THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM (04/07/02)

THE UKRAINIAN NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORUM

Chicago Convention Committee announces program

CHICAGO - Delegates to the 35th convention of the Ukrainian National Association to be held at the Marriott O'Hare Hotel on May 24-28 are in for a special treat.

Various cultural and religious events have been planned by the Chicago Convention Committee to give the five-day conclave a unique Chicago flavor and to attract local participation.

The convention committee has been meeting for over a year and has adopted the motto "Together We Will" to underscore the need to redeem the dream of UNA pioneers and to re-establish a UNA presence in the Ukrainian American community.

Gala concert

The UNA concert will be held on Saturday, May 25, at 7 p.m. at Ridgewood High School, a few miles from the Marriott. Bus transportation will be provided for all delegates and guests.

Scheduled to perform are:

the Zenon Modrytskyj Chamber Ensemble, a renowned group of Fourth Wave Ukrainian musicians;
the ODUM Bandura Ensemble, a popular local musical group of talented musicians;
the ISKRA Dance Ensemble, an unusually talented group of young Ukrainian dancers;
the SURMA CHOIR, a Chicago institution currently celebrating its 50th season;
Vasyl Skilsky, Fourth Wave folk sopilka instrumentalist extraordinaire;
the CHAR-ZILLYA Bandura Ensemble, a recently formed group of Fourth Wave musicians;
vocalist Olenka Novyk;
the violin due of Daria Horodyskyj and Vera Mucha-Hytra; and
the Ridna Shkola Choir, young people in love with Ukrainian music.

Religious services, tour and banquet

Sunday morning will begin with a bus ride to the Ukrainian Village for a special 9 a.m. liturgy celebrated by Ukrainian Catholic Bishop Innocent Lotocky at St. Nicholas Cathedral. Attending will be Ukrainian Orthodox Archbishop Vsevelod, who will concelebrate a moleben service with Bishop Lotocky following the liturgy.

Following the moleben, a complimentary brunch-reception for all delegates and guests will be hosted by Selfreliance Ukrainian American Federal Credit Union members at the newly constructed Selfreliance building around the corner from the cathedral.

Time permitting, a tour of The Ukrainian National Museum and the Ukrainian Museum of Modern Art will be arranged. Buses will then take delegates and guests to the hotel in preparation for the banquet.

The gala convention banquet will be held at the Marriott Hotel on Sunday evening. Askold Lozynskyj, president of the Ukrainian World Congress, and Myron B. Kuropas, UNA historian and The Ukrainian Weekly columnist, who is an honorary member of the UNA General Assembly, are scheduled to be the featured speakers.

Entertainment will be provided by the well-known comedic team of Ihor Baczynsky and Ron Cahute and their Las Vegas-type routine titled "Ukrainian Follies."

For more information, readers are urged to visit the convention website at: www.unaconvention.com.

NY/NJ professionals support The Weekly's 'Copies for Congress'

PARSIPPANY, N.J. - The Ukrainian American Professionals and Business-persons Association of New York and New Jersey have come through with support for The Ukrainian Weekly's "Copies for Congress" project by sending a donation of $500.

The donation was received at The Weekly's editorial offices in mid-March, along with a letter signed by Leonid Mazur, UAPBA president.

"The Ukrainian American Profes-sionals and Businesspersons Association of New York and New Jersey is pleased to present The Ukrainian Weekly with a check for $500 for the 'Copies for Congress' project. We wish you much success with this project and we are pleased to work together with you serving our Ukrainian community," Mr. Mazur wrote.

Thus far, six Ukrainian American credit unions, one Ukrainian American institution, two professionals' organizations and two individuals have responded to The Ukrainian Weekly's letter of November 16, 2001, soliciting donations for its "Copies for Congress" project, which provides free subscriptions to all members of the U.S. Congress. The Weekly has now received $8,600 in donations to this project.

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