All Things Baba! All Things Borshch!

Lamont County invites you to the 3rd annual Babas & Borshch Ukrainian Festival for a celebration of all things Baba, all things Borshch! For a detailed schedule of activities please check pgs 10-13. Expect to see festival favourites repeated: Ukrainian food concessions, Outdoor Music Jam, Baba's Bazaar, Beer Garden, demonstrations and talks, singers and dancers, passport office, kids' activities, and tours of the church, museum, and grain elevator. Expect many all-new additions: The Baba Magda Fan Club (pg 4) and a FREE borshch sample for everyone (pg 5)! On Saturday catch Michael Mucz, best-selling author of Baba's Kitchen Medicines and welcome the Touring Tin car club as they show off some iron. Get started on your own Kapusta in hands-on sessions. Join us for the Borshch Cook Off on Sunday followed by a screening of James Motluk's documentary A Place Called Shandro as we close out the festival. A huge Dyakuyu to our visitors, sponsors, volunteers, performers, partners, media, individuals, and businesses for supporting the Ukrainian culture and proving that small town Alberta knows how to party! Hazel Anaka, Festival Coordinator

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Join the BABA MAGDA FAN CLUB today for giveaways, advance notice of special events, and a chance to win a PRIZE PACK valued at $245!

In addition, the first 100 members to sign up online will have a Gift Bag waiting for pick up at the Festival Information Table.

Pyrogy Dance Lessons Be sure to join Baba Magda in front of the Outdoor Music Jam stage at 1 pm on Saturday and 12:30 pm on Sunday for a group dance lesson! Music and lyrics courtesy of Winnipeg's Nester Shydlowsky and the Ukrainian Old Timers.

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Programs and Services Maintain a current Artist Directory Publish ACUA Vitae arts magazine Host arts and cultural workshops and events Provide information and referrals to the general public Grant scholarships and awards ACUA has moved to a new office space! Services in our new office! Rental of studio, workshop, board room, office space and a large common area suitable for arts organizations Visit our website www.acuarts.ca and choirs, non-profits, and artists. Follow us on Facebook www.facebook.com/ACUArts Consign art in our new gallery space or host a special gallery event. 9534 - 87 Street Edmonton, AB T6C 3J1 T: 780.488.8558 E: [email protected]

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Help us establish Lamont County as the “Borshch Capital of Canada”!

• Claim your FREE 3 oz borshch B rshch sample just for attending the Festival • Attend the FREE borshch demo Cook Off class by Chef Gail Hall • Enter the Borshch Cook Off. New rules, still no entry fee! Pre-register online at www.babasandborshch.ca or at [email protected] or by calling Hazel 780-365-2434 before August 11th. Entries limited to the first 15!

Cook Off Judges include culinary heavyweights Chefs Gail Hall and Brad Smoliak and Mary Bailey, editor and founder of The Tomato Food & Drink magazine.

Baba Knows Best! Medical studies are finally confirming what Baba has always known instinctively: beets are good for you. That and the delicious flavour likely explain the popularity of BORSHCH (and our Na Zdorovlia!).

So, Ukrainians and 'wannabes' Eat Your Beets! because they: • Reduce cholesterol & blood pressure • Boost immunity & energy • Cleanse your colon and build & purify your blood • Fight cancer with betacyanin • Reduce inflammation • Stimulate liver & gall bladder function • Are a source of anti-oxidants, folate, fibre, magnesium, & potassium • Contain calcium, iron, vitamins A, B & C • Promote heart health • Improve brain function & create a sense of well-being • Treat boils & abscesses • Are known as nature's Viagra

This health message brought to you by Baba &

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Get a coupon for a FREE borshch sample at the Information table then redeem it at any of the 3 food concessions!

