LECTURES ON THE MUSIC, CULTURE AND HISTORY OF UKRAINE

The following description of one of the concerts for children appeared in the Georgetown Gazette:

"You would have been impressed if you'd seen the third graders march in and quietly, expectantly fill the seats in the I.O.O.F. Hall. You might have fallen in love with the whole scene. I did. The professor, Yuriy Oliynyk, telling our third graders a fairy tale that has been told through the centuries to Ukrainian children, and the strange, haunting music that accompanied the tale. It was played on an ancient Ukrainian stringed instrument, the bandura, by Ola Herasymenko Oliynyk. So did the story tellers in Ukraine, beginning with the 7 century, accompany their tales. I studied the faces of the young children, rapt, eager faces, entranced, absorbed. As Ola strummed the bandura's strings, one little girl worked her fingers with the music, as if she were playing the tune on her own imaginary bandura. What a tremendous waste of artistic talent it would be if we brought celebrated concert artists to the Georgetown Divide on Sunday, and then failed to have them stay over for such a student concert the next morning!

The Items in Our Exhibit

Ukrainian Jewelry -

Gerdans (necklaces) and Earrings made of bids

Ukrainian Easter Eggs "Pysanky" -

Easter Eggs made by Ola and Easter Eggs made by other masters

Ukrainian Ceramic Items -

Trypillian ceramic and Hutsulian ceramic vases, jewelry cases, plates, etc.

Embroidery Items -

Women blouses, Men shirts, Pillows, Table napkins, etc.