Save the date: Ambleside Music Festival set for Aug.Royal City Musical Theatre returns to Massey Theatre with Crazy for You starring Todd and Rebecca Talbot.And they kneel by the side of the road, and they throw flowers in front of the coffin as it goes past. “When one of their boys gets sent back, everybody in the village goes out to the road. “I might choke up about this.” Tretiak pauses. She has since seen videos from the village posted during the war. “We visited there twice while on trips up and down the Dnieper River.” “That’s from a visit to a fine arts school at Novaya Kakhovka, near Kherson,” Tretiak said. The work includes a portrait of her husband’s first cousin, Hanna, who lived in a village near Lviv - she died in 2016 at age 93 - and another of Ukrainian dancers. Ukrainian Cultural Festival at Clarke Theatre in Mission May 6. Hanna at 90 is one of the 30 paintings that Lyn Tretiak will be selling to raise money for humanitarian efforts in Ukraine at this year’s B.C. The majority are my husband’s family, his cousin’s, and her descendants.” They’re all of places I have been or people I know. The paintings all have a story behind them. The paintings are based on photos she’s taken while visiting Ukraine. Though not Ukrainian herself, Tretiak’s husband is, and they’ve travelled to the country eight times since 2000. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. But the main event is always the Ukrainian dancing, and this year 11 dance troupes from all over B.C., as well as one from Seattle, will vie for trophies in the Hopak, the national dance of Ukraine, and the Pryvit, a welcome dance, among others. Tretiak is one of several artisans and food vendors, including Nina’s Pierogies, coming to the one-day celebration, now in its 26th year. She hopes that the higher-ticketed items will raise more money for the Ukrainian Canadian Foundation to support humanitarian efforts in war-ravaged Ukraine. Instead, Tretiak will have 30 original paintings for sale. But as the retired Coquitlam teacher and principal says: “These aren’t normal times.” Ukrainian Cultural Festival, Lyn Tretiak brings prints of her paintings to sell. Tickets: $13 adults $10 seniors and youth at with 20 per cent of admission fees going to the Ukrainian Canadian Congress. Where: Clarke Theatre, 33700 Prentis Ave., Mission The next issue of Sunrise presented by Vancouver Sun will soon be in your inbox. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. Manage Print Subscription / Tax ReceiptĪ welcome email is on its way.Vancouver Sun Run: Sign up & event info.
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