PREVIEW OF EVENTS (01/02/05)

PREVIEW OF EVENTS

Thursday, January 6

HARTFORD, Conn.: You are cordially invited to Sviat Vechir, a taditional Ukrainian Christmas Eve dinner, to be held at 6 p.m. at the Ukrainian National Home, 961 Wethersfield Ave. Donation: $12, adults; $6, students. Please call the UNHH office, (860) 296-5702, or visit ukrainiannationalhome.org for more information.

Saturday, January 15

PHILADELPHIA: The Ukrainian American Youth Association (SUM) sincerely invites everyone to attend a fun-filled Malanka, a traditional Ukrainian New Year welcoming dance that will feature the popular zabava band Vorony from Syracuse, N.Y. The Malanka will be held in the Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center, 700 Cedar Road, Jenkintown, Pa., starting at 9 p.m. Admission: tickets in advance: $35 for adults; at the door: $40 for adults; $25, students and seniors. Admission price includes a delicious hot buffet catered by Georgines. Champagne will be provided at midnight. For additional information and advance tickets call Halya, (215) 745-9838; Chrystia, (215) 676-9290; or Walter, (215) 379-2676. Everyone is cordially invited to attend and have a good time.

Saturday, January 15

HARTFORD, Conn.: You are cordially invited to the Hartford Malanka, a traditional Ukrainian New Year's Eve Dance, to be held starting at 9 p.m. at the Ukrainian National Home, 961 Wethersfield Ave. Dance to the tunes of the Na Zdorovya Orchestra from New York. Donation: $25, adults; $15, students. For tickets and table reservations call the Cooperative SUMA Ukrainian Gift Shop, (860) 296-6955.

Saturday, January 22

CARTERET, N.J.: St. Demetrius Ukranian Orthodox Cathedral and St. Mary's Ukrainian Catholic Church are co-sponsoring a New Year's Eve dance or, Malanka, which will be held at the St. Demetrius Community Center, 681 Roosevelt Ave. Music will be by Fata Morgana. Tickets, at $40, include admission, choice of sirloin beef or stuffed capon dinner, beer, wine, soda, midnight hors d'ouevres and a champagne toast. There will also be a cash bar. St. Demetrius Center is located just blocks off of Exit 12, N.J. Turnpike. There is a Holiday Inn right off the exit for accommodation. Doors will open at 6 p.m.; dinner will be served at 7 p.m., with music starting at 8 p.m. For table and ticket reservations, call Peter Prociuk, (732) 541-5452. Tickets will not be sold at the door. Deadline for ticket sales is January 15.

Sunday, January 30

OTTAWA: A divine liturgy and free public concert will be held to celebrate the publication of "The Divine Liturgy: An Anthology for Worship" by the Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies and the CD, "The Divine Liturgy for Congregational Singing" recorded by Schola Cantorum, J. Michael Thompson, conductor. The event will take place at St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Shrine, 952 Green Valley Crescent. Divine liturgy will be celebrated at 11:15 a.m., followed by a reception at 12:45 p.m. and the public concert at 2 p.m. The concert will feature: the Ewashko Singers, under the direction of Lawrence Ewashko; Chorus Ecclesiae, with Lawrence Harris, conductor; the Ottawa-Carlton Catholic School Board Children's Choir, under the direction of MaryAnn Dunn; and Holy Spirit Ukrainian Catholic Seminary Choir, with Melita Mudri-Zubacz, conductor. For additional information call (613) 236-1393, ext. 2332.

ADVANCE NOTICE

Saturday, February 5

LOS ANGELES: The California Association to Aid Ukraine invites you to plan a weekend get away in sunny, southern California in February. CAAU will host the annual Ball and Presentation of Debutantes on Saturday, February 5, at the Hilton Hotel in Glendale, Calif. All proceeds are designated for the support of the "Wheelchairs for Ukraine" program. The formal affair includes a cocktail hour, silent auction, dinner and dancing to the music of Vorony. Tickets: $95, adult; $85, student. Mail checks for tickets to CAAU, c/o Marta Mykytyn-Hill, 1219 Via Arroyo, Ventura, CA 93003. Lodging is available at the hotel, subject to availability; call (818) 956-5466 for reservations (please refer to group "CAAU"). With other inquiries call Luba Keske, (818) 884-3836, or Shannon Micevych, (818) 774-9378.

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