Thank You
To our sponsors, donors, and partners for helping to make
our 2024 festival a huge success!
Support from our Major Sponsors is appreciated beyond measure.
Behlen Industries
Canada’s National Ukrainian Festival
Canadian Ukrainian Men’s Club
Fusion Credit Union
Guild Insurance
Horizon Defence Group
Kuiper’s Bakery
Leons Furniture - Brandon
McCarty Construction
Pirouette Active Wear
Royal Canadian Legion
Sobeys Brandon South
T-Birds Food Fun Games
Ukrainian-Canadian Association Tryzub
Westman Communications Group
Westman Steel
Wheat City Lions Club
Donors & Partners
Brandon Kinsmen Club
Brandon Lions Club
Brandon Source for Sports
Chez Angela
Cobblestone Freeway Tours
Domino’s Pizza
FIT Performance Centre
Forever - Gillian Halwas
Forbidden Flavours
Fun ’n Games
Hedley’s Health Hut
Heritage Co-op
International Peace Garden
Maple Leaf Foods
McDonald’s
Naomi Rebekah Lodge
Oak & Ivy
Photographer - Jason Cottes
Pinnacle Event Rentals
Pizza Hut
Popeye’s Supplements
Progressive Westman
RBC Royal Bank
Supplement King
The Brow Loft
The Hills Spa
Toy Masters
Tour Fit Club
Trident Films
Victoria Inn
Western Manitoba Centennial Auditorium
our 2024 festival a huge success!
Support from our Major Sponsors is appreciated beyond measure.
Behlen Industries
Canada’s National Ukrainian Festival
Canadian Ukrainian Men’s Club
Fusion Credit Union
Guild Insurance
Horizon Defence Group
Kuiper’s Bakery
Leons Furniture - Brandon
McCarty Construction
Pirouette Active Wear
Royal Canadian Legion
Sobeys Brandon South
T-Birds Food Fun Games
Ukrainian-Canadian Association Tryzub
Westman Communications Group
Westman Steel
Wheat City Lions Club
Donors & Partners
Brandon Kinsmen Club
Brandon Lions Club
Brandon Source for Sports
Chez Angela
Cobblestone Freeway Tours
Domino’s Pizza
FIT Performance Centre
Forever - Gillian Halwas
Forbidden Flavours
Fun ’n Games
Hedley’s Health Hut
Heritage Co-op
International Peace Garden
Maple Leaf Foods
McDonald’s
Naomi Rebekah Lodge
Oak & Ivy
Photographer - Jason Cottes
Pinnacle Event Rentals
Pizza Hut
Popeye’s Supplements
Progressive Westman
RBC Royal Bank
Supplement King
The Brow Loft
The Hills Spa
Toy Masters
Tour Fit Club
Trident Films
Victoria Inn
Western Manitoba Centennial Auditorium
2024 Award Winners - Congratulations!
Troyanda Millennium Merit Award - sponsored by Westman Communications Group
Awarded to the club with the highest overall average. Must have a minimum of two dances to qualify. If there is a tie, the adjudicator will choose.
Selo Ukrainian Dancers - 94.2% (average)
Best Junior Hopak (13 & under) - sponsored by Kuiper's Bakery
Selo Ukrainian Dancers - 95% (gold)
Session 2K #3
Best Senior Hopak (14 & over) - sponsored by Sobeys Brandon South
Zoloto Ukrainian Dancers - 96% (gold)
Session 2K #8
Most Promising Individual (any age, any region) - sponsored by Canada's National Ukrainian Festival
Rider Gray – Yednist School of Ukrainian Dance
Session 3E #7 - Hutzul'schyna – Solo – Male: Age 6-8 - 98% (platinum)
Session 3F #7 - Poltava - Solo - Male: Age 6-8 - 95% (gold)
Most Promising Group, Small or Large (any age, any region) - sponsored by Brandon Kinsmen Club
Zoloto Ukrainian Dancers - 95% (gold)
Session 2D #5 - Poltava – Large Group – Mixed: Age 6-8
Best Solo Performance (12 & under, any region) - sponsored by Brandon Source for Sports
Rider Gray - Yednist School of Ukrainian Dance - 98% (platinum)
Session 3E #7 - Hutzul'schyna - Solo - Male: Age 6-8
Best Solo Performance (13 & over, any region) - sponsored by Naomi Rebekah Lodge - TRIPLE TIE!
Aubrey Boughen - Zoloto Ukrainian Dancers - 98% (platinum)
Session 1E #5 - Poltava - Solo - Female: Age 16-18
Erick Wright - Zoloto Ukrainian Dancers - 98% (platinum)
Session 3G #13 - Hutzul'schyna - Solo - Male: Age 16-18
Reece Boughen - Zoloto Ukrainian Dancers - 98% (platinum)
Session 1B #16 - Transcarpathian - Solo - Female: Age 16-18
Best Duet (any region) - sponsored by Leons Furniture Brandon - TIE!
Claire Swidzinski, Addison Swidzinski - Yorkton Troyanda - 95% (gold)
Session 1D #12 - Bukovyna - Duet - Female: Age 16-18
Wynn Crigger, Abby Sigurdson - Sopilka Ukrainian Dance School (Wpg) - 95% (gold)
Session 1A #4 - Volyn - Duet - Female: Age 13-15
Best Trio (any region) - sponsored by Fusion Credit Union - TIE!
Kemi Bulycz, Grace Keller, Ava Keller - Benito Vesselli Dance Club - 95% (gold)
Session 1A #16 - Volyn - Trio - Female: Age 16-18
Aubrey Boughen, Reece Boughen, Emma Boughen - Zoloto Ukrainian Dancers - 95% (gold)
Session 2A #9 - Poltava - Trio - Female: Age 16-18
Highest Mark, Small Group (12 & under, any region) - sponsored by Wheat City Lions
Selo Ukrainian Dancers - 95% (gold)
Session 2G #1 - Hutzul'schyna - Small Group - Mixed: Age 6-8
Highest Mark, Large Group (12 & under, any region) - sponsored by McCarty Construction
Selo Ukrainian Dancers - 96% (gold)
Session 2H #12 - Polissia – Large Group – Female: Age 11-12
Highest Mark, Small Group (13 & older, any region) - sponsored by Behlen Industries
Zoloto Ukrainian Dancers - 98% (platinum)
Session 2J #11 - Volyn - Small Group - Mixed: Age 19-29
Highest Mark, Large Group (13 & older, any region) - sponsored by Guild Insurance
Zoloto Ukrainian Dancers - 96% (gold)
Session 2G #12 - Hutzul'schyna - Large Group - Mixed: Age 16-18
Highest Mark, Family Trophy - sponsored by the Canadian Ukrainian Men’s Club - TIE!
Awarded to two or more dancers dancing in the same dance from the same immediate family.
Claire Swidzinski, Addison Swidzinski - Yorkton Troyanda - 95% (gold)
Session 1D #12 - Bukovyna - Duet - Female: Age 16-18
Aubrey Boughen, Reece Boughen, Emma Boughen - Zoloto Ukrainian Dancers - 95% (gold)
Session 2A #9 - Poltava - Trio - Female: Age 16-18
Adjudicator’s Choice (12 & Under) - sponsored by T-Birds Food Fun Games
Selo Ukrainian Dancers – 96% (gold)
Session 2H #12 - Polissia - Large Group - Female: Age 11-12
Adjudicator’s Choice (13 & Older) - sponsored by the Brandon Lions Club
Zoloto Ukrainian Dancers – 94% (gold)
Session 2D #14 - Poltava - Small Group - Mixed: Age 16-18