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 3 All Things Baba! 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. B A B A S a nd B OR S H C H . c o m U kra inian Festiv al 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] 4 All Things Borshch! 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 & 5 Eat, Drink & Be Merry! Smachnoho! 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. Chosyn Catering A Chosyn Enterprises Co. Inc. Patricia & Joseph W. Synyshyn Caterers Bus. 780-413-9667 Res. 780-475-5307 Cell 780-996-1644 Fax. 780-413-9612 Email: [email protected] 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.