PREVIEW OF EVENTS (05/06/01)

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Sunday May 6

NEW YORK: Yara Arts Group will present "Late Spring Songs" workshops in Ukrainian folk-singing with Mariana Sadovska, who for the last 10 summers traveled through villages in Ukraine collecting songs and documenting rituals. Discover the folk voice in you. Learn ancient songs of Rulany Easter used by our ancestors to call forest nymphs and Troitsa Songs, which encouraged plants to grow. You do not have to be able to read Ukrainian or music to participate. The workshop will be held 2-5 p.m. Fee: $20 per session. You must pre-register: call (212) 475-6474 or e-mail yara@prodigy.net.

Saturday, May 12

NEW YORK: The Shevchenko Scientific Society will hold a conference dedicated to Dr. Roman Dombchevskyj, lawyer, author and civic leader in the 1920-1930s in western Ukraine. Participating in the conference will be Chrystia Nawrocky, who will offer her reminiscences as a daughter; Marta Trofymenko, whose topic will be Dr. Dombchevskyj, author of "For the Right to a Language," and Sviatoslav Trofymenko, who will speak on "Ivan Kedryn-Rudnytsky on Roman Dombchevskyj." The conference will be held at the Society building, 63 Fourth Ave. at 5 p.m. For further information call (212) 254-5130.
WASHINGTON: Soprano Stephania Dovhan, winner of the Gold Medallion in the year 2000 Rosa Ponselle Young Classical Singers Competition, will perform a recital to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the death of the legendary American soprano Rosa Ponselle. The recital, under the patronage of the Embassy of Ukraine and co-sponsored by the Rosa Ponselle Foundation and The Washington Group Cultural Fund, will take place at 7 p.m. at the Dumbarton United Methodist Church, 3133 Dumbarton Ave. NW, in Georgetown. The recital program will include works by Handel, Mozart, Shubert, Bellini, Rossini, Glinka, Poulenc, Leoncavallo, as well as Ukrainian art songs. Ms. Dovhan's accompanist will be Pin-Huey Wang. Admission is free, refreshments will follow. Donations welcomed. For additional information contact Laryssa Courtney, (202) 363-3964.

Saturday, May 19

WARNERS, N.Y.: St. Luke's Ukrainian Orthodox Parish, 3290 Warners Road, cordially invites all to its Spring Dance and Dinner to be held at the parish hall. Music will be by Worony of Syracuse. Buffet dinner, 6:30 p.m., dance, 8:30 p.m. Dinner and dance: $15, adults; $12, students (up to age 18); children up to 5, free. Dance only: $5.

Sunday, May 20

NEW YORK: The Ukrainian Museum invites the public to a luncheon and fashion show to be held at the Ramada Hotel, at 1:30 p.m. The show will be presented by Karen's Boutique of Spring Lake, N.J. Admission: $50 per person. Advance reservation required by May 11; please call the museum, (212) 228-0110.

Sunday, May 27

HORSHAM, Pa.: The Ukrainian American Sports Center Tryzub invites the public to its annual Memorial Day picnic dance-zabava. Traditional Ukrainian foods and standard picnic fare and refreshments will be available at Tryzub's Lodge and Picnic Grove located at County Line and Lower State roads. The festivities begin at 1 p.m. For more information, call Tryzub's offices, (215) 343-5412, or the hall, (215) 343-9850.

ADVANCE NOTICE

Saturday, June 9

HORSHAM, Pa.: The Ukrainian American Sports Center Tryzub is holding its 25th annual golf tournament with competition for all levels of players, from championship to "duffer." The tournament begins at 11 a.m. at the Limekiln Golf and Country Club, Route 152, Ambler, Pa., and ends with a gala awards ceremony and banquet at Tryzub's Lodge, located at Lower State and County Line roads, Horsham, Pa. Greens fees, a riding cart, souvenir golf shirt, banquet and refreshments are included in the fee of $95. Entry fee must be received by May 25. Call George Tarasiuk, (215) 860-5822, for further information and an application.

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