A Ukrainian Summer: where to go, what to do...
Time Travelers to focus on Ukrainian history
by Maria Rypan
TORONTO - The St. Vladimir Institute Time Machine is gearing up to take your children on a trip through time and space.
The institute's summer camp theme is "Time Travelers of the Millennium: A Romp Through 1,000 Years of Ukrainian History." Here's a chance for children, age 6-12 to meet the many people who made Ukrainian history.
At a century a day, they'll travel through every period of Ukrainian history and have fun doing it. The camp runs from August 9 to 20. Each day is devoted to historical figures from a particular century.
And what a line-up is planned!
Children will meet the early Slavs; Prince Volodymyr the Great and his court; Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytskyi and his daring Kozaks; Oleksa Dovbush and his swashbuckling Opryshky bandits; Roksolana and her fellow captives of the Turks; the intrepid Ivan Gonta and his Haidamaky; the nobles who sacked each other's castles; artisans who produced diverse crafts; peasants who tilled the fields; Taras Shevchenko and the classical poets; the first Ukrainian settlers in Canada; and Ukrainian freedom fighters of the past and present.
The fun continues with trips around Toronto, arts and crafts, and games.
"Time Travelers of the Millennium" promises to be a great way to close out the millennium. To register children call the program director, Maria Rypan, (416) 923-3318.
Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, May 2, 1999, No. 18, Vol. LXVII
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