The performing arts have long played an important role in the life of our organization. They have sustained us and have provided us with a means by which we can celebrate our Ukrainian culture. Long before the first shovel was placed in the ground in the building of our Cultural Centres, our forefathers were practicing their art. Be it through the early drama groups and reading circles or through the orchestra and dance groups that quickly followed, they found comfort in the familiarity of their native tongue in the songs they sang and in the dances they performed.