"Music of Survival" Screening presented by
The Washington Group Cultural Fund &
Ukrainian Catholic National Shrine Library
Sunday October 16th, 2016 – 2:00pm
Ukrainian Catholic National Shrine of the Holy Family
4250 Harewood Road, NE, Washington, DC
Purchase Tickets at the Door
$15 Cash or Check
Students are free
The story of the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus is one of incredible courage and true grit – a vivid chronicle that celebrates the human spirit. This is the triumphant story of the original seventeen members of the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus who were forcibly transported to OST (Ostarbeiter) slave-labour camps in Germany in 1942 and survived World War II as a group. Their gift of music eventually carried them across the ocean to freedom to America in 1949. The Chorus thrives to this day upon the foundation these artists forged for future generations.