Sadok Ukrainian Dancers wrapped up their l4th year by attending two dance competitions and a year-end concert.
The Sadok junior and intermediate dancers went to Brandon to compete in Troyanda's l0 th Bi- Annual Ukrainian Dance Festival and Competition on April 12, 13, and 14. The competition was adjudicated by Ken Matlashewski of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
"Ken began his dance career in Dauphin, Man. and after many years of teaching across Manitoba and Saskatchewan he now resides and teaches the Ceremosh Ukrainian Dancers in Minneapolis," said Annalee Pametta, coach of the Sadok club. "The Sadok Dancers did very well during the three day event."
Dancers earned the following marks and medals: junior Poltava 79 bronze and junior Hutzul 89 silver; intermediate Poltava earned 80 silver and intermediate Volyn an 85 silver. The junior and intermediate Bukovyna earned 84 silver. Soloists earned the following: Transcarpathian dancers Finley Hudye 87 silver; Haven Krawetz 79 bronze, Melody Lin 88 silver and Meesha Romaniuk89 silver, and Hutzul soloist Makayla Romaniuk received 83 bronze.
The Sadok Ukrainian Dancers held their year-end concert on April 22 at the Kamsack Playhouse.
Laura Remezoff was the emcee for the event.
The program began with the singing of O Canada and the Ukrainian National Anthem led by the adult and intermediate dancers.
The first dance was the Welcome dance which had all the dancers enter the stage. The presentation of the salt and bread was done by Morgan Lawless and Jameson Pametta, the beginner dancers, who also performed two Poltava dances which showed off the new steps that they had learned during the year.
The junior group of Finley Hudye, Meesha Romaniuk, Kira Salahab, Taylor Thurlow and Ava Vidomski performed a group dance from the Hutzul and Poltava regions.
The intermediate group of Josh Hilton, Haven Krawetz, Melody Lin, Makayla Romaniuk andLee Vidomski, performed a group dance from the Volyn and Poltava regions.
In the second half of the program the adult group of Noreen Balabuck, Dawn Krawetz, Kelly Hilton, Shelly Lin, Annalee Pametta, Kerry Pfeifer, Laura Remezoff and Brenda Wyllychuk performed a dance from the Poltava region.
"Sadok was also happy to have the Klemetski family, consisting of Bree, Jameson, Kaitlyn and Ryker of the Yorkton Kalyna Ukrainian Dancers perform a Poltava regional dance," said Parnetta.
"To close out the program the junior and intermediate dancers performed a large group Bukovyna dance which showed off their newly purchased Bukovyna costumes.
"Sadok would like to thank all of the family and friends who attended our year-end concert," she said.
On May 3 to 6 the junior, intermediate and adult level dancers participated in Kalyna's Ukrainian Dance Competition in Yorkton. This annual event was open to the public with over 900 dancers from across Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta competing.
The adjudicator for this competition was Dr. Andrij Nahachewski of Edmonton, Alberta.
"Dr. Andrij is a brother to Father Ivan Nahachewski who served as the Ukrainian Catholic Priest for Kamsack and district in the early 2000s," said Parnetta. "He is a professor of Ukrainian Folk Traditions including Ukrainian Dance at the University of Alberta and comes with a wealth of knowledge about Ukrainian dance and the origins of the regional steps and music."During this four day competition the Sadok Dancers did very well and earned some good marks and medals for their hard work."
Junior Poltava received 87 silver and Junior Hutzul 87 silver; intermediate Poltava 88 silver and intermediate Volyn 88 silver. The junior and intermediate Bukovyna won 85 silver, Soloists earned the following: Transcarpathian dancers Finley Hudye 85 silver; Haven Krawetz 84 bronze, Melody Lin 90 gold, and Meesha Romaniuk 86 silver; Hutzul dance soloist Makayla Romaniuk 84 Silver, and the adult Poltava group dance earned 88 silver.
"The Sadok Ukrainian Dance Club students and their families had a great dance year and look forward to the fall as the club celebrates its l5th year in Kamsack," said Parnetta, who will be returning as their instructor for the 2018-2019 dance season. "We look forward to welcoming any interested dancers ages 3 to 99 to come and join us as we dance to celebrate the Ukrainian culture."
