Welcome to Our Winter Semester

7/8/9 - Culture Fuze Camrose (Kalyna, Vesna, Viter, Kupalo and Zirka)

25/26 - Spring break - no classes

Tentative Thursday evening - Performance at Seniors home (#2) for Wednesday dancers

May

1-4 - Veeteretz Dance Festival Fort Saskatchewan (all groups except Rosa)

6/7 - Last day of classes (for Kvitky & Rosa)

10 - (Saturday) Year-end concert (performance 4:30pm)

13/14 - Kupalo-only class (tentative and/or June 3)

20/21 - practice only for UFest performers

27/28 - practice only for UFest performers

30/31 - (Friday/Saturday) UFest Schedule TBA 

TBD - Costume Return

June

3 - Tentative - Practice for Calgary Festival (Kupalo only)

7/8 - Tentative - Calgary Ukrainian Festival (Kupalo only)

Winter Concert Success Semester 2 Starts

Thank you to everyone who attended our Winter Concert Celebration of Ukrainian Dance 

What a treat to see you all and share donuts together, so special. Thank you for your donations to offset the costs of the event - this helps keep tuition as low as possible for our dance families and we appreciate it! Looking forward to everyone coming out again in May for our Year End Recital.

With that, Semester 2 begins this week! Registration is open until January 31 if you want to come check out our new Rosa Low Impact class, just come! We have a sale on punch passes, first class free. 

Thank you again, 

Katrina

Welcome to January 2025 

We hope everyone enjoyed their Christmas (and Ukrainian Christmas) break and had Happy New Year celebrations! It’s a super fun month at St. Basil’s:

January

7/8 - Classes resume

9 - (Thursday) Group Photos and costume check (Dance room)

21/22 - Dress rehearsal during regular class time (main stage)

25 - (Saturday) Winter Concert @ 2:30pm St. Basil’s Cultural Centre

26 - (Sunday) Praznyk performance (St. Basil’s church celebration luncheon) Note: Not all groups will perform 

28/29 - New dancers begin for term two

31 - Registration closes for term two

Thanks for attending the Volya Live Concert

Thanks to everyone who ventured to the YEG XMAS MARKET at Fort Edmonton Park just before the break. Amidst the shopping, warm beverages, live music, and trolley rides, we loved cheering for our instructors, Jordan and Anais, at the Volya Live Concert in the historic Capitol Theatre. Check out the pictures from their performance:

Annual General Meeting Success

The Ukrainian Language Arts Society (ULAS) runs the daily operations of St. Basil’s School of Ukrainian Dance & Kupalo. Our volunteer board members are all parents of current dancers (or currently dancing). We had an excellent meeting and are actively recruiting a treasurer-in-training! If you’re enjoying dance and can imagine helping us for a two year term, please contact treasurer@stbasilsdance.ca for more info. We have excellent systems in place and promise a smooth transition to any ULAS member who is willing to help. 

Spooky Saturday success

 Thank you to everyone who made our Spooky Saturday a success! We had a blast, hope to see you there next year,

New this year is a low-impact class for all adults ages 18+. If you want an opportunity to dance but are worried about your hips or knees or previous injuries, talk to your doctor this summer and our instructors will choreograph a slightly slower no jumping or fast spins class for you or your loved ones to enjoy the exercise, the camaraderie, and especially the music

We have a new logo!

Change Credit Card Info

If ever you need to change your credit card info (due to compromised activity or expiry), log into Ramp (go to the website and use the Register Now button

--Use the left menu to find “Transactions"

 --The bottom option under Transactions says “Update Pending/Failed Payments"

  --Follow the onscreen instructions to change your payment info. Thank you for keeping an eye on your cards and this page. 

Ongoing Fundraising  

Skip The Depot

Go ahead and sign up for Skip the Depot to come take your empties away. Donate the cost of your bottles to us. Create an account, and then donate your refund to our charitable cause - this helps keep our tuition as low as it is. Thanks so much! 

Please continue collecting refundable containers. Download this free app we’ve signed up with and you can Skip the Depot. 

 Skip The Depot ULAS Bottle Drive

Our website can advertise for you. Make a one time donation of your choosing to ULAS and we’ll host your logo and website link on our site.

Email our website coordinator. See the St. Basil’s Cultural Centre ad and Capital Power ad for examples.