St. George Church to host street fair (05/06/01)

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St. George Church to host street fair

by Taras Schumylowych

NEW YORK - On Friday, Saturday and Sunday, May 18, 19 and 20, Seventh Street (between Second and Third avenues) will be closed to traffic and open for a celebration by the Ukrainian community of New York City.

St. George Ukrainian Catholic Church is sponsoring its 25th annual street festival, which promises to be the biggest and best yet. The official opening will be on Friday evening.

There will be many booths featuring Ukrainian foods - varenyky, kovbasa, holubtsi and home-baked goods - and Ukrainian arts and crafts, such as embroideries, wood carvings, ceramics and pysanky (traditional Ukrainian Easter eggs).

The famous Dumka Chorus of New York will give a concert of sacred Ukrainian music at St. George Church on Sunday, May 20, at 1:15 p.m. The Dumka Chorus performs under the direction of Maestro Wasyl Hrechynskyj.

Visitors can enjoy the weekend outdoors by listening to singers, watching those ever-famous Ukrainian dancers with their boundless energy, amazing high jumps and spectacular steps doing the unparalleled Hopak and other folk dances.

All in all, an excellent opportunity to discover this fascinating ethnic neighborhood in the East Village is available during this exciting weekend in May. The public is invited to visit this thriving Ukrainian community that has blended its rich cultural traditions into the fabric of New York City life.

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