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Philadelphia Regional Council Celebrates the Ukrainian Woman and her Creativity Renata Chaplynsky Tasker. On Sunday, March 9, 2003, more than two hundred members of the Ukrainian American commu nity gathered at Philadelphia's Ukrainian Educational and Cultural Center for a special event sponsored and organized by the UNWLA's Philadelphia Regional Council in collaboration with the Red Poppy Ukrainian Boutique, co-owned by Eryna Korchynsky and Marta Shtompil (Branch 67). The event, on surface, was a fashion show and tea, an opportunity for Ukrainian American women from Philadelphia and surrounding communities to enjoy each others' company while admiring the artistic endeavors of gifted designers. But in many ways, it was much more. It was an event that embodied Ukrainian community life in the Diaspora—as rich and complex as a tapestry whose design depends not on an individual thread, but on an interweaving of multiple threads of distinctive hue and texture. The afternoon was characterized by certain features that many in our Ukrainian immigrant com munity have long accepted as appropriate and tradi tional. The "Tea" for example, was tea imbued with a distinct flavor reminiscent of old world refinement, the beverage itself merely a complement to the array of canapes, multi-colored fruit, and delightfully enticing pastries prepared by a contingent of volunteers who took no bows and asked for no recognition. During the event, guests enjoyed the comfort able familiarity of a musical program, beautiful songs Anna Makuch and Anna Maksymowych performed by the Holubka Quartet (Branch 90) and by soloist Iryna Vasylovska (Branch 128), who neither expected nor received financial compensation for their efforts. The event was emceed by another volunteer, Olena Karpinich (Branch 88), who traveled to Phila delphia from distant Wilkes-Barre to share with those attending interesting insights into the depth and scope of the Ukrainian woman and the range and breadth of her creativity. In her remarks, Ms. Karpinich described the Ukrainian woman as the "keeper of the flame," the pivotal force within family and societal structures with the strength to endure and conquer the traumas and challenges of war, tyranny, famine, terror, and building a new life in a new world. History tells us that the Ukrainian woman is a survivor. Events such as the one hosted by the Phila delphia Regional Council tell us that she is also a crea tor of worthwhile and wonderful things. She has many names; she is both old and young. She is married and single; she is a professional tycoon or homemaker or both. She is an idealist and an activist, a traditionalist and a modernist. She adapts, chameleon-like, to circumstances and situations that shape life and she, in turn, shapes situations and circumstances as they need to be shaped—creatively, passionately, and produc tively. That she is multi-talented and multi-skilled is a given. That she gives of herself generously, and often anonymously, is also a given. 14 “НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, КВІТЕНЬ 2003 Видання C оюзу Українок A мерики - перевидано в електронному форматі в 2012 році . A рхів C У A - Ню Йорк , Н . Й . C Ш A.
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