Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus

[orest sushko]

Deborah,

thank you very much for the info. 
I am a current member and bandura player with the
bandurist chorus and have some close contacts in the
cleveland community so i will be sure to follow up
with the museum there.

best regards,
orest

--- Deborah Hoffman <lino59 at ameritech.net> wrote:

> Am I the only one who first read this as the
> "Ukrainian Banderist Chorus"? What an interesting
> image!
>    
>   Anyway, you might try the Ukrainian
> Museum/Archives in Cleveland (not limited to
> Cleveland info). Their website is: 
> http://www.umacleveland.org/index1.htm
>    
>   Also try Walt Mahovlich of the group Harmonia
> (harmonia at core.com), a local folk orchestra. It just
> seems like the kind of thing he would know about.
> Their site is: http://www.harmoniaband.com/main.html
>    
>   Hope this helps...
>    
>  
>
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>   Date:    Sun, 22 Apr 2007 01:42:17 -0400
> From:    Orest Sushko <osinla at VERIZON.NET>
> Subject: Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus
> 
> Hello,
> I am seeking audio visual archival information on a
> folk group
> known as the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus. The group
> emigrated
> to North America in 1949 via NYC and settled in the
> Detroit area.
> They performed throughout the USA and Canada in the
> decades
> since. I am specifically looking for early footage
> of the group
> that may have been captured by news services, and
> others from
> the period 1949-1980. They also went under the name
> 'Ukrainian
> Bandura Band'.
> 
> I am also seeking visual information from their time
> in Germany
>   from 1942-1949. They toured the factories during
> the course of
> WW2, and spent time in the DP camps after the war
> was over. Any
>   film footage here would be of interest.
> 
> Please feel free to contact me if you can assist me
> in this search.
> 
> Regards,
> Orest Sushko
> Documentary Producer -
> 'Living Strings - The Story of the Ukrainian
> Bandurist Chorus'
> 
> 
> 
> 


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