Zabava Caterer and Indoor Concession: Back by popular demand…Chosyn Catering--Joe & Pat Synyshyn bring over 20 years of catering experience to BBUF including more than 10 years supplying the Ukrainian Pavilion at Edmonton's Heritage Days. [email protected] 780-413-9667 Outdoor Concession: Kastelen Sausage & Fine Meats brings a selection of Ukrainian food and festival treats (think mini donuts!) to hungry BBUF crowds. Visit their booth in Baba's Bazaar. Call 780-922-5322 or www.kastelenmeats.ca Outdoor Food Truck: Knights of Columbus will supply a tasty menu of western food and snacks. Your support allows them to continue helping community and youth programs. 780-363-2203 Ice Cream Truck: Cool off with frozen treats from Bhagvan's Dairy Cream 780- 695-3454 Baba's Brunch: Support the Andrew Lions Club when you bring your appetite for their to-die-for potato pancakes to Baba's Brunch on Sunday 9 am-1 pm on Main Street (5019-51 St). Na Zdrovolia! To Health! Babas & Borshch signature drink, Na Zdorovlia! will be featured at the Beer Garden & Zabava bar. NEW this year is Ukrainian Beer & Vodka Sampling plus snack food! Proceeds from the beer garden and bar support the Andrew Figure Skating Club. Bottles of quadruple-distilled Ukrainian Souvenir Vodka featuring the Festival logo are available at the Andrew Hotel Liquor Store, Main Street.

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6 Zabava 2015 Bring your appetite for good food, great music, and talented performers to Zabava 2015!

Chosyn Catering (Joe & Pat Synyshyn) are back with their authentic, mouth- watering Ukrainian food.

Back by popular demand are the world class Ukrainian Shumka Dancers providing heart stopping, floor level action. Stay for the kolomyika!

Axios Men’s Chorus under the direction of Boris Derow will provide an a cappella performance of Ukrainian music.

If you enjoyed last year's energetic performance by quartet Zabava u Koli, you're in for a treat. These young men will provide the evening's dance music and a reason to get on the dance floor!

Zabava Tickets In 2015 Zabava tickets will have a coloured dot indicating when ticket holders will enter the hall to choose their seats. • Green dot Tickets bought before July 1 will enter first • Yellow dot Tickets bought before August 1 will enter second • Red dot Tickets bought after August 1 will enter last

Advance Tickets are still $50 per person regardless of age. If any tickets are available at the door the price will be $60 each.

7 Silent Auction Do you want to extend your festival experience? Do you love doing and having something unique? Do you love food? Horilka (vodka)? Enter your bid for one or all of these incredible items. Email or snail mail bids must be received before August 16th. Or drop off your sealed bid at the Festival Information Table before NOON, August 23rd. Successful bidders will be contacted that day. For more prize information & a bid form visit www.babasandborshch.com

• Four course cooking class with wine pairing for 6 people in the Edmonton loft cooking school of Chef Gail Hall. Valued at $1200, starting bid of $600. • Vodka Tasting at your home! Includes at least 4 types of vodka, Ukrainian beer, cherry juice, pickled items, bread, one set of Cobblestone shot glasses, snacks, traditions & superstitions about horilka by the experts at Cobblestone Freeway. Three hours long. Valued at $400, starting bid of $200 • If you are a hockey and horilka (vodka) enthusiast check out the limited edition High Stick Vodka item: 750 ml of premium Canadian vodka in a glass hockey stick. Valued at $100, starting bid of $50

8 Kastelen Sausage & Fine Meats Custom Curing & Processing Locally owned & operated, producing and processing meats for over 35 years! Committed to quality and excellence, our products have received awards throughout Western Canada.

Services Products • Wholesale Meats min. 25 lbs • Ham, Ukrainian, • Wild Game Processing Buffalo & Beef Sausages • Custom Processing for Beef, • Smokies Pork & Game • Pepperoni & Jerky • Bulk Ordering for Fine Meats • Kubi Burgers • Curing • Pure Beef Patties • Bacon Made on-site • Custom Orders Gluten • Sausages or Nitrite free

Hours: Mon-Fri 8 am - 5 pm Call us to place an order today! 21339 Township Rd. 524, Ardrossan, AB T8G 2G2 780-922-5322 [email protected] www.kastelenmeats.ca No MSG, No Byproducts

9 SATURDAY PROGRAM MAIN FESTIVAL SITE BABA'S BAZAAR OUTDOOR MUSIC JAM / MAIN HALL (adjacent to Main Hall) BEER GARDEN Welcome! Vitaemo! Relax-Visit-Learn 11am - 6 pm Main Hall opens 10 am FREE WIFI in Bazaar BEER GARDEN All day 10 am - 5 pm *Na Zdorovlia (fesval drink) 11-noon Michael Mucz, Exhibits/Vendors *Vodka sampling author of bestseller *Geneaology Project *Ukrainian Beer Baba’s Kitchen Medicines *Ukrainian Dance *Snack Food Exhibit 12-12:30 pm Zemlia Vocal Trio BABA'S KITCHEN 11 am - 6 pm 12:30 pm Scheduled acvies: OUTDOOR MUSIC JAM MY Ukrainian Dance 11 am “Churches of *bands, individuals Academy & Tsymbaly Lamont County” *CD sales 1 pm Very Rev G. Power slideshow by *bring a lawn chair on “Ukrainian Food--Days photographer Trudy of Fasng & Feasng” Harrold

