Bitaemo Klenovee Lystky Ituna, April 12, 2003
	It is a huge task to get ninety-five performers of all ages on and off the stage and keep things moving but that is exactly what was accomplished in the show that began promptly at 6:30 and folks were sipping coffee by 10:00.
	We used three cameras to catch these images, an Epson PhotoPC 500 that is a full seven years old, an Epson PhotoPC 650 that is also getting up there in age and a new HP 820 with its four megapixel capability. Each of the pictures below attempt to involve you in the show. Keep in mind these folks were moving fast so there were times when much of what we captured was a mere blur. Judy Shire, R. W. Shire and I were clicking away.
	The programme began with the whole audience singing O Canada then a stately march around the stage presenting to the crowd the symbolic bread and salt.	The senior girls began the programme with their Hutzul.	The 4 megapixel camera of R. W. Shire caught these close pictures, though the light was perfect for viewing digital cameras need a bit more light. All of the pictres on stage were taken with out a flash.	The speed of this first dance number of the evening was astonishing to me. I had seen Ukrainian dancing on television but never once dreamed that live everything happened so fast.	The costumes are truly impressive and though they appear similar they are each handmade and are each unique.
	This picture shows us what the opening number looked like from the audience's perspective. Every dance in the programme tells a story of some kind and each dancers gets into character for each number.	With boys on the stage the pace is just as quick but with the added zest that the male dancers and their actions require.	The formations and routines are constantly changing so that no one, dancer nor viewer has a moment when the scene is not filled with activity.	A back handed swing.	At the front of the stage the two boys are doing the Kozachok move that we associate with this form of dance. It requires great agility and a lot of strength.
	A long shot with the oldest camer and a bit of blur but the costumes of the senior girls in this instance are very different.	This took part in the second half of the show and is calle dthe Veenok presentation. Essentially it is a rite of passage.	The mother of each girl moving from the junior to senior group helps to dress her daughter with a sponsoring senior as the headress of a woman replaced that of a girl.	Twice during the show a story dance was performed, they call them character dances. With the young boys it was a robot who came to life in a dance competition and the closing number of the evening is the gold medal winning performance by the seniors who transform from a rehearsal to a show before our eyes.
.......................................				Timothy W. Shire
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