady of Czestochowa parish in Houston, Texas.
Polish folk group performs at 2011 Texas Renaissance Festival
Traditional Polonaise performed by a Polish folk group
James Smock has always held an interest in his Polish ancestors and heritage. He is a native Houstonian with Polish roots in Bremond, Marlin and New Waverly, Texas.
James is a past president of the Polish Genealogical Society of Texas and was the founding webmaster of the PGST website. He also served as the Surname Index Coordinator from 1994 - 2000.
In addition to serving as the webmaster and editor of this Polish Texan website, he maintains a number of other websites including;
With a lifelong passion for photography, James can often be found with a camera around his neck. In addition to photographing family events and his grandchildren, he is the church photographer for St. Mary Catholic Church in Plantersville and St. Joseph Catholic Church in Stoneham. Many of his photographs can be found on the church website or his photography gallery.
