At Soyuzivka: Labor Day weekend

KERHONKSON, N.Y. - Soyuzivka is ready, as it is every year at the end of the summer season, to host thousands of guests - including a vast number of students who arrive for one last get-together before they head off for school - over the Labor Day holiday weekend, which this year falls on August 30-September 2.

The schedule of events for the extended weekend begins, as is traditional, with dancing and music on Friday evening, August 30. The Luna band will provide music for the Friday night dance at the Veselka Pavilion. Meanwhile, inside the Trembita Lounge, the Saints of Swing, a seven-piece band featuring vocalist Rene Bailey, will perform selections of sizzling swing, spicy New Orleans-style Dixieland, down-and-dirty blues and even foot-stomping Gospel. Both the dance and the performance begin at 10 p.m.

Saturday evening's program will spotlight the renowned Syzokryli Ukrainian Dance Ensemble directed by Roma Pryma Bohachevsky. The performance begins at 8:30 p.m. in the Veselka auditorium. Afterwards, guests can enjoy a dance featuring two bands: Tempo and Fata Morgana.

The dancing continues on Sunday night to the music of the Montage band beginning at 10 p.m.

As usual during the Labor Day weekend, Soyuzivka will also host the national tennis championships and swim meet held under the aegis of the Ukrainian Sports Federation of the U.S.A. and Canada (known by its Ukrainian acronym, USCAK). The sports competitions are for athletes of all age groups.

For information about events at Soyuzivka, the upstate New York resort owned by the Ukrainian National Association, or to make reservations for a getaway in the beautiful Shawangunk Mountains of the Catskill region, call (845) 626-5641.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, August 25, 2002, No. 34, Vol. LXX

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