Welcome!
The
Toronto Ukrainian Festival and co-produced Ukrainian Zabava run
on Labour Day Weekend August 31 - September 3, 2007 on
The
four-day program’s Ukrainian Wedding Celebration theme features a Saturday and
Sunday touring show organized by Oleh Skrypka and the Hurtopravtsi
Ensemble from
Saturday
Evening’s concert stage features Oleh Skrypka and Le Grand Orchestra, a
leader in the revival of Ukrainian culture and famous for glam-punk band “Vopli
Vidoplyasova”, French Chanson, Ukrainian folk songs and romances.
The Studio Theatre features
screenings of seven documentaries and films: Orange Chronicles examines
Ukraine’s Orange Revolution by Damian Kolodiy and Peter Zielyk; Acts
of Imagination, on how historical injustice parts people, by Carolyn Combs; Whisperers by Andrea
Odezynska of New York, Marusia Bociurkiw’s Flesh & Blood: A Journey
Between East and West, and A Man for All Canadians, about Canada’s
Governor General Ramon Hnatyshyn by Iryna Korpan.
The
Festival showcase of more Ukrainian musical talent includes: Zubrivka’s,
vocal acoustic folk music once played and heard in rural Ukraine; Klooch’s
original Ukrainian rock music; Michael Kostowsky, traditional and
contemporary melodies on the many stringed bandura – the national
instrument of Ukraine; Oksana and the Band’s original jazz and
well-known songs; Zbruch’s traditional and innovative music; Pid
Oblachkom’s harmonious voices; Edmonton’s Brian Cherwick’s excursion of old
Ukrainian musical instruments; Montreal’s Pryvit modern folk music; Canadian
Bandurist Capella male chorus on Sunday; Yavir and Desna dance
ensembles and; Ancestral Voices modern dance from New York.
Friday,
Saturday and Sunday nights’ Ukrainian Zabava music is provided by Richka
of
The Marilyn Brewer Gallery
and Loft exhibits wedding cloths (rushnyky), costumes, headdresses,
videos and photographs.
Culture in Action in
the Lakeside Tent features Pavlo Lopata – icon painting; Hryhory Dyczok, Maria
Steventon and Doris Cherkas – pysanky writing; Olia Harasym – gerdany
bead necklaces; plus bandura playing demonstrations. In Kids Zone,
author and illustrator Halia Dmytryshyn reads Ukrainian stories, where children
create crafts and pysanky.
Ukrainian
food demonstrations and classes are in the Lakeside Terrace plus browse or shop
the Ukrainian kiosks!
Visit www.ukrainianfestival.com
and www.harbourfrontcentre.com. Free Admission.