Happy Malanka, a little bit early
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This article was published 12/01/2019 (2430 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Malanka came early to Brandon this year — at least a celebration of it.
“We’re having a bit of a party,” said Curtis Hullick, past president and an executive member of the Brandon Troyanda School of Ukrainian Dance, which hosted a Ukrainian New Year’s Eve dance Friday evening at Victoria Inn.
Malanka actually falls on Jan. 13, which is New Year’s Eve in accordance with the Julian calendar.
“It’s supposed to be on the 13th, but we’re celebrating on Friday night so that we could not worry about going to work the next day,” Hullick said with a chuckle.
“Typically, it’s just sort of you get a band, you have some food and you dance all night and celebrate the new year,” he said.
In addition to all that, students from the school will be performing at the dance, “and show the stuff that we’ve been practising and learning throughout the year.”
More than two dozen dancers, from age four and up, were expected to take part in two 30-minute performances, divided into younger and older age groups.
Four groups were performing at 7 p.m., he said, with another four at 8 p.m., following a half-hour intermission.
Hullick said this is the third year the school has put on a New Year’s dance.
It also hosts the Ukrainian pavilion during the Westman Multicultural Festival, being held this year from Jan. 31 to Feb. 2.
“That’s a whole weekend full of work involved,” Hullick said, “and so this is an opportunity for our members and the parents of our dance groups to relax a bit.
“It’s not so volunteer related,” Hullick added. “We show up, we participate and we dance and have a good time. So it’s a bit of a relaxing evening for our dance group.”
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