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NADIA ATAMANETZ Prominent among the Ukrainian artists of her time and universally lauded for the dramatic quality of her operatic voice, Nadia Atamanetz was without rival for the past sixty years. Mrs. Ivan Atamanetz was born Nadia Chahariwska in the Ukraine (Buchach) on January 28, 1901. When she was four years old, her parents moved to Winnipeg, Canada. As a child, Nadia joined the St. Wolodymyr Children’s Chorus in Winnipeg. The strength and tonal beauty of her voice was soon recognized and she was encouraged to pursue a career in music. It was here that the foundation of a meaningful life and an exceptional career in music was inaugurated. In 1919, Nadia Atamanetz moved to Detroit, Michigan, where she joined the Immaculate Conception Ukrainian Church Choir. Again, her distinguished voice and talents as an actress made her a favorite diva in operatic offerings of Mr. Dmytro Atamanetz, choir master and opera impressario. Her formal musical education was completed at the Music Conservatory of Detroit. Nadia and Ivan Atamanetz were married in 1920. They had one son, Bohdan, who at present is residing in Houston, Texas. Mr. Ivan Atamanetz was a noted baritone, composer, arranger and choir director. In 1926, he organized Ukrainian National Chorus Dumka. Under his capable direction, this chorus enjoyed notability and eminence throughout the United States and Canada. Mrs. Nadia Atamanetz was a leading soloist with Ukrainian National Chorus Dumka. The range and power of her suave voice were extraordinary. Her beautiful notes rose above and dominated the ensemble of other voices in the choir. At times her voice even surpassed the volume of instruments in a symphony orchestra accompanying Ukrainian National Chorus Dumka. As a virtuosa, she dominated every scene. She did this gracefully and her exquisite taste was rein- УКРАЇНСЬКІ НАЗВИ З КУХОВАРСТВА Й ХАРЧУВАННЯ Упорядкувала Наталія Чапленко. Вийшли друком в Нью-Йорку 1980 р. заходами Союзу Українок Америки. Ціна 6 дол. Замовляти: UNWLA 108 Second Ave., New York, N. Y. 10003 forced by deep feeling and accurate judgment. The foremost music critics paid tribute to her talents. ’’The Ukrainians are lucky in the possession of the Atamanetz family, which seems to guarantee a sturdy and enthusiastic musical, flourishing year in and year out. Nadia Atamantetz is the chief vocal tower of strength of the ’’Dumka Chorus”, owning one of the loveliest voices on these shores.” The Detroit News Russell McLaughlin ’’Nadia Atamanetz, an excellent soprano whose two numbers quite deservedly resulted in encores, was out standing. Mme. Atamanetz’ naturally fine voice is handled with effective technical resources and the result is singing whose appeal reaches far beyond any nationalistic interest.” The Detroit Times Ralph Holmes In retirement, Nadia and Ivan Atamanetz lived in Miami, Florida. They devoted most of their time to advanced vocal instruction. Mrs. Atamanetz died on January 28, 1981. In artistic circles her death leaves a great void. historical film of our city and the surrounding area and a delicious varied buffet to which all branch members from our Ukruzna Rada were invited. We spent the remainder of the evening getting acquainted with one another and passed out booklets containing the biographical background of our branch members that had been compiled and printed by our Public Relations chairlady. When Moroz visited New York in 1979, we sent a contingent of members to the rally in Bryant Park, New York, carrying a large placard welcoming him to the U. S. A. despite the crowds and the rain. Each year we try to help to make the Ukrainian Festival at the New Jersey Garden State Center, New Jersey, a complete success by selling tickets to the stage performance and increasing our sales from the previous year. We do not stop there. You can always find our table selling the best home made Pampushky & coffee, and hot dogs with homemade kapusta at reasonable prices. One or two of our members also display their oil paintings under the big tent. In giving moral support and in keeping friendly relations with our Ukrainian community, we join in the St. John’s Ukrai nian Greek Catholic Church in Newark, N. J., with selling goods at their church bazaar, and donating the proceeds to their funds. Believe it or not, one of our fun days is the long day of packing packages of used clothing to be sent to orphanages in Brazil and Poland. Our senior honorary member, Mrs. Mary Wislocky, always puts out a hearty spread of food for us to devour when our work is completed. Maybe that’s why most of our members turned out this year to help us pack our eight packages and help to get them mailed. We are members of U. C. C. A. and try to participate, whenever possible, with our Ukruzna Rada at their affairs, especially Ukrainian Womens’ Day at which our talented members display their oil paintings and artwork.
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