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8, No. 38 Tuesday, September 2013 Vol.Vol. 7, No. 2, Tuesday, November 8, 3, 2011
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE UKRAINIAN CULTURAL HERITAGE VILLAGE
Bruce McGregor, farm program co-ordinator at the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village, will be harvesting with the assistance of staff and volunteers this Sunday, Sept. 8 at UCHV for what promises to be one of the best attended events of the season. Visitors are invited to kick-off the festivities at the hemp pancake breakfast.
Travel back in time at the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village Michelle Pinon Editor The hands of time will be turned back to the early 1920’s on Sept. 8 at the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village. History will come alive for visitors who will be able to watch farm program staff and volunteers cutting, threshing, stooking and delivering grain via horse drawn wagons to the elevator. There they will be able to see the grinding of the grain with the zhornnal grist mill. Red Fife Flour will be available for sale, along with many other homemade products at
the gift shop and village market. The atmosphere is guaranteed to be buoyant, and visitors will also have many other opportunities to experience living history as they send telegraphs, can vegetables, make sour cabbage (kapusta), dry herbs and flowers, braid onion and garlic, and try their hand at feather stripping and quilting. It all starts in the field and ends up on the fork. No celebration would be complete without the culinary, cultural and creative delights. Visitors will be able to enjoy traditional
Ukrainian fare, view the art display, see the ‘Journey to Canada’ exhibit or enjoy the sounds of the musical entertainers. “If we didn’t have volunteers; this wouldn’t happen,” says Bruce McGregor, who has headed up the farm program for the past six years. Around 30 volunteers are required to help out with all of the activities as more than 2,500 visitors are expected to descend upon the village for one of its biggest events of the season. McGregor says there’s always room for more
volunteers, and strong ly recommends that anyone interested in helping out call the village earlier in the week. What’s also interesting is that some of these volunteers have been coming for 30 years adds McGregor. “We’ll probably have nine teams of horses working that day.” There will be so much to see and do throughout the day, but the main attraction will be the threshing demonstration that will go from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. “All of our machinery is from the 1920’s.” Going full steam ahead will be the 1922
International Harvestor with its 1530 gas powered McCormack engine, and McGregor guarantees there will be people wanting to go stooking and bundling for old times sake, and to show their children, grandchildren and great grandchildren how to do the harvesting by hand. “It’s a real highlight for them.” Being able to pass on age old techniques and traditions is one of the most interesting and satisfying aspects of the celebration. It is also a rarity to have the equipment, knowledge and skills to pass on to the
present generation, notes McGregor. There will be a lot of reminiscing, and McGregor loves to tell stories to the visitors who will leave with a remarkable and unforgettable experience. Travelling through time is a priceless gift, and one visitors will be able to cherish for the rest of their lives thanks to McGregor and the rest of the crew at the village. So sit back and enjoy the trip back in time.