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Michael and Terez Kaponay with a card from the Queen\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

August 12, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

by Jim Bond<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cooyar couple Terez and Michael Kaponay were surrounded by family and friends on Saturday when they celebrated their Diamond wedding anniversary.<\/p>\n

They married as teenagers at Barcs, Hungary, on July 25, 1953.<\/p>\n

But in 1957 – with three children and their country in the throes of a bloody revolution – they fled to Sydney, also taking their 14-year-old brother with their three youngsters.<\/p>\n

Michael was trained in hardware and had no trouble finding a job.<\/p>\n

After settling down they had another daughter.<\/p>\n

As a young teenager their brother George worked with his butcher father settling in to the trade. Later George and Michael set up a business in Hungarian and continental smallgoods.<\/p>\n

The Kaponay family travelled Australia on their holidays and were convinced that settling down in Queensland was the thing to do.<\/p>\n

They purchased property on the range at Cooyar and Michael, an experienced tradesman built a home aided by his wife Terez, an experienced tiler.<\/p>\n

The family now includes eight grand-children and two great-grand-children.<\/p>\n

All but one grandson, who was involved with the opening of a new Rebel Sports store in Sydney, joined a huge number of friends and neighbours for the Diamond wedding celebration on the Cooyar property.<\/p>\n

Prior to cutting the cake son Michael (Jr) opened the many cards and letters. A photo and a card from the Queen topped the list of well-wishers.<\/p>\n

Others to express their good wishes were Governor-General Quentin Bryce, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Federal Member Bruce Scott, Queensland Governor Penelope Wensley and Premier Campbell Newman.<\/p>\n

Friends came from as far away as Hungary for the occasion.<\/p>\n

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The Kaponay Family … at back, Michael Jr, Elizabeth, Teri and John; at front \u00a0Terez and Michael \u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Laszlo Perneczky shows George Kaponay the list of music performed by the symphony orchestra<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A long-time close friend of Terez and Michael flew in from Budapest for the celebrations on Saturday. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Laszlo Perneczky, a nuclear energy engineer, plays the viola in the Cra Camerata Nucleare, a 50-strong symphony orchestra comprised solely of scientists and engineers from the Gundremmingen nuclear power station in Bavaria.<\/p>\n

Laszlo presented the happy Kaponay couple with the latest release of a CD produced by the orchestra.<\/p>\n

The orchestra has recorded a number of albums but this one, Soli Deo Gloria, was performed in the world-famous Waldsassen Basilica in Bavaria.<\/p>\n

It features three recitals, including the St Cecilia Mass composed by Charles-Fran\u00e7ois\u00a0Gounod.<\/p>\n

The conductor of the amazing orchestra is the only professional. The remainder of the members are all nuclear scientists or engineers.<\/p>\n

Laszlo has been performing with the orchestra for 26 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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