*Cross-stch demo 11-2 pm 3:00 pm *Pysanka demo - all day IMPORTANT: MAIN HALL “It’s not Sauerkraut, it’s 1 pm Pyrogy Dance Class CLOSES for Kapusta!” Start pickling led by Baba Magda Shumka Rehearsal & your own cabbage the Zabava setup old me way! 12:30, 1:30, 2:30, 3:30, 4:30 pm 6 pm - 1 am 2 pm “BABAS & BABES” ZABAVA slideshow by Saskatoon Shumka Dancers, Axios photographer Karen Men’s Chorus, Zabava u Pidskalny Koli. Advance ckets $50, at the door 3-4 pm The Soloveykas (if available) $60 chorus

(Program subject to change without noce) 10 August 22, 2015 OFF-SITE VENUES UKRAINIAN CP STATION GRAIN HALL GROUNDS CHURCH MUSEUM ELEVATOR MINI GOLF KID’S ACTIVITIES 11:00 am - 4:30 pm 11 am - 4 pm run by Lamont TOURS, ACTIVITIES, FREE Mini Golf County FCSS DEMONSTRATIONS Courtesy *face painng Andrew Hotel & *cras All Off-Site Venues accessible by Shule, Liquor Store Bouncy Structures walking or driving. Watch for signs. $5 charge See Village map on page 14. Noon-4 pm Thistle Hill Peng Zoo: $2 admission Proceeds to Lamont County Food Bank

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11 SUNDAY PROGRAM MAIN FESTIVAL SITE BABA'S BAZAAR OUTDOOR MUSIC JAM / MAIN HALL (adjacent to Main Hall) BEER GARDEN

11:30 am 11 am - 4 pm 11 am - 4 pm BORSHCH DEMO BABA’S KITCHEN OUTDOOR MUSIC JAM Class by Chef Gail Hall Displays, exhibits cont’d *bring lawn chair Pysanka Demo connues 1 pm BORSHCH COOK OFF 11 am 12:30 pm Pre-register by Aug 11 “Churches of Perogy Dance Class Lamont County” led by Baba Magda Movie screening of slideshow by James Motluk’s photographer Trudy 11 - 5 pm ‘A Place Called Shandro’ Harrold BEER GARDEN following Borshch *Na Zdorovlia Cook Off *Vodka Sampling *Ukrainian Beer

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CAMP ST. BASIL at Pigeon Lake (Ukrainian Catholic)

TAKES BOOKINGS MAY-SEPTEMBER FOR: *youth groups *dance groups *family reunions *scouting

For bookings please call 780-434-8010 or email [email protected] This advertisement compliments of the “Friends of Camp St. Basil Society” [email protected] www.campstbasilsociety.org

12 August 23, 2015 OFF-SITE VENUES UKRAINIAN CP STATION GRAIN HALL GROUNDS CHURCH MUSEUM ELEVATOR MINI GOLF 11 am - 4 pm 10 am - noon 11 am - 4 pm 11 am - 4 pm KID’S ACTIVITIES DIVINE FREE Mini Golf connue LITURGY TOURS, ACTIVITIES, Courtesy DEMONSTRATIONS Andrew Hotel & Liquor Store

Noon - 4 pm Church closes Thistle Hill at noon Peng Zoo 9 am - 1 pm $2 admission Proceeds to Lamont Baba’s Brunch County Food Bank Lion’s Den, Mainstreet Proceeds to Andrew Lions Photo credits: Club Stan Cholak, Hilary Anaka (Program subject to change without noce) and Hazel Anaka

Thank you! Dyakuyu! See you next year...August 20-21, 2016!

