NEWS & EVENTS
Melfort Up & Coming Events
If you wish to be included on the following list of Community Up & Coming Events, please e-mail the information about your function to facilitybookings@cityofmelfort.ca.
Kerry Vickar Centre Events
Click on the above link for a schedule of upcoming events at the Kerry Vickar Centre. For more information contact Leah Terry, Program Coordinator at 306-752-4177 or l.terry@cityofmelfort.ca.
Calligraphy Guild: Wheatland Calligraphy Galleria
September 1 - 25, 2010 - Sherven-Smith Art Gallery
The Wheatland Calligraphy Guild invites you to our 20th Anniversary celebration from September 17 – 25, 2010 at the Sherven Smith Art Gallery in the Kerry Vickar Centre in Melfort.
Opening reception on Friday, September 17th at 7:00 pm.
Gallery hours are 1–8 pm daily from September 18th to September 25th. For further information, contact Gail Forsyth at 752-2605 or Gale Copeland @ 864-2927.
Northern Lights Showcase Trade Show
Northern Lights Palace Arena
October 15 & 16, 2010
Event Sponsor: Melfort & District Chamber Office at 306-752-4636 (phone) 306-752-9505 (fax), e-mail: melfortchamber@sasktel.net or visit their website at www.melfortchamber.com.
Virsky Ukrainian National Dance Company
Monday, October 18, 2010 - 7:30 pm
Northern Lights Palace
Tickets on sale now at the Kerry Vickar Centre Box Office 306-752-4177: $49.50 for adults, $44.50 for students/ seniors. Groups of 20 or more also receive $5.00 off each ticket.
When you mention the name Virsky, everyone in the Ukrainian community gets excited at the news that they are coming for a fall tour across Canada. Virsky goes back to 1937 when two well known Ukrainian ballet masters, Pavlo Virsky and Mykola Bolotov first brought a group of folk dancers together. From 1955 to 1975 the group was lead by virsky who exciting and passionate choreography has amazed the dance world for years. It was under the guidance of Virsky that the company matured into the professional dance ensemble that the world enjoys today. In 1980, Myroslav Vantukh, Virsky's disciple and an expert in folk traditions and ethnogrphy took over from Virsky and continued the creative genius, preservation and development of folk choreographic art.
The foreign press has been unanimous about the high quality and professionalism displayed by the Virsky National Dance Company of Ukraine over the years. Virsky continues to grow under the direction of Vantukh as he takes the dancers to new heights of accomplishment through his ever expanding repertoire of new dances and continues to entertain and educate the world about the talents of the Ukraine. They have travelled the world, to over sixty countries, performing for audiences in Mexico, the United States, Cuba, Venezuela, more than ten European countri
es, Vietnam, India, China, Brazil, and Korea. With their first class performances they have surprised and delighted audiences while teaching the world about the wonderful land of Ukraine. Boen Arts is pleased to announce the first ever all Canadian Tour of Virsky, the National Dance Company of Ukraine. Starting on October 7, 2010, they will begin their spectacular cross Canada tour in Vancouver, BC. They tour then travels across the country from British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Quebec and ends in Ontario. Please visit www.boenarts.com for performance places and dates.
3rd Annual Moonlight Madness Extravaganza
November, 2010
Event Sponsor: Melfort & District Chamber Office at 306-752-4636 (phone) 306-752-9505 (fax), e-mail: melfortchamber@sasktel.net or visit their website at www.melfortchamber.com.
Light Up Melfort
November, 2010
Event Sponsor: Melfort & District Chamber Office at 306-752-4636 (phone) 306-752-9505 (fax), e-mail: melfortchamber@sasktel.net or visit their website at www.melfortchamber.com.
