Yorkton Kalyna Dance School recently attended the Brandon Ukrainian Dance Competition April 16 -18.
The Kalyna Dance school is under the direction of Regina based instructors Serhiy and Liana Zabutnyy. Theyhad excellent results. Of the 37 dances entered they achieved gold medal marks in all but 2 dances. They also came away with 2 trophies. One trophy was won by Group 3 for the Highest Mark Large Group 12 and Under (mark 98) and the other was awarded to Rita Fetsch who won the Most Promising Dancer at the competition.
Yorkton Kalyna has also received 7 other trophies at the other 2 competitions that they attended. In Regina Tavria Group 1 and 2 was awarded the Most Promising Large Group for their Hopak (mark 91). Anthony, Ben and Nicholas Fetsch won Highest Mark Family for their Character trio (mark 94). Anthony, Ben, Nick and Rita Fetsch won Highest mark Poltava small group 9-11 years (mark 91). At the competition in Russell Manitoba, Kalyna won 4 more trophies, Highest mark trio (mark 97), Highest mark poltava region (mark 98), Highest mark poltava 10 and over (mark 98) , Highest mark family (mark 98)
At Brandon, the results were as follows:Group 1 Hutzul 94 silver, Volyn 88 gold, Transcarpathian 92 silverGroup 2 Poltava 92 gold, Hutzul 89 gold, Bukovinian 86 goldGroup 1 and 2 Hopak 97 silverGroup 3 Poltava 98 gold, Transcarpathian 94 gold, Hutzul 93 goldGroup 4 Poltava 84, Hutzul 94 gold, Volyn 96 goldGroup 5 Poltava 95 gold, Hutzul 90 goldGroup 6 Poltava 94 goldGroup 1-4 Boys Poltava 90 goldGroup 1-4 Girls Poltava 94 gold
Other dances: Rita Fetsch Hutzul solo 94 gold, Kaitlyn Klemetski Hutzul solo 90 gold, Rita & Anthony Fetsch Hutzul duet 96 gold, Volyn duet 95 gold, Jesse & Zachary Todos Poltava duet 86 gold, Anthony, Ben & Nick Fetsch Poltava trio 98 gold, Jesse, Mathew &Zachary Todos Hutzul trio 89 gold, Celina & Lilianna Skorobohach Volyn duet 95 gold, Ben &Nick Fetsch Poltava duet 98 gold, Ben, Nick & Rita Fetsch Hutzul trio 96 gold, Kendra Kowalchuk & Zachary Todos Polissia duet 84 silver, Ben &Nick Fetsch Hutzul duet 90 gold, Anthony, Ben, Nick, Rita Fetsch Poltava small group 97 gold, Kendra, Madison Kowalchuk, Jesse, Mathew, Zachary Todos Poltava small group 92 silver, Lilianna, Celina, Isabella Skorobohach, Emma Brinley Hutzul small group 92 gold, Poltava small group 93 silver.
Kalyna RosterGroup 6: Hayden Berrns, John Cookson, Jonathan Fetsch, Kalan Fyck, Emery Herman, Keagan Johnson, Caydan Kamieniecki, Ethan Kamieniecki, Brielle Kitchen, Josh-Lynn Kohut, Sydney Kotzer, Brett Madsen, Haley Schrader, Isabella Skorobohach, Piper Stechyshyn, Ashton Webster
Group 5: Chloe Carstensen, Nicholas Fetsch, Michaela Johnson, Leah Jones, Karina Kamieniecki, Dylan Lepowick, Dawson Malinowski, Jaxon McLeod, Paige Novakowski, Sarah Novakowski, Jett Stechyshyn, Kelsey Valuck
Group 4: Emma Brinley, Gracie Cookson, Emma Jones, Braden Kitchen, Jessica Nakonechny, Lilianna Skorobohach, Jesse Todos, Shaylee Valuck
Group 3: Madison Cookson, Ben Fetsch, Noah Jendresheske, Amanda Kamieniecki, Madison Kowalchuk, River Leader, Kyle Nakonechny, Tatianna Ochitwa, Shayla Peleshytyk, Celina Skorobohach, Chelsea Spilchuk, Mathew Todos, Brooke Webster, Andrey Yakiwchuk, Oksana Yakiwchuk, Justine Zarowny
Group 2: Rita Fetsch, Erika Kamieniecki, Kendra Kowalchuk, Hayley Lepowick, Cara Maleschuk, Shaina Nakonechny, Nicoli Ochitwa, Morgan Shymanski, Zachary Todos, John Wawryk
Group 1 : Chelsey Dubnyk, Anthony Fetsch, Rita Fetsch, Taylor Fink, Kendra Kowalchuk, Colin Shewchuk, Kelsy YaremkoInstructors: Serhiy Zabutnyy, Liana Zabutnyy.
