PREVIEW OF EVENTS (09/07/03)

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Tuesday, September 9, and Thursday, September 11

IRVINGTON, N.J./NEW YORK: "Muzychne Doshkillia - Music and Me," which celebrates its 32nd year, will hold its first session September 9 at the Ukrainian Center, 140 Proespect Ave., Irvington, N.J., and on Thursday, Septem-ber 11 at the Ukrainian Institute of America, 2 E. 79th St. in New York City. For more information call Marta Sawycky, (908) 276-3134 or (973) 374-8079.

Saturday, September 13

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.: The Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute and St. Andrew's Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Boston present an evening of music with composer Myroslav Skoryk and baritone Oleh Chmyr. The program will be a presentation based on Maestro Skoryk's opera "Moisei" (Moses), as well as piano and vocal masterworks by the composer. The event will be held in Swedenborg Chapel, 50 Quincy St., starting at 8 p.m. General admission: $15 students, $10. For more information contact HURI, (617) 495-4053.
ROCHESTER, N.Y.: The fifth Annual Children of Chornobyl Golf Tournament will take place this year at Shadow Pines Golf Club, 600 Whalen Road, Penfield, N.Y. Registration will start at 11:30 a.m. The format of this year's tournament is a four-person scramble with a shotgun start at 1 p.m. A donation of $85 includes 18 holes of golf with cart, practice range balls, lunch, beverages, dinner and prizes. Players may register as an entire team or sign up individually and you will be matched with a team. Checks made payable to CCRF Rochester - Golf, should be sent to CCRF Golf, P.O. Box 150, Webster, NY 14580. This year there will be a CCRF - Golf Pub Night at 8 p.m. on Friday, September 12, at the Ukrainian Home of Rochester, 1970 Empire Blvd., Penfield, N.Y., with prizes, drink specials and snacks. This will be a great opportunity to meet other players and help support CCRF. For more information contact Bo Skrobach, (585) 872-7260 or John Adamczuk (585) 265-3394.

Sunday, September 14

NEW YORK: A gala concert celebrating Ukrainian Independence Day will be held at the Fashion Institute of Technology, Seventh Avenue and 27th Street, beginning at 2:30 p.m. The concert is co-sponsored by the United Ukrainian Americans Organizations of Greater New York and the newly formed Ukrainian Studio of Drama in New York, Ivan Bernatsky, director. Performers include the Dumka Chorus under the direction of Vasyl Hrechinsky; Syzokryli Dance Ensem-ble under the director of Roma Pryma-Bohachevsky's concert pianist Volodymyr Vynnytsky; sopranos Lyubov Shchypchyk and Anna Bachynska and tenor Roman Tsymbala; violinist Adrian Bryttan; and member of the Ukrainian Studio of Drama, Volodymyr Kurylo and Lyudmila Hrabovska.

Saturday-Sunday, September 27-28

PALATINE, Ill.: The Ukrainian American Veterans (UAV) will hold their 56th National Convention and the Ukrainian American Military Association (UAMA) will convene its 8th annual conference at the Doubletree Club Hotel [(847) 359-6900] in Palatine. On Saturday, the installation banquet will have Brig. Gen. David L. Grange (ret) as the keynote speaker. Gen. Grange is the former commander of the 1st Infantry Division and a former special operations commander. He is also a national security analyst for CNN and WGN-TV. Banquet tickets are $45 per person. Reservations can be made by contacting Michael Kuropas, kuropas@msn.com, or Andrij Karasejczuk, (847) 528-5612. On Sunday, the UAV and UAMA will convene at St. Andrew's Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Bloomingdale, Ill. followed by a visit to the military cemetery; note (the Yuri Shukhevych visit has been postponed). Veterans are urged to attend and/or join. Members of the community are invited to attend. For more information call Roman Golash, (847) 910-3532.