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HAYIVKY (Continued from Page 4) ithiis f a v o r i t e g a m ie s e q u e n c e : The girls usually start by sing ing. “Oihirochki.” In this game, the pattern woven by the weav ing line of girls simulates the spiralling twists and knots of the •cucumber vine. All the girls hold .hands, forming a long single line, which of times became a city block long, and sing: Ой вийтеся оороїчіки, Заки будуть насіїню-чки, Щсіб ся люди дивували:ч Щ о ся красно атоївяізаїли. ОЙ ПО' горі, по ДОЛИІНІ, Щоби було всій родині! ОЙ іВЮТЬСЯ ОіГІ-рОІЧіКИ, вють, У дівчини. на ‘Подаірю мі'д-виїно ІПЮТЬ. As they sing, the first and sec ond girls at the left-hand end raise their clasped hands to form an arch. The girl at the other end of the line, the “leader,” then circles around and leads the whole line under the arch, circ ling back to her first position. When aTl have passed through the arch, the second girl “knots” her self, by twisting around, her back to the first giirlj -and bringing the “arch” down over her own right shoulder. Her left hand is thus •crossed over to her right should er and is clasping- the right hand oj^the fijst girlj now at her: back. Йе^рдаї riigiht hand is now; raised to jprm an arch with the third girl. The leader again leads the line through this new arch and when all are through, the third girl “knots” herself. The singing ■contiintues until all girls are “knotted” and face the pleader. Each thus has her left haqd over^ her ri'gfht shoulder, holding the right hand of the girl in back. Each one’s right hand, naturally is over the right .sihoulder of the girl i'n front, clasping that girl's left hand. When all are “tied,” the leader faces her “vine” and leads it through weaving steps around the green, until the song ends, and they begin to sing the “Pairing” song. Івадаику, Білоданчику! Поплинь, іпоіплинь іпо Дунайчи- ку. Та з калишівоіго' лугу, Виведи іпіару другу. With the singing of this song, the leader pairs off wiith the girl next to her. They promenade arm in arm around the entire linev •back to the original and stand face to face. Each two proceed to pair off and take their place in the new double liine. When the “Pairing Off” is completed, the girls begin the “gate” song: В оротарю -івор огшику! Вітівор'и ;ми воротоінька. Ой щож то* ми за пан їіде? Ой іщоіж то ми за дар везе? Крайнєє дитятееько, Зрлонеіє зернятеНЬКіО'. Each pair forms a double arch with uplifted joined hands. .The first pair drops hands and each runs, under all the arches. When they emerge at the other end, they again face each other and build their “Gate.” As soon as the first pair has pasised under, the second pair “open their gates/ aind pass through. This si multaneous “opening” of the “gates” at one end and the “clos ing” ait the other continues a/ll around the churchyard, until the girls call a halt and start to sing, “Zhuchok” — “Little Beetle.” Ходить жучоїк іпо- ручиїні, А їжучиха іпо' ялині. іГріай, жучку, грай, Тут тобі. край. •Ой дайте «нам о-колота, Обведем хлорці® до болота. _ А в ^болоті хлоіпіці -плачуть, А в золоті дівкиї скачуть. іГраїй, жучку, грай небоїже, ^ іНай ти Пан Біг доіпоіможе. At the -start of the song, the girls lower their hands and each girl clasps her, own right Wrist with her left hand. Then she clasps the left^wrist hand of her partner. Her partner does the same. Standing shoulder to shoul der, the pairs thus‘form a sturdy foot-bridge for the “Little Bee tle.” The latter is usually a tiny bare-footed girl, who (is lifted on to the “bridge” and gleefully walks up and down her wobbly perch. By this time the girls either rest vfor the next sequence of games or the young men have grown tired of the lack o/f at tention and have succeeded in disrupting the proceedings by breaking through the girls' line or by forcibly pulling away tiheir girls. At last, with the waning light, the bright colors take on softer tones. Tihe bells have finally ceased their ringing. The girls and boys pair off and stroll a-way. Mothers carry off tiheir tired and sleepy offspring homeward, while the men sloiwly follow, re luctant to end the gladsome day. The sun gives a last bright; wink O'f appro’val and slips down to rest. The spring breeze quiet ly admits the shadows into the churchyard, to hide the trampled grasis. The retiring birds, free at last of competition, chirp the last triumphant notes to the sym phony O'f springs J. C. JUNIOR LEAGUE SPRING PROGRAM I t ;. „At the Jneeting O'f the XJ'k^ainf:; , ian Junior League of Jersty City, 4 held on March 22nd, at the Intei> national Institute, Bergen-Avfe,-- it was announced that Ж еIDeagtie: has applied for a charter from