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Over the past decade, the Ukrainian Catholic Church of St. John the Baptist in Kenmore, NY has been organizing a day-long festival which is held on the second Sunday in September. This year was no different and the Ukrainian community of Greater Buffalo and Western New York along with many friends and neighbors of various ethnic backgrounds, gathered once again to celebrate this event.From authentic Ukrainian folk dances and from the tasty ethnic cuisine to the festive traditions and many rich examples of Ukrainian art, all festival participants were able to take part and enjoy being Ukrainian for the day. The wonderful food plates of holubci, varenyky, meats and sausages as well as the beautiful performances of the dance groups from the Ukrainian Arts Foundation of Greater Rochester and local Ukrainian talents, including students from the Ukrainian School of Buffalo gave everyone a taste of the rich Ukrainian culture. ', 'This year was truly a joyous occasion at the parish. The festival was blessed not only with wonderful activities, food, vendors, entertainment and guests, but also with fantastic weather which everyone enjoyed. For this we all are grateful.Although the planning and conducting of the festival becomes very time consuming and energy draining, the parishioners of St. John the Baptist experience a sense of accomplishment each year and seem to always get ready to repeat the effort in hopes of bringing more and more festivities to this annual event.Of course, there would be no festival ever if the community did not take an active part in attending and in supporting such an event. It certainly has been doing just that with ever increasing numbers of people. A conservative estimate of participants this year has reached upwards of more than 700 attendees.

The planning committee and all parishioners of St. John the Baptist wish to express their sincere appreciation to one and all who may have helped in some way in the celebration of this event and wish to extend an early invitation to have everyone join in these festivities next year again.

By Zenon Deputat