60th Anniversary Banquet Program
OCTOBER 19TH, 2013
5:00 – 6:00 pm Cocktails & Hors d’oeuvres
Golden Strings Bandura Ensemble
Anniversary Photos – view pictures of the event at www.rufcu.org/anniversary.php
6:00 – 7:00 Welcome & Remarks
Master of Ceremonies
English: Dr. Evhen Lylak, UFCU Supervisory Committee Chairman
Ukrainian: Ms. Marta Fediuk, UFCU Lending Officer
The Star Spangled Banner - National Anthem of the United States
“Ще не вмерла Україна” - National Anthem of Ukraine
Performed by Tania Beghini
“Привіт” - Welcome Dance – Svitanok Dance Group, Ukrainian Arts Foundation of Greater Rochester
Greetings from Dignitaries
Greetings from Ukrainian FCU Officials
Wasyl Kornylo, President and Board Chairman
Oleg Lebedko, Chief Executive Officer
Keynote Address
Myroslava Gongadze, Journalist and Political Activist
Musical performance by Vasyl Popadiuk
The Lord’s Prayer, Surma Choir, Directed by Zhanna Polyanska-Wirlo
7:30 Dinner
Picture Slideshow of Ukrainian FCU History
8:30 Presentation of Awards
Sixty Long-standing Members
Board of Directors
Honorary Board Members
Volunteers - Over 25 Years of Service
Supervisory Committee
Scholarship Committee
Ukrainian FCU Library
Rochester Main Office Employees
Executives, Managers and Employees
“Гопак” - Hopak Dance - Svitanok Dance Group
Ukrainian Arts Foundation of Greater Rochester
9:30 Concert & Dancing featuring Vasyl Popadiuk & Papa Duke Band Regency Ballroom
KeynoteSpeaker
Myroslava Gongadze, TV anchor and reporter for VOA’s Ukrainian Service, has won numerous awards for her accomplishments as a journalist, including her reporting on the eve of the 2004 Orange Revolution, and as a champion of democracy and independent media.
Gongadze, who came to the United States as a political refugee in 2001, has gained an international reputation for her support of press freedom in countries of the former Soviet Union. She is the widow of Georgy Gongadze, an investigative reporter who was allegedly murdered by government police in Ukraine in 2000. After her husband’s death, Gongadze formed the Gongadze Foundation, an internationally-recognized organization dedicated to protecting journalistic rights and freedoms, providing support to the families of journalists killed in the line of duty, and promoting the investigation of her husband’s murder.
She won a landmark negligence ruling against the Ukrainian government from the European Court of Human Rights in November 2005. Gongadze has been awarded a ReaganFascell Democracy Fellowship to study the role of the media in Ukraine’s transition to democracy (2001), and was ranked in a top 100 of “most influential women in Ukraine” compiled by experts for the Ukrainian magazine “Focus” (2010).
Thank You to Our Volunteers for Over 25 Years of Service
Wolodymyr Mirko Pylyshenko
Myron Babiuk
Ludwig Bach
Tamara Denysenko
Jurij Kushner
Lubomyr Galuga
“In Memoriam” - Remembering Those Volunteers Who Passed
Russell Schuter
John Swereda
Lubomyr Bilyk
Karlo Mankiwskyj
Oleh G. Pawluk
Christina Kowcz
Wasyl Bilan
Anatole Koba
Wasyl Kornylo
Away Since the 50th Anniversary
Roman Kucil
Ivan Oleksyn
