More than 1,000 attend Chervona Kalyna debutante ball (05/14/00)

More than 1,000 attend Chervona Kalyna debutante ball

by Olya Stawnychy

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - The Chervona Kalyna Debutante Ball was held on March 4 at the Sheraton Meadowlands Hotel in East Rutherford, N.J. This year's was the largest turnout ever with over 1,000 Ukrainian Americans attending. Most of the attendees were young people traveling across the country to meet their friends and families at one of the most popular "zabavy" in the United States.

The evening started with the presentation of seven debutantes and their escorts: Laryssa Wozniak and Paul Mulyk, Dianna Shmerykowsky and Ivan Durbak, Mary Widmeyer and Matej Korzeniowski, Olga Kushniryk and Eugene Shatulin, Natalie Babij and Adrian Kwitkowsky, Natalie Howe and Danylo Hentisz, and Christina Zawerucha and Nicholas Eckhardt.

The beautifully choreographed program was created by Anya Bohachevska-Lonkevych.

The tradition of the Chervona Kalyna Ball originated in Lviv, Ukraine, in the 1920s, was interrupted during World War II and was re-established in New York City in 1959. Next year the ball will be held on January 27, 2001, at the Sheraton Meadowlands Hotel in New Jersey.

Ball committee members included: Ihor Sochan (chairman), Marta Kebalo, Olya Stawnychy, Yaroslaw Stawnychy, Orest Kebalo and Ms. Bohachevsky-Lonkevych.

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