Ukrainian Catholic Brotherhood of Canada - Edmonton Eparchy Supporting the Ukrainian Catholic Community in the area of Catholic Faith, Ukrainian Culture, Fraternity, Social Development & Canadian Citizenship For more information please contact: Joseph Synyshyn - Director - Communications & Programs Phone 780-475-5307, or by email to: [email protected] or visit us at www.ucbcedmonton.org

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Andrew Grain Sec. Hwy 855 Elevator RV & Tent Campsites Babas & Borshch Ukrainian Festival Box 508 Andrew, Alberta T0B 0C0 Email: [email protected] to www.babasandborshch.com Mundare 14 Baba’s Bazaar Welcome to this gathering place! In this space you'll find things to learn and things to buy. FREE WiFi (thanks to sponsor MCSNet!) will make shopping so much easier this year! Is there a Ukrainian blouse, shawl, CD, keepsake, sausage, or travel plans in your future? Watch demonstrations on cross-stitch and pysanka writing. Get a head start on your own batch of kapusta by attending one of several scheduled make-it-and- take-it sessions on Saturday. See the artistry of several photographers. Take in the vocal performance of The Soloveykas chorus. Learn about your ancestors and the history of Ukrainian dance. AB-Ukraine Genealogical Project Kule Folklore Exhibit Audeo Studio Pysanky by Paul Baba's Music Sandra's Old World Charm Cobblestone Freeway Ukrainian Colors Hanya Onyschuk Ukrainian Museum of Canada- Heritage Treasures Alberta Branch Images by Stan Ukrainian Shumka Dancers Karen Pidskalny Photography Weleschuk Family Cookbooks Kastelen Sausage & Fine Meats *Registered at time of printing.

15 Music! Music! Music! Outdoor Music Jam – From a sunny spot in the bleachers or in the shade of the Beer Garden you're never too far from the action and talents of the musicians and singers performing at Babas & Borshch 2015! Thanks to all the new and returning acts and Charlie Gargus for organizing the Jam!

Alicia Slusarchuk Billy Andriuk & Friends Brent Babiuk Don Klym & Noreen Easterbrook Harry Menzyk & Cheryl Verboom Marten's Family North of Here Silver & Gold St Paul & District Choir Steve & Dorothy Gordey Tom Gargus Zorya Zemlia Vocal Trio will perform in the Main Hall at noon, Saturday then board the Shuttle to sing at the Church, Museum, Grain Elevator!

16 Gordon & Patricia Pawluk •Home of the World’s Largest Sausage Proprietors & Directors •Ukraina Park Campground & Rec. Area 5036 - 51 Avenue, •Basilian Fathers Museum •Water Spray Park & Skateboard Park Vegreville, AB T9C 1M1 •18 Hole Championship Golf Course Ph: 780-603-5800 •Bowling Lanes & Public Library www.autumnrosefuneralhome.com 780-764-3929 www.mundare.ca

Independence Day – Every year at the end of August the village of Andrew (Lamont County) hosts a unique event – the Babas & Borshch Ukrainian Festival. Its timing coincides with the celebration of Ukrainian Independence Day, and the festival represents a testimony to and a celebration of Ukrainian heritage on the Alberta prairies. On 24 August 1991, Ukraine proclaimed its independence from the then collapsing Soviet Union, and began building its new future as a sovereign state. The road to Ukraine's independence has been long and difficult: it took dozens of years and numerous sacrifices to win it from the occupying totalitarian regimes. Earlier in the century, Ukraine had proclaimed its independence as early as January 1918, but was soon overrun by the armies of Communist Russia. In June 1941, Ukraine once again attempted to proclaim its independence, but this attempt was crushed by the occupant authorities of Nazi Germany. As we see nowadays, Ukraine's struggle for true independence continues. However, Ukrainians are fighting for a just cause and will become victorious with the help from the entire civilized world.

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Babas & Borshch Ukrainian Festival is successful because of YOU!

So, who are YOU? You may be a….

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SUPPORTERS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Andrew Hotel Alberta-Ukraine Genealogical Project ATCO Energy Solutions Baba's Music BHD Companies Cobblestone Freeway Century 21-Vegreville Go East Regional Tourism Organization Lamont Farm Centre High Stick Vodka Roy Anaka Trucking James Motluk/Guerrilla Films The Marketer Kule Folklore Centre Price Automotive Lamont County FCSS Tri-Line Carriers Michael Mucz Ukrainian Canadian Raisa Stone Congress-APC Seasoned Solutions Vegreville Ag Society Touring Tin Car Club Ukrainian Museum of Canada-Alberta Branch

Thankyou!

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