[edit] Here is the online photo album. The Desired: Photos – There will be a custom theme when I get around to it. [/edit]

Well, I am back home for a few days, and then it’s off to counselor dance camp at Soyuzivka. Counseloring children’s Discovery Camp was lovely. But first let me start off with Workshop ‘05.

There was lots of fun to be had all throughout workshop. The days were long, I was usually stuck in the dance hall until 10:30 or so at night. Keep reading this »

Well, this will be my last post for a while. I am off to a Ukrainian dance workshop in ustate New York! The workshop is home to mostly all Syzokryli full-time members during the summer, and is under the direction of the Roma Pryma Bohachevsky Ukrainian Dance Foundation.

I’ll be gone at dance workshop for 2 weeks, then right from that resort to Soyuzivka, where I will be counseloring their “Discovery Camp” for kids ages 8-12. Here’s their description of the camp from the site:

This camp offers exposure to Ukrainian heritage, outdoor instruction and expeditions on a lowered intensity level for our future explorers. Students will sit-in on many of the same classes as Adventure Campers, like wildlife awareness, basic first-aid, survival, eco-history and introductory rock-climbing. Daily life is filled with fun and learning: Outdoor crafts, hiking, swimming, organized sports & games, bonfires, stories, song and much more.

Then I will be home for a week, and then it’s off to counselor the Ukrainian dance camp back at Soyuzivka! That will be for two weeks, lots of fun there.

To conclude the summer I will be spending a week as a guest at Soyuzivka leading up to labor day weekend, the best party weekend for Ukrainians of THE ENTIRE YEAR! Christian will be up there with me too, along with all of our friends, with many good times to be had.

You’ll possibly see a post here and there in between the dancing, the chasing after little kids, and the working… so until then…see ya in September! (wow this feels like the last day of school.)

Oh, and I have to show these pictures. They make me smile so much haha. :)

The photo below is of myself at the beginning of the Syzokryli Hopak, that national “dance” and “costume” of Ukraine. The costume is from the Poltava region of Ukraine. Click on the photo for the full version.

Ans here is Natalia and myself I think right before… or maybe it was after… Hopak.

Want to drop me a line or some friendly words while I’m away for the summer?! I’d love it! If so, click here for that information. But just so I know you’re not some crazy whacko, I’ve encoded the password as my screen name. So if you know my AIM sn, feel free to drop me a line!

Lots of Love!
Lara

My muscles are killing me from this past week due to an intense start to classes in dance. Since Thursday, my legs have been giving out randomly, and and after Saturday class they weren’t very happy at all. haha. After ballet ended at 10:00, we headed on over to Kiev on 7th street and had some dinner after waiting way too long for it! … let me tell you, after working your legs that hard for five hours straight, sitting down for 2 hours is not a good idea at all. I had to limp out of the place… but the dinner was good!