A Ukrainian Summer: where to go, what to do...
San Diego prepares Ukrainian Festival
by Bill Loznycky
SAN DIEGO - The House of Ukraine in Balboa Park will sponsor its annual Ukrainian Festival during Labor Day weekend, Friday Saturday and Sunday, September 1, 2 and 3.
Festivities start on Friday night at 5 p.m. with a "vatra" (bonfire) and picnic on the bay at Crown Point in Mission Bay Park. A barbecue will begin at 5 p.m. and end at 6 p.m. Volleyball, Ukrainian music and a view of fireworks from across the bay at Seaworld's Aquatic Park at 10 p.m. are other highlights of the welcoming day.
On Saturday at 7 p.m. festivities continue with a Ukrainian dance performance at the Casa Del Prado Theater in Balboa Park, home of the world-famous San Diego Zoo. This year's performance features the Troyanda Ukrainian Dance Ensemble of Winnipeg.
On Sunday at noon, at the House of Pacific Relations International Cottages' lawn stage in Balboa Park, Ukrainian ethnic food and refreshments will be available for purchase. At 2 p.m. a short program of Ukrainian song and dance will begin.
Festivities end on Sunday night with a "zabava" (dance) and dinner at 6 p.m. at the Hanalei Hotel in Hotel Circle, with Ukrainian Dance music by Dunai of Toronto.
For more information on San Diego's Ukrainian Festival 2000, part of a fun-filled weekend in sunny Califomia, please contact the House of Ukraine at: phone/fax, (619) 291-0661; or e-mail, [email protected]; or visit the website at http://groups.sandieqoinsider.com/ukraine/
Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, May 7, 2000, No. 19, Vol. LXVIII
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