[Ohio UZO News] PERSONAL INVITATION -SPECIAL BANDURIST EVENT IN PARMA-- FEB 16, 2010

[Krislaty at aol.com]

(also see attachment )


 
 
Private  Invitation 
for  Valued Supporters 

The  members of the Friends of the Ukrainian Bandurist  Chorus  
(Cleveland Chapter) cordially invite  you to share 
an open house meeting on 

February  16th, 2010 

with 

OREST  SUSHKO 

Producer of the film  
Living  Strings 
The  Story of the Ukrainian Bandurist  Chorus 


between 4:00P.M. and 9:00  P.M at a time convenient for  you. 


SHYNOK Party Center 
5840  State Road , Parma, Ohio 

Orest  Sushko, a Hollywood sound engineer and bandurist himself,  will show 
currently edited excerpts of the film, share his recent filming  experience 
in Ukraine, and discuss the project in  detail.  This documentary, aimed at 
the general North American  viewing public, is not just the story of the 
Ukrainian Bandurist  Chorus:  It is the story of dramatic experiences, 
struggles,  and miracles of the World War II Ukrainian  immigration and their 
descendants. 

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 (http://www.bandura.org/bandura.htm) 

VISIT LIVING  STRINGS WEB SITE AT:


_www.livingstrings.net_ (http://www.livingstrings.net/)  
(just  click) 
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MORE 

In the form of a  one-hour television documentary, Living Strings will 
focus  on Ukraine’s national  instrument, the bandura - the centerpiece and 
heartbeat being the history of the  Ukrainian Bandurist  Chorus. 

The  story of the Bandurist Chorus is one of incredible courage and true 
grit - a vivid  chronicle that celebrates the human spirit. This is the 
triumphant story of the  original seventeen members of the Ukrainian Bandurist 
Chorus who were forcibly  transported to slave-labour camps in Germany in 1942 
and survived  one of the most horrific periods in the history of the modern 
world - World War  II.  They were gifted musicians who defied the odds while 
performing for  multitudes of Ukrainians  across Europe during the war 
years.  Through harrowing adventures these men and their families made their way 
to  displaced persons camps and eventually across the ocean to freedom in 
North  America  in 1949.  This is the story of the Ukrainian spirit that 
never gave up, a  story of incredible heroism - the story of Living  Strings. 

The  film will provide an educational as well as entertaining, informative 
and  emotionally gripping perspective - the personal stories inter cut with 
the  collective history of the bandura throughout the ages. What would be 
heralded  throughout this film would be the celebration of the human spirit 
and the  vibrant role the bandura has continued to perform in Ukrainian 
culture and  history. It will illustrate the bandurist as bard, as seer, as 
spiritual  emissary for the soul of the Ukrainian people, then and now, in Ukraine 
and  beyond. 

 
Hryhory Kytasty 
HERO OF UKRAINE 

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Come  and join us for an exciting evening! 
Please R.S.V.P. to 
_omahlay at yahoo.com_ (mailto:omahlay at yahoo.com)   or  _krislaty at aol.com_ 
(mailto:krislaty at aol.com)  

Refreshments and  appetizers provided. 

See you  there! 
Oleh Mahlay and  Zenon Krislaty 
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