the tjikrainiain N at io nal. -Womeffis League of America; ' also . for membership iii .the. New Jersey. State .federation of Women’s Clubs. "The commiitt^e^choseri for the ca^rd - rtу tor; be held *on Friday evening, ^Aprii 12, at Ukrain ian Center, 181 Fleet St., includes the-Misses : Nettie and Eva Bar- na,, Mis.s^Aime. Kakwoidhka^ МгіяЛ Marcel Wagner, Mrs. Helen Ma- gura, Mrs. Lee Lotorwycz. Pltans -were compile ted for a Mother’s Day Program on May 19th, 1946 at the Center. All mem bers will have* active parts in the program, Wlhich will include a play, folk dances and commun* ity singing;; A prominent social welfare ,worker, of. the. city is ex p e c te d ,,g u ;es;t §p££k$i:t A :rep- resentative of the Ukr. Women’s Democratic Clulb will also speak. Our League assisted in theater collections the week-end of March 23rd for the Red Cross Drive. Members have volunteered to •sierve on. the ticket committee for the Ukrainian Relief Ball to be held at the Pennsylvania Ho tel, N. Y. C., on May 12th. Mem bers are also taking part in the J. C. Philharmonic Society sub scription. campaign to b^launch ed by a dinner on April 15th at the Fairmount Hotel. (Quests at the meeting were members of the newly re-organ- ized SUA Branch of Newark, N. J., and included: Mrs. A. Strych- newicz, President; Mrs. A. Gien- ga, vice-president; Mrs. P. Dze- ra, secretary; M/iss Babych, of the cultU'ral cimmittee and Miss J. Prysiadny. Refreshments were served at the close of the meeting Mrs. Lee Lotowycz, Publicity Director. u . n . a . C onvention Oif the approximately 400 dele gates who- attended the 21st con vention of -the Ukrainian J^a4:ion- al- Association, a FraternaJ>Order with membership totalling 47,000 the women delegates numbered 45. Another 65 were chosen, as alternates by their branches, of which there are 365 in-the U. S. and Canada. SUA Junior Leaguer, Miss Ge nevieve Zepiko, of Akron, Ohio, who held her office of Advlisor siince 1941, was the youngest ad visor ever to be elected to- office in the U.N.A. The convention banquet, held Thursday evening, March 28th, at the convention hotel, featured two noted female musical artists in its entertainment program. They werfe Miss Donna Grescoe, Canadian violin virtuoso noiw stu dying in New York and Miss Ol ga Lepkova, mezzo soprano, also of New York. Miss Olga Dmyt- і л с н а н ч і а г г of ^ NEWARK REORGANIZE £. ‘HJnited2 wej st^hdj^ divided we *^fall,*” is a quota tion Which should be lived up to by all organiza tions. The wom&Fof four Ukrainian organizations in the city o>f New. -ark. felt that by puttingJffiis Quo tation to. work ithey believe nfany тіпфг details co>uld be dyerc<2me. Therefore on February 6,19^ , a ОгаїкР Special Meeting $vas called of all nremlbetfs of the ‘fcjk- rainianr-Culture Club/5 tihe “jlJk- rainian ' Relief Committee,” the Ukrainian Red Cross and the “Soyuz Ukrainok,” by ,the offic- Vers of "th^sjei organi'za^ioibs. At this mfeeting it was unaxiimotisly agreed, that forces should be joined into one unit under the glorious name of “The Soyuz Ukrainok.” A Social. Evening was planned for February 28, 1946, to- which t'he, new organization invited Mrs. Maria Demydchuk .of Brooklyn and Miiss Mildred Mi- lanowicz, of Jersey City. Mrs. Demydchuk, prominent speaker and active leader in Met ropolitan circles, sitressed in her addresis, the importance we, as mothers have played in these criitical days, in the complete re organizations of -bur oiwn and our bhildren’s lives. ‘By helping oth ers we are helping ourselves,” was one sitatement made by Mrs. Demydchuk, which held a strong .meaning for all present. Miss Milanowjicz folloiwed a ITke trend in-her-addr ess, but em phasized the impprtance of img our yiduth a chance to sh o w what they could do under our guidance.” “The young people o/f this community can easily ac complish great and brilliant things for Ukrainians. They need only your earnesit request for them to start them.; Do just that and yotu will see .the sincerity with wihich they w-ill work,” were Miss Milano wicz’s words. She •encouraged the forming of Junior Leagues and in that way, to give young girls the opportunity to express their own ideas and' to carry them out. 1 Mrs. Lechtey, representing the United Ukrainian Relief Commit tee spoke of the great progress they were marking in sending re lief supplies to the Ukrainian Displaced Pensons in Europe. With leaders as fine as our guests, there are no doubts in our minds that we shall always adhiieve our goal. Our Social Evening was a suc cess. The potential, members were (Continued on page S) ri'w, pianist, accompanied both artists.
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