Folk Dance Camp and Workshop in Lehighton is for dancers of all levels (05/01/05)

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Folk Dance Camp and Workshop in Lehighton is for dancers of all levels

by Paula Duda Holoviak

LEHIGHTON, Pa. - The Ukrainian American Heritage Foundation of the Lower Anthracite Region has announced that the 16th annual Folk Dance Camp and Workshop will be held from Monday, June 27, through Friday, July 1, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., daily at the Ukrainian Homestead in Lehighton, Pa.

The camp concludes on Saturday, July 2, with a finale concert, beginning at 7 p.m. This concert is open to the public, free-of-charge. The camp features special classes for both advanced and novice dancers, age 5 through adult. Guest instructors are David Woznak of the Kashtan School of Ukrainian Dance in Parma, Ohio, and Andrij Dobriansky of the Syzokryli Ensemble of New York City.

As in years past, the camp also features traditional crafts and music, sports, swimming, lunch and snack.

For more information or registration forms, contact Dr. Paula Holoviak, (570) 708-1992; Joseph Zucofski, (570) 622-8056; or Sandra Duda, (610) 377-7750; or e-mail [email protected]. Deadline for all camp registrations is Friday, June 10.

This year the camp has some special offerings for camp participants and parents and interested members of the community. Mr. Woznak, guest instructor, has spent the past academic year studying traditional Ukrainian pottery at the Ivan Trush College of Applied and Decorative Folk Art in Lviv. Mr. Woznak will offer special pottery classes for the young dancers during the day.

In addition, Mr. Woznak will present a special evening demonstration/lecture at the Ukrainian Homestead on Wednesday, June 29, at 7 p.m. This lecture is open to the public, free-of charge. The second special offering is an evening of ballroom dance instruction on Friday, July 1, beginning at 7 p.m. Registration and a small fee are required for the ballroom dance class. Everyone is then encouraged to dance the night away on Saturday evening following the finale program at a special zabava featuring ballroom and Ukrainian dance.

The camp is partially funded by a grant from the Schuylkill County Commissioners through the Schuylkill County Council for the Arts and through grants from the Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts (PPA) and the Pennsylvania Humanities Council. The PPA program is a partnership initiative between local arts organizations and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts (PCA), a state agency. State government funding for the arts comes through an annual appropriation by Pennsylvania's General Assembly and from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. PPA is administered locally by the Berks Arts Council.

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