“On the way home from the Vegreville Pysanka Festival in the summer of 1995, I had a vision. I said to my husband, “Albert, why does British Columbia not have a Ukrainian Festival like Dauphin, Manitoba or Vegreville, Alberta”? Neither of us had the answer. The seed was planted….
We have come a long way from the first festival. We began in a small church hall and parking lot, outgrew to a community center, moved on to a school gymnasium and supporting rooms to a performing theater seating over 600 people.
Our festival includes a dance competition, various displays of Ukrainian arts and crafts including embroidery, pysanka, wheat weaving as well as information on tours to Ukraine. Each year we feature a special display or exhibit relating to Ukrainian culture and heritage.