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From the Congress of the International Women’s Council in Teheran: M rs. L uis R obbins, P re sid e n t of N atio n al C ouncil o!f W om en of U.S. and P rin ccss Ashraf Pahlevi, President of the High Council of Women’s. . . . A ssociations of Iran . w ith a “ r e f r e s h e r c o u rse ” in o u r c u ltu ra l h e rita g e . U k ra in ia n v a c a tio n r e s o r ts c am e f i r s t on th e a g e n d a . O ne su c h r e s o r t, n o t f a r fro m o u r c ity , f e a tu r e s w e ll-a tte n d e d m u sic al p ro g ra m s e v e ry S a tu rd a y . A n o th e r m o u n ta in r e s o r t is a v ir tu a l U k ra in ia n a r t i s t s ’ colo n y a n d v is ito rs h a v e m a n y op p o rtu n itie s to v iew e x c e lle n t e x h ib its o f th e w o rk s o f d is tin g u is h e d p a in te r s a n d s c u lp to rs. T h e U N A r e s o r t “ S o y u z iv k a ” із n o te d fo r its m a n y fin e m u sic a l p ro g ra m s w h ich f e a tu r e su c h o u ts ta n d in g U k ra in ia n p e rf o rm e rs a s so p ra n o H a ly n a A n d re a - a is a n d b a lle rin a R o m a P ry jm a . M y s u g g e s tio n s a p p e a le d to m y lis te n e rs a n d I p ro m ise d to fin d o u t th e d a te s o f n o ta b le p r o g ra m s a n d e x h ib its w h ic h th e y m ig h t a tte n d . T h e c h ild re n re a d ily a g re e d t h a t th e U k ra in ia n su m m e r c o u rse s a t “ S o y u z iv k a ’’ w e re a good id ea. I f e lt s u re t h a t m y frie n d s w ould m a k e a n e f f o r t to v is it th e s e U k ra in ia n su m m e r re s o r ts , if on ly f o r one w eek en d . T h e y h a d re a liz e d , a s I h o p ed t h a t th e y m ig h t, t h a t g e ttin g to k n o w o u r c u ltu ra l h e rita g e could b e a “ f u n ” th in g , a n e n jo y a b le re -a w a k e n in g to th e g lo ry o f U k ra in ia n , lite r a tu r e a n d m u sic a m id c o n g en ial frie n d s in p le a s a n t, p ic tu re s q u e s u rro u n d in g s . S o p h ia K o ty k h a d sa id it so w ell: “ O u r h e rita g e is in tr in s ic to o u r d o c trin e , o u r w a y o f life . I t is v ita l to o u r h u m o r a n d to o u r w isd o m , fo r h e rita g e is b e in g w itty a n d w ise .” O u r B ra n c h e s m ig h t c o n sid e r c o m p ilin g b r ie f in fo rm a tiv e lis ts o f u p c o m in g e v e n ts a t th e v a r i o u s su m m e r r e s o r ts f o r t h e u se o f th e m e m b e rsh ip , o r th e y m ig h t ev en p la n g ro u p v a c a tio n to u r s . In a n y e v e n t, it is a n u n d e n ia b le f a c t t h a t b y v a c a tio n in g a t a U k ra in ia n su m m e r r e s o r t th e y , a n d e sp e cia lly th e ir c h ild re n , w ill sp e n d a n id e al v a c a tio n — re la x in g , e n jo y a b le , a n d in fo rm a tiv e . O. S. A le a d e r d o es n o t s a y “ G et g o in g !” In s te a d , a le a d e r s a y s “ L e t’s g o !” a n d le a d s th e w a y . U N W L A P R E S ID E N T A T T H E IC W C O N G R E S S T h e T rie n n ia l M e e tin g o f th e I n te r n a tio n a l C ouncil o f W o m en , h e ld in T e h e ra n , I r a n fro m M ay 14-26 b r o u g h t to g e th e r d e le g a te s fro m o v er 60 c o u n trie s. T h e o p e n in g se ssio n o f th e C o n g re ss w as a tte n d e d b y E m p re s s F a r a h , th e w ife o f th e S h a h o f Ira n . U N W L A P re s id e n t M rs. S te- fa n ie P u s h k a r w a s a m e m b e r o f th e U .S. d e le g a tio n a n d w as a s sig n e d to th e M ig ra tio n C o m m it te e a s a r e p r e s e n ta tiv e o f th e N a tio n a l C ouncil o f W o m en of th e U . S. M rs. P u s h k a r b r o u g h t w ith h e r a sa m p le d isp la y o f U k ra in ia n a r t s a n d c r a f ts w h ic h w as e x h ib ite d d u rin g th e C on g re ss . T h e A m e ric a n d e le g a tio n p ro p o sed tw o re s o lu tio n s fo r a d o p tio n b y IC W — one on H u m a n R ig h ts a n d th e o th e r on “ P a t te r n s on p e a c e m a k in g .” T h e f i r s t is c o n n e cte d w ith th e 196S H u m a n R ig h ts Y e a r a n d th e sec ond is b a se d on th e N C W “active w o rk f o r th e p ro m o tio n o f p e a c e .” A le a d e r d o es n o t w a lk b e h in d w ith a w h ip b u t is o u t in f r o n t w ith a b a n n e r. U K R A IN IA N S IN G E R IN A U S T R A L IA S in g e r T a is a T a ra s , now r e sid in g in S y d n ey , A u s tra lia , w as b o rn in U k ra in e . S h e s tu d ie d in th e C o n se rv a to rie s o f K iev a n d B u d a p e st. U p o n h e r e m ig ra tio n to A u s tra lia , sh e b e ca m e a m e m b e r o f th e N a tio n a l O p e ra a n d th e E liz a b e th a n T h e a tre T r u s t w h e re sh e s a n g M im i in “ L a B o h e m e ,” M a rg u e rite in “ F a u s t ” a n d D o n n a A n n a in “ D on G io v a n n i.” In 1964 sh e w a s in v ite d to s in g th e p a r t o f L a d y M ac b e th in V e rd i’s o p era. “ T h e H e ra ld ” o f D ec em b er 4, 1964 d e sc rib e d h e r a s a “ fin e s in g e r w ith f ir e a n d te m p e r a m e n t, a k e e n se n se o f d ra m a , a n d a sp le n d id se n se o f p h r a s in g .” O U R LIFE E d ite d by E d ito r i al B o ard P u b lish e d by th e U k ra i n ia n N a tio n a l W o m e n ’s L e a g u e o f A m e ric a , In c . 4936 N . 1 3 th S t. P h ila d e lp h ia 41, P a . НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ — ЧЕРВЕНЬ, 1966 21
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