


NEW!
The 24th International Festival of Raleigh will be held this year on October 2-4, 2009
(Friday to Saturday) at the Raleigh Convention Center. Festival hours are:
Friday, October 2: 12 noon – 10 pm
Saturday, October 3: 10 am to 10 pm
Sunday, October 4: 12 noon to 6 pm
Check the Festival’s web site for updates: http://www.internationalfestival.org/
Our Association has lined up this year an extraordinary program:
- Cultural Booth: our traditional way of informing the public about Ukrainian culture
- Sidewalk Café: sale of traditional Ukrainian food
- Ukrainian Dancers: the “Lyman” dancers from Baltimore are back at the special
request of the Festival organizers. They will have two performances:
Saturday: 7:30 – 8:15 pm
Sunday: 12:30 – 1:15 pm
- World Bazaar (first time): Susan and John Washinsky, owners of the only
Ukrainian crafts store in North Carolina “All Things Ukrainian”, will sell a variety of
Ukrainian crafts
- Demonstration (first time): our member and renown artist Olena Zintchouk, will
have a demonstration of the unique folk art style developed in the Ukrainian village of
Petrykivka:
Saturday: 7:00 – 7:30 PM
We need volunteers for the Cultural Booth and the Sidewalk Cafe. Please contact:
- Cultural Booth: Maryna Kapustina, (919) 218-7552, mkapust@gmail.com
- Sidewalk Café: Luka Korzeniowski, (919) 622-4029, luka_nc@yahoo.com
NEW!
NEW PHOTOS from PICNIC 2009 !!!!!
Sunday, August 23, 2009: Ukraine’s Independence Picnic
NEW!
The International Festival in Fayetteville, NC, will be held on September 25-27, 2009.
On Saturday, September 26, a parade of all ethnic groups will take place starting at 11:00
am. Our member Eugene Kobiski organizes the participation of the Ukrainian group and has
invited our Association to participate. We march in Ukrainian costumes and with Ukrainian
flags through downtown Fayetteville, cheered by a large crowd. It is a lot of fun and you
should consider participating. See pictures from our participation inn 2006:
http://ncua.inform-decisions.com/eng/Events/2006_intern_festival_fayyet.html
More details will be posted later.
NEW!
The Taras Shevchenko Scientific Society in New York has created a Center for
Demographic and Socioeconomic Research of Ukrainians in the US. Web site with
information about the Center and statistics about Ukrainians in the United States: http://www.
inform-decisions.com/ukrstat/.
Also statistics about Ukrainians in North Carolina