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San Diego community schedules Ukrainian Festival

by Bill W. Loznycky Jr.

SAN DIEGO - The House of Ukraine Inc. in Balboa Park, will sponsor its annual Ukrainian Festival during Labor Day Weekend, Friday through Sunday, August 31 to September 2.

Festivities start on Friday at 5 p.m. with a welcome "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 6:30 p.m. Volleyball, Ukrainian music and fireworks seen from across the Bay at Seaworld's Aquatic Park at 10 p.m. will also be featured.

The event continues on Saturday at 7 p.m.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 Desna Ukrainian Dance Company of Toronto.

On Sunday at noon, Ukrainian ethnic food and refreshments will be available for purchase at the House of Pacific Relations International Cottages' Lawn Stage in Balboa Park. At 2 p.m. a short program of Ukrainian song and dance will begin on the lawn stage; admission is free.

Festivities end on Sunday night with a dinner and zabava (dance) at 6 p.m. at the Hanalei Hotel in Hotel Circle, with Ukrainian dance music by Shoom of Winnipeg.

For more information on San Diego's Ukrainian Festival 2001, part of a fun-filled weekend in sunny California, contact the House of Ukraine: phone/fax, (619) 291-0661; website, http://groups.sandiegoinsider.com/ukraine/ or e-mail [email protected].

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Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, May 6, 2001, No. 18, Vol. LXIX

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